The times., 1898-07-31

Postmaster Generals, the Attorney Cen
erals, and others. In general they are
not so well painted as 10 be termed works
OF art and the hanging is mostly as bad
as 1t well can be.
The department of justice has prison
exhibit. showing some of the articles
manufactured in prisons. l fingered a
long while over the pathetic embroidery
made by poor devil In an illinois peni-
tentiary and a silver teakettle made out
of lO-cent piece and the like painstak-
ing ingenuities wherein perhaps the max
ers had found so,ace
The fact, every time | visited the Gov
ernment Building found some new fea-
lures of interest But were one to pass
through the Government Building with
only one morning al his disposal, he
should not neglect the United States Mu-
scum. And he will find in the large COL
lection of letters shown by the State De-
partment some very curious documents
beginning with a letter from Louis of
France and continuing through letters
from REPRESENTATIVES Of the French peo-
pie, tRobespierre was among them
down through a g!ittering line of princes
and potentates to the modest epistle of
Sanford B. Dole, announcing his acces-
sion to the presidency of the Hawaiian
republic. There are some very suggest
i've maps showing the growth of the ter
ritory of the United States. And there
are divers interesting relics The morn
ing can be passed in this one building,
taking merely a cursory survey. BY l
O'clock the visitor is both tired and hum
CRY.
DO they have any decent restaurants
here?' is an inquiry frequently heard,
"or is 1t like the Worlds Fair?''
At the Worlds Fair the average Amerf-
can citizen of modest means was reduced
10 shoe box and a sandwich To Judge
from the groups In every collonade. he
of Omaha has gone the same way. There
is something particularly repulsive in the
luncheon litter which strews the beauti-
full lawn and the gravel of every COLON
ade. There are baskets at intervals; but
the hungry citizen does not heed them,
he filings peanut shells and banana skins
and the remnants of ham sandwiches
and the good cookies which mother
makes TO the breeze, and goes on his
care-free way and wonders why the
Spaniards call him pig! And patiently
the exposition police cleans up after him
all day and all night. One wonders some-
times whether a few more baskets or
cans for receptacles would not excuse an
imperative demand that no litter what
ever be left on the grounds, with a pen
atty of arrest and fine in case of disobe-
dience.
There are a large number of restau-
rants in the exposition. Marke of the
Milliard has the general restaurant
privileges. He has been provided with
very attractive roof gardens and cafes
by the management, and claims to fur
nish admirable meals at reasonable
prices. The Flemish Cafe and the Moor
ish Cafe are clean and cheap; and there
are several little hot beer sandwich
stands of which l have heard much
praise. But the best food on the place
is cooked in the Manufacturers building
in the Home Kitchen. where a most ap-
petizing display OF brea0s Is constantly
distributed, and at the big barrel, where
Aunt Jemima serves pancakes hot from
the griddle. unluckily, one cannot buy
meal at either place, and although the
portions are liberal, they do not take
the place of substantial luncheon.
On one side Of the Government Building
is the beautiful structure given to the
fine arts. Then comes the Arch of States.
This is one of the finest of the buildings,
richly decorated with a friez composed
of the coat-of-arms of the Transmits
sisssippi States, the whole surmounted
by great sAield of the nation Next
comes the Manufactures-but this de-
mands another letter.
OCTAVE THANET.