The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-07-27
OMAHA, NEBRASKA, JULY 1st
TO NOVEMBER 1st.


When it is considered that the incep-
| tlon of the Greater American Expo
sltlon project antedated its opening
day only some six months, it is hardly
to be expected that the latter date
would find it in state Of perfection.
There have been dire predictions that
the gates would never open, and the
prophets of disaster are still harping
over the future prospects. In spite of
doleful predictions however, the stately
buildings are filling up with the delayed
exhibits in manner that promises to
eclipse the displays made last year.
Exhibitors who have been influenced
by unfriendly reports of the Exposition
are being convinced and are coming
forward with very promising displays.
The greatest embarrassments have been
encountered in securing the colonial
exhibits. Those from Cuba and Porto
Rico have arrived and are being placed.
and the Cuban and Porto Rican village
is an established feature of the Mid
way. The exhibit from Hawaii has
reached the shores of this country and
will be in place by the middle of the
month. The Hawaiian village will be
located on the Bluff Tract. The Phil
ippine exhibit has been delayed by the
necessity of dry docking the transport,
upon which it is being brought to this
country, and assurances are given that
it will be in readiness by the first of
August. Meantime an attractive home
is being built on the Midway for the
F'ilipinos who will accompany the
exhibit.
The exhibits provided for the Gov
ernment Building are all in place.
Those for the Machinery, Electricity
and Manufactures Buildings will be
practically all in by July 10Th. The
agricultural exhibits will be entered as
rapidly as the new grains and fruits
from late harvests can be collected.
The material has been secured and now
being received for a fine art exhibit
which promises to excel that of year
ago. The colonial exhibits will be col
lected in the Mines and Mining
Building.
In spite of the delay in preparation
the grounds and buildings have pre-
sented many attractive features since
the opening day. The floral decora-
tlons are such as to induce the most
enthusiastic comments from visitors,
and the nightly illuminations are grand
and beautiful in the extreme. The
musical department has been compli-
mented for the daily concerts by God
frey's famous British Guard Band and
the excellent band from the Indian
School at Phoenix, Arizona.
The Horticultural Building has been
converted into charming winter gar
den, in which tropical flowers aud
plants have been planted with our own
in the production of surprising effects.
Outside of the colonial villages all of
operation, and it is no exaggeration to
say that they excel in point of interest
those presented on the Midway a year
ago. Visitors to the Exposition during
the latter part of July will hardly
realize that at the opening of the month
the preparation of the spectacle pre-
sented to them was barely beginning.
FROM OUT THE PAST.
The old veteran had passed the states
of the Greater America Exposition and
stood within the entrance to the Gov
ernment Building, gazing down the
long aisles lined with war relics. He
saw the rusted cannon and the tattered
battle flags, the faded uniforms of blue
and gray, the curios from many hard
fought fields, and then he saw an old
and weather-beaten frame about a