The Florida star., 1900-05-25

PALACE OF AsIATIC RUSSIA.
tion. because French wOrkmen could
not understand the foreigners Ian
guage. and that handicapped the for
eigner fearfully. IL was said, even To
the extent or being a month behind
hand. Well. French work men certain
ly do not understand Russian. neither
Russian wOrkmen French. At the mag
nidcent Russian church here Oh Palm
Sunday / saw scores OF the peasant
MuscOvites who performed the labor
for their country upon the exposition
grounds, and they were as dull look
ing n lot and. mOreOver-ma heaven
forgive me for saying it-as dirty Il
bunch OF mOrtals as one would encOnn-
ter in n voyage around the world! oh.
no. IL WAS not knowledge Of the
French language or skill Oh the part
OF her hOd carriers and plasterers that
made Russia ready for the exposition
OH time. Nevertheless. she was ready.
Why could not others have done as
we'll? In the agricultural department,
for instance. when To all appearance
the trees had not even been felled that
were To make the showcases for other
countries. there was the great northern
realm, calm. regal. magnificent. pre-
pared for business. with Il grain eX-
hibit that would have moved the re-
mctant admiration of Californian.
Tall glass cylinders middle sized jars.
small bottles. were filled with plump,
shining cereals I'm all variety. Grain
columns several feet high. made by
covering them with some sort Of sticky
paste and then rolling them over and
over in heaps OF grain AMI seeds mixed
together. added to the display. y corn
palace artist i'm the great American
maize belt could not have beaten this
grain show for picGurcSqucneSS. Other
lands might come later with as good
n show IF cereals. bat Russia was there
and ready. giving the fateful first i'm
preston.
The beautiful building devoted To the
products Of ASiatic Russia is the most
attractive of any department from the
great Europoan-A \ static Kingdom of the
future one knows not how To- describe
IT,. Here il Il picture of the outside of
the structure. considered 10y architects
noble conception. Ii is far the most
impu>in. palace in Trucadrro park.
where il il situate in the colonial sec
tion.
The cffcct on entering il hcwildcring.
suppose you were to take Il stick and
stir together in one mass Il temperate
zone. an arctic zone and ScmiIrupical
one. Nou could then get some idea of
this exposition Of Russia in Asia. lt is
marvellous. In the room a. ynu pass in
from the principal entrance is IL Cnllcc-
tinn of tapestries and carpets. robes
from the emir Of this which almost
stand alone with the gold lace and EN-
brOidrry upon them. rugs from the
khan of that which are wurth pounds
uf gold IL iS like Russia herself. the
.trangrSt tumble of arctic. orient and
western civilization. In one room |
recognize the ctiigicS ami the works uf
my old friends the Eskimo Indians uf
Rcring sea shores. with their walruS
spears AMI their ScalSkin and reindeer
clothes. which il il not The fashion 10
take of ill they drop off from az" ami
dccrcuitudr. Here are seals 81 real
looking that YOU would not hr Surpri>.
td tu hear them bark. SNOWY polar
bears So unplra>antly lfrli6e that You
invomntarily think how il would feel
Go have one of them grab you with his
awful paw. There are stuffed fur
bearing animals suggesting priceless
value Of sable and crminc: there arr
the living images nf reindeer slcighS.
dOg Slcighs AMI great Russian horse
sleighS To make the illusion complete
there oncht 10 have been stuffed
skin or two Of the healthy AMI huge
mosquitoes that du feed un the tray
rlrr i'm those regions in summer time.
Above and around the wall. next the
ceiling. is an artistic painting Of the