The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-06-14
ATTRACTIONS 4T- BUFFALO
The Ordnance Exhibit One of the
Finest EveFSeen.

\ u Reproduction of Pueblo Life 1T the
P:,n-1Iacricaa Exposition - plans
! for the E:Dtcvtaimmcnt and Care
of CUIorcd visitors 20 the Fair.
| BUFFALO, y Y June 1i--Manv feat
| urcs Of great interest are presented in the
/ ordnance exhibit made hv manufacturers
! of ordnance. at the F11-AmeTican Ex-
! position. y new plan is carried out here.
| in making an ordnance collection in
/ which only private exhibits are shown.
/ moreover, everything between the roof
/ and the ground IS an exhibit.
! The buildings are steel structures and
/ are the work Of the American Bridge
/ Company, which comes into the exhibit
/ under the engineering division OF ord
/ nance. The centre of one of the buildings
! is occupied by a fun size model of the At
! tabara Bridge, built by the Pencoid
| Bridge Company, a branch Of the Ameri-
! can Bridge Company. for General Kitche-
/ uer. during his operations in the SOudan.
This bridge was put up IN three months,
! the contract allowing four months, and
/ the quickest time that any European
/ company would guarantee the bridge was
! eighteen months.
! An interesting exhibit Of shells IS shown
! cIude the most perfee- armor-p.ercing
! shells made. one shell is shown, only
slightly marred on the tip, that has
! pierced fourteen inches Of armor on the
/ proving grounds.
The floor Of the Ordnance Building IS
an exhibit of the Union Acme Cement
/ Company, and of the Leslie & Trinkle.
Rapid progress Is being made on the
/ Truson turret- that viii hold the twelve
! inch coast-defence gun, situated between
( the two exhibit buildings.
! \ fine lot Of Pueblo pottery and relics Of
! different sorts is shown in the Ethnology
/ Building of the exposition The Pueblos,
/ who were dweUers in the plains and in the
! cliffs as well, are one of the most inter
/ esting. from an archaeological point of
view, Of all prehistoric people Their civ
! ilization was remarkable, and their inge-
1 nuity in pottery making, basket weaving,
/ bead work, and many other things, very
/ great
! They had many peculiar customs, cere-
monies, and symbolic rites. and their pot
! terry is ornamented with figures the sig
| nifcance Of which puzzles the novice and
/ expert alike. one Of their peculiar sym
! boIs was a broken instead of continuous
I line drawn about q bowl or other dish,
I suggesting perhaps the finite characte: of
life. \ bowl shown in the exhibit of Pu-
! ebIo pottery has the reproduction Of two
/ feet upon the bottom Of it, inside, sug-
! costing possibly the trapsitefy and insig-
nificant character of terrestrial existence.
Fine specimens of the famous black
and white ware are shown, as well as
the red ware most Of which is black
on the inside \ number Of specimens I'M
ished so as to give the outside corrugated
appearance are shown.
Many ingenious fine tools. finished stone
implements, ornamental trinkets, presum-
ably having religious significance, are on
exhibition in the cases.
The basket work of Indians is very won
derfuL Baskets made by comparatively
modern Indians are shown Water-tight
baskets in large numbers and in many
varieties are seen in the exhibit. All arc
ornamented with figures woven in when
the basket was made.
The Pima Indians are those most IA
nous for basket making They even
used baskets for cooking utensils. cover
ing them with a thin layer of clay to keep
them from being destroyed by contact
with the fire.
T. w. Lee, general passenger agent Of
the Lackawana Railroad, speaking Of the
exposition, said:
I consider the exposition a finished pro-
duction in everything but few non-es-
sentiaI details that viii go to stlH further
beautify the grounds and buildings. /
shall, on my return to New York so in
stTuct Fly division agents, and tell them
to notify patrons that the exposition is
ready to receive visitors, and to accom-
modate them IN splendid style.
1T Is the most beautiful and wonder
fuI IN its artistic merit and electrical fea-
hat { h.fg- no ry-F4f
OF all the great expcsitiOns have been
nearly the same, except for the continual
advance that is being made in all lines
OF human endcavCT. The exhibits then be
ing 50 nearly alike, IL only remained Tor
the builders Of this exposition to SuTpaSS
all others in the outside features, and this
they have done in the most artistic and
delightful manner
The great praise Is due to Director
General buchanan and his assistants IN
surprising anything the world has ever
seen in an outside spectacle Were the
buildings never to be opened. the aTchi-
tecIUra3 JITtimphs, the hydraulic and cleo
tTicaI effects, the color scheme and land
Sc1pe gardening would be alone WGTth
crossing the continent to see 1t teaches
its own lesson. and VIII leave an impress
sion on the visitor ever SO careless, never
Viewed from the outside, ] should
think that twice rs much brains and
mo.ey had been ex pended in the amUse-
ment enterprises al this exposition than
that Of any other that has ever been held,
and that IS saying a great deal
Summed up the situation Is most salts
factory to all friends of Buffalo and the
exposition. The finished produce jrstifies
al the words of praise ever spoken IS The
Fan-American-'
The coIored citizens Of Buffalo nave or
CanIZed a committee OF Public Comfort
and elected the following officers: The
Rev J & AyieT. president; the Rev Jesse
+. Nash. vice president; James a. Rose.
secretary; Mrs William II. TaIbert, as
sistant secretary, and Garrett r Tucker.
treasurer
This committee Will make themselves aC-
tive as Il sort Of lookout committee for
cOIDrCd people VINO propose to visit the
Pau-American Exposition and to provide
for the comfort of the same The address
of thu President is 80 William Street, Buff
faUl, \. Y
IN THE OLD DoMINION.