The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-12-29
WORLDS FAIR
NOVELTIES
Some Of the Things to
Be Done at St.
Louis.

81. LOUIS, Dec. 15.-The playthings
of the late Queen Victoria, while in their
splendor and intrinsic value they will
not compare with the almost priceless
Jubilee presents that will be shown at
the Worlds Fair, will appeal to the
sentiment of all who view them.
The British pavilion at the Worlds
Fair Is a replica of the Orangery at
Kensington Palace, the birthplace of
Queen Victoria. When she was a child
she passed many hours in the quaint
old building that was designed more
than 200 years ago for Queen Anne, an
other of Britains famed rulers. 1t was
here that Victoria played with dolls
and other toys that delight children of
all classes.
When Mr.. C. B. Wood, the superin-
tendent of construction for the British
building was making his plans, he Wis
tied the Orangery and faithfully copied
all of the peculiarities. 1t was on these
visits that he saw the toys with which
the child who was destined to become
Britains best loved ruler beguiled her
time. Some of the dolls bore the marks
of the love that the little princess had
paint is rubbed from the face of one.
The arm of another is gone, and the leg
of still another is missing. All of these
toys are carefully preserved, and they
remain just as they We're when Vic
toria as the child cast them aside.
Mr.. Wood, after completing the
Worlds Fair replica of the Orangery,
returned to London, and he said he was
going to make an effort to have the
playthings sent to the Worlds Fair in
their entirety, and they will appear in
the new Orangery just as they are in
the original.
CATALPA A FOREST WONDER.
How a forest of extremely valuable
timber may be grown in a score of
years, and made a source of profit with
in six to eight years, will be demon
strated in an interesting exhibit at the
Worlds Fair
This exhibit will be made under the
Arboriculture. John p. Brown, secretary
and treasurer of the association, has
consulted with the chiefs of depart
partments at the Worlds Fair and has
made all arrangements.
pa tree known as speciosa will be the
basis for this exhibit and the great
value and adaptability of this wood will
be shown in all forms. The catalpa is
indigenous to the Wabash bottom lands
in Illinois and Indiana, but may be
grown in any section of the United
States. The tree is known nearly ev-
everywhere, but it's great value is just
al.
every boy knows the tree because of
the long and slender seed pod, which
when dried burns much like tobacco.
and is often known as the lady cigars"
1t is the worth of the timber, and
it's marvelously quick growth, that IS
destined to solve the problem of future
railroad building and furnish a supply
of lumber for all purposes.
In the Worlds Fair exhibit a section
of railroad will be built showing the
adaptability of catalpa timber for ties.
Old ties, that have been in use for
50 years, and not yet showing any
signs of decay, will be shown. When
it is shown that the average life of
an oak tie is seven years, the catalpa's
value on this line is demonstrated.
There will be telegraph and telephone
poles that have been in use as long,
and fence posts will be exhibited that
can be proven to have been in use for
100 years.
Not alone for these purposes is the
wood of the catalpa valuable A prom
inent Dayton, o., car building plant
will exhibit a section of a palace car,
all of the timbers of which, inside and
out, are of catalpa wood. The timber
possesses all of the requirements for
such work, being strong and suscepti-
BILE to a fine finish. After 1t has been
placed in the finish of a palace car 1t
is often mistaken for oak, chestnut Or
cherry. Furniture factories will also
exhibit fine chairs, desks, and other
furniture made from this wood.
The Arboriculture Society's exhibit
will not stop with showing the varied
uses to which the lumber from the
catalpa tree may be put, but 1t will
show how the catalpa forests may be
grown any where within a very few
years. The seed is planted in good,
rich garden soil, and in short while
they spring up. The young shoots
should be transplanted within year,
for the roots reach out in every direc-
ton and the best results are obtained
from early transplanting. The trees
should be set out in spaces of eight
feet in either direction. The growth is
exceedingly rapid, being uniformly one
inch in diameter for each year. At the
end of the sixth year the trees have
attained diameter of six inches. Then
it is best for the trees to thin them
out, cutting down each alternate row,
and then each alternate tree in the
rows that remain. This leaves the
trees standing 16 feet apart.
The trees that are cut may be used
for posts and ties, and then the forest
yields fair return during the thinning
process, pole ties from oak trees are
practically valueless, because of the
sap in the latter years growth OF the
tree. The wood that contains the sap
soon decays and this communicates the