The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-11
King Louis of France, an EXPOSE
/ ton Feature, Is a Mas
terpiece.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DISPLAY
Lone Star State Boasts the Most
Novel Design Submitted
Among State Structures
at Worlds Fair.

18th ST. and Pennsylvania Ave
Washington, July 10.-The studio OF James
F. Farley. Nc. 1752 street, Washington. is
full Of designs and models for the sculptural
ornamentation OF the United States Gov
eminent building at the Worlds Fair.
The model of the quadriga which will or
nament the apex Of the dome is nearly COM
pleted. l.. Amateis. No. 1117 Nineteenth
street. Washington, has just shipped to
Karl Bitter's studio, near New York, his
models for the sculpture to ornament the
Varied Industries building. Mr.. Amateis
Will exhibit several bronzes at st. Lo;ii:-
The latest is a masterpiece. 1t represents
King Louis TX of France as q Crusader
and was modelled especially for the Expo
sition. The statue is part OF a great group
to close the northern end OF the Grand
Court.
Franklin W. Smith of the Halls of tho
Ancients will submit proposition to the
Exposition authorities which he hopes will
result in the exhibition Of his magnificent
model called the "Agora Of the States II
Mr. Smith is encouraged to carry out his
designs in full, the District Of Columbia
will have a building on the grounds nadh
OF fireproof concrete in which an elabo-
rate plan for identifying the national cap
ital will be shown, together with many in
teresting things that belong exclusively TO
the history of the District.
Mr. Smiths action is probably the be-
ginning Of movement to ask Congress TO
appropriate money to give the District a
distinct representation at the worries Fair
July IA the Texas Commissioners to the
Worlds Fair will meet In Dallas to COM
pIete the $4,000 fund for the exhibit that
State will make at the ST. Louis EXPOSE
ton. 1t is anticipated that the FUND Will
be considerably increased, and several OF
the Commissioners expect to realize double
that sum. The press Of the State mas done
yeoman service In this laudable enterprise.
The women have not been laggard In their
duty to The Lone Star State.
Mrs James B. Wells. wife Of the chair
man Of the State Democratic Executive
Committee, was instrumental in raising the
entire quota for Starr County. Several de-
signs for the Texas State building are TO
be submitted on the date mentioned. So
far the most popular and most suggestive
design is one made by Mr.. Tilghman Ora
ham Of Fort Worth. The model Is finished
ready to be taken to Dallas.
The proposed building Is star-shaped. the
base resting on two Of the points. The
two upper points Of the star are to be con-
verted into promenadeS that will have
surface space Of sex1o0 feet. with stairways
leading up to them. The building proper
will be 15i feet from the ground floor TO
the top. A rotunda will extend from the
ground floor to the top Of the dome.
There will be four floors. The first to be
used for meteorological displays. the second
as a reception hall, the third as q general
State exhibit room and the fourth as an
auditorium. The base OF the building Is
to be 10oxf00 feet 1t is safe to say that
there will be nothing like this the
grounds, and that the Texas star Will stand
alone, unique, radiant and symbolic.
A conference OF Southern railroad men
was recently held In Richmond for the pur-
pose of framing the schedule for new day
coaches, sleepers, diners and locomotives
for the ST. Louis Exposition traffic, which
is expected TO surpass all records. All tho
railroads are making extensive prepara-
tons for the Exposition The present pros
perity is responsible for the extent OF tho
anticipation OF heavy traffic