Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-09-17
RUSSIA IS REPRESENTED.
Kiosk in the Palace Of Transportation
At tho Worlds Fair

Special correspondence.
81 Louis, sept l1-Russia's only
building At the worlds fair recently
completed In the Palace OF Transpoua-
ton eycitcs only regret that the cars
Withdrawal from formal participation
~ the exposition has deprived It II
larger and more comprehensive dis
| plays Of the same attractive type. The
/ kiosk IN the transportation bullding,
which has been erected by the Soclete
Anonyme Westinghouse NJ st. Peters
burg. as feature Of the Westinghouse
| brake exhibits, X representative In eve
~ feature Of Russian art and work.
manship, and is rapidly becoming the
| general Russian rendezvous at the fair
In the Palace Of Machinery. the same
Russian company has furnished a small
Russian booth at the head OF the Street
| uf Nations, erected by the different
Westinghouse companies Of Europe and
America, and OF both places as a
manifestation Of Russian hospitality
Russian tea, brcwed IN curious old va
moyars, ,und suchah, sweet native
biscuit, are served 10 visitors Of the
company by Russian girls wearing
richly embroidered native costumes,
The Kiosk In the Transportation
building covers a space Of 20 by % feet
and Is % feet high. II was construct
ed by peasant builders In the possade
Sergiewe, near Moscow, after designs
by the native architect. Bmanowsky,
who has done much important work m
IT, Petersburg. Although buildings uf
n similar character arc still built today
IN The interior Of Russia ON a less ella.
borate plan, for small homes and pa
vIlions the nethod Of construction Is
very primitive. The exterior Is that ~
a forest log cabin, but the logs are
neatly hewn, and notched together so
closely that no open joints remain to
be plastered, as In American cabins
The rafters Of the high roof. also arc
mortised into the plate and no nails
whatever are necessary In the con-
struction, the entire building having
been shipped to this country In boxes.
The fantastic taste OF the peasants
is Indicated In The curiously sawn
caves, gables and cbrniCes, which are
deliberately ornamcnted and painted
IN the gayest colors. The material
used throughout Is a white pine from
the forests around Moscow very ef.
fectiyely stained IN the case of the
chairs and tables and other carved
furniture. The interior decorations
were designed by Durnowa, whose
works had been highly appreciated IN
the Russian buildings at many inter.
national eXpositlons. The ornamental
pottery and briC-a-brac were collected
from various museums and show char.
actcrlstlc Russian art OF various peri
oda The hangings follow out the gen.
eral design Of the interior artist ,Schnei-
der as Is customary IN Russian dec
Grating, and were made Of wool by
peasant workers one entire wall Is
lowered by q handpainted map Of the
world, with Russian key. the only large
RUSSIAN map on the grounds, and Rus
sian visitors are further attracted by
files Of newspapers and periodicals
u. Grant Smith, brother OF the gem
eral manager Of the Russian Westing
house company. is In general charge
of the Russian exhibit and Gospodm
NJ. ~ Konshin, of st. Petersburg
receives and welcomes his country.
men at the worlds fair