Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-05-28
THE LOUISIANA PU RcHAsE EXPO.
SITION
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SlTION.
me Louisiana Purchase Exposition,
at ST. Louis, is the greatest fair that
the world has ever seen. 1t is beauti-
1ul beyond description by day and by
night when lighted by hundreds of
thousands of electric lights, it more
nearly approaches ones childhood
ideas of fairyland than anything we
nave ever seen. This exposition is
larger than the Worlds Fair at Chi
cago and has greater number Of ex-
hibits. 1t is worked out on scale so
comprehensive that it is in fact stu
pendous enterprise, the full extent and
meaning OF which. it is difficult to ade-
quately comprehend The grounds
covered by the Louisiana Purchase Elk
position comprise. 1910 acres, whereas
the Columbian Exposition at Chicago
occupied only 633 and the Paris Exposi-
ton of 1900, only 1856. One building
alone, that devoted to the exhibits of
agriculture, of the present fair covers
u acres and there are seven miles of
alsles in this building. This is the
largest and most wonderful exhibit
palace ever erected and is devoted to
plant products and food and it's ac-
cessories. Other sections of the agri-
culture department have exhibits out
side Of this building. In all they COM
prise the most remarkable agricultural
displays ever assembled in any exhi-
bition.
In addition to the buildings, the rare
architectural beauties of which are i'm
mediately and instinctively recognized,
landscape and garden and primeval
forest make up the outdoor picture in
this great exposition and are marvel
ously beautiful. The fact that the
grounds We're covered with forest and
embrace hill and valley, plateau and
loWland. precipitious ravine and gently
undulating slope, gave to the land
scape architects of this exposition OPP
portunity for rarely beautiful effects,
that was denied the builders of former
expositions. The exposition is indeed
a city Of ivory palaces ;of natural
grandeur and unequalled Beauty Of ar
chitecture, created in the heart Of a
forest. Whichever way we turn, vistas
of glorious beauty appear before us.
Gardeners of all the nations of the
world have united in producing this
landscape masterpiece of the present
age. Before one has chance to tire
OF the beauties of one prospect he finds
himself lost in admiration of another
equally enhancing. The most elabor-
ate Of the formal gardening is upon
the slope Of what is popularity known
as the Cascade Garden. This Feature
alone is one-half mile in length and is
on a slope 300 feet wide with rise of
so feet. Between and beyond the Cas-
cades, are the great lawns with their
rich embroideries of flowers. Another
garden of special prominence is stu
ated in front Of the United States gov
eminent building and there is an ex-
quisite sunken garden between the Pal
ace of Liberal Arts and the Mines and
Metallurgy building. Great Britain's
national pavilion is surrounded by an
English country seat garden of 200
years ago. One of the most beautiful
gardens in the entire ground is re-
production of the celebrated and his
torical garden, of Versailles which is
to be seen on a large scale in front of
the principal building in the French
government reservation. On the side
of the great palace Of agriculture is
the largest rose garden in the world.
1t covers nearly ten acres and within
its borders are growing $4,000 rose
bushes which during the season will be
clothed in the gorgeous raiment of
more than million blossoms On Ag-
ricultural hill there is also a wonder
full floral clock. This consists of dial
100 feet in diameter, the numerals on