The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-17

namented with cotton hulls and leaves
and lint, Characteristic of the purposes
for which the facade is to be used. In
the center of the facade will rise a
dome, forty feet in diameter and sixty
feet high, crowned with a piece of
sculpture, in staff, representing the
Spirit of the Cotton Industry" This
statue is female figure standing in
field of growing cotton, and the fairy
threads from the bolls rise to a shut
tie which she holds in her uplifted
right hand, and then they are wind
blown to the left and form a grace
full airy-like drapery, thus illustrating
the cotton growing industry from the
field to the loom. Over each doorway
leading to the interior of the dome
will appear two nude female figures.
in staff, one standing and operating
an oil press, and the other reclining
and holding glass in her uplifted
right hand to catch the dripping oil
The design for this double facade for
the special cotton exhibit was made
by Mr.. G. F. Green of the Department
of Agriculture of the fair
The exterior ornamentation of the
dome will be executed by the Worlds
Fair Commission from the state of
Texas, and will be appropriate to the
cotton industry.
All the cotton growing states in the
Union will contribute to this special
exhibit, where will be seen the cotton
staples of the entire country. A serv-
ice aisle, seven feet wide, will run
through the center of this special ex-
hibit, and on either side will be seen
the cotton displays from the various
states. The state of Mississippi is to
do herself proud by placing the orna-
mentation of the interior of the dome
and installing there a most elaborate
and artistic cotton exhibit that will
surpass anything of the kind ever at
tempted before. In the exact center
of the interior of the dome will an
pear old king Cotton" a wax statue
thirty feet high, sitting on his throne,
amidst scenes typical of the cotton
fields of the South. This sculptural
piece is now being executed by New
Orleans artists at cost of So 600. No
one knows whether ii will be Brown or
Sully. One striking feature of the
Mississippi display will be a Southern
cotton field, in which five negroes,
made in wax. will appear in the ia
miliar attitude of picking the white
bolls and singing their plantation
songs.
Alabama will appear in the special
cotton exhibit with life-like outdoor
scenes and also machinery showing
the growth of the fieecy staple and its
transition through the mill and con-
version into the manufactured pro-
duct.
This special exhibit will also have
comprehensive displays of all the by
products of cotton. The finer grades
of cotton seed oil for table use, the
cheaper grades for lard compound.
and soaps made from the still cruder
grades will be shown. The cotton
seed meal and hulls for food for cat
tie and as fertilizers will be seen.
In the Varied Industries Palace the
visitor will see the finest display of
textile fabrics ever given at any ex-
position. Many foreign countries will
be represented. Also cotton threads
will be seen here. and fabrics of cot
ton. pure or mixed. plain or figured,
unbleached. dyed or printed, and cot
ton laces. velvets, ribbons, and coun-
terpanes.