Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-07-24

concessionaires. At the main en-.
trance stands No. l building, U shaped
and in the Roman renaissance style.
The entrance is in imitation of the
Triumphal gate at Rome, the dome
fifty feet in height.
IN the left wing of No. 1 building
are large exhibits of porcelain, earth
enWare of all kinds, gold and precious
stone work, lacquer ware, bamboo and
wooden ware, furs, hides and leather,
silks, chemicals, ivory and shell work,
and many articles for personal
adornment. The right wing of the
building is given over to displays of
the mineral resources of the empire
and to educational and scientific dis
plays.
Back of this is No. 2 building, in
German gothic style Of architecture,
wherein are agricultural, horticultu-
raj and forestry exhibits and aquatic
products.
In No. 4 building, Swiss gothic, is To-
Gated the display of army and navy
equipments of all kinds; here also are
the governments trophies Of the war
with China and the war with Russia.
No. 5 building, in Italian-gothic, is
the only three-story structure in the
! compound. 1t contains many rare ex-
hibits of embroidery, clothing of all
kinds, and a great variety of piece
goods illustrating the output of the
various spinning mills of Japan.
Probably the Japanese reverence
for the beautiful is responsible for the
fact that the building given over to
art does not have to suffer the indig.
nifty of being merely designated by
number as these others are. This is
the Fine Arts building and here have
| been gathered together the best works
OF modern Japanese artists, with some
good examples Of the old art as we'll
A public reception hall built in imi.
tation of an ancient palace is one OF
the unique features of the architec
tural picture. This is for the recep
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chinery hall, Formosan building, an6
a number of quite large buildings con
structed by private enterprise-suc1
as that of the Mitsu Bissan Kaisha
the Gas company and others-are il
the second compound, in another par
of the park and some distance away
Of these the Formosan building, con
structed in imitation of a public hal
in the island which Japan took from
China, presents the most attractiv,
appearance, as the other buildings ar
like exposition buildings the worl,
over.
This second compound is situate,
on the bank of the beautiful Shinobad
zu-no-ike, which is described as
lotus pond" but which we would cal
lake, since it is about mile in Gil
conference. Across this lake tAer
has just been built a handsome cause
way of stone; on its east bank stand
the grim and gaunt skeleton of
"shoot-the-chutes."
This lake is the most attractiv
feature of the exposition ground,
Lining it are many little shops of a
kinds, from the different prefecture
or states. In the crowds surroundin
these shops there is to be seen ever
phase of Japanese life. The war pl
{ a good deal of money into the hand
| of the country people, and, thanks I
, cheap excursion rates, these hay
come in large numbers to Toxic. Wit
: the exception of the war trophy di
: plays, these little native shops seel
t to be the greatest attractions to tt
J, crowds from the country, though Il
: foreigner who wanders this way ce
/ tainly divides interest with them f,
; the time being. Many Of these Poop
e have, apparently, never before locke
:. upon one of the white faced "barb
l. rians," and as he wanders from sht
S to shop he is honored by the presenc
at a respectful distance, of a lar,
|. bodyguard, whose friendly cu:iosi
n in his bartering and his purchas
S adds a decided zest to the procee
It ings.