Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1915-12-23
Part Ill

The exhibitions at San Francisco sur
pa,sed the in agination. heard a lady
aav that she had been at the fair thirty
DAYS and should 90 thirty days more and
then she could not eeo all that was wor-
tay of being seen. AIady in Los Angeles
tod me that she had been fifteen days
at the fair and had heard Of more things
that she had missed seeing than things
tina she saw anb must go again. In the
house of varied industries. Italy had q
display of sculpture that could not be
surpassed. Many pieces were sold for
tn uaands of dollars to people IN this
country to be delivered atIthe close of
the fair. Japan had the richest dieplay
in manufactured goods, most
beautiful embroidered robes. worth
their weight in gold, made by hand.
Fine pictures Of people and land
scapes we're wrought by hand with
needle and colored thread. AS the. hungi
frames one mad to be told that they
were not oil paintings. In many of the
buildings there were roomsa having the
ceilings covered with pictures made Of
seeds of grains, fruit and flowers In
the Canadian building wide space the
length of building was partitioned off
by railing. In the BACKGROUND pic
lures of farms, large orchard, fields of
grain, men sowing seed and harvesting.
In front of these scenes were rocks on
which were placed stuffed animals and
birds of Canada, goats and mountain
sheep. High on the rocks several bears
one grizzly, were coming from their
de, 8. There were blsons, apparently
feeding. There were mountain lions,
foxes and many fur bearing ANIMALS,
and beavers Telling trees, plastering
their dams with mud There were sew
eral live beavers swimming abOutin the
stream that flowed about these rocks.
The thousands of spectators did not
check their sports. The opposite side
of this building was devoted to fruit and
an orchard scene. In space about 20
feet wide there was grass growing On
this in heaps were apples, also fruit in
tall glass cans in which it Is
shown at fairs. Back of this was a
painting that showed an orchard of Az
acres where men were picking fruit,
sorting and packing in barrels. This
picture was so real that you could see
storm coming up, clouds moving One
cauld not tell where the real grass ard
fruit ended and the picture began. In
this building they had fine pictures
made of grain and seed that looked like
paintings. All the state buildings NJ d
parlors and comfortable rest rooms, The
Y M. G. A. had in addition a room for
the sick and trained nurse in attend
ance. The Japanese and Chinese had tea
rooms where one could get tea and lunch
There we're cafes where good lunch
could be had for twenty-five cents at
others 80 cents for less than a pint of
baked beans, 81 for any kind of meal.
Many people took lunch and paid ten
cents for cup of tea or coffee and
had the privilege of eating the Luncheon
the tea table While we were at the
fair we saw Smith go up in his aero
plane in the day time and again at
night. We saw him go up at midnight
rom our hotel, At first he looked like
shooting meteor than he sent out fire
works and looked like comet. Some
hing went wrong and he was obliged
o descend into the bay where the Japs
mat were out in boat picked him up
lnharmed.