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ness. Arbon corered with native vines or with 

 gourd vines let! from the Auditorium to tin- Chil- 

 dren's Building tin the went, ami to the Parthenon 

 on the north. Capitol ,\\- 

 of th. - mty. mill city buildings, rnn t 



the cast from the Kialto. which s|winned Lake 

 Waiilaiiini direrlly in front ..f tin- Parthenon. The 

 dome -f the CoMMVM Building, the ridge line of 

 tin- Parthenon, the statue of Pal las Athene, the 

 Kialto. the middle of Capitol Avenue, and tin- dome 

 of ti. .ipitol. two miles away, were in a 



straight line. Kven thing in the way of flowers 

 was lined lavishly in beautifying tin- ground-, and 

 nearly 1.000.000 plant* were" in full llo<>m during 

 lex tin- Parthenon, tin- most 

 striking struct-, he flagstaff, 250 feet high, 



th- reiiniiie<<d Pyramid of Cheops used as the 



Memphi* Building, the c\a<-t reprodnotion <>f the 

 Alamo as the T-\a- Building, tin- .-,.|.y mi exact 

 line* of the Kialto at Venice, tin* Adniinistnit i"ii 

 Building of the World's Fair with statuary and 

 detail reproduced on a scale of one sixth as 

 the Illinois Building, ami the famous Blue (Jrotto 

 .pri. on an island in the lake. Other unique 

 attractions were cotton and tobacco fields in full 

 growth, where all the ojH-rations connected wit h t he 

 culture and gathering of these crops were shown as 

 the season progressed : old-time cotton pressc- and 

 water wheels, pioneer cabins and furniture, wild-eat 

 distillery, flax hackling and spinning; the gon- 

 dolas from Venice and the native Venetian gondo- 

 liers; the chinn- in the Auditorium tower; the 

 lli-iory Building, with its relics more valuable than 

 their weight in gold, to preserve which a permanent 

 brick building had been constructed; statuary, in- 

 cluding a broii/.' -tain,, of Commodore Vande'rbilt, 

 by Moretti, of NYw York, which has since been re- 

 moved to a permanent home on the grounds of 

 rbilt t'niversity; the statue of Pallas Athene. 

 25 feet in height, the* largest statue ever made by a 

 woman, the work of Miss Knid Yandell, of Louis- 

 ville. Fountains, lakes, flowers, and aquatic fowls 

 made up the accessories. Palms and cacti were 

 everywhere in evidence, and many of the floral de- 

 afens were at once stupendous and beautiful. Lily 

 lake was filled with every obtainable variety of 

 water lilv. 



The ftiiildinirs. The names of the building, 

 style of architecture. -i xe and cost are given here- 

 with: KxjM.-ition buildings proper Agriculture, 

 I: . :'..: 510L S::M.IMM : Admini-traiion. 



modem. fU^O; Auditorium, colonial, 200x350, 

 $30,000; Air-Ship House, 30x60, $500; boiler 

 hou>- i. $3,500; band stand. oriental, 



$1,2*7: Children's Building, modern. *0x80, 



$6448; Con, rce Building;, ttoman, 587x136 and 



100x60. $40.iNMi : Customhouse. m.Klern. $800; 

 main entrance, Kgviiiian. 16x50, $1,550; conces- 

 sions, modern. $1.500: small entrances, $600; 

 Education and Hygiene, Renaissance. \ \\s\\\. 

 112.000: flagstaff. 350 feet high, $3,500; hitch 

 sUU,le,25xaSupOO: Kmergency Hospital. Kenais- 

 HjDioe, 90x50, $3.0(10: Negro Emergency Hospital. 

 00: Building. Greek, 80x8< 



Marhinery Hall, lin-ek. 100x350. $20.000; Min- 

 erals and Pbrewtn Building. Roman-Doric, 436x101 

 d 162 x: ; Mexican. 50x150, $2..VK); 



Xegm Building. S|niiih Kenaissauoa. 80x350, 

 $12.300; Naraery. modern, $HOTI : Parthenon 

 . Pres. Building, modern^ 



$1350; power house. $1.5ni: Uialto. Y.ri.-tian. 

 $4.000: Transportation Building. Renais-. 

 116x400. $16,967; Terminal Building, and Na-h- 

 ville. Chattanooga and St. I.o U i Kailwav Kxhibit 

 Building. Roman. 12U x 120. $12.000: Train Kxhibit 

 She< 1.75x300, $2,500; Woman's Building. colonial 

 05x165, $14.000; blacksmith shop, bath houses! 



warehouses, three military buildings, onr- 

 penter shop, and oil hou-r. ( M her exhibit buildings 

 were as follow: Alain.', or Texa* Buililing: Ala- 

 bama. Cincinnati. Coltoti li.-ll Kail\\:iy. ( 'liambers 

 Brother-' brick , und Male Coiiipany Ware- 



house. Illinoi- Buildlnff, .lunior order of United 

 American Mechanic-. Kn-ixville. Keiituck\. L.-nlies 

 of the M.-. tits of ' l'\iliias, 



Mcmphi-. New York. |;,-d Men. Si-tili-r'- Cal-iu <.f 



. \\ ooillu, !) ,,f 



the World. Pagi- Wo\cn-Wiiv C..mpan\. and the 

 I'nited States Government Building, which cost 

 $30.000. liestaurants Alhambra, Cafe Mill 



ubhoii-r. Lion K.Hif (Jurdcn. Sdilit/ 

 Pa\ilin. The amuM-nieiii buildings wen- P.caiity 



. Brownie Show. P.luc (imito. ('him--e Yillage 

 and Beauty Show. Cydorama Battle of (Jet t \-burg, 

 Colorado Gold Min"-. California I'.i- Tp 

 Village, Cineomatographe. A hav in the Alps. 1-llec- 



urrousel. Kir.- ham-i- and KoltaifS's Illu-ioiis. 

 (Jiant Seesjiw. (ihnlish Wheel. Trained-Animal 

 Show. Moori-h Palace. Mirage. Lincoln and haxid 

 Cabin-. Night and Morning, tin- Old Plantation, 

 1 'Id Times in Tenne ee. Phantom 

 Swing. Street- of Cairo, the Chute-. Palace of II- 

 lu-ioii-. shooting gallery, t he N.-bra-ka Sod lloiix,., 

 Wild We-t Show. Phonograph Parlor, two. Japan- 

 ese tea hon-e-. Model <'hin.-e Farm, and the Bu- 

 reau of Public Comfort. B-ide- the-e there were 

 hundreds of smaller collection hoii-o and stand-. 

 such as are found at all expositions, for the .-ale of 

 innumerable arti-les. 



Electric Lighting. The problem of illumina- 

 tion \\as -ali-lactorily settlt>d. and no department 

 gave greater Satisfaction. The electrical depart- 

 ment was organized .July 1. ISJMI. with .1. W. Braid 

 a- chief and .1. W. Pentecost as superintendent. A 

 conduit for the underground system was laid in the 

 autumn, and the force was gradually increased a- 

 the work grew, until 77 men were engaged. The 

 f the de|iartiueiit wa- $28,000. The lights 

 were turned on in full on the evening of May 1, 

 1897, and never was there a delay or any break of 

 any kind. There were is, :{*> Inoandesoenl lamps 

 and 4~>H arc lights used in the scheme of de< Mi- 

 ration and illumination. The plant included fifteen 

 dynamo-, and the decorative lamp- were di-trib- 

 uied as follow: Fountain. U2: Woman's Building, 



1 hildr. -n'- Building. .":!! ; Coiniin-rf i- I'.uilding, 

 1,442: garlands. -124 : Tran-portalim Building. * JO; 

 ihure Building. L s '.? : Machinery Hal.. 



Negro Building, :{K4 ; island. MX); Kialto, 602; 



Mineral- ami Foiv-iry BuilMiiiL 1 . "'''*: Aiuliloriuin, 

 812; Arbor. 10i>: Parthenon, :'.!<>: Termina 

 tion. !12: Ivlm-atioii and Hxgiene Building. 

 Memphis Buihling. :M<5 : Illinois Building. 

 Administration I'.uilding. \\n\: P.-ol. lii.J: main 

 .-ntrance. ss : History Building. :!*',': Yanit\ 

 for decorative purpo-'e- purely. IMi.V. making a total 

 of 12.685; for illuminating in buildings. < 

 etc.. .-).? lamps were used, making a grand total of 

 I*.:ts2 lamp-. 



Art I>c|;irtment. The art department in t he 

 Parthenon of the exposition compri-ed the largest 

 (, Meet ion of line pictures even gathered in the 

 South. Theodore Oooley, the chief of tin- depart- 

 ment, enjoyed a personal acquaintance with such a 

 large proportion of the arti-ts of the country that 

 he had exceptional facilities for gelling pictures 

 loaned, and many of the l>cst private galleries helped 

 in his work. The art catalogue was a work of art it- 

 self. More than .".(KiO letters were written in eight- 

 een month-, and the result was most satisfactory. 

 Leon Roecker, of Chicago, superintended the hang- 



' the pictures, completing the work ten 

 after the exposition opened. The jury of awards 

 was composed of F. Hopkinson Smith, of New 



