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each upper corner of every booth. In the 

 center of the building-, reaching- to the 

 dome, was a miniature Eifel tower of 

 dark grey, having- red and green trans- 

 parencies in its sides, the interior being 

 strongly lighted with electric lights. 



The view from the gallery of the build- 

 ing was delightfully novel and beautiful, 

 reminding one of a glimpse into fairy land. 



What was there on exhibition ? Almost 

 everything eatable and drinkable; and 

 most of the booths were presided over by 

 fair "demonstrators," with fluffy curls. 



All around the sides of the building 

 were booths rented to persons having 

 some novelty to sell. By waiting ten 

 minutes you could get three souvenir pos- 

 tal cards adorned with your portrait; for 

 25 cts. you could get a phrenological 

 reading of your cranium, made by an in- 

 genious, automatic machine, and, with 

 scarcely any effort, a man could load 

 himself down with vegetable slicers and 

 parers, knife sharpeners and can openers, 

 Japanese vases, pop corn fritters, or 

 "Kotton Kandy." 



Display of Honey at the Chicago Pure Food Show. 



bright eyes, smiles, ribbons and laces, and 

 enthused with a boldness, natural or ac- 

 quired, or both, that was sometimes more 

 or less of a shock to the sensibilities. 

 Sandwiches were given away to show the 

 superiority of Mr. Somebody's flour; sam- 

 ples of sausage followed the same fate; 

 the various breakfast foods were served 

 with sugar and cream; and a visitor 

 could easily drink his fill of the various 

 coffees and other beverages. 



Yes, thanks to the money raised by the 

 bee-keepers" League, and later turned 

 over to the National Association, the bee- 

 keeping industry was creditably repre- 

 sented by a display of honey — one that 

 compared favorably with the other ex- 

 hibits. The use of the honey was contrib- 

 uted by different members of the Asso- 

 ciation; it coming from 15 different States 

 and five foreign countries. After the 

 show was over, the honey was returned 



