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take some time, and labour of that sort, and carpentering, has to be paid 
at the rate of from 50-55 cents per hour. 
If the idea is carried out, the Committee ought to let me know defi- 
nitely as early as possible, and furnish the necessary funds so that I 
can go ahead as soon as the Fair is over—otherwise a watchman will 
have to be provided for each of our two main exhibits—and extra 
expense incurred, 
I may say at once that our exhibit is still as popular as ever—more 
so in faét, foras the number of visitors to the Fair increases our 
proportion of visitors too increases. I regret more and more that the 
space between our cases and exhibits had to be so small, owing to our 
want of room. Day by day we are all the time crowded up, so that it 
is difficult to pass about, and this is getting worse as time goes on. 
The narrow passages between the cases are partly the cause why the 
view in the “ World’s Columbian Exposition Illustrated” is so indefinite, 
In a bird’s eye view the exhibits under the circumstances run together- 
I am sorry that so many seem disappointed in the view—to my mind 
I think they are all unreasonably so, for but a mere common sense sur- 
vey should show that one cannot get a well-defined view of our large 
space, under the conditions under which any view must be taken. The 
careful inspection of the view shows clearly the various objects. It 
necessarily is on a very small scale; and it had to be taken high up in 
the gallery 30 feet above the main floor, and from one corner of the 
space. The light, even above, is bad for taking photos; since the 
glass roof had to be painted and awnings put up to keep the intense 
glare of the sun from the exhibits in the building. Below the light is 
even worse for the purpose, owing to the tall pavilions around and the 
amount of bunting. I had hoped to have a view showing the log- 
pavilion that runs round our Court, but it was so dark that nothing 
satisfactory could be made of it. Everything in the view is depressed and 
crowded necessarily, for it was taken almost overhead so to speak, 
The logs of the pavilion prevent any good view from being taken out- 
side, and inside on the same level, the cases hide each other. So much 
for that except that I must say other people up here are more apprecia- 
tive, since a good many visitors who have come to the Court have told 
me that they have been dire¢éted thither by the article and view in the 
“ Illustrated.” Just now I have before me a letter from Florida where 
nine people who are thinking of going to the colony have been 
attraéted thither by the same account and view. It was through that 
