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piece. On the eastern side of the Court 

 of Fountains are the Ethnology, Manu- 

 factures and Liberal Arts and Agricul- 

 ture buildings. On the west side are 

 the Temple of Music, Machinery and 

 Transportation and Electricity build- 

 ings. Beyond the tower is the Flaza 

 whose northern boundary is marked by 

 the Propylaea, a very beautiful archi- 

 techtural screen, rich in color decora- 

 tions and ornamentation of statuary. 

 East of the Plaza is the great Stadium, 

 a mammoth building, having a seating 

 capacity for about 12,000 people. West 

 of the Plaza is the entrance to the Mid- 

 way, where one may spend days enjoy- 

 ing the multitude of novel entertain- 

 ments. 



The beauty of the picture is beyond 

 the power of anyone adequately to de- 

 scribe, for no words can convey to the 

 mind the glorious result of the combin- 

 ed efforts of the architects, the sculp- 

 tor, the landscape gardener, the color- 

 ist and the electrician. They have all 

 worked harmoniously to produce a set 

 picture upon such a maenificent scale 

 as to dazzle and delight every beholder. 



Upon the pinnacle of the tower 

 stands a graceful figure in gold called 

 the Goddess of Light, presiding over 

 the Exposition and looking abroad 

 over its many beautiful features. In 

 her upraised right hand she carries a 

 torch while with her left she points to 

 the beautiful scene below. The face of 

 the tower is covered with myriads of 

 electric lights. One does not realize its 

 mammoth proportions until he looks at 

 it from a near point of view. The 

 main body of the tower is 50 feet 

 square; with two wings, each 110 feet 

 high extending from the east and south- 

 ward and enclosing a semi-circular 

 courtj From its southern face gushes 

 a cascade, at a height of 70 feet. At a 

 height of 110 feet is a fine restaurant. 

 Elevators will carry visitors to various 

 heights in the tower. 



The State and Foreign buildings are 

 situated in the southwest part of the 

 grounds* Nearly all the governments 

 of the Western Hemisphere are repre- 

 sented, either in buildings of their own, 

 or have creditable exhibits in the var- 

 ious exhibit divisions. Several of the 

 States have very fine buildings of their 

 own and all of the important states are 

 represented by special exhibits in the 

 Agriculture, Mines and other buildings. 

 The Live Stock division occupies sev- 

 neteen pavillions, covering about 10 

 acres of land. A special building has 



been erected for a model dairy and a 

 commodious building is used for dairy 

 exhibits. The division of agricultural 

 machinery occupies extensive exhibit 

 space beneath the seats of the Stadium. 

 Two special buildings have been erect- 

 ed in the southeast part of the grounds 

 for a commercial ordinance exhibit. 

 Between the two buildings is a model 

 of a Gruson turre' , 52 feet in diameter. 

 This is so arranged that the visitor may 

 go inside and note the construction of 

 this form of sea-coast defense fortifica- 

 tion. The exhibit of big guns by the 

 United States Government is one of the 

 very interesting features of the Exposi- 

 tion. 



The arrangement of the various Ex- 

 position buildings is such that one may 

 save a great deal of time, as well as ef- 

 fort, in seeing the exhibits. The ar- 

 rangement is very compact and one 

 may go from building to buildiug and 

 enjoy himself thoroughly as he goes. 



The Fine Arts building is about 1,000 

 feet south of the Government buildings 

 and contains a fine collection of the 

 best works of American artists. The 

 forestry building is a near neighbor of 

 the Government Buildiug, and a few 

 rods to the east is a stockade of the Six 

 Nations oflndians whose ancestors dom- 

 inated the territory of New York 400 

 years ago. This stockade contains all 

 the various forms of buildings to be 

 seen in an Indian Village prior to the 

 settlement of New York. One of the 

 pleasure trips within the Exposition 

 grounds is the circumnavigation of the 

 buildings upon a broad canal by means 

 of launches which stop at convenient 

 points. This canal, over a mile long,, 

 surrounds the main group of Exposi- 

 tion buildings. There are also wheeled 

 chairs in abundance, having noiseless 

 rubber tires and easy springs, so that 

 one may be as lazy and comfortable as 

 he desires. A miniature railway also 

 skirts the Exposition fence and will be 

 found convenient by many. 



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