82 New Yoek at the World's Columbian Exposition. 



vide his own booth, according to a design approved by the bureau of 

 construction. But it became apparent thai facing the magnihceut 

 pavilions of France and Germany the scattered booths of American 

 exhibitors would sufEer by contrast. For the construction of a dignified 

 entrance pavilion to the American section the exposition company had 

 no funds, and the government of the United States had made no pro- 

 vision. It was reserved for the enterprise of three firms — two of them 

 distinctively of New York city and one having its chief place of business 

 there — to do what was needed to sustain the dignity and reputation of 

 the country. The pavilion, jointly erected by Tiffany & Co., the 

 Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company and the Gorham Manufactur- 

 ing Company, was a very striking product of the architectural skill of 

 John Du Fais, of New York city, and most effectually redeemed from 

 any suggestion of commonplace the central facade of the American 

 section of manufactures. 



The New York Central railroad performed a similar service for the 

 south front of the transportation annex, and both it and the Wagner 

 Palace Car Company made a showing as lavish in its disregard of cost 

 as it was impressive in its relation to the perfection of existing appli- 

 ances for rapid and luxurious travel by rail. In that most remarkable 

 characteristic of the exposition — the manifold application and trans- 

 mission of electric force — the work of the General Electric Company 

 of New York was predominant. To the department of horticulture 

 New York men were by far the largest contributors, and the works of 

 New York artists occupied about three-fourths of the whole space of 

 the American section in this department. The applications of these lat- 

 ter were passed on by a special committee in New York city, and those 

 already recorded as passing through the hands of the board were but 

 a small part of those actually made. In like manner the applications 

 for the successive live stock shows were necessarily of later date than 

 the purely commercial entries, and went, for the most part, directly to 

 the authorities immediately in charge. The representation of New 

 York in this department was, therefore, much more ample than the 

 figures above given would indicate. 



The Boaed of Women Managees. 

 Section 4 of the general act empowered the Board of General Mana- 

 gers " to appoint a board of women managers, of such number and to 

 perform such duties as may be prescribed by the board of general 



