44 New Yoek at the "World's Columbian Exposition. 



order the National Guard of New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey 

 and Connecticut ; the Gate City Guard of Atlanta, the Grand Army of 

 the Republic, the firemen, and hundreds of civic and military societies. 

 The procession was reviewed at Madison square by Vice-President 

 Morton and Governor Flower, and the time occupied in passing the 

 reviewing stand was five hours and thirty minutes. President Harri- 

 son was unfortunately detained in "Washington by the fatal sickness of 

 his wife. 



The night pageant had the added effect of mystery and weird fan- 

 tasy, and formed an enjoyable contrast to the pleasures of the day. 

 Scores of allegorical floats, radiant in color, artistic and essentially 

 original in design, passed along the line of march escorted by the jovial 

 cohorts of Moraus. Together, they formed a spectacle rarely seen in a 

 northern city, rivaling in effect the famous Mardi Gras. The fireworks 

 from Brooklyn bridge were a fitting close to each day's programme, and 

 were viewed from that ideal stage by thousands assembled along the 

 wharves and on the shipping in the harbor. 



The festivities of the Aveek were ended Thursday evening, October 

 thirteenth, by a banquet given at Lenox Lyceum. Over 400 persons 

 were present, prominent among whom were Vice-President Morton, 

 ex-Pi'esidents Hayes and Cleveland, Governor Flower, a majority of 

 the Cabinet officers, several visiting Governors, municipal, legislative 

 and church dignitaries from New York, Brooklyn and Chicago. The 

 week was a memorable one, for it introduced the first Columbian cele- 

 bration on a scale so grand as to fittingly celebrate the achievements of 

 the great discoverer, and to worthily usher in the fetes attendant on 

 the exposition. 



The Dedicatoey Celebeation in Chicago, Octobee 19-21, 1892. 

 In the week following the New York celebration came the national 

 exercises at Chicago, when the buildings and grounds were tendered to 

 the National Commission by the exposition authorities and formally 

 accepted and dedicated to their use. It devolved on the Board of Gen- 

 eral Managers to provide transportation, accommodation and main- 

 tenance for all the official representatives of the State during dedica- 

 tion week in Chicago, and to arrange and conduct the dedicatory exer- 

 cises of the New York State Building. The aim of the board in all 

 these matters was directed to the maintenance of the dignity of the 

 State and to the proper assertion of the place it occupies among its 



