100 J^BW YoEK AT THE WoELD's COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION. 



ing by their work in other rooms. The Duparquet Huot & Moneuse 

 Company presented the range and serving pantry to the building, and 

 the Lorillard Kefrigerator Company furnished all the necessary refriger- 

 atory appliances. The pride with which a structure so superbly planned 

 and equipped was calculated to fill every New Yorker visiting the fair ■ 

 was greatly enhanced by this demonstration of the generous rivalry of 

 private firms to imitate the public liberality which dictated the policy 

 of the State towards the exposition. 



The third floor contained several private rooms used by the chief 

 executive officer and employees of the commission, and here also was 

 the private dining room of the building reserved for the use of the 

 attaches of the commission and their friends. Towards the latter part 

 of the season the restaurant facilities were increased, and any IjTew 

 Yorker could obtain admission to its privileges by applying to the office 

 for a card of introduction. 



The New York State Building was in no sense a repository of 

 exhibits. The few relics and curios in the building were more for the 

 purpose of decoration than exhibition. It was designed as a con- 

 venient and comfortable club house for New Yorkers, where they 

 might rest, obtain information, entertain their friends and imagine 

 themselves once more on the soil of the Empire State. The building 

 was at once recognized as the only one on the grounds properly 

 arranged for the entertainment of social and official gatherings and 

 was in constant demand not only by New York people but for national, 

 foreign and other State assemblages. It was an unexpected turn of 

 affairs but none the less satisfactory to our State pride that New York 

 was thus virtually the hostess of the exposition. 



The management of the State building was under the supervision of 

 Mr. Louis Meredith Howland, of the Board of General Managers, in 

 whose capable hands the social and official functions at the building 

 were conducted with the greatest possible success. 



Following is the list of functions held at the New York State Build- 

 ing during the exposition : 



June 2. — Reception to Governor Flower by Board of Women 



Managers. 

 June 20. — Reception to Governor Fishback, of Arkansas (informal, by 



Women's Board). 

 July 12. — Reunion of the American Society of the " Knights and 



Ladies of the Round Table." 



