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Show THE MIDWINTER PAIR. Items from our regular Correspondent. Corres-pondent. Nearly 200,000 people hayo pais 1 the turnstiles of tho California Midwinter Kxposltlon during tho first two weeks of its existence. This fact establishes the sure success of tho Exposition from tho standpolntofftttendatice.nndthe verdut of the thousands who mako up this sjrand total has been unaiiluiousiil favor of tho success of tho Exposition from ovory point of vlonr. Tho Paluco of Fino Arts has ilrea.lj proved to bo a revelation. Suclyi display dis-play of pictures lias never befefVe bem ncen In this part of tho world. Tnis department de-partment did not depend on Chfbrjgo for its pictures, though it got a greatj nmnv of tho best that wets shown there. Om tho walls of this building aro hunglstrr pictures by well-known American, ( French and German artists, and prominent promi-nent among them nre something llko a j hundred of tho works of the best artists of tho Pacific Coast. Connolsseu'ra ffty that tho Midwinter Art Palace Is the best arranged plcturo gallory ihat the i world has over seen, and it ceriamly Is ' well adapted for tho purno to which It is put. I In tho eyes l Eastern visitors tho citrus cit-rus display natural!." attracts the met attention. It scorns to bo good for Eastern East-ern eyes to encounter a pear as big as n baby's head and peaches almost aiarge, ' to say nothing of so many oriuice.i in j heaps nnd piles and buildings thnjt thcie j Is a great gleam of jellow beforo them I all the while. The rivalry between the . Northern nnd Southern Clrtus 'al.-, i both of which nra held in tlieExposllion grounds, has been happily productive of i the best displays in this Hue that has j over been made, even luCalifornlaf The Northern Clrtus Fair awarded Us ireii -iums during the past week. Tho Wouti -cm Clrtus Fair does not open unliFeb. 20. Tho buildings devoted to thisUWv of displays are proving quite ns p6pular j as some of tho main Exposition buildtyg i and California citrus fruits nro'ge'ultig tho best advertisement thcy"huvd oyo. had. ' f, t. Ono feature of tho Exposition winch has emphasized Itself sinco'llicToptiilntf day is tho excellence of tho'elecylu Illuminations. Illu-minations. The system of arc llghttilng Is bb coiuploto as anyone couldwish,3ud the Incandescent ytaiHa.(i!euY latcd to "arouse the cntliusiaem of.TTe most latent eoul. In these beautiful midwinter evenings, whether the moon shines or not, tho entire Expositicn grounds arc as light as day Long lines of incandescent lights stretch the entile length of each of the main buildlngd and outline all their nrchltcctuial polnttf. Thedome.of tlm Administration building build-ing Is outlined against the deep blue sky the straight lines of tho Mechanic Art building aro clear cut ngainst tin) background back-ground of the night, the clnssic outlines of the Fino Arts palaco enb.Mue the (.fleet that structure always has, find the : peculiarly effective, architecture of thu great palaco of Manufacturers md Lib-crnl Lib-crnl Arts seems never to bo teen ni ' better advantage than when ts Ihoui-ands Ihoui-ands of incandescent electric ligli.i aro lighted. |