Show our worlds fair letter special correspondence chicago feb 25 1893 1890 3 then though h the snow enow is a foot deep on the round ground in jackson park greatly impeding the six thousand laborers labor ersin in their of placing 5 exhibits and desperate struggle to complete the buildings P the scene in horticultural tall hall is is one of rare be beauty anty and aragi fragrance ance Inthis in this 1 great building the chinese prini primrose roses which for weeks have bloomed in dai dainty fit y clusters nil under der its grei t dome ate aie well nigh passe pasc and will soen soan be a thin thing 15 of the past a 1 mere merc reminiscence minis cence but in the conservatories conserva tories west of horticultural building another plant is blosson blossoming bloss oming ling in truly regal splendor these are arc the dainty cyclamens cy clamens or some call them the persian vio violeta vi oleth letb five thousand of them are now is bloom and before another weel week has gone aty y fully five thousand more will bave spread their r glorious petals in in the subdued sunlight n flattering flittering flitt ering 0 through tile the sky light of tile the conservatories conserva tories in richness of color the cyclamens cy clamens the chinese chines primroses prim roses they do not grow in spikes like the prim roses but cae eadi flower shoots shoot up out of the bulb straight as an arrow with stems five or six in inches abes tall the tio flower stalks stand in circles the corolla standing anding Et upward instead of in a circular row straight out from thal icart these petals point upward so pert that one has fancied in them a resemblance 1 to the impudent rabbit and sonic some botanists have given them the dameff name of rabbits ears cars other oilier rare plants and flowers in in the hall make the alie place even inow an all inviting and enchanting 0 one where hours may be passed with pleasure and pro profit fit the finance committee is selling its last million of the 5 bonds authorized tile the tre treasurers treasur aurer ers P s bank account was growing too low ard abild the bonds had to be sold to replenish P lenish the cali cah box about 50 of the bissu issus remains to be disposed of and they find ready takers among eastern astern railroads and calita capitalists ita lists tg no doubts any longer exist that the women s exhibit will be a notable one when first the subject of a womans comans exhibit was mentioned it was hoped that foreign wornee women might also come in and if help C lp th air J american kinc ricart sisters shortly after the organization of the board of lady mana managers C ers indeed mrs potter palmer paliner with avith that object in view view went ent to 1 england aland france and oilier european countries to arouse the sympathy and operation cooperation co of the women of these countries in this direction tile tho results attained as demonstrated have surpassed ed all expectations the women of almost c very every foreign land are with each other in their efforts to bring to chicago the choicest of their wares tile the best of their paintings 0 their finest works of art that their lady friends on oil the western shores may see and appreciate what lias has be been ell done by bv thoi thoc e lon long 21 years ago put asife aside tho brush ard and easel the italian firmly of the alio opinion that in spite of tile the fact that italy entered the race far behind other nations she will yet make a creditable display which in beauty and variety will wilf not suffer by comparison with others othere F for or tile the italian cah exhibit I 1 bit feet of space was assigned but it is found that at leset ggs W exhibitors desire to be represented and the commissioner lias has asked for more room that his country countrymen inen may be accommodated the question of a special building for italy also aho reni remains ains unsettled the ubiquitous small boy may boast un unpretentiously pretentiously after next summer that lio lie lias has lean ean i two score savage wor women tien who are arc tile equals in fighting 0 capacity of tile the same sallie number or of picked french soldiers these warlike L savages are arc now being collected in dahomey as part of t the lie french colony exhibit and are to be exhibited in the dahomey village during the fair these amazons are described fis as b eing being well proportioned clean featured muscular creatures unusually intelligent for savages and possessed of phenomenal phenomena powers of endurance they form tho the mainstay odthe of the bloodthirsty king be hankins army and before the french occupation of ilia his capital they were the only part of the soldier soldiery who were equal to the responsibility of property properly guarding the palace it is taid kaia that the king 0 reposed such implicit confidence in tho the intelligence of his women fighters that he supplied them with breech loading guns while lie he left the men to fight with tho the ordinary native arms with these facts in mind the visitor will find the rough stockade enclosure now being erected a point of peculiar interest the village is to lie le surrounded with the same sail lie kind of stockade that is used for purposes of protection by the natives the structure will ivill bristle e from fro niall ail sides with pikes and at the gate 12 will appear a pair of signal t towers each occupied by a stolid native in gaudy feathers and outlandish paint with i mind filled with stories of tile troubles the realistic appearance of the sentinels may inay cause ause c an all uneasy chill to itself over the observers vertebral region re ion once in the enclosure a winding way will guide the visitor through the village villa 0 of low flat sod huts hi its to liis his right ight 1 will be seen threescore men and to the left forty forta of the amazons in full brandit brandishing sh shields chields and spears pears and going through 0 an all unheard of manual of arms the same taught them in the hurried preparation preceding n the CD encounters COUnters with the french the whole life of the nation their cooking hunting 1 dancea worship and every phase of their exist existence erive as far as possible are to be shown the coming popcorn stand and chocolate booth are casting their ummi unmistakable shakable sta kable shadows bafo before re them the M great redeeming feature of these affairs will be their artistic appearance As a re result alt of certain restrictions most of the booths will be very elaborate structures and are being erected in every nook and corner three car loads of popcorn in in the car have i just been received by one man |