Show our worlds fair letter special correspondence siv days davs of the worlds fair havo have gote gone by the newspapers all over the country are arc ringing with news of the opening lay day corci ceremonies although i it was cloudy and terribly muddy everybody bodye seemed emed good natured and to enjoy the fair very much yesterday was the fifth day and although there was not near so many visitors as tile day before tho the grounds looked pic tty full tile workmen at the grounds commenced work on oil the unfinished installation str stal lation and buildings C yesterday morning r after a short breathing 0 spell and tile alio quick work will continue until the lie far is all compter ed few of the visitors tore to tile tho grounds yesterday strayed below I 1 machinery 11 achin eyl hall lall thinking doubtless that nothing of interest could be found in the back backyard vard of the white city but il in this they were much mistaken ni staken for this part of the grounds lias has undergone n remarkable inar kable trani tram formation in the lat lat few days and the former seas rons of mud and mountains of refuse are now supplanted by plank walks leadin leading to the less important buildings which dot that portion of the 0 grounds rounds and which are now nearly filled with interesting exhibits of many mally different kinds considerable difficulty dilli culty was experienced perien ced by workmen who attempted to enter the grounds this morning morning on oil last months passes these passes were ic ignored 0 r nored by the b guards U lords who managed 0 tile the gates and as a result the streets were filled with workmen who were loud in their denunciation of the fair officials after a time all was amicably settled all tile the men ion going to work the ceremony of touching the button to cast the new independence bell which the society of the alie daughters daughters of the american revolution have asked mrs cleveland to perform will take place in june somewhere near the oth ath this ceremony was originally planned for may let but was postponed until the time in which mrs cleveland chooses clio oses to visit the 14 exposition 1 ono one orthe of the prettiest sights at the alie opening exercises was the beautiful litle gondolas gon delas some green others red blue brown and white wild cheers burst irom from the crowd in front of the administration building when the bright boats shot out from tile tho og elx h canal each vessel iwas ihorn a k gondolier with red belts g bound their waists throughout 0 tho the cenemo t nies tho the procession was kept in m motion over the prescribed route cast on oil the side next the manufacturers building 0 turning 0 at the state republic and west on oil the south side toward the fountain the electric launches were out in ill full force and were swift and silent in but did not make such a picture as did the little foreign boats As they came floating along 8 so 60 and ud managed 0 by such quaint looking oarsman oarsmen oars men ati they made one forget chicago forget even the fair and sent one through far across the water to beautiful venice I 1 stood down b by y the last eve jut just at dusk and looked over that beautiful silvery lagoon 0 the grounds were still as the workmen had gone and but few visitors remained and I 1 thought t of the many 7 many hours of hard study that the designers of the exposition must have put in to bring forth from the wind mind such auch a wonder gathered gathea ed bit by bit from all the beautiful places of foreign lands and combining them in one grand grand ensemble one sees ees the best of everything there not no t the sculptors rule attempts at modeling but his masterpieces no puny efforts of the fledging artist but the fruits of ion long I 1 years of earnest toil will be ou on exhibition the wonderful progress of man is shown in every building bui ldina when one stands and gazes on all the spencor sp endor tile the result of brilliant genius of master gnaster minds it makes them feel how small ismall they really are in this world the artist feels feel s his superiority in his own line but let him but 0 gaze gaze upon the wonderful machinery displayed in machinery hall and he will acknowledge that art is not all in this world just so bo with every other line it takes many kinds of people to make a world and in no way is this better shown than at an all exposition like this in the administration building monday were gathered many notables from all countries the rotunda of the building looked like a diplomatic fete where all the world had gathered I 1 ferr the commissioner from germany stood chatting with the french consul while not far aai away ay the spaniards chatted with their spanish sli american cousins from central and south america mr air jannopoulo the C commissioner for greece talked with sir henry ward from the royal british commission corean corcan musicians with gaudy uniforms loitered around governors staff officers messengers clerks clerics and porters port struggled ed ill in and out makin making a whirling twisting parti colored show of international cus customs and costumes today the sixth day of the fair has been beci bright and beautiful tile the mud is drying up ill somewhat at the pair kair grounds and many visitors took advantage of the good weather and thronged thron ged grounds oneff one of the mo mot most t alic erful and picturesque sio oil tile the grounds was the english en alich tally hoes they hold sixteen people all ami a merry crowd of they hold too as a rule tile the iuie hugle 0 sounds the note of warning while gay parasols over jaunty hats bats that covered merry faces the tally hoes are arc new things and all the aristocracy welcome them with eagerness 0 EVELY EVELYN N |