Show WORLDS FAIR LETTER special correspondence chicago june 2nd and thesda tuesday y was decoration day and people spent the day in jackson park it was by far the largest crowd that has been gathered th there ero since the opening day the day was beautiful not very warm but bright and clear the fairgrounds are arc fait becoming regular picnic grounds people c d do 0 not patronize the rants on oil the grounds much they their own homemade lun lunches clies and every nook and corner is filled wi th merry picnic picnickers ers all tile state buildings have chairs and benches conveniently arranged 0 for the weary sightseers to rest in i n there never was a 1 fair gotten up that held so s many places of comfort for th tired visitors as this one does the night was an ideal one for admiration mi ration A heavy bank of cloud hung over the buildings building causing causin 0 the thousands of electric lights to tr stand land out in lines of fire on a background of ebony the music of th bands floated in waves of meloda down the great basin tile tho music was most all patriotic airs and the crowd felt the solemnity of the memorial day montana s exhibit th silver statue ada rehan as the goddess of liberty was unveiled tuesday the cerni carmony ony which preceded tile the unveiling of the statue was short arid and confined to two speeches A dense crowd packed the aisles around the montana pavilion the band opened the ceremonies by playing C tile the silver statue march written for this special occasion by ion arnold of san francisco the statue is n nine i tie feet high and is the largest ID silver figure in the w world 0 ald over 1500 pounds of silver was used in this statue and it cost altogether 23 the ie go gold pe pedestal estal on w which ich ids i sl 1 ds atre spatt horse mine montana yesterday was another bright day at the fair over tickets were sold there was no illumination in the evenin evening r so the crowd was slim compared to the night 0 before the kentucky press association met in ill the ken tuckey building C at 12 A M A afine fine reception and lunell followed the speeches there are about four hundred ni members embers of the ke stuckey press here the marble room in tho the german section of tile the art buil building dim wa opened yesterday afternoon the room was crowded all afternoon there at aie c several very fine pieces of statuary in this section the germans are pretty well represented in every portion of the exposition courion representing folk hero here in ill tho the german village 0 form the largest collection of the kind that was ever raade yesterday it was thrown open to the public worlds fair visitors will bo allowed to look on queer thin things s from germany which in thease themselves aives are dot only interesting 0 but expensive for foi the collection is estimated to be worth the building where the display is made is built to represent a hessian town hall the huge timbers are left baro bare and the painting and fresco have been faithfully copied the tha windows long 0 and narrow and were made long ago in the center of the building are models of a black forest home wo we visited the oklahoma and new mexico buildings yesterday these two neighbors have joined forces and havo bavo built themselves a pretty and commodious home to receive their guests in during tile alie exposition their exhibits are not all hero here yet but they expect to have every thing in ill readiness by next week oklahoma has a booth in the agricultural building 0 that will be a surprise to many pc people o ale as to what can be raised in that territory every visitor to the fair should devote at least one day to the different state buildings they each ha have yc some special attraction to chain the visitors attention E every very one wants to see fee the liberty bell in the pennsylvania building the next is the corn palace in ill the theloa loina building 0 hut Blit each cach of the others han hac c many things bilings of 11 great interest in ili south dakota dakof a building the orth north enar entrance ance stands a little home mado entirely or of specimens of the ieli ich ore found in that country hundreds I 1 lund reds stand and gazo at this retty little rock house which the adies of glister custer city donated to the lie dakota exhibit it cost over bur our hundred dollars kansas ha comancho Coman clio general austers ousters Ou horse the only survivor C f the cuter cueter raid virginia has george Washing tong bedroom just as lie once occupied it new york has the finest banquet hall arid and parlors on the grounds illinois has a farm scene that cost over 1000 colars and days work to make it it is composed of all the different grains and grasses fou found nd in the state and so eo 0 on ii through gh all th the C bu buildings i idin 03 there are t things that one ought not miss seeing it takes take s a week to see the fair as ag it ought to be soen seen by every visitor EVOLYN |