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Show THE MlUWINlbR FAIR. "" i - i Items from our regular Corres iondent. The door space in tho main exhibition buildings of the Mldul ilea falrnmounU to a quarter of n million feet, nnd ever) 'nrh of thU space will c f nil v taken by tho tlino.lt open' on January 1st. Fco-ra'l Fco-ra'l changes have nlrcady been ordered In tho original designs of tho building j an annex Is bet..,; erected to tho Manu fuel ores bgiliiui, and tnu uren of tht t'lnu Aru I)niliiiii imn not ii ii.a'.cth'tly Increased by tbe addition ut abuut -U teettoitsoriginntaizt. Theoo changes have been brought aliout by tho fact that tho exposition has been constantly developing since its WlieU inception. Tho original Idea was to mako it ' a big thing, but It is going to ban much bigger thin,; tli.in Its most enthusiastic endorsers endor-sers anticipated. In thtrurc.it Manufac. tures Building there will bo a display ol the manufactures and liberal arts of nearly eveiy country in the world, than which thero hasncvcrbccti n moro complete com-plete display nnyn hero, excepting only in the 40 iicru building on the slioro ol Lake Michigan last tiimmer. The Russian section atone will occupy 12,000 sqilnro feet; the Itnllin section will occupy 10,000 feet more; the Austrian Aus-trian section will com n spaco almost as large as thesr, and other nations will bo rcpicsentcd In irovortion to their ability or their deslro to take advantage of tho opportunity hero nffordtd for advertising ad-vertising themselves mid their products to tho world, Tho .lapuncso will be thero with their dainty hundlnork and thero will bo n wonderful display of Rohemlnn glaBawaie. Thero will be thousands of Hn.n.iro feet tilled with tho products of-the loomi of Asia and Central Cen-tral Kuropc, mid as onu walks up nnd down thu bro.id aisles of thin great industrial in-dustrial palace, it will not take much ol a strvnch of ImagiuAtioii tofeel that the whole world Ilea within tho sweep of an eyejMid that the thinga.thuD far only hciirtf oTwYtti lis nro' now within the reach of our hands, lint thia great bull; ding fs by no mean's tobe'.exclueively occuprwotrt'fofeign exhibit)., -f'.gl . jkThe proper ( ton uf, Aliierlcait tx hiW is already secured isvery large Indeed, nnd some of the inrt fumuiis displays made iuthp.Auit'liinijH'ctiuii tit Chicago .will be'jse sn heroj, "l" , .-, - , -?.& - Amonglltoiiew thingVTocoTiic from abroad pro n largo number of paintings wliTcli tlieniiinngera of "tlio art "depart ment In Chicago would havo been delighted de-lighted to secure, but wldcli will beacen fur the first time, iu America in tho x-poihion x-poihion in the Golden Unto Park. The Art Department hero has nlno secured a large number ot famous Russian paint-tngs paint-tngs which ereattd such a sensation iu Chicago nnd space hns been alloted"Tor a great many c( tho Krcuch pniutiiigs which was seen there. The Oriental concessionaires are on the ground with their nrchltccrs nnd carpenters, and nro pushing nlieml witL the construction of tlierr buiMlugs nt a pace that warrants thu asjei ion tl-s.it they will be ready with, tlio lent of the Exposition by tho opening of tho Now Yeai. Tho CVIro K'rect, therefore, will be In full blast on January fhe 1-irnt . he wedding procession will move along Ron camel back, and on the donkeys. The darkened houris will dance and wrigglo In thu Turkish Tlieatcr, mid the Cafe Chautailt will rliijjwitli the very latest lyrics in 1'tnicli und (icrman, and Midway Kngltsh, During the past week vciy rapid pro-.grcss pro-.grcss has been made In tho construction of tbe numerous concessional buildings. Tbe cyclorainu of tho lturuliig Mountain, Moun-tain, which is to occupy n great deal ot space in t lie Hawaiian eection is rapidly Bearing completion. The Castle Hidd-elbeig Hidd-elbeig Is rearing its head among the trees of the loftiest knoll Just off the South dritc. The CIiI'kk' building, on which, by tho way, white men arctblng all the work, Is well started. The Santa Barbara AmphiMou, whcie tlio sea lions are to snort and the sen tigcrnlght in n great tack m salt water all the coming winter isnenrly ready for its big and noisy occupants. The Oitrlch farm has lieen feiu-nl in,niul tho big feathered bipeds are being drilled in putting their best ioA (ortmoiit foe exhibition purposes, pur-poses, Thu Yuqui Indians from Arizona aro preparing togu into camp. Colonel Danle) Boonu'nwild iiiiimal fjipjw is, In-fng In-fng collectt-.J irvm tlio fonr ij'uat ter ol theglole, and the givat Uonvt Tower is rripidly growing skj ward. Director (ieneriil ilu Young leturiicd from Chicago u few dnj&ajjo, after JinV-Ing. JinV-Ing. completed nrrangeiiientu or the lllitmlilation of tlniUiainltVitirt of the Exposition n it iiiiitiuti nhUhwIil bur-Tasanytlilptfeeriiiidtwkeii bur-Tasanytlilptfeeriiiidtwkeii in this Hne, exctjpt at Cliieagyi i'ot satlsllul with the original idea of making use ol powerful teuivh lights, whit h sweep from onepartof the Kxpositlwii lo nnpther, and with the elaborate llhimiimtlon of the (treat Ulectrio Tower, nml the out lining of all the niaiit building in electric elec-tric lights, ho bus also secured the famous Klcitiin Fountain about which so much has beou heard from lsiiom to the Columbiuii Kxposttiou. A great many cxlilbltii from Chicago havo alieatly started foi San I'liiuclsco and long lines of freight tnrs iipw uom-log uom-log across, the plains. nro l.oadoil withthu materliil wiilch is to nuk the Miattln- t tcrFalr alt that it prwecto.a n.i. promised for it. Tho malls continue to iHMir evidence ol the crowds of people that are comlngfrom nil oitrthe country to siicnd the winter In California, rhousands who usually go to Florida nro coming this way 'his,, year. Surely very resident of tho Pacific Coast will jo at least once to the Falr( nnd many ol them will goscorea of time's. Let them 10 Just once, and tho Fair, from the point of attendance must ixnd will bo n saccci-s. Add to these tho number ol visitors who may reasonably bo cxgect-from cxgect-from the Kast, and there will lie in the Treasury of the Expo'l11011 moruy nongh as It gees on to spend in licw attractions, and in the tlovtdopmciit ol ome of the Ideas which havo been entertained en-tertained in regard to It, and which will result In its going down to history not only as tho most rcniftfkablo undertaking undertak-ing as to the. time it took lo get it up but also in rcganl to completeness ol detail and perfcctionol accomplishment. |