■*.. A T 500 UFe LIBRARY OF CONGRESS « LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. T500 %p. -ft^wa^ftt.- Shelfv UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. I PRICE TEN CENTS. ^W/ ^C^r IDWAY PLAISAN'CE was the name given by the founders of the South Park system of Chicago (as distinguished from the North Park system and the West Park system, each of these being under the control of independent boards of park commissioners) to a strip of wooded land one mile in length, east and west, and six hundred feet in width, through which a narrow roadway had been cut, connecting the two great parks of the south division of the city, — Jackson (at present the site of the World's Columbian Exposition) on the east, and Washington on the west. The word "plaisance" as used in this connection signifies " pleasure way," and as such it was accepted and used by Chicago people up to the com- mencement of preparatory work upon the World's Fair. The drive had much the appearance of a country lane, was well shaded with maples and young elm trees, and during the summer months was quite popular among pleasure seekers of all classes, being generally crowded in the evening with vehicles of every description, from the humble family carryall to the pretentious Victoria and the spectacular four-in-hand coach. It is unnecessary to say that Midway Plaisance has undergone a complete metamorphosis. The stranger cannot realize the radical character of the transformation as well as the resident, for the Plaisance of to-day makes no outward sign of its ever having been anything other than it is — a highway of the nations. The country lane has been super- seded by a well-paved boulevard, 150 feet in width; the maples and young elm trees have disappeared to make room for Irish, German, Turkish, Austrian, Chinese, Japanese, Dahomey, Javanese and Indian villages, castles, towers, pavilions, pagodas, mosques, and a display of oriental and occidental architecture more varied than was ever witnessed by man before within the limits of a morning's promenade. Something of the kind had been attempted in Paris at the last two universal exposi- tions held in that city, a portion of the Champ de Mars having been devoted to similar displays, but in comparison with Midway Plaisance these were simply attempts. If the attractions of Midway Plaisance were stretched out in a straight line they would extend a distance of no less than six miles. The map which accompanies this guide gives a perfect idea of the arrangement and grouping of these peculiar exhibits, and the pages Avhich follow, it is hoped, will render equally valuable assistance to the visitor with regard to the exhibits themselves. The map and guide are revised to August 10, 1893, and may be accepted as being absolutely correct. Official Guide TO MIDWAY PLAISANCE y OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "The Highzuay Through The Nations.' BROUGHT DOWN TO AUGUST io, 1893. WITH AN ABSOLUTELY CORRECT MAP AND NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS. ISSUED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION. COMPILED BY IN J /FLIT 6 rr* % y Chicago : THE COLUMBIAN GUIDE COMPANY, / (^ administration building, World's Columbian Exposition. COPYRIGHTED BY THE WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION. DIRECTORY OF ATTRACTIONS. FOR MAP, SEE PAGES 24 AND 25. [Ollicial guide numbers, in plain figures, are displayed conspicuously on all of the Midway Plaisance exhibits. These numbers begin at the right-hand side and end at the left-hand side of the eastern (World's Fair) entrance. Thus, the exhibit of the Diamond Match Co. is "No. 1," and Lady Aberdeen's Irish Industrial Village and Blarney Castle is ' No. 63." The visitor by referring to corresponding numbers in the guide will obtain the information desired. It is proper to take the right- hand side of the Plaisance in making the round trip.] ATTRACTIONS. [Going West, Right=Hand Side.] ADHISSION Diamond Match Co.'s exhibit Free Workingmen's Home Free International Dress Costume Co., or "Congress of Beauty" 25 cts California Nursery Free Electric Scenic Theater 25 cts Libbey Glass Works 10 cts Irish Village, Donegal Castle 25 cts Japanese Bazar Free j IN THE GERMAN VILLAGE. resent an actual outlay of 3,000,000 marks. The west half of The Castle contains the splendid wine restaurant, seven large and small rooms fitted up in old German style, the pride of the Fair. Fine meals are served herewith choice Rhine and Moselle wines at all hours of the day at very reasonable prices. The fortified West Front of the castle faces the spacious Concert Garden, shaded by the dense foliage of a grove of oak trees, where twice a day, afternoon and evening, grand military con- certs are given by two German military bands, picked from the best regimental music of Germany. The Guard Infantry Band is under the leadership of Royal Music Director Ed. Ruschewxyh, who has been a German military leader for 34 years. The Garde du Corps Cavalry Band is commanded by Staff trumpeter Gustav Herold, who has been in the military service for over 20 years. A special feature of these concerts is the Daily Dress Parade by both bands in the village common and the march to the concert garden in full parade uniform. This garden, with its surrounding dining-halls, can accommodate over 7,000 people. 20 THE OFFICIAL GUIDE Warm and cold meals are served there, with imported and domestic beer or wines, and the prices are acknowledged to be the most reason- able on the fair grounds. Particular attention is called to the table d'hote at 12:30 p.m., when a fine meal is served for $1.00. POMPEII PANORAMA. Official Guide No. n. Admission fee, 25 cents. A very realistic representation of the City of Pompeii, destroyed by the eruption of Vesuvius in the year 63, as well as of the city as it appears to-day. The merit of this work is due to the brush of the celebrated painter, Count Antonio Coppola of Naples, w T ho after three years of incessant labor, gives us in life the daily movement of Pom- peii and revives and reforms a most important and complete collection of Pompeian subjects, representing the principal edifices of this ancient city, with its customs and special rites and the most important scenes of Pompeian public and private life. Worthy of a visit. THE STREET IN CAIRO. Official Guide No. 12. Admission fees: To the Street, 15 cents. To the Theater, 25 to 75 cents, according to location of Seat. To the Tombs, 10 cents. To the Temple, 25 cents. To the Soudanese Huts, 10 cents. Fortune Tellers charge 25 cents. Make 'special arrangement for Camel and Donkey Rides. The Street In Cairo is one of the great attractions of Midway Plai- sance. Only a few steps from the crowded roadway one finds oneself in the center of a busy thoroughfare in ancient Egypt, where the architecture, the surroundings and the people are as far removed from anything American as could well be imagined. The street is narrow and bent, but not so narrow nor so crowded as to hide from the visitor's view the strange oriental facades, the picturesque shops, the quaint overhanging upper stories of the ancient Egyptian city. It is evidently a busy day (or night) in Cairo when you enter. Donkeys and camels are engaged in carrying men, women and children who are certainly not Egyptians either in manners or appearance, whatever else they may be; the shop windows facing the street are surrounded by curiosity seekers and purchasers; the natives move around and mingle with the strangers; there is merry laughter on all sides, and for a few minutes at least you are lost to all consciousness of being in that extremely modern city called Chicago. The Theater attracts a great number of persons daily and nightly. Much has been said and written of the dances to be seen here. It is entirely optional with those who visit the Street whether they shall also witness the dances. And it may be said also to be solely a matter of taste. The Camels and Donkeys may be hired by the trip, up and down the Street. The Tombs of the Ancient Kings should be visited, because everybody visits them. The Temple and the Soudanese Huts are also well patronized, and it will not do to leave before you have tried your luck with TO MIDWAY PLAISANCE. 21 The Fortune Teller. There is a great deal of enjoyment to be had out of a trip through the street itself, regardless of side attractions. Souvenirs are on sale everywhere. There is atypical Egyptian restau- rant, and refreshments such as are served on the Nile may be had here PART OF THE STREET IN CAIRO. for the asking. No visitors miss the street in Cairo. At intervals dur- ing the day the Muezzin calls the faithful to prayer in the mosque, and the Mohammedans may be seen at their devotion. PERSIAN PALACE. Official Guide No. 13. Admission fees: Persian Theater, 25 cents; Persian Cafe Concert, 25 cents. In the Persian theater athletes and wrestlers perform seven times a ■ day, from 2 p. m. till 10 p. m. Peter Samson, "the strongest man in the 22 THE OFFICIAL GUIDE world," appears at the end of each performance. He performs some wonderful feats of physical and muscular strength, such as cutting iron chains, bending an iron bar by striking it over his arm, etc. The Cafe Concert. Ten pretty girls, known as the "Troupe of the La Bella Bayah" dance and sing and perform on native instruments. These performances are given daily from n a m.tonp.m. In con- nection with these features there is a Persian Bazar where souvenirs are sold and refreshments are served. THE FERRIS WHEEL. HODEL OF THE EIFFEL TOWER. Official Guide No. 14. Admission fee, 25 cents. About one-fifteenth the size of the original, but a perfect reproduc- tion, even to the rivets and bolts. It was reproduced with mathemati- TO MIDWAY PLAISAN'CE. 23 cal accuracy. The little tower, but twenty feet high, is composed of 65o,oco separate pieces of iron and steel, rivets not included, and these pieces, placed end to end, would form a line of steel four miles long. Even the eight elevators work, at a speed corresponding to those run in the original tower, and on the summit a miniature lighthouse moves just as the big one does at Paris. At regular intervals the tower bursts into a blaze of electric lights, hundreds of little lamps taking the places of the big ones used on the original at Paris. The surroundings of the tower are shown as perfectly as the main structure. THE FERRIS WHEEL. Official Guide No 15. Fee, 50 cents for the Round Trip. Designed and carried into execution by Mr. George W. G. Ferris, of Pittsburg, Pa. A structure 250 feet in diameter. The great wheel has thirty-six carriages for passengers hung on its periphery at equal inter- vals. Each car is twenty-seven feet long, thirteen feet wide, and nine feet high. They have a heavy frame of iron, but are covered externally with wood. They have a door, and five broad plate-glass windows on each side, and contain forty revolving chairs, each made of wire and screwed to the floor. They weigh thirteen tons each, and with their forty passengers will weigh three tons more. They are suspended to the periphery of the wheel by an iron axle six and one-half inches in diameter, which runs through the roof, and are provided with conductors to open the doors, preserve order, and give information. All the cars together will carry 1,400 people. The wheel, with its cars and passen- gers, weighs 2.700 tons and cost over $400,000. It is arranged to empty and refill six cars with passengers at a time, so that there will be six stops in every revolution. Accordingly six railed platforms of varying heights have been provided on the north side of the wheel and six more, corresponding with these, on the south side of it. When the wheel stops each of the six lowest cars has a platform at each of its doors. The passengers step out of the south doors, and other passengers step in at the north doors. ALGERIAN AND TUNISIAN VILLAGE. Official Guide No. 16. No admission fee to Village proper. To Theater, 25 to 50 cents. In imitation of village shown at Paris in 1867, 1S78, and 1889. The village is peopled with natives from Algeria and Tunis. There is a ba- zar where souvenirs are offered for sale. Oriental jewelry, rugs, cush- ions, table covers, Arabesqued tracings, perfumery, etc., are offered to visitors. There are representatives of the haughty odalisques and sul- tanas brought from a Moorish harem. In a street of the village is a Bedouin camp with all its picturesque features. Here also may be found snake charmers, jugglers, dancing girls, an orchestra, etc. The dancers give performances in a hall which seats 1,000 persons. VIENNA CAFE. Official Guide No. 17. No admission fee. A very pleasant and restful refreshment establishment, conducted on the continental style. Music adds to the pleasure of the patrons, and the food served is excellent. Prices moderate. CHICAGO UNIVERS GROUNDS cc < o > cc < o o HI -z. T o h- o . _i LU < O o < en Z h- z < z a w a u SO — t-— ns- 1 Sa- ul A Y CO < DC < CO o H H O o I CO co < LU a < z < DC H CO D UJ > Q _l O o PROJECTED BARRE 1 1 i n o £ UJ z. > Ill < LU rr a z C) IU h . -J U) ul 7 z > ii! X 111 < > 4, Uj > < DC 4 cc 5 Id > < cc z 2 ■ 0> ■*-• ■ c => 2 1 I rt I « 1 ■ *o 3 I 1" 7 1 ■ (/) j 1 I J : 1 - 1 1 -3 < 1 ■ C 1 o - 1 -.- 1 ■ h- I 1 < _1 Q o n Q cr UJ _l £ CO 26 THE OFFICIAL GUIDE EAST INDIAN VILLAGE. Official Guide No. 18. No admission fee. A handsome little building erected by the Bombay firm of Messrs. Ardeshir & Byramji, for the sale and exhibit of East" Indian art ware. Specialty in hand-carved blackwood and sandalwood furniture, boxes, tables, chairs, etc.; Cashmere, Benares and Moradabad brass and copper hand-chased and enameled vases, pots, etc.; embroidered shawls, table- covers, and cushions; Cutch and Cashmere silverware and jewelry; old battle-axes, arms and idols. THE CRATER QF THE VOLCANO. KILAUEA PANORAMA. Official Guide No. 19. Admission fee, 50 cents. This is one of the most strikingly beautiful and realistic cycloramas ever presented to the American public. It is a vivid picture of the great volcano of Hawaii, with all of the surrounding scenery, at once so varied and impressive as to have inspired the most experienced travel- ers with awe. The Panorama building is one of the most attractive on the Plaisance. Over the main entrance is a mammoth statue of The Goddess of Fire, which is twenty-five feet in height. The panorama represents with vivid exactness the great volcano while TO MIDWAY PLAISANCE. 27 in action. Hot and seething lava spurts through fissures of the earth, forming lakes of gleaming fire. Cones are formed by the lava on cool- ing and are changed and undermined by fresh lava, rendering the scene extremely unique and charming. The volcano is a vast sink, nine miles in circumference and from 500 to 1,500 feet in depth. In the distance can be seen the Pacific ocean and far away below the horizon on the other side, the capital city Honolulu rests in quiet repose. A lecturer is on hand all the time, pointing out and explaining the many objects of interest. The luridness of flowing lava is produced or enforced by numerous electric lights. The company has in use over 300 of these lights. Mr. Lorain A. Thurston, of Honolulu, is the promoter of this enterprise. It required two years to complete the painting, and involved an expense of $82,030, which is carried by Hono- lulu capitalists. AHERICAN INDIAN VILLAGE. Official Guide No. 20. Admission fee, 25 cents. • To eastern and foreign visitors this village will, perhaps, have a greater attraction than many of its neighbors, for here may be seen the remnants of some "of the greatest tribes of North American Indians that the white man has disinherited and almost annihilated. The Potta- watomies and Winnebagoes have a peculiar interest, for these tribes less than one hundred years ago were in possession of the land upon which Chicago stands to-day. There are representatives of the Sioux, Chippewa and other nations; there are squaws and papooses; the wigwams are standing and occupied, and the visitor may see here a typical North American Indian village, with the various games of the young braves in progress. War dances are given and trinkets are sold as souvenirs. CHINESE VILLAGE. . Official Guide No. 21. Admission fees: To Village, 10 cents; to Theater and Joss House, 25 cents. The Wah Mee Exposition Company, known as the Chinese Village, consists of a theater, a joss house (Chinese temple of worship), bazar, tea garden and cafe. The actors and actresses who perform in the theater have been selected from the very best in China; they are cos- tumed in all silk hand-embroidered garments, also imported from China. The plays are identically the same as given in the larger cities in China. Chinese musicians playing upon native instruments form a conspicuous feature. The furnishings and fittings of the theater are unique in character and were brought from China especially for the purpose. A conspicuous object is a chandelier from the center of the theater, which possesses in itself historical interest. The Joss House on the second floor contains thousands of idols and represents heaven from the Buddhist stand-point. The infernal regions, with the many different modes of punishment, are vividly illustrated. Also on the second floor are shown a store, a farmhouse and a house of royalty, and in the latter lives a Chinese lady and two children, a little girl 2y 2 years old and a baby boy 11 months of age. In The Bazaar everv article manufactured bv the Chinese is for sale. In the 28 THE OFFICIAL GUIDE Tea Garden and Cafe you can get real Chinese tea served in Chinese style; Chinese dishes of various kinds, fruits, etc., also all kinds of first-class American dishes are served. Also on the balcony leading from the second floor and fronting on Midway Plaisance, where THE CHINESE CAFE. you can get a fine view of the entire grounds, you can sit down and, while listening to the soft, sweet strains of the Chinese music, have tea and fruit served. CAPTIVE BALLOON PARK. Official Guide No. 22. Admission to Concert Garden, free; Balloon Ascensions, $2.00 per trip. Three concerts are given daily — morning, afternoon and evening — and refreshments are served. Early in the season the company's bal- loon was wrecked, but a new one will make ascensions before the Fair closes. BRAZILIAN CONCERT HALL. Official Guide No. 23. Admission fee, 25 cents. The Brazilian popular dances, which take place daily in this building, are performed by thirteen natives of the Sertoes of the north of Brazil, South America. Thr dances are interesting, owing to their originality, and are always accompanied by some of the most melodious singing that is heard in the Plaisance. TO MIDWAY PLAISANCE. 29 CALIFORNIA OSTRICH FARH. Official Guide No. 24. Admission fee, 10 cents. Here a number of ostriches of all ages, mostly hatched and bred en California ostrich farms, where the experiment of breeding the Aus- tralian birds has proved successful and profitable, are shown. The exhibit is interesting and instructive. SITTING BULL'S LOG CABIN. Official Guide No. 25. Admission fee, 10 cents. For a time the home of one of the most daring, vindictive and cruel chiefs of the Sioux nation, remembered especially because of his con- nection with the horrible Custer massacre. Interesting relics are shown. MILITARY CAHPING GROUND. Official Guide No. 26. No admission fee. This section of the Plaisance is set aside for the accommodation of visiting military organizations. Many of the most notable State mili- tary companies and regiments of the country will occupy it from time to time. OTTOMAN'S ARAB CAMP. Official Guide No. 27. Admission fee, 25 cents. This is also known as "The Wild East Show," the performance con- sisting of feats of horsemanship and daring by Bedouin Arabs. These Bedouins were brought to Chicago by a private company, and it was the original intention to exhibit them in the South Side base ball park. They gave performances for a time in Garfield race track, but met with fire losses and other misfortunes. They perform some remarkable and blood-curdling feats with their short scimeters, on foot and on horse- back; give a desert performance which is attractive for its weirdness and have proved to be generally acceptable to lovers of rough riding and dangerous sport. HUNGARIAN CAFE. Official Guide No. 28. No admission fee. The attractions consist principally of theatrical performances and concerts on the roof garden. The theater has a seating capacity of 600 while the Roof Garden has space for 1,400. There are four daily per- formances given by a first-class specialty company. There is absolutely no admission charged to these performances. The roof garden concerts are free also. Meals and lunches are served at popular prices. LAPLAND VILLAGE. Official Guide No. 29. Admission fee, 25 cents. This is a very interesting exhibit and one that the visitor should not pass. The Laplanders, thirty-seven in number — twelve of whom are women and six children — were brought directly from the frozen north, and they are exhibited here as nearly as possible just exactly as they live at home. In the village are many of the native sod or earth huts 3 o THE OFFICIAL GUIDE and tepees, dogs, puppies, reindeer and baby reindeer. Two of the baby reindeer were born on shipboard while coming to this country, and two have been born on Midway plaisance. The reindeer are per- fect pets and seem to enjoy being fondled. The Laplanders have with them all the articles used in their Arctic houses, including various sledges, which look like canoes, snow shoes eight feet long, and an endless amount of their valuable fur clothing, queer boots, fishing tackle, etc. They are intelligent, interesting people and many of them talk very good English. DAHOMEY VILLAGE. Official Guide No. 30. Admission fee, 25 cents. The village consists ot three houses, one of which is fitted up as a museum, a group of huts, open sheds for cooking purposes, etc. Much of the material used in the construction of the village was brought from Dahomey by the company controlling the concession. The women number forty, the men sixty, and the sexes occupy each a division of the village. There is a marked contrast between the men and women, the latter being much larger, fiercer looking and altogether more sav- age in their appearance than the former, who are rather inclined to be effeminate. Those who have visited the Javanese village will observe at once that there are very striking degrees of barbarism. The habits of these people are repulsive; they eat like animals and have all the characteristics of the very lowest order of the human family. Nearly all the women are battle-scarred; most of them are captives. All will be returned to Dahomey at the close of the Exposition. ,,.£»•. . -* i i ? .5^ ...*: .'■■<*-'■ /:!?:— '" A SCENE IN OLD VIENNA, TO MIDWAY PLAISANCE. 3i OLD VIENNA, OR AUSTRIAN VILLAGE. Official Guide No. 3«- Admission fee, 25 cents. One of the most quaint and entertaining exhibits on the Plaisance, as well as one of the most creditable. Here are shown in the most re- alistic manner reproductions of the houses and streets in old Vienna, where the visitor may without much effort of the imagination feel that he is in a foreign citv of the last century. Within the picturesque enclosure there are thirty-six buildings, the rathhaus or City Hall (an illustration of which is given) being the most prominent. There is much to amuse and entertain one inside, whether it be the shops where all sorts of beautiful things of Viennese manu- facture are displayed, or the music which is constant, or the refresh- ments which are plentiful. Viennese women serve coffee and genuine THE ANCIKNT RATHHAUS, OLD VIENNA. Vienna bread to the stranger within the gates, while beauties from the Austrian capital also show you souvenirs and sell them to you if you give them half a chance. Austrian peasants, male and female, artisans and tradespeople are numerous. A branch of the Royal Bank of Aus- tria is established within the village. FRENCH CIDER PRESS. Official Guide No. 32. Here pretty Parisiennes dispense sweet cider while you wait, at 10 cents per glass. THE OFFICIAL GUIDE ICE RAILWAY. Official Guide No. 33. Trip twice around, 10 cents. If you are in need of ex- citement you can get it here. A ride behind a 2:08^ horse, or a 70-mile-an-hour loco- motive would be monoto- nous and tiresome in com- parison with a dash around the Ice Railway track. You may never want to take the trip but once; yet if you miss taking it you will have vis- ited Midway Plaisance in vain. The trip really means a "coast" in a bob-sled over 850 feet of real ice. It is at once an example of invent- ivegeniusand the successful application in a novel man- ner of the principles of re- frigeration, a business which >3 in the last few years has j5| reached an extent and im- ^ portance such as few people < realize. The exhibit con- °* sists of inclosed frame build- w ings, which form a spacious n ellipse and occupy a space w 400x60 feet, at the south side ^ of the Ferris wheel. Run- ning the full length of the inclosed space is a track which, as stated, is 850 feet around, and 44 J4 inches in width. On either side are guards of heavy girders sev- eral inches high, which hold the flying bob-sled within proper bounds and make accidents impossible. The surface of the track between the guards contains a coat of ice nearly an inch thick, and over this smooth and glistening substance the bob-sleighs glide with the velocity of a toboggan and the ease of a coaster, to the merry jingle of sleigh bells. The Ice Railway was designed and erected by the De La Vergne Refrigerating Machine Company, of New TO MIDWAY PLAISANCE. 33 York. The cost of the plant for the manufacture of the ice and the Ice Railway itself was about $100,000. W. M. Distin, manager. HODEL OF ST. PETER'S. Official Guide No. 34. Admission fee, 25 cents. The building in which the model is housed was designed by S. S. Beman, of Chicago, for Mr. Ludovic de B. Spiridon, the well-known art connoisseur of the Vatican, and is under the personal supervision of the owner. The facade of the structure reminds one of the front of St. Peter's, though it is not meant to be a fac-simile. The material is staff, which makes a good imitation of white marble. On the pediment is the coat-of-arms of r'ope Paul V., one of the Borghese family. On the roof float the papal banner, with its mitre and crossed keys, and the standard of the^municipality of 'Rome. The front of the building, be- tween the two side entrances,*is covered with a remarkably fine per- MODEL OF ST. PETERS. spective view of the nave of St. Peter's. Two stalwart attendants, dressed in the yellow, black and red costume of The Pope's Swiss Guards, stand at the entrance. A softened light from above adds to the general harmonious and chaste color effect of the interior. The walls are covered with rich crimson cloth. Massive gilt-framed portraits and paintings of the coats-of -arms of famous cardi- nals and popes stand out in relief against the crimson background. Not one garish tone disturbs the harmony of the coloring. At one end to the room is reproduced The Papal Throne, and under it a chair used by Pope Pius IX., which was procured from the estate of the late Cardinal Antonelli. The chair is covered with embossed crimson velvet, the pattern of which is the papal coat-of-arms. The model of St. Peter's stands on an oval platform, about four feet high, occupv- ing the center of the room. The miniature cathedral is made of carved wood, coated with a substance which perfectly imitates the time-colored marble of the original, and is constructed on a scale of one-sixtieth. It measures thirtv feet in length and fifteen in width. It differs from 34 THE OFFICIAL GUIDE most models of this sort in that it is made on a scale large enough to permit of the minutest details being accurately reproduced, even to the bas-reliefs of the facade, the statues and the inscriptions. The eight figures on top of the colonade are as perfect in their miniature state as the great statues on the original cathedral. Some idea of the magni- tude of St. Peter's may be gained by comparing the Borghese coat- of-arms on the facade of the model with a full-sized drawing of the same coat-of-arms which hangs on the wall of the room to the right of the model. The model itself has an interesting history. It was begun in the sixteenth century, before the completion of the cathedral, and was finished in the eighteenth century. It has since been in the possession of several popes and members of Roman fami- lies of royal blood. It is now owned by the exhibitor. Other interest- ing models of historical buildings are shown, notably those of the Cathedral of Milan, the doorway of the Hotel del Orso in Rome, and the Pantheon of Agrippa. PARISIAN CRYSTAL WORKS. Official Guide No. 35, Admission, 10 cents. An interesting exhibit of the manufacture of pretty glassware, in designs of a curious and novel character. The art of glass spinning is shown. Souven are sold. Parisian Glassware Company, proprietors. TREE OF WONDER. Official Guide No. 36. Admission fee, 10 cents. This is one of those perplexing optical illusions always interesting, both for their noveltyand the opportunities for study which they afford. MOORISH PALACE. Official Guide No. 37. Restaurant and Concert Hall, first floor, free; admission fees: Theater, 25 cents; Labyrinth and Wax Works, 25 cents: Execution of Marie Antoinette, 10 cents additional; Optical Illusion, 15 cents additional. The building was designed by August Fiedler, a Chicago Architect. It is a beautiful reproduction of Moorish architecture. The palm gar- den with its continuous labyrinth, copied from the famous Alhambra at Granada, is one of the leading attractions, but the splendid appoint- ments, elaborate decorations, and fine groups in wax which picture the palace as it stood in the days of the Arabian owners recall to the visitor vividly the pen pictures of Washington Irving. As the visitor steps into the palm garden he finds himself in what appears to be a boundless space. Far as the eye can reach the ingeniously arranged mirrors cre- ate the illusion of endless rows of stately palms, casting their shade over hundreds of life-like figures in the gaudy costumes of the lords of the desert. Groups of men and women, talking, lounging or amusing themselves, each group multiplied again and again in the perspective of mirrors, are seen on every side. Tiring of this he finds his way out by the aid of a guide. The transition is into a fairyland filled with start- ling surprises. The first thing which impresses the observer within the palace are the elaborate decorations. He is in a maze of Alabaster-like columns, stretching away in long vistas. The columns are covered with curious hieroglyphics and support a dome and arched ceiling reflecting from its mother of pearl a softly radiant light. Standing on the tiled TO MIDWAY PLAISANCE. 35 floor of mosaics, the visitor may cast his eves upward, and admire the delicate filigree in gold, purple and silver, sweeping in flowing lines, here and there gracefully crossing and forming an intricate net-work of beautiful curves. From the arch depend pretty little stalactites, in gilt, producing a very pleasant effect on the pearly back-ground. Stepping on through the mystic passages, the visitor suddenly catches a glimpse of landscape through what appears to be an oval window. It is really the effect of the omnipresent mirror and the charming stretch of beach and deceptive foam-capped waves is but the reflection from a concealed painting. Turning about, another window on the other side of the palace exposes to view a ravine-cleft mountain, with leaping cascades. Another step, and the holy of holies appears — a realistic group in the innermost recesses of the harem, a sheik surrounded by his favorites. The central figure is the brawny chieftain himself, for the moment at - i ' M- EXTERIOR VIEW OF THE MOORISH PALACE. luxurious ease. For his amusement an odalisque is tripping through a dance. The favorite wife, a beauty with pink cheeks, plump arms and long dark tresses, has fallen asleep, with her head resting on her lord's knee. The figures are of wax, of course, but are very realistic. You meet with a life-like black eunich, who is supposed to guard the way to the harem. Coming out of the Magic Maze you find a crowd gazing into A Bottomless Well. After you have gazed into its depths to your satisfation, an opening in a ledge of rock meets your sight and entering it you find yourself in a cave. The walls of The Cave glitter like so many diamonds, and as you turn your e\ es upward the sight of a group of devils makes you start. There, in a hole in the rocks above, a lot of red imps are staring at you. The 36 THE OFFICIAL GUIDE " Birth of the Harp" can also be found in one of the cave's cool passage- ways. Next a small flight of stairs is ascended and you find yourself in A Monster Kaleidoscope where you see one thousand people stand- ing around you. From here you descend and ascend the broad stair- case of the palace to the floors above, in which are collected some of the finest Wax Works ever seen in this country. These are from the Berlin Panopticon, and are almost in every instance true to life itself. The first thing that greets your eyes is a sign reading, " Please do not talk to the Wax Figures." The Panopticon will entertain you for an hour or more. There are Emperers and Empresses, Kings and Queens, distinguished Men and Women and many pathetic and humorous groups. For an ex- tra fee of 10 cents you are ad- mitted into a small chamber where you find a most realistic representation of the Place de Revolution (now the Place de la Concorde) of Paris, France, as it appeared on the 16th day of October, 1793 (one hundred years ago), just before the Execution of flarie An= toinette. The guillotine on which hundreds of lives were sacrificed during the Reign of Terror, stands before you. On the scaffold, erect and beautiful, is the unfortunate Queen, who has just been carted to her fate. The executioner and his assist- ant are at her side; below the steps are the guard, near the block is the basket to catch her head; in the back-ground is the Parisian mob, the red caps of the commune being prominent in the angry, maddened crowd. The picture is an awfully beau- tiful one,' and should be seen by all. In another chamber, for an additional sum of 15 cents, you may behold something in the line of Optical Illusions that will afford you food for thought. There are three of these, and they are presented with astonishing skill. In The Theaters some very creditable performances and concerts are given. The Moravian orchestras are excellent, and the girls are perhaps the most beautiful to be seen on the Plaisance. Altogether the Moorish Palace is worthy of patronage. There is nothing to be seen here that woman and children cannot thoroughly enjoy. AN ARCH — MOORISH PALACE. GARDEN RESTAURANT. Official Guide No. 38. No admission fee. This is a pleasant and satisfying resting and refreshment place, where orders are filled promptly and at moderate prices. Good music is fur- nished and guests are treated with civility and consideration. TO MIDWAY PLAISANCE. 37 TURKISH CARPET WEAVING EXHIBIT. Official Guide No. 39. No admission fee. The visitor is now entering what, properly speaking, is the Turkish Village, but the arrangement is such that the exhihits must be treated separately. Rohert Levy is manager of the entire Turkish concession. The building occupied by the carpet weaving exhibit was originally intended for a mosque. Turkish men and women are engaged in weav- ing rugs and carpets, which are offered for sale. TURKISH SEDAN CHAIRS. Official Guide No. 40. Make special terms. The chairs are of the style in use in England and America at the close of the last century. They are carried by Turks, whose swinging gait gives a pleasant motion to the chair. They are patronized mostly for the novelty of the thing. RESTAURANT AND DANCE HALL. Official Guide No. 41. No admission fee to Restaurant. To Dance Hall, 25 cents. Turkish male and female performers give interesting exhibitions of native dances, etc. BEDOUIN ARAB CONCERT HALL. Official Guide No. 42. Admission fee, 15 cents. A Sheik and family and part of a tribe of Bedouin Arabs give en- tertainments of a peculiar character. Worthy of a visit. TURKISH CAFE. Official Guide No. 43. No admission fee. Here everything in the refreshment line is served in true Constan- tinople style. The prices are moderate. PERSIAN TENT. Official Guide No. 44. Fee, 25 cents. A Persian fortune teller tells you all about your past, present and fu- ture, in true oriental fashion. The tent, it is claimed, once belonged to the Shah of Persia. It is richly embroidered. TURKISH BAZAR. Official Guide No. 45. No admission fee. Contains about forty booths where articles of Turkish and Orienta manufacture generally are displayed and offered for sale. The visitor will have an inteiesting time driving bargains with the natives. Beauti ful and useful souvenirs may be obtained here. 38 THE OFFICIAL GUIDE TURKISH THEATER. Official Guide No. 46. Admission fee, 50 cents. Sixty-five men, women and children form the theatrical company. These were gathered from Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Nazareth, Samaria, Damascus, Beyrout, Lebanon, Aleppo, Constantinople and Smyrna! Besides these there are many Gypsies and Bedouins. 1 hey produce comedy and tragedy and show oriental engagements, weddings, recep- tions, dances, funerals, merry-makings, battles and scenes from every phase of life. Two' languages are used the Arabic and Turkish. Every musical instrument of oriental type, ancient and modern, is utilized. The building is an oriental one. The exterior is finished in domes, arches, gates and windows in the style of the East. The interior TURKISH THEATER. scenery, mural decorations, etc., are fashioned after the most elegantly furnished houses in Damascus. Cost of the theater, $10,000. BERNESE ALPS PANORAMA. Official Guide No. 47. Admission fee, 50 cents. Presented in regular cycloramic form. The painting represents two years work by the artists Burnand, Furet and Baudboy, of Geneva. The spectator is supposed to be on the Maennlichen and looking out over towering peaks and nestling valleys within a radius of thirty miles. Ranged around him are the crests of the Jungfrau, Shreck- horn, Jura and Thun. The portrayal is very perfect. Away below the spectator, nestling at the base of the height, may be seen a village sur- rounded by pastures filled with flocks of sheep, dimly outlined against the grassy background. From the inner platform, which represents The flaennlichen — the culminating point north of the Wengernalp — the looker-on sees at one glance the fairy panorama of the Bernese Alps. As in a dream he has been carried up in the pure and serene TO MIDWAY PLAISANCE. 39 atmosphere of these high regions, in the very center of Switzerland, more than 7,000 feet above the level of the sea. At the foot of these gigantic mountains, hanging over the abyss, he has the sensation even of giddiness. The visitor has thus accomplished without fatigue the ascent of the Wengernalp, a triangular group of mountains rising between the valley of Lauterbrunnen and that of Grindelwald. Leav- ing behind us these shepherds loaded with their rustic utensils, these chalets glittering in the sunshine, the herds of cows and goats, we arrive through forests of fir trees at the village lying in the valley wa- tered by the White Lutschine. It is Grindelwald, a village partly destroyed last year by a terrible fire. Climbing the opposite slope we reach the Pass of the Great Scheidegg beyond which tower the Urirothstock and the Titli^, which close this magnificent prospect. On the right appear the Royal Highnesses of the Alpine cycle. First The Wetterhorn (Peak of Storms), the rocky bulk of which opens to let a passage down the valley to the Upper glacier of Grindelwald; then the Schreckhorn (Mount of Terror) from which runs the lower glacier. The melting of these masses of ice gives birth to the White Lutschine which runs through the valley of Grindelwald. Here is the Eiger, like an immense pyramid. Then the Moench with its enormous steps of ice, a white monk indeed, with his hood drawn over his brow, and not far, in its unapproachable solitude, the majestic Jungfrau more than 12,000 feet high. The ascent of The Jungfrau, far more dangerous than that of the Mount Blanc, was accomplished for the first time in 181 1 by ^ome mountaineers of the neighborhood, then in 1841, for scientific purposes, by the illustrious Agassiz, and Professor Desor, both from Neuchatel in Switzerland. And one after the other appear the Silberhorn (Silver point), the Mit- taghorn (South point), the Morgenhorn (Morning point), the Breithorn, the Tschingelhorn, and, far beyond, the Blumlisalp hardly visible other- wise than like a delicate vapor. And on every side other peaks rise to the sky, evoking to the mind the gigantic ruins of the most distant and mysterious ages of the world. All these white masses are irisated with the subtle shades of blue and pink. We must remember it is eleven A. M.; the mo ntain which retains longer than the plain the im- pression of the night has still all the freshness of the morning hours. On the right, as a canal between these immense walls of rock, is the deep valley of Lauterbrunnen, where runs and roars the foamy torrent of the Black Lutschine. From the opposite rock, the Staubach falls like a beautiful white scarf. The Village of Lauterbrunnen lies at the end of the valley and, above the rocks, the village of Murren is hardly discernible in the middle of misty forests. Immediately above, and not far from the Blumlisalp, we see the Schilthorn and, more on the right, the Rothorn with its red jagged rocks clearly defined against the blue sky. Finally the pyramidal mass of the Niesen rises, reflected like a large emerald in the blue mirror of the lake of Than. On the other side is the pleasant summer resort of Beatenberg. Far away, at the extreme limit of the horizon, the blue line of the Jura stretches farther than the eye can reach in The Bernese Country. At the end of the lake, in a misty atmos- phere, the first houses of the little town of Thun. If we look far down the precipice opening at our feet, we perceive the junction of the two 4 o THE OFFICIAL GUIDE Lutschine rivers, which give their name to the valley, the Lutschinen- thal. As we follow its course, the plain of Interlaken appears to our eyes, between the lake of Thun and that of Brienz. Interlaken ! the rendezvous of tourists from the whole world, with its fine hotels and splendid view of the Jungfrau. Before ending, let us mention, on the other side of the Grindelwald valley, the green slopes of the Schei- nigge platte and the Faulhorn, the summits of which are a prodigious piling up of rocks, colored now a delicate shade of lilac by the oblique rays of the sun. From the Faulhorn the landscape changes and the spectator, returning to his starting point, finds himself on the sunny alp of the Great Scheidegg, having thus gone from the top of the Maennlichen all round the horizon. The paths down to the valley run so gaily through slopes blooming with rhododendron (alpine roses), aconite and blue gentians that every moment one feels tempted to follow them and stretch oneself on the short grass under the fresh shelter of fir trees, with the great panorama of the Alps all round. VIENNA CAFE AND NATATORIUM. Official Guide No. 48. No admission fee to Cafe. To Natatorium, 50 cents. In connection with the cafe is a concert hall, where variety enter- tainments are sometimes given. Music is furnished free, however, in connection with the restaurant. The dining room in the second story is quite popular, the place being conducted in a strictly first-class man- ner, while prices are reasonable. The cafe on the first floor is also first-class. 'I here are private dining rooms in the towers and elsewhere for the reception of private parties. The Natatorium is conducted after the usual fashion. JAHORE VILLAGE. Official Guide No. 40. Admission fee, 25 cents. Space in this vicinity was allotted, on both sides of the Plaisance, to what is known as "The Dutch Settlement," properly speaking, a col- lection of South Sea Island villages, from the islands originally settled by the Dutch. The villages contain about eighty dwellings and 300 natives from the islands of Java, Sumatra, Borneo, Jahore, Samoa, Fiji, New Zealand, Tonga and the Sandwich group. The settlement occu- pies 200,000 square feet. The Javanese have the largest village in the settlement. (See Javanese village.) The Jahore village is one of the number and the last to be ready for the reception of visitors. SOUTH SEA ISLAND VILLAGE. Official Guide No. 50. Admission fees: To Village, 10 cents; to Theatre, 25 cents. Here are collected nations of Sumatra, Borneo, Samoa, Fiji, New Zealand, Tonga and Hawaii It is a village of huts, somewhat similar to the Javanese, except that the latter live more neatly and are a much more agreeable-looking people. The natives make trinkets and carry on their peculiar industries. Here is located also a Hawaiian theatre, the performances being of an indescribable character, but worth the visitor's attention. Souvenirs are offered for sale. TO MIDWAY PLAISANCE. 4 1 HAGENBECK ANIMAL SHOW. Official Guide No. 51. Admission fees: To Animal Show, according to location of seat, 25 cents to $1.00. To Museum, 25 cents. Cafe free. This attraction is properly called " Hagenbeck's Zoological Arena," and is arc-production of Herr Hagenbeck's famous menagerie in Berlin. The building occupied cost $106,000. In addition to the menagerie a circus modeled on the plan of the Coliseum of Rome is includ d, with a capacity of 5,000. The front of the building is taken up by r staurants and cafes, with popular prices, on the first and second floors and on the roof. The second floor on the west side is used as a sample room of the collective German wine exhibit. Hagenbeck is renowned as the mosl successful animal trainer and as the largest dealer in wild animals, hav- ing contracts to supply all the zoological gardens of the world. He has achieved wonderful success in training and taming the most ferocious animals know n lo man. HAGENBECK PAVILION. The Menagerie shows to visitors a large collection of lions of all sizes and ages, numbering twenty-two, one Polar bear, Thibet bears, Malay bears, a collection of the finest boarhounds ever brought to this country, a number of panthers, leopards and Bengal tigers. The large monkey show and parrot exhibit comprises the rarest varieties ever col- lected. There is a large Ethnological Exhibit comprising New Caledonia, British Colum- bia, South Sea Islands, Africa, etc., containing a vast number of imple- ments, household goods, arms, etc., of the nations of these countries, and a tine collection of hunting trophies of the hunting expeditions of Carl Hagenbeck in all parts of the world, and an aquarium representing the Indian Ocean with all the wonderful plants, fishes, etc., in the condition they live in. The Arena serves the purpose of showing the wonderful training which Hagenbeck's animals possess, and the complete control their trainers have over them. No visitor to the fair should fail to witness these wonderful performances. There are four every day. The most Prominent features of these performances are the trained lions on horseback, trained pigs performing the most wonderful evolutions, the 42 THE OFFICIAL GUIDE great group of twenty animals at a time in the arena introduced by Mr. Mehrmann, and Hagenbeck's five Nubian giant lions introduced by Prof. Darling, just arrived from the Cirque d'hiver at Paris, France. Exhi- bitions of this kind (but never in such perfection as are to be seen here) have met with the most phenomenal success in the great European cities, Paris and London, etc. Another great curiosity, which alone pays the visit, is the dwarf elephant "Lilly," which is the smallest ele- phant ever known or seen before. Before the departure from Europe Miss Lilly was, at the Emperor's request, taken to the imperial palace at Berlin and exhibited to the imperial princes. VENICE=flURANO GLASS EXHIBIT. Official Guide No. 52. Admission fee, 25 cents. The Venice-Murano Company, of Venice, Italy, was established in 1866, and has been awarded highest prizes at all expositions since that time. Occupies a building of the Italian Gothic style, richly inlaid with glass mosaics. It has a complete furnace for the purpose of producing all sorts of fancy blown glass, besides a workshop for monumental dec- orative mosaic work. About thirty Venetian artists attend to the vari- ous processes of this most interesting industry, just as if they were in their own island of Murano, where the Industry of glass-blowing has been going on since the nth century. Here is blown fancy glass of every description, vases, chandeliers, table-sets in every color and style, imitations of the old Phoenician, Assyrian, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, medieval renaissance and modern glass. Its chronological display is composed of the very best product of the company. There is exhibited in the building reproductions of the most famous glasses known, in- cluding cameo bowls, christian plates, oriental enameled glass, filigrees, etc. This is one of the most interesting exhibits in the Plaisance. Glassware manufactured in the presence of visitors is sold and a small souvenir is presented. The admission fee is deducted from the price of articles purchased. DIVING BELL EXHIBIT. Official Guide No. 53. Admission fee, 10 cents. An interesting and instructive illustration of the practical use of the diving bell and sub-marine armor. The operations of the diver may be witnessed in the water. The air is supplied by a hand-pump, operated over the doorway outside the' building. OLD TIMES' LOG CABIN. Official Guide No. 54. Admission fee, 10 cents. A reproduction, both as to exterior and interior, of the American pioneer's home of other days. Inside there are many interesting relics and curiosities. Worthy of a visit. Refreshments are served. NEW ENGLAND FARflER'S DINNER. Official Guide No. 55. No admission fee. This is a restaurant in which beans form the principal article of diet. TO MIDWAY PLAISANCE. 43 COLORADO GOLD HINIING EXHIBIT. Official Guide No. 56. Admission fee. 10 cents. Here is a representation in miniature, of course, of a great mine in full operation, showing" miners at work in the different shafts, levels, slopes, crosscuts, etc. It is endorsed by the Denver Mining Exchange, by the Colorado School of Mining, and many leading citizens. An' in- teresting exhibit. FRENCH FRUIT TREES. Official Guide No. 57. No admission fee. Under direction of the Horticultural departments of the Exposition, as is all the nursery space in this vicinity. The French have a large variety of fruit trees trained in all forms, fan, espalier pyramidal, etc., which, though common with the French fruit growers, is quite novel to the average American. Here trees in orchards, as a rule, are given all the room they need and no attempt made to confine them within certain bounds, merely thinning the branches occasionally, but there trees are trained to suit themselves to many different conditions of soil, climate or location. WISCONSIN EVERGREEN EXHIBIT. Official Guide No. 58. No admission fee. Under direction of the Horticultural Department of the Exposition everything pertaining to nursery work is here shown in great variety. One firm has a fine variety of evergreen seedlings, showing all the methods of starting them in the seed beds, of transplanting to nursery rows, and lastly to the permanent situation on the lawn. Others show decidious and other trees planted and arranged in many very pretty designs for lawn and garden work. WISCONSIN CRANBERRY HARSH. Official Guide No. 59. A cranberry marsh is shown, with several varieties growing and bearing, which will be interesting to many. This fruit only succeeds in certain localities, and the thousands of people who daily eat the "cranberry tart" little know how the product from which il is made grows. ELGIN PLANT EXHIBIT. Official Guide No. 60. No admission fee. A splendid collection of plaiUs. In addition to those noted on either side of the Plaisance there are representative displays from other sec- tions and countries. Mexico's exhibit of plants of coffee and tea, as well as native shrubs, attracts a good deal of attention. The nursery exhibit will show thousands of people how trees are grown previous to their being transplanted to parks, lawns and gardens. [These nursery exhibits are under the special charge of Mr. Charles Wright, Superin- tendent of Pomology, World's Columbian Exposition.] 44 THE OFFICIAL GUIDE ORANGE JUDD FARHER WEED EXHIBIT. Official Guide No. 61. No admission fee. This is a very novel and certainly a most instructive exhibit. It is intended to show here everything which the American farmer should strike with the hoe. The exhibit was prepared at a great deal of ex- pense and an unceasing amount of labor by the office editors of the Orange. Judd Farmer, and has been highly complimented by a great many prominent men. Over 135 different varieties of weeds are shown in actual growth. These wt re for the most part raised from seed in greenhouses, thence set out in cold frames, and finally transplanted to the exhibit. Each variety is labeled with its common and scientific name. ADAMS EXPRESS COMPANY'S EXHIBIT. Official Guide No. 62. No admission fee. The Adams Express Company presents to the visitor a modern ex- press office, fully equipped for business. This is the only company on THE ADAMS EXPRESS COS OFFICES. the grounds having its own building. In the window is the oldest relic of the express business, a sign used by Adams & Co. Express, in 1S40, in the office No. 6 Court street, Boston. At that time express runs ar- TO MIDWAY PLAISANCE. 45 rived very irregularly, and numerous inquiries were made as to when the express would be in. The sign was placed outside the office on a lamp-post, immediately upon the arrival of runs, reading thus: "Adams & Co. Express — Arrived." This sign is prized very highly by the Adams Express Company of to-day, the oldest and greatest in existence. Here is also a chair that has traveled the world over, bearing labels from almost every place of importance reached by rail or water. LADY ABERDEEN'S IRISH VILLAGE. Official Guide No. 63. Admission fee, 25 cents. A small fee is charged to Blarney Castle and also for the privilege of kissing the Blarney Stone. This is the exhibit of the Irish Industries Association, Isa' el, the Countess of Aberdeen, president. Although last on the Official Guide list, it is in reality the first and most important exhibit that presents it- self to the visitor after passing under the Stony Island Avenue subway from the exposition proper. In other words, it is the first exhibit to the left. The entrance to the Irish Village has been coped from the north doorway to the chapel built by Cormac, the bishop king of Munster, in the early part of the twelfth century, which forms part of the wonder- ful group of ecclesiastical buildings, the ruins of which stand on the Rock of Cashel (the w r ord is derived from caiseal — a stone fort), the County Tipperary, and of which a fine complete model will be found within the village. The Doorway chosen dv the architect, Mr. McDonnell, for the en- trance of the Irish village is a singularly fine one. It is round-arched, of five orders, springing from detached shafts, and is surmounted by a high, projecting canopy, divided into panels by perpendicular bands, enriched with zigzag mouldings, and rosettes, and carved heads. Pass- ing through this door, w r ith all its associations of the old days of the McCarthys, the O'Conors, and the O'Brians, we enter the cool clois- ters of tie far-famed Muckross Abbey, with its tree standing in the midst, bringing to our mind not only the thought of the beautiful, picturesque ruins from which this reproduction is copied, surrounded by its graves of the heroes of bygone days, but also of the exquisite scenery of the surrounding district of Killarney, its mountains, its lakes, its islands. But the Irish Village at the World's Fair is nothing if it is not practical, and the visi- tor can not be allowed to muse in the cloisters of Muckross; and so, having provided himself with a guide, he is ushered into the first of the cottages where the inhabitants of this busy little community ply their industries. And here over the turf fire over which the potato pot is hanging can be watched the making of many different kinds of Lace and Crotchet=WOrk which is manufactured in Ireland. Ellen Aher, trained at the Presentation Convent at Youghal, County Cork, makes the beautiful needle-point lace which is so highly prized by those who are its happy possessors; Kate Kennedy illustrates the making of applique lace as it is done in the cottage homes of Carrickmacross, and Mary Flynn does the same for the much admired fine crotchet work made by the poor women around Clones, in County Monaghan, and which is already much appreciated in America; Ellen Murphy shows how the pretty light Limerick lace is made, which is regaining its popu- larity since Mrs. Vere O'Brien and other ladies and gentlemen have set 4 6 THE OFFICIAL GUIDE to work to improve the designs; Bridget McGinley works at her old- fashioned wheel in the next cottage, preparing the wool for Patrick Fagan of Donegal to weave into those delightful homespuns whose merits have been found out of late years by the fashionable world, as well as by the sportsman and athlete; Maggie Dennehy, who talks real Irish, also sits near by and shows how Miss Fitzgerald has tavight the women of Valencia Island, County Kerry, to earn their livelihood by knitting. The Dairy. — The "Teach-boinne," or dairy, next engages our atten- tion, and here we find Johanna Doherty, Kate Barry, and Maria Con- nolly showing us all the delights of a well-trained dairy-maid's profes- sion, and what dainty and appetizing results can be turned out by a deft pair of hands with the aid of the convenient recently introduced dairy I . # ck ,-XifJ air lies' 3%.- v 4^""\ 88S3S^|BmBW*5?5 ■^ -\.'f -H-.PJ /-^"^^"^lJ(JHf«itlJ:-'"*^^ i "' '-*- " ffissp. ^ V BIRDS EYE VIEW OF THE IRISH VILLAGE. utensils in comparison with the old-fashioned methods, which are also illustrated. A great effort has lately been made in Ireland to improve and develope the butter-making industry, with very promising results. The Hon. Horace Plunkett, M. P., one of the active members of the Irish Industries Association, has taken a hand in this work. The three dairy-maids at the village have been trained at the Munster Dairy School, an excellent institution near Cork, wh^re all branches of scien- tific agriculture are taught, to the great benefit of the people. Mary Fagan makes torchon lace on a pillow, and Mary Cosgrove from Bag- nalstown, where Mrs. Edward Ponsonby has founded a centre for the making of embroideries, displays the making of the work to which they have been trained; in another of these cottages, with their quaint, old- TO MIDWAY PLAISANCE. 47 fashioned furniture and open roof, will be found a photograph store, from whence many a memory of Ireland and its beauties can be car- ried away. The Bog=Oak Carving industry is one well known to the tourist in Ireland, and is illustrated in the village, both in process of making and in its fully finished state, at the Darra-bochta 'store presided over by Miss Goggin, of Dublin, who has also a variety of beautiful specimens of the green Gal way marble jewelry. Michael Nicholas, too, shows the results that are being reaped from the various wood-carving and metal-working classes set on foot in Ireland by the Home Arts and In- dustries Association, thus providing a paving and profitable occupation for the boys and men, as well as 1or the women and girls. And then comes Blarney Castle. While the interior of the castle has been set apart as for living and sleeping rooms for the village workers, a winding staircase is provided for the visitors who desire to kiss LADY ABERDEEN S COTTAGE — IRISH VILLAGE. The Magic Stone and to get "a view of all Ireland" from the battle- ments. There a relief map, kindly loaned by Sir Patrick Keenan, and made by Mr. T. W. Conway, B. A., of Dublin, will give to visitors an accurate idea of the surface and extent of the country. Any bad re- sults from the fatigue of the ascent and descent have been provided against by the "Tigosda," presided over by Mr. Ryan at the foot of the staircase, where he is entirely willing to refresh the hungry and thirsty climbers. They will then feel prepared to visit the "Sheeppa," where Miss Mayne, Miss Robinson and Miss Keane will show specimens of all manner of cottage industries, and not only lace and embroideries of many kinds, but hosiery and under-clothing, woolens and baskets from Letterfrack, and we know not what besides. But the round is not yet complete. There is The Village Music Hall, where Miss Josephine Sullivan, the youth- ful professor of the harp, from the Dublin Academy of Music, dis- courses sweet music on the national instrument with a sympathetic 4 8 THE OFFICIAL GUIDE touch such as would surely hring joy to the spirit of her patriot father, the late A. M. Sullivan; and in company with her we find many sweet singers of Ireland's national airs and, needless to say, the Irish piper and the jig dancers. And then, too, there is Tara's Hall, where Mr. Edmond Johnson's (of Dublin) interesting Celtic jewelry is to be seen in the making and in the finished state— models of the Tara brooch and the fibula and other delicate emblems which have been reproduced by this gentleman's zeal on behalf of the antiquities of his country. The model of the ancient Celtic cross erected in a grassy corner of the village square, the loan from Messrs. Colles' marble works at Kil- kenney, must also be visited, bringing to mind the fact of the early civilization and art of Ireland, thus showing, even in those far-away days, how full of skill, delicate refinement and artistic taste were her people. Lyra-ne-grena, or "The Sunny Nook," is the name which has been given to the cottage standing opposite to the castle, where Lady Aberdeen has her abode when at the village, and in whose rooms may be found specimens of old Irish furniture, a lovely mantel- THE IRISH VILLAGE — BLARNEY CASTLE. piece from an old Dublin house, old Irish prints, books on Ireland pre- sented by Lady Ferguson, Miss Margaret Stokes, and Mrs. O'Connell, and by Messrs. Sealy, Bryers, and Walker, for Lady Aberdeen's village library. In Lady Aberdeen's absence, firs. Peter White, the widow of the late Honorable Secretary of the Irish Industries Association, who organized this village, and whose loss is so deeply lamented, acts as her representative and lives in this cottage, which is copied from one at at Rushbrook, near Queenstown. Before leaving finally, a visit must be paid to The Village Museum, where a very fine set of fine photographs of Irish antiquities, by Lord Dunraven, arranged and published by Miss Margaret Stokes, the well known antiquarian, are hung; besides many objects of interest to irish hearts which will be lent from time to time during the World's Fair. And surely, surely it is not necessary to suggest that no visitor with Irish sympathies will depart without having set foot on Irish turf, and without carrying away a native blackthorn as a memento of this bit of "Ould Ireland" in the New World ! These Only Are Authorized OFFICIAL GUIDE-BOOKS •OF The World's Columbian Exposition ARE AS FOLLOWS: OFFICIAL GUIDE To The World's Columbian Exposition = = = = = $0.25 — "Hand Book Edition" — Leatherette. OFFICIAL GUIDE To The World's Columbian Exposition = = = = = $0.50 — "Popular Edition" — Unabridged — Flexible Cloth. 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