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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 21, 1904)
Foreigners at the St. Louis Fair .i- . J V great t ti-i-ainh btmithnci -a reproduction of the orangery of K KN8I NOTON PALACE, lNlON. TS3fepL...:.'.-j KA P't MT;m.ftVllpJili,J' IIWUH CHINA'S ntlll.niNO. SHOWING HOME OP BRAZILIAN 13 U 1 LD I NG IN BACK GROUND AND IlKIllI'MH IM'JLDINOON RIGHT. T. LOl'IS. Feb. 10-(S:rclal dr rfspondonce of The Dee. Ar " chltocture typical of the natlan Aft of the world will be s e:i in the ' J foreign government bul'.dings at the World's fair. Every typo, from the quaint and oriuilo pavlll n thut will l.o'd wonders cf the Flowery kingdom to the stately palace, erected by Germany; f:oiu tho picturesque, bung ilow-llkc i nvilUm of Ceylon to the. elegant nproductl. n of Io Orand Trianon, will be oxompHfle I. Tho structures will not only be beautiful and graceful, quaint and picturesque, but they will bo surrounded with landscape garden ing, the llko of which Iihh never b. fore been created on American soil. Artist and artlsnns front all corners of the globe have applied their ik.l l a d go: I is in the construction of these miignll'icent homes which have been erected fur tho comfort of visitors from nfnr. On a level site at tin- east front of th.1 Administration building is the City of Nations. Groat Hrlt In orcup'es a s to fronting WO feet on Hklnker road with its building, a reproduction of the (annus Orangery on the splendid gioiiuls of K n Btngton palace, London. Ibis tlrtuvu e, the birthplace and home of the late tji.e'n Victoria, was built in in. dor the di c: orders of Queen Anne. It is onu of ill' purest specimens of guriii Anne architec ture. The building U suT.iundcd by a quaint old Englhh garden, a u.py of tho horticultural architecture of y yiaxai ao. The w hole tract Is bordered i.li ludg.s of yew, and these with all the tries till shrubs planted here vr.' brought from Ken.lrgton gard.n.s ri.l In :trw. Mexico's national iii m Is tu-xt tu tlio Britiph butldlnK, faciiiK n h'k nkrr roil. It was the llrst fonlsu g, vei nm lit bul'd Ing rcctcd on ttie World's f.iir Kivumls. Architeclurully, It i a n p -udm il m cf lh pstlo.i. or opi n c.iiirts. wtilh form a feature Of Mexican dwelling lum-i's. Tln court is roftd ovir, showing, h wi x i r. uu ar a to 1 clolptrr such as uxually siiriiunil . u .ito The structure l.s twi storl. s i ho's''t. Th Windows of the upper cti iy .ir.- phot i graphlc vlt w, phowttis 'tlnd al , jr.oiia ruent, palacen, potkx an 1 lo'a.iti ul tills Of s.-fnery tn Mi-xa-'.t. A t-i.'.ai tic pi. t nr.s Of Flsident Plat in Hlalli'-d ;l is. lio'da a plncc en the 1 wer IbMir. 'His ! I. tire 1 by electricity tit t Ijtlit. S ui '. o'l i.'l it; the building Is an exhibit of the Ho-a of Mexico, Including t-itn.in.i tree. :'give, cacti ttnd p;lm. A large f ire of nu n COU.) the mountrlns of Mexho to obtain plants for this garden, cross Fortythe avenue and facing oo Sklnker road, Krnn'e Is represented by replica of that harmonlotis nnd delicate bit of r.rchitecture, the historic Grand Trianon at Versailles. Surrounding the building, on the tifteen-acre reservation, la un elaborate specimen (f French land scape gardening. A broad driveway leads up a gentle slope to the court of the Trianon. It Ih flanked on either side by raised terraces of sward, crowned by para'lel rows of parked Caroline popiars. Statuary intersperses the arcade if trees. To the south and west of the Trianon Is a garden of exotic beauty which follows tho vagaries of nature. Tere are tiny lakes and secluded nooks to delight the romantic nature of the Parisian. The court of the building, formed by the central structure and the U-shaped wings. Is travel sod by walks of pink gravel which are cooled by a splashing fountain. Siiun's building, a teproductlon of the Hen Chamii temple is next to Mexico on tho west. Next door is Nicaragua's low-roofed pavilion, surrounded by a garden of plants Indigenous to that country. Itraxll occupies a site on the corner of International and Forsytho avenue with a pretentious structure. It Is crowned by an Immense steel dome rising 132 feet above the ground, and Is flanked on the east ami west by flower gardens. Hclgltim Is represented on a site in front of the Administration bui'ding by a hand some and highly decorated structure, a reproduction of the Antwerp town hall. The building Is constructed mostly of steel which was brought from Antwerp. It will be taken down after the fair and re created at the exposition at I.lege, Itelgium, In A beautiful garden surrounds tho pavilion. Tho Imlldlng erected to hold the wonders of tho Pclestl il empire stands betewecn tlio Helpliim building nnd the Orangery. It Is a cii;ilnt and highly ornate structure. ! n production of the country palace of I' liue lu I. on China's Imperial commis si. m r to the f..lr. The framework was o, .est root -d by American workmen, but the lie!!, ate cnr '."e "f the ornamental fnlsh was fashlnre.l by the skilled hands of the Chlni -c artUins. who came alt the way from the Flowerv kingdom to apply these last artistic tenches Fw'.'en has rrefted a pavl'lon which represents a typical Fr-.ih farmer's eoiititrv horre The structure was built In Stockholm, and then taken apart nnd shipped tn the fair In sections, and again erected. All the material was taken from 1 . : -. i r ' CETTON BUlLDINa AT THE WORLD'S FAJIJ. -r! 'J 1 .V mmmm i GERMAN nun.DINO-A RErRODT'CTION OF TirE TUB CHAHLiOTTKNBUKO CASTLE. BERLIN. CENTRAL. PORTION OP the tmmenae forests of Sweden. Over an old-fashioned Swedish fireplace Is hung a large picture of the king of Sweden and the royal fan lly. Surrounding the building Is a characttrlBtlc Swedish garden. Austria's building, like Sweden's, was constructed at home, taken apart and re erected on the World's fair grounds. It Is distinctively Viennese In style of archi tecture, and stands on a prominent site between the Administration building and the Swedish building. It Is highly de corated with sculpture, and garden plots Interspersed with trees and fountains, adorn the principal front. Cuba occupies a plot of ground 126 feet Square, west of the British building, with a one-story structure, distinctively Cuban In style of architecture. It shows a well appointed dwelling house of the present day in the city of Havana. A flat roof 1s provided for promenading or sight-seeing. This, with fin Interior court, Is adorned with tlowcrlcg plantH. A garden of the rarest tropical plants found In Cuba sur rounds the house. Situated on the sloping ground between the Administration building and the l!el gtuiii building Is tin- Italian building, a pletioe of stall ly lines and harmonious color It Is a sample of gardening and architectural art transported bodily from the shore of the Medit rrancan PtandinT hi;?h above the garden level, the structure Is reached by a broad flight of stairs. Standards crowned with bronzed victories, tower V feet In the air on either side of the entrance. The Kardcn which stretches In front of the building Is flanked on two sides by a 10-foot wall The third side Is a peristyle of Innle columns through which entrance is gained. Ttie walls and colon nade are elaborately treated with porcelain entablatures and are broken at Intervals) with pylons which carry spouting fountain!. Sculpture, rare flowers and all accessories of the building art of the sunny land combine to present a layout as picturesque and beautiful as any on the exposition grounds. Germany secured an advantageaus site on a plateau In the eastern part of the grounds, overlooking the cascades and cascade gardens. Here has been erected a handsome replica of the central portion of the famous castle at Charlottenburg, near Berlin. The castle was built near the end of the seventeenth century by Frederick I. the first king of Prussia. Em Ieror William personally prepared the plans from which the pavilion was con structed. The rooms of the castle arc fur nished with precious old furniture, gobe lins and silver ornaments, the products of bygone days. These articles, now owned by the emperor, have been In the posses sion of his family, many of them, for hun dreds of years. The building is surrounded with accurate copied of the gardens of the Charlottt nbutg cattle. Japan has a commanding site on a hill r nidi of the Machinery palace. Here have Icon elected seven larRe buildings, as well us a number of pagodas. The pavilions were constructed by Japanese workmen and the material for them brought from Japan. Beautiful tiles and rarvings have been imed In their decoration. The main pavlilon is an ornate reproduction of the "Shlsliinden," the paJace at Tokio in which the Japanese empervr grants audiences to his ministers of state. Be -ides the mala CCuntinued on l'kga Blxteeu.) '