World's Fair Notes.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6260, 6 January 1892, Page 2

World's Fair Notes.

It is reported that the Prince of Wales Emperor William of Germany, and the Shall : of Persia all seriously contemplate visiting ! the World's Fair in 1893. h ' The managers of the great naval exhibition - tion at Chelsea, England, have consented to allow the model of Nelson's ship, the Victory ■ to be transferred to the Columbian Expos tion. r The 10,000dol painting of Christopher Columbus, executed by the famous Moro in 1040, and purchased in London by Charles if. Gunther, has arrived at the Customhouse m Chicago, and will l>e displayed at the r air. The Sultan of Zanzibar has decided to make an extensive exhibit, and a request for space has been cabled. Massachusetts will devote 10,000dol to its educational exhibit. The State's entire appropriation is 75,000d01. The Exposition European Commission, embracing Messrs Butterworth, Bullock Handy, Lindsay, and Peck, are receiving very marked attention in European capitals and other cities, and everywhere exceptional courtesies have been extended. The Commission are doing a wonderful amount of good to the Exposition in arousing interest abroad and ensuring extensive participation by foreign nations. Of the 106 counties in Kansas, 85 have organised World's Fair Associations for the purpose of raising their apportionment of the lOO.OOOdoI which Kansas started out to provide for its representation at the Exposition. Twenty-two counties have already raised their full share. Letters received by the Latin-American department of the Exposition indicate that Mexican women will take a prominent place at the World's Fair. The country has long been celebrated for the variety of needlework, made by drawing threads from linen which is known as Mexican work. Although now so fashionable in newer portions of the world, the making of it is an ancient art in Old Mexico, and exquisite specimens of the lace-like work are to be found in the antique altar-cloths of the ruined missions. The women also do curious and beautiful embroidery in silver and gold for the gorgeous sombrero, without which no Mexican horseman is perfectly equipped. The effort to have a tribe of African pigmies exhibited at the Exposition is pretty certain to succeed. Tippoo Tib has given his consent, and the consent of the King qf Belgium, which also is necessary, can easily be obtained, it is believed, through the State Department. Eugene and Paul Champion, of Neuilly. sur-Seine, France, propose a series of electrical fireworks for the Exposition. Neither gunpowder, dynamite, nor other explosive material is used in producing the dazzling effects. An operator sits at an instrument something like a piano, and by manipulation of the keys produces designs of the most gorgeous fashion. The whole machinery is run by electricity. One of the pieces suggested is a representation of Chicago as °a statue of fire. This is to be surrounded by other figures of fldme, each representing a State of the Union. Chicage will be represented as- receiving the homage of all the great Powers of the world, each filing past the statue and assembled States. As the figures pass before Chicago each will halt bow, and then lay down a flag or shield of fire at Chicago's feets receiving in return the palm branch of peace. The display would last forty minutes, and during that time no less than 40,000 distinct effects could be produced. The Exposition Directory has taken action under which adequate insurance will be placed upon all persons and property for which it can be held liable during the Fair. It is the intention to place an insurance of something like 800,000,000d015. on the exhibits. No^ side shows are to be permitted within the Exposition grounds. The directory have decided that the entrance fee shall entitle the visitor to see everything within the enclosure. There will be, however, several theatres built and kept running, at which the finest talent in the world, it is expected, will appear, and visitors who choose to attend the performances will have to pay an admission fee. Such sights as ' A Street in Cairo ' will be free, but natives of Oriental countries in a few cases will 1« allowed to charge a small fee to special performances of a theatrical nat vie. Mexico, Guatemala, Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru. Chili, and Brazil Mill erect special buildings. Mexico will produce at Jackson Park one of the ancient Aztec temples. Guatemala will erect at a cost of 22,000d0l a building on the model of one of the palaces of the ruined city Antigua. The building of Columbia will bY the Capitol of that Republic in miniature Ecuador has already given orders for the re moval to Chicago of the reproduction of the Incas' '"Temple of the Suu" that ornamented the grounds of the Paris Exposition

It is not thought probable now that there Will be any tower at the World's Fair. The projectors of the most promising tower scheme abandoned it when they found that fchey would have to tako down their tower when the Exposition closed, because the Park Commissioners refused to grant any •übsequent use of a site. It is expected that there will be fully 3000 dogs entered in the Exposition bench show. The various kennel clubs propose to supplement the already satisfactory premium list by a number of very handsome medals. France has asked 25,000 and The Hague 11,000 square feet of space for their picture exhibits alone.