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| THE WOODED ISLAND - The view here shown is
doubly instructive, in that it authoritatively informs the reader
concerning the "fairy lamps," and shows that the term "wooded island"
was a euphemism. Time did not permit the builders of the Fair to
bring about, on these somewhat secluded spots, those transformations
of which poets might sing. As a matter of fact, the flower and shrub
display hereabouts was not what might be termed magnificent. But at
night, with the aid of the little glass cups (here seen) of various
colors, holding tiny lights of wick and oil, the scene was charming,
and filled the space with all the thousands of visitors that could be
accommodated without trampling the very illuminations themselves. The
road at the right leads to the Hunter's
Cabin. The vista offered is between the Mines on the right and the Electricity on the left, and looks directly
into the northern entrance of the Administration Building, giving to that
commanding structure its second most advantageous view, for on the
south and west it was not well presented to the distant eye. One of
the heroic dome-groups of Victory, on the left, is well limned,
precisely as the architect desired it should be. The unsatisfactory
cupolas of the Electricity Building, nearer by, are exposed to view,
and an arched bridge leads to the mainland, crossing the road which
ran westward to the Golden Doorway of the
Transportation Building. This smaller island was called the Hunter's
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