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| NORTHWEST FROM THE ROOF OF THE GOVERNMENT
BUILDING - This view gives us a particularly beautiful glimpse of
the approach to the Wooded Island from the
west pavilion of the
Fisheries. In this west pavilion the
exhibitors of various
fish-hatcheries made displays which were in sharp contrast to the
magnificent effects produced by the Government in the east pavilion
of the same structure. On the narrow part of the Wooded Island, at
the end of the bridge, are the permanent buildings erected by the
Mikado and presented to Chicago as a testimony of the friendship of
Japan. The Ho-o-den is a reproduction of a
celebrated temple in the
flower island, but modern architects have not wrought with the grace
of their ancestors. These little buildings were erected in the
Japanese manner by Japanese, and gave to Americans a sharp reminder
of the superiority of Caucasian ideas. The round buildings on the
shore at the left belonged to the White Star
Steamship Company, and
showed a model state-room with some miniature "ocean greyhounds."
Beyond the Woman's Building is the Ferris
Wheel. Across the avenue
from the north end of the Woman's Building is the Bureau of Public
Comfort. The great Illinois Building fronts
the north end of the
lagoon, and the small Merchant Tailors' Building and
the Cafe de la
Marine complete the foreground of the scene. |
