. Zigzag journeys in the White city. With visits to the neighboring metropolis . sea. It would havecharmed Ruskin. It was one thousand feet Ion or and two hundredwide ; two polygons connected by an arch. It was built of marineforms; and here, for the first time, the visitor might enter as it werethe regions of the waters and travel aniong- the inhabitants of thedeep. Japan and Norway led the exhibits, while Massachusetts finelypresented the industries of Gloucester. I find here, said Mr. Marlowe, an idea to take into our townlife; it is shell decorations for lawns and houses. He took his note-
. Zigzag journeys in the White city. With visits to the neighboring metropolis . sea. It would havecharmed Ruskin. It was one thousand feet Ion or and two hundredwide ; two polygons connected by an arch. It was built of marineforms; and here, for the first time, the visitor might enter as it werethe regions of the waters and travel aniong- the inhabitants of thedeep. Japan and Norway led the exhibits, while Massachusetts finelypresented the industries of Gloucester. I find here, said Mr. Marlowe, an idea to take into our townlife; it is shell decorations for lawns and houses. He took his note-book and wrote down the things that pleasedhim most which could be so used. In the Agricultural Buildinof, Mr. Marlowe found like hints instructures built of corn and cobs. In the Kansas Building he saw another home art in the wondersof taxidermy. 238 ZIGZAG JOURNEYS IN THE WHITE CITY. The Arkansas Building is in the French style, said Mr. Marlowe,on entering that beautiful structure. It is a Folk-Lore Building;the settlers of Arkansas were French. The floor is made of native. KANSAS BUILDING. pine; and, see, there is a fountain of Hot Springs crystals, a gift ofthe ladies of Hot Springs. Here they found a book made of seventy kinds of wood, and found in this a new idea for the society at home. The California Building was one of the most imposing and self-interpreting on the grounds. It was Spanish, and was built after themanner of the ancient adobe mission-houses, with belfries of old WHAT MR. MARLOWE FOUND TO TAKE HOME. :39 Spanish bells. Here Mr. Marlowe found a beautiful roof-gardenas a feature of note. The exhibits of fruit were a wonder, and ledone to feel the greatness of the State of beneficent climate. In the Connecticut Building Mr. Marlowe found an old settle,such as was used for story-telling purposes in colonial times. This
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