INTERIOR OF THE CHINESE JOSS HOUSE.—Even conservative and ancient China did not keep away from the World’s Fair entirely, though the exhibit made was the result of private enterprise, the Chinese government manifesting no great interest in the friendly reunion of the rest of the world. What was known as the Wah Mee Exposition Company had the energy as well as the capital to erect a Chinese Village in the Plaisance, and the Theatre, Joss House, Garden and Café there proved attractions to the multitude sufficient to make the venture one not to be regretted by the spirited investors. It may be said of the Chinese Village that its attractions were genuine ones of their kind, what was shown being what it professed to be, the exhibit thus proving as instructive as it was certainly curious to visitors. The Joss House was located on the second floor of the main building and presented a wonderful, and in many respects, charming spectacle to the beholder of its contents. There were idols without number, what corresponded to the Chinese conception of angels, and demons as numerous, and the infernal regions, with the various modes of punishment adopted there, were vividly depicted. It was, from the Buddhist standpoint, an elaborate religious display. There were, in addition, beautiful ornaments and carvings, and the appearance of the place in its entirety was such as to command the delighted attention of all who entered. It was a good thing that the ancient Empire chanced to have such representation by proxy.

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