INTERIOR OF THE INDIA BUILDING.— So great was the display of articles of sandal-wood in the interior of the India Building that the fragrance of the various objects always filled the air and added to the oriental flavor of the scene and the occasion, and very little of the walls could be seen, so profuse was the display of all kinds of East India goods. At one end of the single large room, lighted only from above, was an apartment where natives in their home garb served the tea being exploited by the company which paid for the building, and these silent people did not detract from the far Eastern effect produced. It was a transported bazaar. In the main room among the rich things was quite a display of gods and fakirs, all excessively curious to look upon, and ugly as could be desired. Among the host of articles for sale there were exquisite carvings both in wood and ivory, wonderful brass work, mosaics from Agra and Jaypore, and things as beautiful from Cashmere, Zurrat and Benares and other regions of the artificers. Of jewelry and other articles in silver and gold there was a great array. There were many things, too, not strictly of the shop. An elephant’s skull with two tremendous tusks were an appropriate Indian exhibit, as was a tall pagoda with its proper contents and surroundings. As a whole, the interior of the East India Building fulfilled the promise of its outside, and what was to be seen delighted a host of people. The display, in the comparatively limited space, appealed to the senses by its very richness and prodigality.

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