A VISTA OF STATE BUILDINGS.—Looking southwest from an elevated point about the middle of the north line of the Exposition Grounds, a view was had of a number of the most attractive State Buildings, and an idea obtained of the general appearance of this charming city by itself, which might be called the White City’s great suburb, though, of course, quite as much a part of the Exposition as anything on the grounds. The White City proper was the great group of magnificent white edifices which were placed about the Court of Honor and the waterways, and the term, so far as color went could not apply to the State Buildings, which were of various hues. In the view presented most of the notable State Buildings have a place, though, farther to the left and east, were a number of importance. In the immediate front is the Idaho Building; beyond it, at the left, that of Maryland, then that of Delaware, and still farther away, and on the thoroughfare north of the Art Palace, that of New York. Just to the right of Maryland shows with white prominence the ridged top of a restaurant, and beginning at the foreground again and at the right the Montana Building appears, with most of Utah showing next to it. Beyond, and to the right of the restaurant, are the Arizona, West Virginia, Florida, Kentucky and Missouri buildings, these completing the list of those that show plainly, though the domes of the Illinois and California buildings loom up in the distance. Here was a city in itself, a part of the Fair, which was but a fringe upon its royal garments.

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