The Van Buren press., 1876-06-06
NO. 10

How TO SEE THE EXHIBITION. The
following useful information for persons
intending to visit tho great exhibition Is
taken from the Tribune. 1t is SO emf
nently practical that VIC take pleasure in
| transferring it to our columns
at will not be advisable to securs
| lodgings iu advance, through agencies,
unless you are familiar with the city. and
have made up your mind as to the quar-
! ter you wish to live in, or have friends 10
choose for YOU. Otherwise you may find
yourself bileted oil in q hot, unsavory
by-street, at long distance from tho ca
hibition, and from all other points Of at
traction. lf you intend to stay only few
days, the hotels near the exhibition witt
be the most desirable, but II you near
to remain longer thanla week., gotfrstsn
one of these establishments, Or to one 81
the hotels in the city proper, and thea
look up lodgings in private house Do
not come with the idea that you are 20
ing to see a large state fair, that can be
I. done. in single day. Nothing less
than week Of steady application win
suffice for rapid survey Of the great
show. In the main building alone there
are eleven miles of aisles aud passage
ways between the line Of showcases. Ii
you are absolutely limited to three or
four days, you had better divide your
time as follows: Devote the FIRST day to
taking general look at the interiors OF
the six principsl bniidings-in six or
seven hours of hard tramping you can
get through them all--then make up your
mind what department, you most wantto
see, and devote the rest OF your time to
seeing 1t thoroughly, SO as to take home
some clear and lasting Impressions. IL
you roam aimlessly your recoleetions OF
the fair will be wholly chaotic. In case
you are fond of art, two days spent In
Art hall will be to some extent an educa
ton in the style OF the modern schools,
whereas an hour or two hurryng from
gallery to gallery will leave in the mem
ory only tumble Of color vnd forms.
If your special bent Is for machinery or
farm products and processes. or mineral
ogv, or chemistry, or. ceramics, or what
ever it may be, after general glance OF
the exhibition, stick TO the department.
that interests and benefits you most.
How long will it take to see everything
thoroughly z the reader may ask. At
least month, aud the time will be spent
well, too At its conclusion you will bc
familiar with the best srts and industries
Of the entire globe. The cost Of
month stay in Phiisdelpha with daily
visits to the exhibition will be as follows,
supposing the visitor to practice such
economy as is not inconsistent with com
o., Il tt ~ II ID efG
Room In private hoase for one month : 800
breakfast and supper ut 81 cents eacat U,M
Thirty admissions to exhibition, 10 ssnts n 2,gea,
Street car fares, i,m
Eyoning amusement niW
laedentals io'D
Fetal. sl@e
/" BY taking regular board in n board
ing. house or small hotel. the cost OF Nv
ing can be so reduced that the first three
items can be brought down from S7a,5O
to $40 or $50, and. perhaps, even t.
$50. A weeks stay at a first class hotel.
and daily visits to the fair, may be cssi-
mated to cost as follows.
Board seven days Mt $500 SEQ
Admission to exhibition, 30
Incidentais, 5.W
1.-The maximum price for hotel board
is 81 per day. There are plenty Of ex
cellent houses, where the charge is from
SO to 81, and in many good. comfortable
houses it is as low as 81. or $3.50,
Boarding~houses charge from SO a week
aud up for room and meals. At the
Grangers encampment, about seven
miles out on the line of the Pennsylva-
niu rvlroad, rooms in rough. she'd like
structure are furnished for fifty cents a
night, and meals at an equally moderate
prices for all kinds Of beople, just az In
other cities, where there Is no wurla's
fair" M~