The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1876-05-03

THE BIG SHOW.

LATEST ARRANGEMENTS FOR TIE COM
FORT, CONVENIENCE, TRANS
PoRTATIoN AND FEED 9aa
ING OF VISITORS. i
PHILADELPHIA, April H.-While
stating the simple truth, that at no
former worlds fair was there any
thing like the provision for the com
fort and convenience Of visitors
which is to be made at the Centen-
NAL Exhibition, one need not be I'M
derstood as promising immunity from
annoyance. Far from it. Those
who go to the Big Show will meet a
crowd, and must be prepared for Vi
cissitudes. But it is right to credit
the management with the original
and apparently excellent devices they
have adopted toreduce friction and
discomfort below the minimum.
/. The most prominent and novel
featureis the Department of Public
Comfort, of which Mr.. N. @Kasson is
the head. This department origina-
ted with the Committee on Conces-
sions, and is intended to meet seve-
raj wants. It's main Office will be
nearly opposite the entrance on Bel
mont Avenue. Branch stations will
be established at the principal en-
frances of all the Exhibition build
ings and connected with each other
and with headquarters by telegraph.
The main office will be commodious.
It will include free reading room,
facilities for writing and correspon-
dence with an Office where letters
can be sent and delivered lavatories
and closets, a boot-blacking and
clothes-brushing room and several
other conyeniences. On the fiat roof
promenade and lounging-place will
be laid out under an awning, where
visitors can have fine view, order
simple refreshments and cool them
selves. 1865 ~
This department will undertake
the care of cloaks, shawls, umbrellas
and other hindrances brought by Wis
itors. For example, when a man ar
rives at the show with a light over
coat or an umbrella which he doesn'
want to be bothered with on his Ions
tour through the Exhibition, he de
livers it, receives check for it, DIES
ignates any station in the Exhibi
ton grounds at which he wants t,
find it, and, presto! it is transporte,
there by a sprite in uniform and de
livered to him at any hour.
The health facilities throughou
the grounds and buildings are il
charge of the department., and are
with exceptional instances, to be en-
tirely free from charge. Althoug
they are vastly more extensive tina
those at Paris and Vienna (whert
! indeed, an almost brutal indifference
, was shown by the authorities to tn
public necessity in this respect
they are not, as at present devised
2 nearly commensurate with the e,
: pected attendance at the show.
: 2. Another enterprise which col
r Germs the comfort Of visitors, esp,
! cially of ladies, is that of the Center
NAL Rolling Chair Company. Al
/, cording to the latest estimate til
! aisles of the principal exhibitio
t buildings will make up walk fort
r miles long, which, with delays fl
: the examination of articles, woul
r occupy the most eager pedestris
: five or six days, The device Of rol
: ing chairs, moderately adopte
n abroad, will be tried here extensiv
! ly. The company have already Q
' dered 300 chairs, which will be Ell
waited on wheels as noiseless as 20
sible, and will be broad enough f
II one person or two children. Chat
8 men in uniform, Informed Of Il
n chief places Of interest, are to be
}, service, and chairs may be engag
n by note or telegraph, at any hour,
b any entrance to any one of the bull
IS ings. One who comes with a lad
a his wife or his children, may enga
d chair and roll it himself if he lik,
y As at present understood the char
a will be 80 or Accents an hour.
- 8. The telegraph and messent
- facilities promise to be thorough
ie The wires Of the American Distr
w. Telegraph Company will spread the
selves in every direction through
Nc buildings and grounds. so that tn