Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-08-12
RXPOSITION NOERS.
Correspondence OF Ths Evening Starl

hOsICc "a NIblUOrB W fullouolpQla In Couteu-
NAL times are the large number of persons
Arriving and going by every train, and the
enormous quantities Of baggage piled up in
the depots and hotel corridors, or being
whirled In every direction on immense wa
CONS, beyond and above the boxes OF which
the great trunks project and swing like well
builded loads Of hay. Hardly less striking
than these features is the surprisingly sm all
proportion which the canvas covered, travel
stained old stagers bear to the splck aud
span new trunks In this bewildering agxre
cation OF travelling paraphernalia- 1t is a
question. II is said, whether the Exposition
can be made success, financially con sidered.
There can be no such douots as TO the results
OF the trunk business this season. The num-
Der OF new trunks and travelling bags to be
seen is just awful, as the girls say. The Cen
tennial year OF American independence is a
literal harvest for trunk makers, aud If they
do not gratefully combine and build memo
rial of some s0rt-say vast pasteboard and
leather monumental temple IN the shape of
a modern Saratoga trunk-in honor OF tins
men who achieved that independence and
those who projected the exhibition In re-
membrance OF It, they will deserve to be
where trunks and satchels are unknown and
next hundredth annive rsary is celebrated.
And as for the noble army of baggage
smashers, 1t IL regular year Of Jubilee for
IL
bilities in their line afforded by the yellow
ripe harvest OF nimsy pasteboard and sheep
skin affairs trusted so cOnddiugly to their
sands Who are this is SUMNER 'S having t their
nrst experience with the great lines OF travel,
and for whom there IL, alas! much anxiety
ana sorrow yet In store. by reason of their
!! fairly groan Ia spirit for the owners of
these fratl heir. looms and snowy wedding
outfits as see them hurtling through the
fR HR<Nv
being tursed upside down, sidewise aud end
ways, as they always are, and then used for
ground courses and corner stones. SO to
Of larger and heavier trunks than they, and
which shall presently crush out Of them ali
semblance Of their former selves. It IL no
christian country though 1t II supposed to
be.
AS for the people You meet, both in the
streets Of the city and on the exposition
grounds, you will at once be impressed that
the NEST Of them are from the country and
the country towns. So far as dress and bear
Ing are any indication, 1t is evident that as
yet comparatively few city folks are In at
tendance. It must be that they are mostly
at home or ut summer resorts waiting for
cooler weather, while our bucolic cousins
are taking advantage OF the luu bet ween
harvest and autumual seed-time to come on
and see the great show. The western mer-
chant Is like wise here In force. He is COM
bining business with pleasure by coming
east just now to buy his fall stock Of goots,
bringing with him his wife and children to
drink In the glories OF the wonderful palaces
Another noticeable and most gratifying fsa-
ture Of the attendance IL the large proper
ton OF unmlstakable artisans and Inecnanics
10 r be seen ,I among the taronss Of daily visi.
built these colossal visions of crystal spisn.
dor, and gave to their contents all their
w1tching beauty and their value. Crowned
mecha mic Is monarch In these. They are ali
monuments to bis industry and skill, an1 IL
Is well Lat he and his fellows should be hsre
S 20 ecIoy mem ana De benefited 6y them 10
Will be grand and useful, as we'll as enL-r
tanning, scn00l Of instruction. and IL /, q
matter OF public interest not less than pri-
vate congTatulatiOn that he should Do sple
to visit IL and learn the many and valu iD.e
lessons 1t can teach. By AMI by
city folks will come en- mGsse to pass jais
that the business of sightseeing may ne
done little moro systematically apd lei
surely then than now. But the enjoyment
There and Or
Preciative interest shown In every face now
that L. pretty certain to be missed whsn
your CIT comes in TO edo" the whole thing in
day or two, and pertly compare 1t with
what he has seen In Europe, you know.
On entering the exhibition grounds, or
rather before doing 20, 1t viii be well for
visitors to ascend tho lookout tower on
Georges HUI, near BY. This can be done by
passenger Lift, 20 that the disagreeable and
fatiguing task OF climbing many stairwsys
ID avoided. Once here, and with Q good map
OF the grounds before them,-one in plain
color, published by Van Ingen q Snyder.
viii be found as cheap and satisfactory as
any,-it is easy for visitors to matter the
whole situation, not of the Exposition
grounds alone, but OF the city and its sur
on entering the enclosure, and before visit
ing any Of the buildings, the useful tnforms-
ton gained - above should be supplemented
by taking the train Of narrow gauge steam
tars which start from near the main entrance
for run around the grounds. By these two
processes you will become familiar with the
lions to each other, and thus be able after
ward to save much useful time and many
nre,o an PSI steps; Nothing aids one more In
graphical and typographical features, and to
this end view from an elevated point, aided
by good map will always be found advan-
tageous.
Unless all OF its members are specially In
terested In the same subjects or wish to con-
suit and Interchange views In regard to par
ticular features, 1t Ii q mistake for Q party
Of visitors to undertake to see the exhibition
or any part of 1t In an unbroken body.
Where each one wants to examine and study
az they ought those things which most In.
terest him or herself, the patience OF the
others In apt to be tried. and the time OF
those not 30 interested is to q certain extent
wasted In waiting. Again, In gratifying in.
dividual taste or fancy in this or that direc-
ton, the party IL In danger, In spite OF all
efforts TO the contrary, OF becoming hope
lessly separated for the day. Tho best thing,
therefore, for company to do IL, on or be-
fore entering the grounds, to agree to meet
At Q given point at . nxed time, either for
lunch or starting home, a. the case may be,
and then for each member OF it to follow his
or her own sweet viii In leisurely inspecting
that which n considered most interesting or
beneficial. according to individual circum-
stances. or course, whore tastes or wishes
are alike, IL 10 better for two or three-not
more-to 60 together. a. IN exchange OF In.
telligent views u always helpful; bat where
this il not specially the case, 8ttempss to
keep together for the day viii b found 20 be
often 1mpraoticeble and generally unprodt-
able. Il II therefore wise not 10 undertake