, 1876-06-10
The Greaf E.xnos!;ic,,.

PsUADELPHtA, May y, 1915.
FD1ron SrlrEsNAS e. TheIe we're thirtT thousand
psople on the grounds yesterday. TIE day was
bright AMI beautiful, and they enjoyed themselves
hu,ely. OF the thirty thousani, about tweaty-foUr
tLousal were visitors who paid FOR their eltrnneei
tie remainder bcirg exhibitors, at.enlants, cones
roudents and feslIreais This would make the cash
receipts az Orc, Di tie soek-Lolers, wio expected
10 make rronev. look ruefuI. Tie expenses cannot
be less :Lan 5000 per day AMI it VIII require atoYe
that sum, about $50 eco PER DAY 20 ouabs the caotsi
Intors TO get their money hack, and Ills would re-
oure about cne hundred tLousan1 visitors On N
average There l. no pro,pec. that his nrnter VIII
he ov-r-reaesel. Tie men who paii large So US ior
concessions to carry bu>.n on the grounds 'rc
most of them certain &c be losers aDI rsy iecl
very blue.
Every day the interest Increases, because tie
grounds are being put in order, the rubbish which
necessarily accumu!Gtes from buIli ngs l. being re-
moved and nature IS assistr, by making tie grass
green, while the flowers blooming and the trees
are being clothed with yerdure. at the same time
inside the buildings the exhibitors getting every
thing in order and there now very few Of the bare,
unsi,htIy places that grsetei the eye one walked
through the halls few days since.
You viii observe that dil MT class " cnrrespon-
dents among the "deaa heads " 1t is true that
they enter without paying money, but they give
more value received " fJ- fees than any
OILERS who saunter through the halls and grounds.
Most of the correspondents are men, or women OF
taste and appreciation who delight looking At the
displays made and most o.? them en!eaTor 10 smooth
over any defects that Ley may see and cnly photo
graph with teir falers the bright side Al the cor
respondents have 10 attach their pho graphs 20 their
passes and these must be taken at the buildings in
the grounds. This Is done to prevent transfers and
and the rule is applied to I'll exhibitors and at
tendants.
While the richest displays made in the NAN
tuiliing l notice that vsitocs EEger longest IN
os-liUinery Hail. where the great noiseless Corless
engine. with the measured strokes Of It's rois and
the steady whirl Of its driving wheel moves acres ii
machinery There is Gascina ton about this emblem
Of power that forces Iresisiby TO return the
cantrifu, ,al rec draws all matter TO the earth
The process Of making newspapers is here open TO
tIa nuhlie. A magnificent Walter Press gives out
corias of the New York Times, whilst the Hcrdid
i pripted on 1 Bullock Press, and another Is being
sst IN for tie San Next TO these ma niicent
rrpSS-S by steam anu ICotlt.l clL III Ao4AA4il-
steel and brass stands Benjamin FT4nklns old press,
anil the contrast mos: clearly shows the progress
5 in this branch of industry, during Tie century
nf ON existence natlun-
Another of the sights III this hall are the paper
to,ts Just think OF It, boats made Of Ialer suen
= Won are now reading from, and ;Aroush which 'ie
smallest drop of aIll penetrate but there IS
on exact CODY o. The bOtr which the { rne-l Io--
Ie,-s crew won the college lace at the reETS''
l,st wear and there quite nuInbeT oi Siha!eI
hOats Of every kind. ] Eave slept aui eaten ana
drank in paper house, hut this eintrlrSins on tIe
ta,cberols water IN paper boat looks Ike tempting
Providence, when a nan can't SWIM hen siai4
We have paper $ 'eamboats- know oI quite num-
. her OF paper rallrueis
! There is a Nevada quartz MIL IN running o,uerI
but tie supply OF silver ore Is not suIncltht - sep
:, running more III n days IL the week lGr DC
= nut IN the hopPers and the great stamping
crtssh il into fine powder; II l. then Wtsl,7i ana
s.i-rd bV which means tie dITt : eNtrdct-L WIN
II = nut into with quicksilver which fiihefs up
a. precious metals into a SOFT Ot douShy IAlAluie;
Fcn this mixture the gold and silver are e>,rac'ed
nv chemicals and then they are put IN tl= melting
~. an! moulded into bars or bricks
(irsOre'S hand still dsCuurses sweet Inc'i II ti'5
r,sin hall, AMI when II commences, morning am
,;pr II 4 WAYS attracts -Oo3ly crowd, Vbo enter
- 81 e-ss and listens tie strains OF The Ilest
bsn5 in the world. Come any time DOW ana you
Will be well repaid toT your mp -HA0A-