The Coconino weekly sun., 1892-08-11
WORLDS FAIR LETTER.
IBy Emily A. Kellogg.1

Only laSt Week young iho'noi "iO'N to me, I've have decided to give up going to the fair, for l cannot go, and John says he will stay at home, too The trouble is we cannot leave Toddle- kins, and we cannot take her, and that ends the whole matter.h But 1t did not end the whole matter, for had wonderful news to tell her, all about the Children's Home, and as she and "John" are now anticipating genuine comfort in coming to the Worlds Fair, have determined to tell other parents about this opportune and beneficient feature of the Columbian Exposition.
 The home was not in the original plan, but when suggested it met with generous response, Hearts and purses have opened wide, and the building is already far advanced. The beams are up, the roof going on, and the workmen will soon be covering its exterior with staff, while the carpen- ters finish of the interior wood work. Almost every state has responded through it's State Board of Women, and many have already furnished their quota of the needed money.
 There is grand playground for children in the court in the middle of the building, and here no one but chil- dren and their attendants are admitted. But we will all be allowed to look down upon their fun from u private gallery. There will be another play ground upon the flat roof of the home, where birds and bees will fit and trees and flowers grow, and where the chil- dreu will sport free from danger, for a wire netting, surrounding and covering the roof and stretching upward some fifteen feet, will at once prevent the youngsters from dropping their prec- ious selves overheard, and also from letting their kites and balloons fly oiI into boundless ether. A reading room will be fitted up for the story book and '.St. Nicholas" lovers, and there will also be an assembly hall for showing stereopticon views and holding con
 
 certs. Pen fails to tell of all the good times the little ones will have at work and play under the supervision of wise and loving kindergartners, But to my mind the heart of the home is the nur- sery, where skillful nurses are to min ister to the babies. Every Toddlekins and each and all of his belongings will be numbered and tagged, so that there will be no danger that the nurses will 'mix those babies up."
 Let me tell you how to visit the fair comfortably, Do not plan to accom- plish ''big days work" every day. Take your time to it. Better see less in comfort than to exhaust yourselves in the vain attempt to see everything. have had some experience in this direction. which l believe you can make of benefit to yourselves, thus saving in both purse and endurance. Take plenty of sleep every night, and do not start out too early in the morn ing. If your lodgings are at quite distance. plan Co reach the grounds at about half past ten. But before enter ing the gates, just turn down 57th street to Rosalie court and take quiet, restful, substantial lunch at the res taurant of the Woman's Baking Com papy. It will give you heart and vigor for long afternoons siege of sight seeing. This Woman's Baking Com pany, by the way, is one of the genuine institutions of Chicago, and is manned by seven of the soundest and straight est women iu the west. Their friends have joking dubbed them the "Pi(e)ous Seyen," because their first enterprise was pie factory, where they guaran- tee ..pure material" Their "piety," however, is no laughing matter. and the lunches and dinners they serve make one feel good all over.
 Thus fortified, you enter the great gates, and at once seek the Chiidren's Home, under the shadow of the Wom. ans Building Having established