Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-08-19
WORLDS FAIR LETTER.
and the Great Expositi,

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not go and John says he will stay
at home, too The trouble is we can
not leave Toddlekins and we cannot
take her, and that ends the whole mat
ter" But it did not end the whole
matter, for l had wonderful news to
tell her, all about the Children's Home,
and as she and John" are now an
ticipating genuine comfort in coming
to the Worlds Fair l have determined
to tell other parents about this oppor-
tune and benfcent feature of the
Columbian Exposition.
The home was not in the original
plan, but when suggested it met with
a generous response. Hearts and pur-
ses 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 carpenters
finish off the interior wood work. AL
most every state has responded
through its State Board of Women
and many have already furnished their
quota Of the needed money.
There is a grand playground for
the children in the court in the
middle of the LUldil g, ard here no
one but children and their attendants
are admitted. But we will all be al
lowed to look down upon their fun
from private gallery. There will be
another playground upon the flat roof
of the Home, where birds and bees
will fit and trees and flowers grow,
and where the children will sport free
from danger. For a wire netting,
sourrounding and covering the roof
| and stretching upward some fifteen
| feet will at once prevent the young
sters from dropping their precious sci
YES overheard and also from letting
their kites and balloons fly off 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 stereopti-
con views and holding concerts. Pen
fails to tell of all the good times the
little ones will have at work and play
under the supervision cf wise and
loving kindergartners. But to my mind
the heart of the Home is the nursery,
where skillful nurses are to minister
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 a "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.
had some experience in this direction
which believe you can make of bene-
fit to yourselves, thus saving in both
purse and endurance. Take plenty of
sleep every night and do not start out
too early in the morning. If your
lodgings are at quite distance plan
to reach the grounds at abont half past
ten. But before entering the gates
just turn down 57th Street to Rosalie
Court and take quiet, restful, SUBJ
stantial lunch at the restaurant of the
Woman's Baking Company. 1t will
give you heart and vigor for a long
afternoon's seige of sight seeing.
This Woman's Baking Company, by
the way, is one of the genuine insti-
tutions of Chicago and is manned by
seven of the soundest and the straight
est women in the west. Their friends
have jokingly dubbed them the
"Pi(e)ous Seven," because their first
enterprise was a pie factory where
they guarantee "pure material"
Their "piety" is, however, 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 Children's
Home, under the shadow of the
Woman's Building. Having estab-
lished Toddlekins there in comfort
you and your "John" start out to
show to the older children such parts
Of the Exposition as promise to
be most profitable to them. When
they are tired and before their sweet
tempers have soured return with them
to the Children's Home, for by this
time you ought to be looking after
Miss Baby. After your own rest and
diversion leave them all there while
you and "John" pursue further investi-
cations according to your own tastes.
/ hardly need to suggest to you as
the sequel of the day at the Fair to
gather your little tribe together and
HE yourselves to your lodgings before
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