Milford chronicle., 1893-12-01
cHlcAeO'5 TRlUMPH.

Her Courage, Faith and Self Reliance Made
the Fair "A Success.
The closing of the gates upon a show such
I as the world never saw before, and proba-
/ bly, will never see again in the rolling ages.
4 makes proper a few remarks, Retrospective
/ and otherwise, concerning the great Chi
/ cago fair.
The Worlds Columbian exposition it is
in the documents, but the great Chicago
fair it is for history and for the admiration
Of mankind. Chicago did it, She did it
alone, with some help from the federal gov
ernment, and the honor is all Chicago's.
On scale never before c0ntemE.9ted bv
the audacity of the human ihs knation
this western town conceived and carried
her enterprise through to splendid success
absolute success artisticaily and ceremo-
niously, relative success financially. She
went in on cheek. She came out in glory
The qualities displayed by Chicago and
her representatives in the earlier STAGES of
the undertaking were Of that sort which
the way of the world admires or condemns
according to the outcome. She started In
for local boom. There was a suspicion of
the hotel counter, the boarding house. the
street railway and the real estate Office in
her professions and pledges. Her negotia-
tions with the government were distin-
guished by unblushing assurance. She
boldly promised everything. She would
have given bonds to bring down the moon
and Alpha Lyre and set them uD in Jack
son park If that had been necessary to en- /
able her to get the fair. She got it, and
The Sun is now glad she did
There is point where unblushing assur-
ance becomes sublime confidence, where I
irresponsible recklessness digniies itself
into indomitable resolution. Just where 1
in the chronology Of fair promotion Chi /
cago reached and passed that point it is not /
profitable inquire. Certain it is that her /
of the enterprise underwent /
-he transition. Itceased to be cheeky and .
became sublime. 1t ceased to be irrespon-
iible and became uncomfortable. The
petty schemes of the mercenaries dropped
lut of sight. The little tricks and chicau-
,ries of the beginning were forgotten in the
gradual development and manifestation of
he true spirit Of Chicago, amazing the
world by its power, its reach, its resources, !
is devoted civic loyalty, its intelligence,
Is masterfulness and its success.
The cloth had been cut too large, accord
ng to all Of the lessons Of experience. Chi
ago did not repattern, but proceeded to
TOW to it. The chances were a thousand
o one against victory. With cheerful op-
imism and magnifcentner Chicago kept |
ight on and succeeded.
It is likewise proper to record here the
act that the prime factor in the illustrious
1ccess Of the Chicago enterprise was a
uality rating higher in the scale Of civil
cations forces than mere business energy
r the Willingness to spend money without
nit Somewhere among the magnates Of
ne expositiou's management and backing .
lere was from the start profound appre- &
alton Of the truth that to be truly great Z
ne fair must be not merely big, but beau ,
ful.
Beautiful beyond all precedent they
ade it; not merely according to the as- Is
letic standards Of Chicago, or of the west, fl
of the United States but judged by the ,
orld's measure Of the grandest art. Such
creation as that 10y the lakeside, soon now 4
be demolished, is not the result Of acci-
mt, good luck, enthusiasm or haphazard \
sign, and while all the credit goes to Chi
go the chief credit should go to the indi- y
dual or individuals in Chicago who had Il
e wit to perceive from the first the archi- =
ctural ideal that was finally realized, the L
telligence to select the makers best quail
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ity to insist that the genius enlisted in II
g creation of the White City should be II
pportcd by dollars without stint. II
has ftly celebrated the Column Fl
ln achievement by paralleling it. She
S done what Christopher Columbus did
years ago. In a spirit like to his in the
agnificence Of its courage, steadfastness 4
d unwavering faith and self reliance, she
lbarked on borrowed capital and sailed
,ht out into the unknown. Wisdom
ubted, and sound Judgment called her W
elk, and the winds howled around her, ce
t she sailed on unterrifed, through good is
ather and bad, steering straight for her
'rk, and she kept on, like Columbus, till
got there. OF
Hats Off and up in the air for Chicago, of
r little sister, the Columbian cityi-New ha
TX Sun.