The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-06-02

without cost, lavatUries and toilet rooms,
q spacious piazza outside, lettcr-wrltlH-
convcnienCes, tables AZ which you MAY cat
your luncheon, messengers, postal B1&,'.
and above all the opportunity to ,lv.t
friends from your own state and noiGE!u.-
hood. These state buildings are in otLcr
words club houses for the visitors from
the commonwealth which erected them.
their friends from other states. They are
not only handsome, but decidedly us.-,..
Uncle sam has a postotlice on the
grounds, with every department in fiii
running order. There are about thirty
carriers, and more will be put on in Il few
days. People who intend coming 10 tn
fair and who do not now their permanent
Or hotel address, will do well to have their
mail sent to their state building. At each
of the state buildings special efforts arc
made TO take good care of mail delivered
into their hands and to see that it gets &c
the rightful owners. OF course there are
telegraph Offices all over the grounds, and
the charges are the same as in the city
The express companies have offices here,
also, and if n visitor buys articles whi,l
are inc%onvenient to carry he may have
them wrapped up and sem home by cE-
press. There is a bank within the grounds,
and checks may be cashed or depoSia,
made. This is the bank which failed .
few weeks ago, but none of the depositOrs
lost anything. Within II few hours TIC
business men of Chicago raised enough
money to pay Off all Gepositors, ana thl
bank has since been rsOrgani2ed on what
appears to be u sound basis.
Now that the hot weather is coming or
for in Chicago's mysterious climate spring
| seems to nave been dropped from the rola
of seasons and a quick jump is made from
winter to summer-there will of course b,
q few cases of sunstroke as well A. now
and then other sudden illness among the
throngs Of visitors. For the care Of such
who may be unfortunate enough to tail
i'll ample arrangements have been made,
There is a complete hospital service, with
| surgeons, physicians and ambulauCc>, and
two hospitals which are model institutions
Of their kind. While Chicago has It's hoJ
days in summer, rs every city has. visitors
TO the fair arcto have the great adyaujG-.
of the lake bree2cs constantly blowing
upon them. They may ascend to the To-
OF the main building and coul of. or tax,
Il ride out upon the Iahr in one ofth.
many steam,9> plying 80 aud fro. In "a,
splendid rutuuGa uf tie administrator
huil'iuG, which +, in su,.r ~rn~i,''S i,at,
auG more impressive r'..rf!t ro:uugs o.
the t":5ulil C.',rul &C. -'il.1.r, Viii,
tor will lind Il Good 500, iur irre zine ,yt
OF the "tu iiua~ Il u,...-t a. p..,''.'r,
wnile IL" s!i-1.,"j i...,.sgu' 81 air I:o-
duyt~ Circulation ,..G,u 10. vt,' "I.
closure.
Fur the prr~s.ra'' Or o:s." E1l n"r
tc.l..N %. ,AL'.,,. ,,'. -.jui> IA. au,.
agran"ut lu. li,. .... 4. iprce "a 1,u...~
nu~m.Iil4..oA L.. may have rtou e.
the pap,"s -nlur COMP. .r,s about tl,-s
guard: tina, tj,n" aye lup-d, iuso!uut an.
diSagreeahle. II yuu lave, no duubt $50
concluded not u trufi.g the bluc-yoatrI
gentry with your Inquiries when yuu
reached Chicago. Bur in all the time !
have been here ! have met but one case OF
inSyleuCe among the guards. Except in
this one instance j have always had my in.
Quiries politely and in most cases intelli
gently answered. Nor have ] ever wiz.
messed any aCt of irsolcnCe or brutality on
the part al Il Eiard. Therefore am no;
to b. blamed IT, uNAC with many grains
OF allowance the stories which ! read in
the newspaper about the dreadful tyranny
OF the Columbian guards. The whole case
seems to be Ike the tradition that goes
round to the effect that all policemen are
ignorant and brutal, n yet out of q Il
dred officers you may have asked for direc-
tiou in the city not one failed to treat you
with respect and courtesy.
The exposition managers have n bureau
Of public comfort, with Il large number OF
employees. and is duties aye To see that
visitor. g. , a,. "i, l~CuuV1uiences and that
they ar. l,i iNpoSrd upon in any way,
Complains wiz he promptly investigated.
and The offenders punished whenever the
evidence ~-"rautS.
Finally. there is music's sweet CoWtor;
II may be had without cost. Two or three
times Il day The great handStands are g.
cupied by = lrudid orchestra. which ii.
the grand court with their harmonious
echoes while thousands upon thousands Of
delighted people sit or walk about in this
most beautiful of spots,
WALTER WELLMAN.