Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-06-09
THE CITIZEN
The Big Exposition.


Discounted by all its many visible I'M
perfections, the Chicago Fair is to-day
vastly the grandest tribute to civilization
ever presented in the worlds history. It's
incompleteness is painfully impressed upon
the visitor in every department, but these
blemishes will gradually lessen with each
day, and a month hence there will be little
to mar the most imposing spectacle ever
witnessed by any people, ancient or mod
ern.
1t would well repay the student of pro-
gress TO come from any land, however dis
tant, simply to see the great composite
city of the worlds grandeur presented on
the Exposition grounds, without entering
any of the gigantic temples crowded with
the handiwork of every cline and the
achievements of science. No such realistic
panorama of the worlds architectural mag
nifcence has ever been given, or even ap-
preached, in all the varied records of the
past ages. 1t has revived all the splendor
of the ancients and all the advancement oil
the present, in one group that blends IN
sublimest lustre the most exquisite attain
ments of mankind.
A delightful boat ride ride through the
| lapoons of the lake, which trace their sill
yer lines through the entire grounds, gives
the visitor in a single hour the best view
of the wonderful architectural beauty OF
the admirably grouped buildings, and that
followed by circuit of the entire Fair on
an elevated electric railroad completes the
most poetic and inspiring picture ever seen
bv any people. Not only is the architec-
tural grandeur of the world reproduced in
bewildering conjunction, bnt the Midway
Plaisance is the world itself in minia-
| ture.
1t is not presented by the delineation oi
the artist, but by the people themselves
| living in their own homes according to
| their varied customs, producing their OWL
| arts and curiosities. clad in their own cos
tunes, speaking only their own tongues
/ and enjoying their own amusements. !
Yesterday witnessed Chinese opera, 9
Turkish tradegy, an Algerian exhibition Of
| song and dance, all in theatres constructed
in exact reproduction of their home the-
| aires: and every phase of humanity, from
| the Hottentot to the sons of England, pre-
| sents its homes, its industries, its customs
| within a miles stroll among the jostline
crowd of every known costume and
tongue.
Any intelligent American, or visitor OF
| intelligence from any land, could devote
| weeks to the external beauty of the Expo
| sition and leave the task unfinished.
could devote month to the most interest
| ing study of the varied nations OF the
| world on the Plaisance, and know more OF
foreign peoples than could be learned IL
| years of travel around the globe; and one
| view from the sublimely columned lake
| front across the shimmering lagoon
| toward the Administration Building, OF
from the broad plaza by the colossal foun-
| tain, presents the combined architectural
| granduer of six thousand years in realistic
sublimity. Nor is this enchanting view
| presented in miniature. The buildings
equal or surpass III stature the temples o.
| the Romans, the Grecians, the Corinthians
| the Moors and others which are initiated
| and the whole picture is like the Rome
that Augustus transformed into marble.
The Exposition is far from completion
as is visible at every step in any of the ex
hibition buildings. There is not one o
them that even approaches order, and the
| streets, the electric lights and all th'
countless details of the most gigantic atfail
| of the worlds history, tell the story OF un
| finished work and display the vexatiou'
embarrassment suffered by running the Fan
as an exhibition when the workman jostle'
the visitor at every turn; but with all thes'
| imperfections, there is a thousand folt
more to see than visitor of week, o.
l even month, can take in with satistac
ton. OF course, there is much to inspire
the chronic growler, but the visitor wh'
complains of anything about the Chicago
Fair must have maw-worm OF eeaseles
activitv.-A. K. NJ. in PhiPa. Times.