The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-12-27
THE CALIFORNIA FAIR.
,-oy Developed Beyond It's Pro-
iectors' Expectations.
s.reptv- Five buildings Necessary to Com
al, the Exhibits-Beautifui Location
Foreigners Much Interested and
a Largo Attendance Expected.

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ralifornia's midwinter exposition, of
vbich much has been heard in the
.ast of late, has assumed proportions
Or in excess of the original plans
has crown from mere 'biiou
.oon international exhibit of magnif-
csnce ana Importance. When the
;1ea of holding Il fair on the Pacific
coast first took root in the mind of NJ
II De Young. who was made director
General it was thought that thirty
bindings would suffice, but as work
nrorre~sed the plans expanded. until
NOW it is seen that at least seventv-fve
mildings will be necessary for the cx-
hibits offered. The idea of holding
this fair coming so late and leaving so
LITTLE time for the construction of
bindings and installation of Exhibits
was extremely daring, but subsequent
events proved that all the energy in
the world was not confined to Chicago,
and that beyond the Rockies it was
possessed in astonishing abundance.
Indeed when the gates shall be
thrown open January /, 1894, the
record for quick work will have been
demolished.
Persons living in the east and UNI
acquainted with the climate of Cali
tornia should not be misled by the
term midwnter" used in the name of
the proposed exposition.
There will be no ice palaces or to-
boggan slides, but, surrounded by the
semi-tropic vegetation of one of the
most beautiful parks in the world, the
exposition will give the inhabitants of
the temperate zone an opportunity to
escape the rgors of an eastern and
northern winter, to enjoy the balm
exhaled by the Pacifics warm Japanese
current, and at the same time to feast
their eyes on the earth's choicest pro-
ductons tastefully arranged. The
word ''midwinter,' therefore, is
contradistinctive term intended to
show that such a great enterprise,
much of it to be appreciated only in
the open air, can be carried on com
fortably in San Francisco while the
rest OF the North American continent
shivers with cold.
The success of the enterprise is as
the entire population of the liberal and
patriotic Pacific slope, but beyond this
there will he the assistance of thou
sands of visitors from the east. The
regular influx of eastern tourists in the
winter season numbers about sixty
thousand persons, and with the added
attraction of an international EXPOSE
ton these figures should be doubled.
When the turnstiles revolve for the
first time on New Years day just one
million dollars will have been spent
1t would be strange indeed, if at the
expiration of the six months in which
the fair will be open every day the
million expended should not be taken
in and enough more to pay the running
expenses and leave cash surplus. If
the books shall show an even balance
on the last day the managers will be
PERFECTLY satisfied, as they will deem
themselves amply repaid with the
Advertising their section will have
received.
These enterprising Californians are
particularly fortunate in this latest
enterprise of theirs. In the first place,
nature is kind to them. 1t is in the
winter that their roses bloom in great
est profusion, that their palms take on
their brightest hue and their golden
q ruit ripenS. The advantages of such q
; Climate cannot be enumerated in one
brief article. They offer inducements
irom any standpoint that may be con-
Sldered, whether for health rest, pleas
ure, education or work, and taken in
Connection with the proposed exhibit
llOn, cannot be over-estimated. An
other big factor favoring the pro-
noters of the exposition is that the
.olumbian exposition closed just at a
Tine when they could get the choicest
exhibits for their own show. They
found the best displays, both foreign
and domestic, ready made and the
~ manager thereof anxious TO coop
4. crate This insures pretty and com
y" pact NpoSition-more so, perhaps,
Eef 'aan any ever held.
by Another thing in favor Of the fair is
III mat mat there win be no dual government
Il al the powers, executive and admins
w ua'lye, are centralized in a few men,
sao act in harmony and work cheer
.uly under one chief. Chicago taught
',aluable lesson in that respect.
livery phase of California life will be
n.'rayed and even the reptilian life
NJ. NJ Tue deserts will be brought out
n sw plcturesqueness of the fair will be
.Sayefally enhanced by its lighting
~ the liberal use of electricity vii