Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-05-09

USPAcKING TIE BIO PICTURES PROM PARfA
the water. A simple every day part OF the
work, yet strangely fascinating TO the
visitors. These and many other similar
incidents taught but one lesson, gave one
Lint for future exposition managers. These
great Affairs are fully ~ interesting In
their process as In their completion.
To large proportion Of the people the
work Of building Is more fascinating than
the result. have heard o score of Chicago
people speak I'm this fashion, "Well, this
Is wonderful show, hut I have seen the
best Of 1t already. I saw them dredging
out the swamp. I saw them digging the
raising the mammoth arches, putting on
the spreading roofs, piling up the monu.
ments and statuary. wouldn't have
missed that part Of II In order TO see it 90
II now stands. II given my choice I would
have preferred the construction rather
than the completion as time for my
visit" Why not make the preparatory
stages Of future exhibitions a. popular -
the anali Why not arrange special do
vices, such as open railway trains and
movable platforms, which will ENABLE mill.
ions Of people to witness the wonderfully
fascinating and instructive methods OF
constructioni There II something almost
universal In the mind Of man which leads
him to want to know how thing u made.
The small boys first desire on taking .
watch In his hand Il to tear the insides out
Of II 10 he RAY ascertain Whist makes the
wheels go round.
When the visitor from afar hrst steps
upon the grounds ho Il dazed with the
maxniiicence and the vsstness OF the out
door picture. For short time he wanden
in one direction or another, aimlessly,
with his eyes wide open and his LIPS frs-
luently uttering exclamations OF sur.
prise, delight, amazement. Then he con.
cludes to take walk through the whole
show. To-day" he says TO himself,
'rll not stop to look at anything. but Just
rush through from one end tothe other and
get the lay Of the ground" Letme warn yts-
itors against this mistake. Iblundered In
that way myself. One afternoon I thought
I, too, would see the outside Of everything
in single journey. walked and walked
and gaped and gaped till my neck ached.
After some hours felt Q consciousness Of
great fatigue and concluded TO sit down
and rest. I bought .0cent guide-book
containing map Of the grounds, and per.
seiyed that as yet had seen but one
fourth Of the buildings Of the main exhi.
bition, and had not entered the Midway
plaisance at all. Then ] measured on the
map how far had walked, and found that
my eager feet had carried me no fewer
than seven and half miles.
The best thing the visitor can do on hrst
arriving Is TO take several Rides around the
elevated railway. That runs from one end
of the grounds to the other, and gives the
most magnificent set Of kaleidoscope
,iews that one ever beheld. II I were
coming here this week for the first time !
should spend the first day on the elevated
trains and In the gondolas or launches on
the lagoons. The next two or three daysI
should simply walk about the grounds and
through that great international circus
and museum, the Midway plaisance. After
this l should divide the show up into sec
tions, and take In one section each day.
WALTER WILiMAN.