St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-11-23
CALIFORNIA MID WINTER EXPOSE
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An account of the plan and the
scope of the exposition has been re-
quested verbally and orally by so
many people that writer in the
Daily Bulletin of the San Francisco
mdwinter exposition believes that
he cannot fail to interest his readers
by giving answers to some of the
questions which have been asked.
1t must not be forgotten that
while the California fair will be
essentially International in character,
It will not be as great in size as the
Chicago fair. The Midwinter Fair
has been modelled upon entirely diff
ierent lines. The difference in the
character of the two expositions will
DC quite as marked as the difference
IN size, Al the Worlds Fair is
shown all that human effort has ac-
complished. The Midwinter Fair will
show all that is best in the art,
science and industry Of the world.
The great fault found with the
Worlds Fair is that it is too large
and the multiplicity OF the exhibits
makes it impossible for any one to
see everything. One of those men
who have fondness for queer cal
culation has discovered that if but
two minutes were devoted to each
exhibit, it would take 80 years to
see the fair. The visitor who can
-emain in Chicago but a few days
must waste much of his time seeing
things of but little interest to him.
SO well is this recognized that
numerous guides enabling visitors
10 tell the wheat from the chaff have
oeen prepared under such titles as
What to See at the Fair" "The
Best Things to See and How to
Find Them" etc.
There will be no necessity for any
such guides at the Midwinter Fair.
Everything will be worthy the care
ful attention OF the visitor; anything
else will not be shown. The best
and most interesting exhibits in each
will be removed from
Chicago to San Francisco after the
close of the Worlds Fair. In addi-
zion to this many interesting dis
plays which are entirely original will
be made. An exposition such as this
s novelty in America, where there
are no exhibitions between a state
iair on the one hand, and such a
worlds wonder as the Centennial or
the Columbian exposition on the
ether. But in Europe international
expositions, comparatively small in
size, but extremely select in char
acter, are OF almost yearly occur
renee. They have been established
1pon the single basis Of merit, and
in the scores which have been held
but very few are marked as failures.
Eech has been profitable invest.
ment, and all have possessed great
influence upon the industrial life of
the nation within whose borders
they have been held.
There are many people in the
United States OF moderate circum
stances who have been all their lives
DESTROYS of paying a visit to the
Land Of Fruit and Flowers" These
have been prevented from accom-
plishing their wish by the large
amount the railroads were, on &C.
count of the distance, forced to
charge. Now, however, the railroads
have promised to make a one fare
rate for the round trip and the
passenger fares may be cut still
lower. This will bring the cost of a
trip within a sum which even those
with poorly lined purses may be
able to afford; and the double at
traction of winter without snow
or ice, and wonderful internation-
al eXDOsition will nrove IRE siSt lille