Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1893-09-08

are dazzling in their Wilderness. The
largest OF the scores OF large buildings is
that OF the Manufactures and Liberal
Arts, and to many the exhibits here are
the most interesting. An idea OF its
vastness can be formed when it is told
that it's floors cover A acres OF space and
that 5000, 900 feet OF lumber and five
car loads of nails were required for the
floor alone. The building is large
enough to hold every residence in Stan.
ford and then have room for few bust =
ness houses. The Agricultural and Me-
chanical buildings are nearly as large
and to me the contents of the latter
| were the most interesting Every kind OF
power and mechanical continuance is
shown, including an exhibit OF printing
presses and other printers machinery
that is wonderful to behold.
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The government exhibit is on a huge
and comprehensive scale. A week could
be spent in this building alone and then
you would not be aware OF the bali that
is in it. 1t must be seen to be fully APP
preciated. 1t is too immense for a de-
scription less than it would take the
whole paper to give. The Art and Stat
uary building lie magnificent one and
it's display the wonder Of the world,
choice paintings and the work OF master
sculptors from all parts OF the globe be-
ing gathered here in the largest and
richest profusion. The transportation
building is also a good one to while
many profitable hours away. Every
means of transportation and travel
known in the past and possessed in the
present are exhibited. The first loco
motive stands alongside of the latest and
most improved and the evolution in
these machines have indeed been mark
ed, as the various stages OF growth dem.
onstrates.
There is no trouble in getting some
where to stay and something to eat here.
Nearly every other house down town is
placarded "Rooms-25c and up per day
while around the entrance to the
grounds are hundreds of new hotels,
where you can get accommodations az
cheaply or as costly as you please. A
good meal, fully as good as most. OF us
are used to, can be obtained for 25c. So
ii you desire to husband your resources
you can live here on $3.50 day, count.
ing your room at 75c, which seems to be
the average. l stopped at the Palmer
House and do not speak from expert
ence, but from observation. The charg.
es of the restaurants in the grounds are
also reasonable and many OF the stories
OF extortion are exaggerated.
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While the Midway Plsisance is not a
part OF the Fair proper, the visitor who
fails to go through it will have missed
very interesting feature. In it are gath.
cred, apparently, every nation, tribe and
tongue, and the Tower of Babel could
not have furnished a greater confusion
of languages and dialects. The unspeak-
able Turk and the jsbbering native OF
Dahomey can be seen side by side,
while Egyptians, Algerisns, Samoans,
Bedons, Moors, Laplanders, Persians,
what nots and what is it's? appear on
all sides. Most OF them have villages
from their native lands reproduced and
theatres to show their manner Of amuse-
ments. Astreet in Cairo is given by the
Egyptians and is decided curiosity. To
enter any OF the villages or other quar-
tiers an admission fee OF 10 TO 90 cents is
charged, 90 that to see everything in the
Plaisapce, which covers SO acres, would
cost something like Sl5. In some OF
the theatres nature is held pretty close
to the mirror and the beauties, believing
that they are most adorned when I'M
adorned, practice their belief till hardly
anything is left to the imagination that
is worth imagining. OF course you do
not have to see such exhibitions unless
1Ou Wdht W. iOu pay 1Oui VI
not as you wish and take your choice.
The great Ferris wheel is about half
way up the Main street OF the Plaisance.
1t is 264 feet high and there are SO cars,
about the size of an ordinary horse car,
which are attached to the felloes and
swing down. The revolution OF the
wheel is very slow and comes to stop
when you reach the highest peint, which
seems to be in the neighborhood OF
heaven. A very fine view of the city,
the lake and the Fair grounds can be had
from the summit and the experience is
well worth the soc that is charged for
going around twice. The Worlds Con
press of Beauties, in which are 40 repre-
sentatives of as many nations, supposed
to have been selected for their comeli-
ness OF face and figure, is a pleasant