The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1893-05-26

Guides to right of you,
Guards to left of you,
Uniformed men and boys in front of you.
Thus one is met as he is ushered through
the turnstiles al the Worlds Fair gates.
There are guides to show you about the
grounds and through the buildings; guards to
keep the peace; boys dressed in light blue sell.
ing guide books; boys dressed from tip TO toe
in bright red selling the official catalogue;
boys in grey and yellow selling Chicago pa
pers and the Daily Columbian; custom Off
GERS, letter carriers, telegraph boys and many
others, who have official business, all wear
ing uniforms. One almost becomes bewil-
dered until the title of their office is made ep
parant by an inspection Of their caps As
rule these uniformed men and boys are count
eous and polite, and seem to take pleasure il.
answering questions.
The second week of the great Fair is num-
bei ed with the past, and during that time
many results have been accomplished, al
though much remains to be done-much more
than to have the ''finishing" touches put on.
Some are wont to complain because every
nail had not been driven, and every door hung
on at the stroke of twelve, noon, May 1st, and
although the task set was herculean in its
scope, still so much should not have been prom
ised by the heads of the departments, having
such matters in charge, unless there was some
seeming prospect of its being fulfilled.
While perhaps many of US would not have
done as we'll under lk, circumstances, still
there is room for comp aint, and just where
to lay the blame is perhaps not All easy mat
ter. The general public expect so much, es-
pecially,in view of oft repeated promises made
by the Fair officials, that everything would be
ship shape and in order on the opening day,
and from some cause said officials have so
forgotten their pledges, that the long suffer-
ing public are not willing to exercise the viz
tue Of patience. Of course we all understand
{ hose of us who have watched the rise of the
White City by the Lake) that the building
thereof required no ordinary measures, rather
extraordinary ones; and perhaps have been
taken, but we were rather in hopes that in re
spect to the general finishing, more would
have been accomplished so that in after ages
history could point with pride to the fact that
the Worlds Columbian Exposition was prac-
tically complete on Nay l, 1893.
All meet on the same level here; you ,stle
perchance against some titled foreigners, or
one his supcror--an American-and bearing
no handle such as earl" "Duke,' or what
not; the hard working mechanic; those who
adorn and likewise disgrace the professions,
law, medicine and of the 'cloth," the sun
Drowned sailor from over the seas.
The man of war and of peace, all come to-
gether on one common plane. To the mind
of many this fair will be a great object lesson,
with much to learn, with their eyes for theil
opportunity. There are others, who having
the time to spare, and necessary 'wherewith-
al to spand, will not embrace this chance.
To one who has had foretaste of what the
future weeks and months promise, it can
hardly be conceived that any of the latter
class exist. How many less favored with
time and means, would like to exchange
places with them until November Isl next.
A pleasant ride of twenty minutes, starting
from the Van Buren Street Station of the Illi-
nois Central railroad, and running within full
view of Lake Michigan, in cars built for this
traffic and over tracks used only for this pur-
pose, brings one to the SiXlieth street entrance
OF the Fair. Trains are now run on five