Milford chronicle., 1893-05-12

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cerned, but they detailed several hundred
men to hurry up the exhibitors. lhnulil- lL
cradle letters aud finally kilograms were
sent ont. ard during the last. two weeks
most Of the energy of the administration
department has been expended in hustllng
the private exhibitions into place
AS 1 have said, the crowds of this second
dav of the fair spend most Of their time
locking at the exterior show. An acre Of
people stand near the Administration
building. with their faces turned upward.
A workman has climbed one of the tall
,ff,sssst q fseela e-esgner of Machinery hall.
he is all alone. and has no helper at the
base. Neatly balancing himself in his lit
| Tie swing. he pulls up by cord golden
baU. which he attaches to tbs top OF the
| staff. 1t is q simple operation, and here
VOW commonplace one; for workmen
| clainherinp about at dizzy hights, on
do,nes epd iron arches and towers and
snires. have been familiar scenes for many
n month. Yet with all the wonders Of the
! world spread out for their inspection ten
/ thousand people preferred to stand and
watch this rigger at work.
in front Of the Art building another
GREAT crowd was seen. What could be at
/ trecting their attention thefe? Investiga-
tion showed that they were watching the
! Frenchmen unpack the big cases in which
/ the Paris pictures had been shipped across
/ the water. A simple everyday part Of the
work, yet strangely fascinating to the
! visitors. These and many other similar
| incidents taught but one lesson, gave one
| hint forfuture exposition managers These
/ great affairs are fully as interesting IN
| their process as in their completion.
To a large proportion Of the people the
work of building IS more fascinating than
the result. 1 have heard score Of Chicago
| people speak in this fashion; "Well, this
| is a wonderful show, but have seen the
| best Of f. already. / saw them dredging
out the swamp. / saw them digging the
| foundations. / saw them laying the floors,
raising the mammoth arches, putting on
| the spreading roofs, piling up the monu-
nents and statuary. l wouldn't have
missed that part Of it in order to see 1t as
| it now stands. If given my choice would
| have preferred the construction rather
| than the completion as time for my
visit" Why not make the preparatory
| STAGES Of future exhibitions rs popular as
the fnalg Why not arrange special de-
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
construction? There is something almost
universal in the mind Of man which leads
/ him TO want to know how q thing is made.
The small boys first desire on taking a
watch in his hand is to tear the insides out
| of it so he may ascertain what makes the
"2yiis Wbs5 n tbe ro Visitor from afa first steps
upon the grounds he is d&ked with the
| r5aonifiaenee aud the vast 1ess of the out
door picture. For a 81 time he wanders
in one direction another, aimlessly,
s.7szr-is ewes - open and his lips fire.
..,Is7,i.sv ls5i.sv utterin9 ordinations Of sur
nrise. delight, alna1 ment. Then he CON
eludes to take a wait through the whole
show. ssTo-day," N says to himself,
uI,U not stop TO look aN anything, but Just
rnsh through from one Nd to the otherand
ret the Law ofthe ground. Letme warn Wis
itors against this mistaken l blundered in
that way myself. One afteNpoon thought
L too. would see the outsideNpf everything
| in a single journey. walkedN2nd walked
and eaped and gaped till my NICK ached,
| After some hours felt consciousness oi
great fatigue and concluded to sit down
and rest. l bought a 1O-eent guide-booB
containing map of the grounds and per
ceived that as yet / had seen but one
fourth of the buildings of the main exhi
bition. aud had not enter"d the Midway
plaisance at all. Then / measured on the
map how far had walked, end found that
my eager feet had carried me no fewel
than seven and half miles.
The best thing the visitor can do on frs
arriving is to take several rides around thu
elevated railway. That runs from one enc
Of the grounds to the other, and gives th'
most magnificent set of kaleidoscope
views that one ever beheld. If l wer
coming here this week for the first time
should spend the first day on the elevated
trains and in the gondolas or launches ol
the Iagoons. The next two or three days
should simply walk about the grounds ant
through that great international circu
and museum, the Midway plaisance. Ate
this should divide the show up into sec
tions, and take in one section each day
WALTER WELLMAN.