The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1893-06-10

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contests. will be published in the GRAPH
&c for the uniform price Of 500. 4
Seeing the worlt's an.
FELLOW CHRISTIANS
In nv former epistle l made reference
to the expenses the average visitor will
be under while visiting the Big Show in
Chicago but in 40 doing confined myself
to the expenses OF living in hotels. lodg-
ing houses and restaurants outside OF
Jackson Park. Inside the gates OF the
exposition one can also live as cheanly
or extensively as their means will war
rant. The lunch counters and most of
the restaurants are under the manage
ment Of the Wellington Catering COM
pany, and in view Of the fact that twenty
five per cent Of all receipts from them
go to the management OF the exposition
prices ateyery reasonable. AT the lunch
counters, which are to be found In every
exposition building, prices are about the
same as the average railroad eating
house. Coffee, tea or milk is ~ cents;
sandwiches, 10 cents; pie, 10 cents per
cut. three dOughnuts, 10 cents, and so
forth and so on. Ahalf OF a cold chick
Ell is so cents-enough for two persons
and with it you get bread and butter. A
good lunch at any OF these lunch count
ers can be obtained for from % to 50
cents. The best place / found for a mid
day lunch was in the Turkish Bazaar over
in midway" There is a Turkish Cafe
there, but the lunch stand refer to is
in the long building just west of the
Turkish theatre. At this place you can
get a nice hot weiner wurst, bread and
butter, a cup of delicious coffee and d
nice piece OF pie of any kind for % cents.
Immediately to tho left as you enter
Midway" is the Log Cabin and in it an
interesting exhibit of New England an
tiquitics. In an adjoining building a
regular old-fashioncd New England din
ner is served daily, the price for which
is 80 cents. The menu consists OF brown
bread, pork and beans. coffee, tea or
milk, two or three kinds of pie and
several other things. A person with a
long felt want to flu al probably get
more for 50 cents at this place than any
spot or the grounds. Scattered all over
the grounds and in midway" are any
amount OF frst-class and high priced
restaurants, where warm meals may
be obtaineda at my hour of the day. The
prices are about the same as the high
priced restaurantain the average large
city. Two people can order together ut
one OF these places and obtain a pretty
fair dinner for from 10 cents to 81 each.
Most OF these restaurants are run by
foreigners. There is the Yienne Cafe,
Polish Cafe, Swedish Cafe, French Cafe,
etc, etc. 1t was in these places that
visitors during the first few days got it
put on to them. Since then the EXPOSE
ton directors have taken matters in
hand and during the seven days | was
on the grounds l heard no complaints Of
%eXtortion, The restaurants now are re-
quired to have printed menu cards show
ing the price of any order and COMPETE
ton will naturally have Il tendency to
regulate prices. No matter what may
becomes nationality they can eat in any
language at the worlds fair and be
served with their tayorite dish by walters
who speak their native tongue. Beer
can te had atalmost any restaurant on
The grounds at . cents a glass-in fact
with the exception OF the New England
dinner I saw no restaurant where beer
was not served, and I was struck, too,
with the remarkable number of Ameri-
can women who took q glass OF beer
with their monday lunch. l am not
positive but | think nothing stronger
} than beer is allowed to be sold on the
grounds. One has only to take an hours
tramp through the restaurants at moo
: to fully realize what a nation OF beer
guzZlers we are fast becoming and witt,
it should come also a realization OF the
, folly OF attempting to enforce prohibit
ton in cosmopolitan communities.
The South Dakota newspaper men put
! up at the Great Northwest hotel on GStll
street. We we're given rates of 81 a day
for room or 50 a day for two persons
This is a South Dakota enterprise, ant
the building of the hotel was made pos
sible by South Dakota people taking
J. shares OF stock, to be paid back to then
in accommodations during the exposi
+ ton. at a special rate Of 81 per day for
room. Quite u number OF Stockholders
h are already there. The hotel is Yer!
pleasantly located. being within $ or II
minutes walk Of the south entrance o
the grounds, and is nicely managed
: But if its rates are $3.50 per day for
y room its rates are entirely too higl
y There are several first-class hotels dow
= tnwn-including the Palmer-wher
/. roomscan be had for $1.50a day, and til
: expense Transportation toand from til
grounds can be more than made up b
ID the reduced prices with which meals ca
y be had at the down town restaurants
g Those who hold certificates OF stock i
the Great Northwest cannot probabl
le better themselves, however. at 81 a da
for a room. The hotel has a frst-clas
as restaurant in connection, but it is to
a stiff in its prices to be apopular resort II
Mt the average guest from the wild an
Mt wolIy west" | would advise those stOl
n ping at the Great Northwest to procul
ne a communicative ticket on the Illino
Central. Asingle trip out to the hot
from the Van Buren, street depot is
cents; round trip ticket, 4o cents. AZ
ride ticket good for any point betwee
- Van Buren, street and Grand Crossi1
i75th street) can be bought for 81
~ This brings a single trip down to
-, cents These tickets are good until use
are transferable and q half dozen
more can ride on the ticket at the san
n time. A lO-ride ticket can be bought
mo- 81 % TT fho tinknt ia MT pntirniu us