The free press., 1893-06-15
THE WORLDS FAIR.
W D. Boyce's Correspondence Bureal,
Administration Building ho;la
e. f.'o,'nas .une 2, 1898.


ami The whirwind Of fire which W
IN sweep over the grounds, as pr
dieied by Boston evangelIstc eX'
trpmists. did not materialize.
The fair has been open sunday
and although the day was perfect
scarcely third of the number ex"
pectpd by the officials TO visit the
grounds appeared.
Aud there you are.
The Almighty did not show His
disuleasure aud on the other hand
! His family, or that portion of it IN
/ Chicago. did not to any extent
show that they wanted to see the
/ fair on lis day.
The readers Of this paper are left
to draw their Own inferences.
Decoration day at the World 5
Fair was a sumner, 100000 people
paid to see the big show. With
s,deadbeads." Of whom, by the way,
there are an immense army, there
must have been towards 22o,000
people inside the gates Of jackson
park. Aud yet there was room
| A million people would not be par
tjonlarly crowded. People who
have not visited the fail can have
no conception of the magnificent
distances, the grand rpomIness OF
everything. It must be seen and
even then complete comprehen-
sion is impossible.
Talking Of Interesting exhibits,
the visitor to Chicago, and eapec'
Iialiy the Yankee, should not tail to
see the French nations display OF
historical relics and curios of the
revolutionary war, handed downto
the hers of Lafayette. There are
chars, desks and bareaus from La
/ fayette's library; caskets CONTAINS
ing rings enclosing locks OF hslr
from the heads of George and Mar
tina Washington; the sword OF hon
or presented to Lafayette by con.
gress in I779; series Of historical
paintings including the reunion or
the French and American generals
after the surrender at 1oIktoWhj
busts Of Washington and IalayN
cite; piece Of tapestry worked oy
Martha Washington at the age of
10; q pair of OILS worn by wash
ingt0n aud btqueathed by him 10
his French colleague; Nashin9ton's
umbrel'a, plans Of u&ttl fields, tap
estry, pictures. sworls, autograph
letters aud many other things quail
ly interesting. The general pubic
Ia not admitted but ON application,
Commissioner Kran'z will issue
cards by whlch admission may be
obtained. Nuke an extra effort to
view this collection, if necessary,
for it is worth it.
This query is not hard to answer.
Every func i0nary connected with
the exposition has several to run
his erraDds; every restaurant has a
row at its front entrance Tor the
Lord knows what; several scores
proc ann in thunder tones that this
is the right way to the electric
launches, wnere one can rile afew
rods for so cents-and so it goes.
Guards should be stationed behind
each guest at the restaurants to see
that he does not eat pie with his
knife; others should be placed in
the peristyle 10 keep the waves
from Lake Michigan from running
into the lagoon; a corps should be
detailed to keep the flies off the
statue of the Republic and the farce
would be complete.
TITS not at all strange that the
fisheries building is the most pop-
ular among visitors to the expo
sition. The salt water aquariums
of course attract the greater share
Of attenuon, especially among in
landars. The display is fine and
has recently beeu improved in sey-
eral WAYS. Two saud sharks are
viewed with great curiosity and the
/ three-f0ot catfish drew forth excla-
nations Of wonder from people who
have been accustomed 10 catching
nothing larger than three-iucb bulls
4 heads. Curious people 90 into ec-
stasies OF wonder over the crabs,
sea horses, sea plants that are half
animal and the like crowded before
the glass cases in such numbers
that the Columbian guards sta
4 toned in the fisheries building
sweat IN their tight fitting, pretty
tin soldier uniforms until they are
ready TO drop.
The doctors have been in CON
gress at the art institute the past
week and pills and physlc have
been thoroughly discussed. A coun.
Gil of this sort is inst as good, per-
/ hapS, AS that which assemblies
about the bedside OF some unfor-
tunate-and its a mighty sight
cheaper.