San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-07-13
miss TEXAS"
Reaches Chicago, and Gives the
LIGHT Readers an Interest
ing Letter.
CHICAGO, July 9, 1898.

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depot gates into Chicago" Gu
friends failed to meet us, but ;
policeman came to our rescue anC
told us of the hotels, car lines anC
cab prices; as he was good BIZ
over six feet and very broad he wa.
no small "bureau Of Information,
we assure you, and then he haC
plenty of time. We were prepared
to find this last article. scarce, but
there is plenty of it, every one
seems in a rush, but if you address
them they stop even for details
Police, street car conductors, letter
carriers, Columbian guard, all show
the same spirit. We asked
Columbian guard if he was
not tired of answering questions"
80, no." he laughed tive can answer
now and think of something else
at the same time" May be this
kind of reflex action accounts for
the universal good nature and
politeness. With a reasonable
amount Of caution one need not
fear the prices or the hurry of this
city. Rooms can be secured in
any part of the city at one dollar
per day, good rooms; every third
house seems ready for roomers. 1t
is here like every where else, your
style of living will determine the
cost. OF course meals at the fair
grounds cost more than in the city,
so many take lunches. There are
plenty of restaurants on the Eu-
ropean plan both in the city and
Jackson park, we noticed coffee
was 80 in the city and 10s at
the park, rolls, steak, etc, in the
same proportion, ten cents in the
city and twenty cents at the park.
Fruit is very plentiful and about
the same price as in San Antonio.
Berries are nicer and cheaper.
On the way to the grounds we
saw a Chicago fire. What struck
us most was the nerve of the peo-
pie, the folks living on each side
were interested but not excited
spectators they looked on with
the rest of the crowd and seemed
to have "lots of faith in their fire.
men," We left them with it and
passed to the boat and in less than
an hour the Fair was in sight.
By all means get your first
view from the lake. Summon
up every adjective that will fit,
and then you will but half de-
scribe the magnificence of it all.
hri 70 hn
Peristyle Ionian columns, sur
mounted by statue, each repre-
senting a state and territory. These
figures are beautiful, and though
moulded out of the plastic stuff,
looks like finest marble, traced
with free, bold, but skillful chisel
Near the statue of "The Republic"
is the Quadriga, representing "The
Triumph of Columbus" Column
bus stands in a chariot, drawn by
four horses, which are led by two
women, an original and beautiful
conception. The Casino and the
the Music Hall stand at each end
OF this grand row of columns.
Heroic figures, fifteen feet in
height finish these buildings in
grace and beauty. A little to the
right of the Music hall stands the
Manufactures and Liberal Arts
building, which is the largest roof
ed building ever erected. You will
be fully convinced of this fact if
you go up and down its aisles but
for a day. The guide book tells us
sit is four times as large as the
Roman Coliseum, and that seated
$4,000 people," 1t is plain, stupen-
dous, solid. The myriad exhibits
make the eyes ache and the head
whirl, but one can turn to panels
painted by such artists as MiIlet,
Blashfleld and Reinhart for
change. Don't stop at the
exhibits but go to the elevator
for twenty-five cents you can be
taken to the roof and get the Bird
Eye view of the Exposition. You
look down just two hundred and
forty feet, but what a panorama
below you-Here the beautiful
guided donnie of Government
Building, there the McMonmes
Fountain and so on over six hun
dred and thirty acres with beauti-
full lagoons between. The pen is
mighty but it falls far short of the
picture one could paint from this
high point. We look over the roof
and hastily descend thinking of
all we are missing beneath. We
are in fever to grasp some of it
as our own. We are near the
French EXhibit-The Limoges
space-We touch a dainty salad
bowl of blue and gold upheld