Middletown transcript., 1893-10-07

OnlcdSOi Cau say buut tAo SAoJ $50 -
great Fair is the marvel of the age. 1t is
beautiful. for situation, the lake view IS
magnificent and it was made accessible
from every point by many lines OF street,
steam cars and excu sion boats. To take
the novel and beautiful steamer The
WhaIeback, and sail down the lake to jack
son Park, gave one charming view Of the.
White City. was Is miles from the Fair
but one of the most enjoyable features OF
my visit was the carriage drives that had
to and from the great Exposition. We
drove along the finest boulevards, passing
the most palatial residences and through
lovely parks, until one exhausted all the
superlatives in exclamation of delight.
The north side OF the great city also
abounds in homes of the rich, many of
them representing thousands of dollars in
cost of dwelling alone. The Pullman
MANSION, that OF Marshall Field the mon
arch of merchants. and mrs. Potter Palmer
on the lake front near Lincoln Park are
veretable castles When asked my opinion
as to the greatest things | saw at the fair it
is hard to discriminate the manufactures
and Liberal Arts Building is the most i'm
mense in size and combines the greatest
variety of exhibits; the Transportation Build
ing is most beautiful in outward ornamental
ton and within one sees i'll great contrast
the modes of conveyance of the then and
now. was much interested in the mining,
Electrical and Government Buildings; spent
much time in the Art Gallery beholding the
worlds greatest specimens Of Art and sculp-
ure.
Aside from all this frequently turned to
visit what is conceded to be the greatest
accomplishment of the age, the bringing
together representatives of all the religious
of the World in the Worlds Religious
Congress. This was held in the Art
Palace, in the centre of the city, an i'm
mense building and yet one had to go hours
i'll advance often to even to secure standing
room, so great was the interest. Here on
the same platform were met Jew and
the Greek, Catholic and Protestant, Buddhist
Moslem, japanese, Chinese, Siamese every.
color and caste and all declaring one God,
the Father, universal brotherhood; ignoring
sect and creed and declaring Truth trium-
phant.
After hearing views SO liberal, so eleya-
ting one feels an inspiration to try the
more to be charitable-to be a helper.
We who went are glad we had the priVi-
lege and only had one disturbing thought
that all of our friends could not see and
enjoy it with us.
To note the different comments and ex-
pressions as one passed around the grounds
and through the buildings was highly in
teresting one lady was "afraid she would
miss seeing something" another did not
know duck from goose, three young men
walking through one of the great buildings
and one proposed that that they would
each take an aisle and then he was sure he
would see it all.
Now though we failed to see all and
everything (this would take endless timel
my advice is to go and see as much as you
can, even an external view of the White
City would pay for the going. 0fall days
next Monday. October .9th-Chicago Day
is expected to be the greatest. st. Louis is
to come with great pageantry and together
the rival cities will commemorate.
Hoping that all will who can don heavy
wraps and start for the West going over
the Pennsylvania Railroad lit is unequalled
for comfort vnd scenery and return by
Niagara Falls taking in that greatest of
natures works, we can assure them they
will feel repaid and have a true opinion Of
Chicago and its people. You will find hos
pitality, courtesy and every opposite of
roughness that may have been said to be
characteristic Of the great western metro-
polls.