New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-09
A TRIP TO THE WORLDS FAIR
HOW 1T WAS MADE AND WHAT 1T tOSI.
FACTS AND FIGURES FROM THE MEMORANDUM
look OF A PRACTICAL MANA NINE DAYS

FACTS AND FIGURES FROM THE MEMORANDUM
LOOK OF A PRACTICAL MANA NINE DAYS
or-TING INCLUDING NIAGARA FALLS.
Cou,d or could we not afford the expense OF a
trim to the Worlds Fair That was the question:
that ocitatcd both Belinda and me- aa early rs ES'
tchru,rv when a journey to Bermuda or Florina
would have been n more scasOnable ana asre'ao'o
topc As the spring opened and as the stories oil
ox,or,ior NJ all kinds began TO find their way from
cb,coco eastward our hopes Of an outing AT inc
Willie CITY began to fade. But these Tears, WIN"
turned out 10 be very foolish. disappeared as report
after report reached us Of the splcndor and beauty
OF the show and fine night, In II moment oil reo"
loss enthusiasm. we decided 10 30 III '""'' Nv w.
result bc. what Il might.
Well we went; were away from newborn NIUE
DAYS in the early part Of June. since our return
have been be,eced by friends who want iactS aoou
the COS, Of things. When / burst INTO g""'"e
culocy Of the superb effect Of this or that feature y"
the great show, ] chokcd of with Yes, but "'u
the hackmcn bleed you?7 or What was your ho''i
III, =, or What did the whole trip cost?' Every
ono sccms 70 be willing TO take it for granted that
,b Fair Is worth going to; the great question with
,hou.ands and tens OF thousands now seems TO be
one Of ways and means.
rorhop, orr experience Is worth giving I'm detail
as n guide to those who now III DOUBT b''lh""
lntcs to travel comfortablysomc might say luAurl-
OH !
NOT what would b. called n logical mind. but she De
gan Immediately to lay pans for this trip by what
tho logicans call, believe tho process OF "ihhi
tion That is I'm order 10 arrive al what She wanted
| 10 do she began by specifying what she "oulu 'o'
do under any circumstances she dcciar'u' VII" az
emphasis which left chance for discussioh' 'hs'
she would not 60 return on n SLOW traI' or OH
second clsss line: that she would not 50 Win any
excursion party on any line that she would not stay
-. I'm, class hotel and that she COuld not
cot along without n bathroom adjoining her room.
The Worlds Fair seemed a long way on-about M
far as bombay when She had finished eAplalh"H
how she would not go: and felt called upon I" r.
mind her "A, | had done twice before. ol the
error which she had made in not marrying into th'
Qnocrai family instead ot marrying n She dld. Hu
I thought that ut least there no harm IN seeing
rbat coud he done for Il reasonable sum. so
visited one Of the big Broadway tourist agencies and
laid nv desperate Gaze before the manager. had
no idea Ct going To Chicago without knowing cNa'uN
what The railway and hOt" bills were t. amount TO-
and the plan Of securing the rouni-trip tickets ana
an order on 4 good hotel for a dcfnit" number Of
days board and lodging seemed 10 comment USrH 10
rs both. Well my fears and doubt, ami scrnplc' IL
onnorcd like magic under the influence 81 the a,sur
,nccs of the nrbanc tourist agency manager-hat en-
viabc parsonage who in Imagination Is ON tn way
TO Alaska or southern California, or IS sailing mp the
Nilc or down the Rhine every day Tn the year. ana
10 whom trip, to Niagara Falls aud Chicago are but
Incidents I'm A, hourly flight, Of fancy with eager
travellers SAW him several times, and "" bar
gained and dickcr'd ana finally decided upon time
and a route and the accommodations. Here i, copy
Of III, ball.
Two tickets Ncw-Nork. Chicago; Naeara Falls. .so
one sc.,nrcar section to chicago ... ........ -
n"r .lccplnc.csr -e,tlon. 'hcsFo 20 N.tnr l1lls.
roc s%Cr"sf ~ d,2 ' r9n jun June 70 H. at no
Win 5rcik:i-t and dinner '...' ~