The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-04-03
PUT sILLER IN THY PURSE.

1t is really amusing 10 read in the Chicago
papers the arrangements which are being
made ,Or the loOting of visitors TO the expo
sitiOn. Every one who has attended worlds
fairs knows that the services of guide are
indispensable. The managers of the fair
have decided 10 form the guides into a reEi-
ment 300 strong, under the command of
Captain Ruggles. The guides have to pass
an examination as to their mental and ply
steal condition before they are accepted.
After they are mustered in they receive $50
a month. The committee of managers, in
spirit worthy of Pecksntff. remark that "the
educational advantages are expected to
compensate for the small wages" When
Squeers made his pupils do housework he
explained that his purpose was to develop
their bodies as well as their minds; for in-
stance, said he, calling to a boy who was
washing windows. ''Stipes, spell window"
"W-i-p-d-e-r." answered the boy. There"
said Squeers Triumphant, you see the
working Of my system"
These guides are to charge visitors 30
cents an hour. and cannot serve a party OF
over five persons. What they earn goes into
the treasury of the fair. There is to be
female annex to the corps, consisting Of
twenty-five Amazons, who " i'll act as guides
to ladies who prefer TO be waited upon by
persons Of their own sex. Nothing has yet
been said OF Bath chairs, which Of course
will also be the property of the fair assoeia-
lion.
In order to escape extOrtiOn at the hotels
a number of Eastern men of means have
hired houses in which they propose TO live
during the fair, and to cater for themselves
The prices paid for rents are phenomenal,
hut the harvest season is brief. Perhaps
the plan might be worth the attention Of
some of our people who propose to visit
Chicago after May next A party of a
dozen adults, agreeing among themselves
to alternate in their visit, might save
money by hiring small house, and occupy
ing it in turn. The transportation facilities
in Chicago are extensive; some houses
which are being taken by sightseers are
eight miles from the fair grounds. 1t is
evident that 1t is going to cost not much less
than $40 day per person for decent ac-
commodation at the principal hotels; add
TO this the cost of visiting the fair, and the
Inevitable extras which a visitor must pro-
vide for, If he lives in a crowd. it ought to
be money saved to get into a private house
after the fatigues OF the day. Friends of
temperance will rejoice to hear that the
plain drinks at % cents; fancy drinks will
be charged according to the discretion of
the barkeeper.
company has been formed to find quar-
tiers for strangers who may find themselves
lost or strayed in the streets of Chicago
1t proposes to guarantee TO every man,
woman and child bed, a square supper
and square breakfast Just what the
casual pauper gets in most cities on appli-
cation to the police. In this case, how
ever, the relief vouchsafed by the company
will not be gratuitous; quite the contrary.
The company informs the public that it
sees opuent dividends In the vista of the
future.
One thing is quite evident. The failure
Of the fair. from insufficient attendance,
may now be dismissed as impossible. The
uncertainties which overhang the course of
the cholera in Europe are going to induce
many to forego their usual or intended trip
across the Atlantic; they will 20 to Chicago
instead. And it Is a popularity of our
people thai they arc never deisEEad from