Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1893-06-10
THE WORLDS FAIR
AS Seen by the Republicans
Correspondent.
The First OF q Series OF Interesting
Letters by an Observant
Writer.
Especial correspondence

| Especial Correspondence
CmcAso, H., June A. Well, l
have been to the fair. What did
| see2 | would very much like to
tell you all cav. but it is an utter i'm
posi- bility. 1t would take one of those
irrepressible Phoenix kids ten years to
see half OF it and then he would have to
possess second sight and an extra pair
OF eyes in the seat OF his pantaloons.
In the first place, everybody goes to
the fair that can resurrect an cid four.
bit piece. You can see the family man,
who has taken days vacation, plod.
ding around with his wife on one arm
and capacious lunch basket on the
other, followed by a line Of children
ranging from 10 years old down to the
small toddler. They have come to see
it all in one day and pity the condi.
ton OF their spines for the next week,
Judging from my personal experience.
mine having assumed q decided ten
dency toward the other side since my
fret visit. hope, however, to straight.
en- it out inside of the next thirty days.
You can see young and old, healthy
and unhealthy, new faces and ancient
ones; in fact, all kinds OF humanity
bent on the same purpose-to see the
fair. No one can leave the grounds be-
grudging the 30 cents admission.
1t Is simply wonderful. The 700
acres are crowded with buildings and
humanity, although a great many OF
the exhibits are closed to the public on
account OF their incompleteness, the
majority are in full blast and every day
opens up some new feature. The manu-
facturers' building, art buildings ma
chinerv hall, the United States gov
eminent building, transportation build
ing, fisheries building, women's build
ing, horticultural building and the
mining building, are now fully COM
plete, as are also most OF the state
buildings, excepting Cslifornia's, which
ls mass Of wooden barrels and boxes.
IL will be month or more before the
whole thing is complete, and even then
it may be still furthur delayed. Ari.
IONA, New Mexico and Oklahoma have
a little building all to themselves, so
small it requires compass and q mi
croscope to find it. The Arizona ex-
hibit Of petrfied trees is very elegant,
but controlled by the St. Paul, Mimi,
firm who polish the stones for orna.
mental purposes. This exhibit ia in
the north wing of the manufacturers'
building. The Copper Queen Mining
Co., OF Bisbee, has very creditabe ex.
hibit OF ores in the mining building.
This is all could find to show me the
people OF Arizona were living.
Montana's silver statue of Ada Re-
han was unveiled day before yesterday
and attracts considerable attention.
The only objection to it that can hear
of Is surplus OF clothing on the vo.
Iuptuous form of Ada. Her features
have the appearance of being in pain,
and for my part think you can see
prettier women on the street any day
in the week.
The Turks are here in great numbers
and seem to have monopoly of the rug
and fancy ornament business. They
every article sold.
As to the restaurants, there are doz.
ems OF them and you can suit the size Of
your purse in matters OF expenditure.
The immense harvest these people ex.
pected to reap has so far been failure
and most of them have taken a grand
tumble in their prices. Anyone con
templating visit to Chicago need not
fear being robbed, as all extortion can
easily be avoided by keeping your eyes
open and not biting as soon as you see
a bait. Quite a number of Arizonisns
are in the city and seem to be enjoying
themselves
1t may be recollected the entire ex-
hibit can be seen for 80 cents, except
ing the numerous attractions in Mid
way Plaisance where the admission
ranges from 10 cents up to 81.
Most OF these villages and sidsshows
are the worst kind of fakes" Among
the legitimate ones are the German,
Austrian and Javanese villages, the
glass workers, The streets of Cairo and
the trained animals.
A good Mexican village would be a
paying investment.