The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-06-29
THE WORLDS FAIR
AND HOW BEST TO SEE IT

Information for Everybody Who
Is Going to Chicago---The Ho-
tells and Boarding Houses---Vis-
itors May Obtain Accommoda-
tions at Reasonable Rates by
Exercising Ordinary Precau-
ton.
A correspondent writing from the
Worlds Fair / the Baltimore Sun
gives the following Information which
will be of interest to oui readers:
tn letter is the beginning of
series which will give practical infor-
nation about the Columbian Fair
answers to questions which everybody
is asking.
The first question is, "Shall we go
to the fair p There can be but one
answer to that-yes. Come, if you
stay but week, six days, five days,
four days, three days, two days-come
if you stay but day. Without exag-
geration, this fair is the greatest crea-
ton of its kind ever conceived and
executed by man. Its educational
value is beyond calculation.
And if you are coming, come at
once. Don't put your visit off until
September or October. The rush will
be made in those months. At present,
although the crowds in Jackson Park
seem immense, there are not enough
strangers here to fill the hotels or to
make travelling to and from the grounds
uncomfortable or dangerous.
The stories which were sent out at
the opening of the fair in May about
high rates charged by the hotels were
true at that time, but they don't go
now. There has been a reduction all
along the line. Rooms can be engaged :,
without board, from one to twenty
! dollars and with board from three to a
| twenty five dollars day. TO person
of restricted means a room without
board is preferable to the American
plan. In addition to the hotels Of
Chicago there are hundreds Of lodging
houses near the grounds where rooms
may be obtained at small price. There
| need be NO difficulty in finding these
places. If you do not succeed in get
ting quarters before arriving go over
! to Michigan avenue, take an Illinois
! Central Railway train for the fair
! grounds, get off at any station between
Fifteeth and sixty-seventh streets,
walk through the adjoining streets and
! in every block you will see the sign
{. iurn ished rooms." But the best way
is, of course, to provide for your room
in advance.
These minute instructions are in
tended for persons who cannot afford
to 80 to the first class hotels. The
only point that may be of advantage
to their more fortunate brethren is the
advice to select a place near the
grounds. You will not appreciate this
fully until you have been here two or
three days, when you will feel fatigued
and in no condition to return to a
long-distance hotel. If you want to
see Chicago itself-and Chicago is
well worth seeing-set time apart fol
chat purpose.
The weather is very pleasant now
During the day the sun is hot, but a,
night there is usually strong breeze
from Lake Michigan-so strong that
wraps and overcoats are not uncom
Portable. Judging from appearances,
those ladies enjoy themselves most who
leave their fine clothes at home OF
keep them for evening wear at the
hotels. The prevailing costumes consist
of low shoes that fit the feet with
perfect ease, skirts of blue, black OF
some light-colored material, witt
loose fitting waists of various shade:
and broad brimmed straw hats. The
hats protect the eyes from the glare O
the white buildings.
Breakfast, luncheon, dinner anC
supper can be had at satisfactory price:
provided you look before you leap
/ Inside the grounds the rates at the
restaurants of the Wellington Catering
F.! Company are small advance on the
prices charged by first-class eating
houses in Baltimore. In view of the
fact that the company has to pay a
large percentage Of its receipts for tht
privilege Of conducting its establish
ments on the grounds, its prices are
not exorbitant.
Besides the restaurants of this com
pany nearly every nation represented
at the fair by exhibits and buildings il
also represented by eating and drink
ing houses, where food and drink are
served in the style of each nation. A:
a general thing prices at these place:
are higher than at the Wellington
restaurants if you eat an entire meal
but you can sample the cooking O
each nation by selecting one or two
things according to your taste and
pocket-book
Lunchroonls are in all parts of the
SiCtiiNS. .Odtii" iIiiCS, IC1lCC, tCc, Ill IN
bread and butter, beer, ices, lemo
made, soda water and cold spring
water are sold at moderate prices
Persons who have limited sum o.
money to spend eat hearty breakfast
before coming to the fair, bring thei1
lunch with them or buy it wherever
they happen to be in the park, selec,
! a shady spot and enjoy themselves in
pic mic fashion without paying the
slightest attention to passers-by. They
sit on the grass, on benches or the
chairs, and sometimes at the base of q
group of statuary, with their head:
reclining against the jaws or tails O.
ferocious lions. The incongruity o.
the situation doesn't bother them ir
the least. 1t is case of go-as-you
please, and everything goes in Chicago
Outside the grounds the restaurant