West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1893-07-27
THE COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION.
An Interesting Letter Fr@a Our
Special Correspondent at the
Worlds Fair.

bEAh AhOOo
You no doubt think / have de-
serted you, have neglected you so
long. but il you will take me back
into favor again aud give me space
in your columns to tell my friends
in Preston about some of the things
| am seeing in Wonderland these
hot days, | will be real good in the
future and pay my respects to you
more regularly.
began my sightseeing on the
Fourth, and, although / have seen
finer exhibits other days, that day
produced such satisfactory feeling
in my mind that the remembrance
of it will never be effaced from my
memory. Oh, was happy to be
an American that day 1t seemed
so good to have Fourth Of July to
celebrate 4! One notable fact was
that almost all the foreigners
enjoyed the day as much as we.
had gone there for holiday
and meant to have it. Instead of
going carefully through each build.
ing, we wandered from place to
place, seeing a little OF everything
and getting thorough idea of
locations. We spent the entire day
and stayed to witness the ten thou.
sand dollar pyrotecnic display. OF
course this was very fne, but / was
n little disappointed in them, | had
heard so much Of them.
The plan a great many people
pursne of studying everything is,
according to my idea, q very tire.
some way. There are enough
exhibits that most people eau
understand to keep an ordinary
person studying all the time that
any one would care to spend ut the
Fair, hence one might far better
take in all he can understand FIRST
and devote what time he may have
to spare to gaining information on
subjects into which he is not
familiar.
Although / meant this day for
pleasure and not for study, / went
into ecstacies over the exhibits in
the Electricity Building, and my
friends had to almost drag me
away. The incandescont system
was strikingly illustrated, and one
piece IN particular, fairly fascinated
me. 1t was tho initial piece "W.
K. Co." (Western Electric Go. } the
W being red, the f.. white and the
Go. blue. The lighting rod could
be seen, moving lighting first the
w, then tho e. and last the Co.,
and just as soon as the last letter
was finished it would move back
and extinguish them. It seemed
to me that there must be y human
hand propelling the rod and / un-
consciously peered forward half
expecting to SEQ a long, bony hand.
We next paused IN tho Illinois
Building and there found the grain
state had planned ono Of the most
unique exhibits on the grounds, q
farm scene made all Of grain, not
bit Of paint having been used. The
picture is at least 20 20 IT. At
one end is q curtain made Of grasses
and gracefully loopod back by q
cord composed Of popcorn cars.
The grain is evidently glued 10 the
canvas or board, and so perfect is
the arrangement that casual
observer would take it for an oil
painting. The scene is complete,
even TO the crows lowering in the
back ground watching for grain.
A man near me enthusiastically
exclaimed "Thore's no flies on
that" Some one remarked in a
very audible whisper, "Thore are
crows on it though"
Passing into the Art Gallery
Annex, we halted in the Italian
Division, but nv taste was not
trained 10 the proper pitch for
appreciating this, ! presume 80,
although / admired their statuury
very mach, was willing to move
on.
we woro all pleased with Jen.
dorn's "Delage" and "Tho Royal
Danish Family" in Denmark, and