Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1893-06-28
WORLDS FAIR NOTES
LBy our Special Correspondent.

lBy our Special Correspondent
The attendance at the fair is steadily
increasing, and as the fares have been
reduced through Jim Hill's influence,
much larger attendance may be ex-
pected. The attendance of paid admis.
sions up to date are as follows: Nav
LIST, opening day, l2s,965; May 80, Deco
ration day, 1850; total for May,
l,05O,037; total to June 90 2,697, ,72S.
lhe above are the paying visitors, in
addition to which there are probably
3o,OOO passes, at least my pass is num-
bered 27,221.
The sunday opening question having
been decided by the courts in favor of
opening the grounds on that day, So
9OO people availed themselves of the
privilege and spent quiet, orderly
sunday on the grounds, but as quite a
number OF the exhibits are covered up
ON that day and the United States
building closed, there is move to re-
duce the entrance fee to IS cents, and
the city council have made application
10 the falr commissioners to make that
concession, which is likely to be car
ried.
with all the thousands that assemble
on the grounds there is no appearance
oil disorder or hOodlumism, but "a well
conducted and good humored crowd
meets one at every turn. Great praise
Is due the management for the civility
ana attention which all the employees
are required to show TO all corners.
Among the WhatcOm county visitors
/ registered at the Washington state
building since my last letter | notice
the names of f. n. Bronson and wife,
| New Whatcom; b. w. HuutoOn, Fair
haven, and Senator Gilbert.
One OF the most remarkable features
OF the fair is the American girl. She is
there IN her glory; in ones, twos and
threes, with note book and pencil:
with attractiveness and selfpose; with
out glggle or gush; but with an air of
business which implies 81 am here TO
get the most out of this show that |
can" and she accomplishes il, too-or
as 1t Is expressed in slang, "she gets
there with both feet, to the utter as
tonishment Of the foreigners who can
not understand the matter, and are
utterly bewildered by the phenomena.
IL Is also an Interesting study to OBJ
serve the thousands Of young women
III charge of exhibits; clerks, cashiers,
saleswomen, are employed in the vari-
Gus departments Of the fair, and note
their brisk, alert attention to the duties
they have to perform. Truly, the
American girl Of the better sort is AN
Institution of our country we may well
feel proud Of
In the WOmen's building is a very
interesting exhibit of "A case in which "A
number Of wax figures are dressed i'm
all the different styles of fashion from
A. ID. 1900 to A. ID. 1898, around which
there Is continual crowd of ladies all
the time, so much so that your CORE
spondent mas not yet been able to get a
lair look at it, although he has passed
That way several times, but he could at
a passing glance recognize the old
fashion dress and bOnnets of forty or
nifty years ago, which will be well re-
membered.
In view of the reduced rates of fare
no doubt large number of our people
will make an effort to come here and
the trip will well rrmunerate them.
In fact no description can give any
idea of even the general features Of this
show, let alone details, but / may sug-
gest few points Of interest to the in
tending visitor. OF course if you have |
plenty of money to spend and your
time limited it will be best to stop at a |
hotel; but if economy is am object TO |
spend the first day in hunting up a
room, and you can get good meals at |
restaurant, as the fair grounds are |
seven miles from the business parts of |
the city. Parties having rooms to rent |
in the vicinity hold up the prices fer
the supposed accommodation of being |
near the fair grounds, but the accommo- |
dation is only apparent, as the distances |
are so great in Chicago that you must |
take the various street car lines. and "A |
nickel carries you from one part of |
town to the other. Consequently il is
not necessary to room i'm the more ex- |
penslve parts of the city. Near the |
fair grounds, where good accommodate |
tons can be had at reasonable rates. |
either in north Chicago or on the west |
side. Supposing, then, one gets room |
on the north or west sides, there are |
several lines of travel to reach the fair /
grounds, but for the first visit at least
l would recommend taking the elevated |
road from Congress street, and sitting
(if you are lucky enough to secure a
seat on the left side Of the cars, where
you obtain fine birds eye view of the
group of buildings as you progress on
your way. A. w. THORNTON.