Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1893-05-26
TO GO OR NOT TO Go.

TO GO OR NOT TO GO.
Does the REGISTER advise the pao-
pie of this neighborhood to 20 to the
Worlds Fair? No. Chicago is long
wav from home for comparatively
brief pleasure trip, and the journey Is
tiresome. 1t will take II pile of money
to 90 and enjoy the fair-noney from
which more enjoyment can be gotten
in some other way. If you 90 there
for ten days or two weeks you Will
naturally think you must put IN all
that time sightseeing. The result
will be that in u few days you will he
so confoundedly tired you won't en-
ioy ANYTHING. You will stick to it,
however, and keep a-movinS until
YOU give out completely, and then
YOU will discover that you haven {
seen half of the things that you want
ed to see. And after all, the World ;
Fair is a good deal like all other fairs
only there is vastly more OF 1t.
While there are many new sights, OF
course, there is much that is of the
same old character and just repeti-
ton of what has been seen often be
fore.
On the other hand, if you can af-
ford to 90 and stay just as long as
you want-live cOmfOrtably-rest
when YOU are tired-have congenial
company-be in no hurry to return
home just take your own sweet
time to enjoy the things that interest
you most-if you can do all this why
go, by all means.
As for ourself, we feel like the fell
low who took his first ride down Il to-
boggan slide When he got to the
bottom he was asked how he liked it.
He replied: Il wouldn't have missed
it for a hundred dollars" "WeIl,
let's take another slide said his
companion. II wouldn't do it again
for a thousand dollars, . he said.
HIGH ART.
Some of the statues that adorn the
buildings are rather startling in their
effects 1t seems to us that art has
been carried out rather too faithfully
for decency. We know that it is not
al fat to make criticisms Of this sort,
but we cannot see why an artist
should be granted license to execute
indecent designs any more than any
other sort of vulgarity should be toll
Grated. The sort of thing that can
not be described in print should not
be publicly displayed before thous-
ands of people. There are some mag
nificent statues, though, that are re-
spectacle. One Of these Is the great
gilt statue of the Republic, sixty
feet high, on a pedestal forty feet in
height. Executed at a cost of S25, 900,
it is splendid object as it stands in
the central basin of the great court,
surrounded by so many of the
beauties of art and nature.
THINGS IN GENERAL.
The fair is located in Jackson Park,
and is about seven miles from the
business center Of Chicago. You can
get there by steamboat for ID cents
each way, by the Illinois Central
Railroad for 10 cents, or by the ele-
waited road or cable cars for cents.
If you want to save time you had
best take the Illinois Central. The
B. & o. Railroad will soon begin the
running of steam cars. The trans
portation facilities are more than
equal to the demands thus far.
An army of guards is upon the
grounds. They are dressed in Il rath
err snowy uniform, and look like play
soldiers. 1t is their business TO an
swer questions, give directions, pro
tect property and maintain order.
The only arms they carry are short
swords hanging by their side, and it
is not probable that one of them will
ever be bathed in blood. The guards
do not strike one with terror, and
when real work is to be done the reg
ular Chicago police are called upon.
Upon the grounds there is complete
fire department, well-conducted
hospital, and in short all the depart
ments of model city.
The price Of admission to the fair is
fifty cents This admits to all OF the