The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1893-09-21
The Worlds Fair in its completeness

this month are large. To gather up It's
results. aside from the pleasure incident
to sight seeing and the WEAKNESS attend
ant upon pleasure assuming the gulse OF
duty. IS by no means light task. The
first thought which takes possession OF
the visitor is the stupendous character OF
the tout ensemble, the daring OF the gen.
ius which conceived the plan, the vast
resource and the magnificent courage by |
which 1t was carried out. The detail OF ex-
hibition becomes dwarfed in the presence |
of architectural magni6cence and the
whole seems SO much greater than the
aggregation of its parts that the magma
ton delights in concaiving it creation
unattended by the process OF growth.
Chicago is ever associated with the
grand product which it embosoms. No
other city ever won such encomlums; 70
other city ever deserved them. The con-
ditions are such that the city's part in the
enterprise is unobtrusive and SO modesty
is apparently linked with grand perform
ance. There is no city in the world to-
day whose name is on the lips OF SO many
different peoples as is that of Chicago. 1t
eclipses Paris, London and even Rome
with its grandeur of ancient story. Chi
cago to day, from her throne of eminence
rules the world" The Hindoo juggler
| breathes the name in his incantations,
| the Fiji Islander In his tantrums of bar
| barrie wrath makes it serve as an oath,
and the insolent waiter feels justified in
| his insolence because he is for the time
being a part of the great city whose
child has attracted such magnifcence.
No other city in the world would have
| attempted what Chicago has done. Its
magnificent audacity in the undertaking
| appears like calm confidence in the COM
pleted task and finds a parallel only in
it's cool contemplation OF the stupendous
work as if 1t were simply one Of the many
to which its resources are fully equal.
Chicago as the creator reaps, in repu.
tatlon, a large measure OF the matured
benefits of the Fair. 1t Is promlnen,
figure in an epoch in the history of the
world. It wears the crowd in a culmina
ting period of The 10Th century and itt
assurance IS such that 1t wears it will
modesty. It is to-day, with all it's pro
sale notions of thrift and it's apotheosis o
commerce, the center of the universe
It is what Rome was when arms ruled
the world, what Venice was whom com
MERGE held sway.
The student of the Fair can no longe
study 1t with reference to individual
preferences. Indeed he must minimiz
i. to the extent of projecting his own sensa
lions so as to cover the multitude. Th
people are more interesting than the ex
. hibits and the variety of emotion mani
tested is as faithful an index of thei
character as it is Of the sphere of life il
which they move. The verdancy of open
mouthed astonishment has in it tn
, freshness of bucolic earnestness in tn
contemplation Of things deserving inter
, est. Where nature thus peers out wit
un1isgGised aspect and speaks In unsyl
tabled phrase the delight which the bear
, feels, there is genuine pleasure in witnes
sing it. The careful observer of detail
, with note book in land is WEAKNESS
the flesh" as the fair is to him. The pur
pose is good but the plan was forme
without any adequate conception of th
dimensions of the task or of the value c
i, general Impressions when attention t
minutla makes impossible view of tn
whole. The careless observer, who bu
sips of the sweets" and the perso
. whose languid mien and derogator
; glance speak of Improbable experienc
deserve but little attention.
That the Fair is educating no one WI
. venture to contradict who has withdraw
his attention from the material exhibit
fix it uron the people. 1t is not 30 muc
so in the line of statistical information @
, definite knowledge of resources as in th
apprehension of the power OF intelligen
activity upon potential forces. Our nj
, tional PRIDE If it led US to complacentl
/, admit our own superiority-receives
, salutary check In contemplation of th
work Of other countries, and we realiz
fully that while we are progressing, W
are by no means leading the onwar
march. Then, there is that solidarity
nations, fellowship in the progress
civilization and the blessings of enlarge
intelligence, Il feeling of pride that Ma
, has done this, with no thought of th
country to which he owes allegiance.
: The feeling of state pride is anothe
! noticeable characteristic of the Fa
Grounds populace. State allegiance
( quite marked and the closer communit
> OF interest and warmer feelings of syn
pathy between people of the same stat
3 than there is between those OF differen
. states, even with no closer personal az
qualntance, is a matter of feeling as we
9 as OF observation. The state house
f the home, fo- the names sake, and not fo
g any suggestive feature. To people {
: foreign countries unfamiliar with feders
: forms of government, this devotion t
state must seem like want OF allegianc
, to the nation. But it is not The CON
munlty as we'll as the individual, has
feeling OF loyalty for the national govern
ment and this double tie strengthen
the national feeling. Somehow this fac
presses itself upon the attention at tn
Worlds Fair where the individual state
seem to iostle one another in friendl
emulation.
The Midway Plaisance has degen
erated-not as curious annex to th
Fair but as representative element @
| fOrelpn nations and borbor;o fr;boe