Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-05-29
Seeing the Worlds Fair.

Mr.. Willis John Abbott has done the
public service by publishing in The
Christian Union the outline Of a plan for
seeing the Worlds fair to the best ad-
vantage in a short time. If you can
spare so long, six weeks will be well put
in visiting the great exposition, but if
you have only two days to spare you
can still not afford to omit it. He sup
poses the average traveller to have two
weeks for the fair. AS it is closed on
Sunday, there will be only 12 days which
he can utilize
The grounds will be open at 8 o'clock
a. m. and will close at 6, except when
there are evening entertainments. There
will be four ways of reaching the grounds,
which are seven miles from the city on
the lake and lake shore, at jackson park.
One of the routes-the swiftest-is by the
trains of the Illinois Central, convenient
to all living near the lake. There are
also other railroads on the West Side
Then come the cable cars, the elevated
railway and the boats along the shore
This last route will be most delightful for
first view, Mr.. Abbott sayss One of the
boats is the first whaleback passenger
vessel ever built. The first day should
be given to a general view of the whole
grounds by means of the little electric
launches, the movable sidewalk and the
electric road. The state buildings are
grouped at the northern end of the
grounds,
There are Is principal buildings, and
the most important of these is the great
Hall of Manufactures, covering over 80
acres of floor space. Wheel chairs pro-
PEELED by college students" will convey
the visitor from one part of a given build
ing to another. The most hurried sight
seers must give not less than two days to
the great Hall of Manufactures. But the
visitor for two weeks will give one day to
the agricultural, another to the electrical
and mining, and yet another to the trans
portation and machinery departments.
The agricultural and machinery houses
til . ub bllO ilSllt Vi OllO IdllWdJ sud-
ton, the mines and electrical exhibits on
the left The Transportation building is
near Machinery hall.
On the seventh day the visitor may go
by jolly little electric launch ''to the
ungainly building of the United States
government and the ornate edifce which
holds the aquaria and fisheries exhibit"
Mr.. Abbott makes especial mention of
the brick battleship Illinois, which con-
tains the exhibit of the United States
navy department. The fisheries, the
government building and the brick bat
tie ship may all be seen in one day. For
another day. the eighth, take the Wom-
ans building, Horticultural hall and the
Japanese exhibit on the wooded island.
The art gallery takes the ninth day,
though you may crowd into it also the
educational display.
The foreign buildings and the state
buildings will occupy day each, leav-
Ing only one more of the twelve. For
that last day remain the various side
shows, as many Of them as the visitor
can take in. These are situated in what
is called the Midway plaisance. Mr..
Abbott says part of them can be taken
in from time to time during the other
days Among them is the famous Es-
kimo village; also Dutch, German and
Irish villages, with reproductions of the
streets of faraway cities, strange enough
to our western eyes. Among them will
be street scenes from Cairo, Stamboul,
Tunis and Algiers.
OF course if one is specially interested
in any particular department, it will pay
him best to spend more time in that
The farmer and live stockman will care
most for the agricultural display, which
includes also the forestry exhibit. The
artist will spend most time in the art gal
leries, the mechanic in Machinery hall.