The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-10-31

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William Desn Howslls ard Charles Dad
Iey Warner are two Americans of higA
euItiv sston and exquisite artistic taste
Bosh havs enriched fheir minds b. sx-
tensfFs foreign travel; Nr. Howesls re-
sided several years IA Rome. Nr. Wsrnsr
/ IL enfhnsEassic in his praise Of tfae Words
far - triamph On SIS artistic ssde- oas
Of Chicago. . city Supposed to be given
over 70 rnatsriAlism. cane dream OF
teasty stAs surprising 80 IL - eEsdits5te, =
says Mr.. Warner. Mr.. Hoxsals. Ike Ir.
Warner. . man who has spsns al bis Ii
srary life at the extreme East. says that
tbs CoinmbiAn fair il the greatest thing
that ever came into his isfs- We quots:
II have net been in 0rssce. and my con-
cepsion 81 antiquity - rather Of the grand
eur OF Rene than Of the glory OF Greece.
bat. this surpsases every drearD- There
never wss aud may never be sgain aay-
thing 90 beautiful. Yea see, the ccndi-
tsoas wers al favorable. Here vas Chr
cago. with plenty Of money and great
| ideas. and group Of great native artists
/ 10 carry cut the ideas Ia the most worthy
manner. Whatever NAV be done In the
fntEre, such an undertaking could never
have been carried oak before IN this coun-
/ Try, for ee had not the talented men 70
take bold Of it think ft was such biz
/ conception. that Of ioosening the hands Of
| the artists and leaving them free 70 carry
out their Own ideas without cramping
them By lack Of sufficient means or mar
rowing them 20 some preconceived idea.
There " as no nfggardfy composition. but
| rather emuIation toward the highest and
! best. And the result is that the aesthetic
interest in the fair has quite sclipssd the
industrial. which IL great thing for
/ America"
Mr.. Howslls thinks IL doubtful whether
/ the fair would hare been as grandiy con-
cesved and carried cut in New York ~ IL
has been IN Chicsgo. New York lacks the
natural conditions which are tbs primary
element OF success in the Chicago idea
New York could not have made the la
coon: the river front Is not accessible. and
Eew York has no public spirit at all in the
| sense that Boston and Chicago have It
Mr.. HoweIls thinks the artistic influence
| Of the fair upon the country viii b very
great. and Of the people who attended II
/ be testified that is was the most orderly,
courteous crowd ever seen. That was
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fair-the atmosphere Of true courtesy and
poiiteness everywhere IN and about the
grounds. Another thing that impressed
| him was the absence of all this rapacity
/ We have been led to expect in Chicago.
/ Even the hackmen were the most reason
able creatures. and never attempted TO
| extort exorbitant rates.
For the magnificent support which Chi
esgo gave to the fair, Mr.. Howells has
this fine word OF eloquent praise:
/ There was something splendid in the
| way they gave aud gave again TO the great
| project. They didn't expect TO get it back.
| They didn't want 10 get IL back, nor will
they. They were glad aud eager to do.
| credit the wholesale and whoie-hearted
| way in which they did IL. IL Is something
| fine TO see free people give art as good o
| chance as 10 has been given in any despot-
ism or oligaychy, when the money came
| voluntarily out of their own pockets, in
stead Of being extorted from other people.
The highest New York authorities in art
are rs unressrained as Mr.. Howells in
their praise of Chicago's wonderful archi-
tectural achievement in the erection of
that beautiful 'sWhite City" by the lake, q
vision Of beauty that was worth ell il cost
as an art exhibition and inspiration to the
thousands that viewed IL with delight.
Foreign observers confess that the modern
world has never produced q great spectacle
which so fully satisfied the highest antici-
pations OF beholders. Mr.. Warner, in the
current Harper's. says OF IL that IL "revives
oDs's faith in the capacity of democracy to
achieve high results on the spiritual as
well ~ the material side Of life to make
the round Of Jackson park and view from
various standpoints the beauty and SYM
metry of the whole"
Passing from It's spiritual, artistic. ms-
thetic side 70 its material side. the great
fair was q wonderful and unexampled suo-
cess. The untiring energy and unfailing
resources of Chicago made the Worlds
fair in year Of financial wreck aud de-
preston the greatest triumph the world
has seen in the display of the products of
its varied life and activity, from the lowest
20 the highest grade.
The city of Philadelphia Is not far be-
hind Chicago in population, and We. the
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at this fair easily solved the transportation
problems that would have been given up
in despair by any other city in the land.
On Chicago's day there were carried on
the different street car lines within twenty
four hours the enormous number OF 2, 555.-
Gle people. The president of the South
| Side Cable Company says that there were
737, GO separate fares collected on his roads
on chicago's day, bat notwithstanding
this enormous traffic there were no break
downs Of machinery. cables or cars. The
cars were loaded so ct times that they
saggcd in the center until they dragged on
the paving stones and paving stones lad TO
be taken mp TO let the cars pass. But they
held together and the cable did its work.
The problem OF rapid transit has been
solved by Chicago better than any other
great city in the land has solved IL.
In the matter OF furnishing good water
10 the city during the fair Chicago again
showed her superiority TO Philadelphia.
In the year ending September 80, Isa2. the
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