Milford chronicle., 1893-06-02
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REGILDING TIE GODDESS WREATH.
ness on seals that promises to be sufi-
GENTLY large for the entertainment Of all
creation, il all creation viii only be good
enough to come hither
Around the fair gates, where a vear ago
there was nothing bat open prairie. there
is now great city. Here again. Chicago
enterprise and Chicago expectations have
built on large plans. The restaurants.
the shops, the lunch-houses, the outdoor
booths, the pavilions and the fakirs are as
countless, almost rs the sands Of the sea
why, there Is one theater out here, not vet
completed, which is nearly as big as Inc
United States capitol at Washington. As
On amphltheater it rivals the structures In
which the Roman emperors were won't To
enjoy cruel sports. Probably twenty thou.
sand people may be accommodated at once
IN this vast auditorium The structure
stands on the lake shore, just outside the |
e eositlon enclosure, and being unfinished /
4 has d6dDtI6ss idtf S.s7 ss a visitor into tbe
error Of supposing that one Of the great
exposition buildings was yet without a
roof
lt Is almost unnecessary to say that
within the exposition gates everything Is
on scale so vast as to almost defy belief
A queer thing abont the exposition is that
the longer one stays here the bigger it
seems. Instead Of appearing smaller as
one becomes more familiar with it, through
seeing it day after day, it swells and !
sWells Ia manner that is altogether /
amazing. I have been here almost a
month, and have walked a dozen times q
from one end OF the grounds to the other.
Yet each time do so my wonder at the
Yastness Of the thing is greater than it
ever was before
One haofna IN ~,a,Isrs 4, HAL. - ~
mensity, indeed. before entering the
grounds. The gates are almost show N i
'l nellseiYes- suppose you arrive &C the =
4 tuty-seYenth street entrance. There IN q
ln q row at least ten rods in length. ava ~ q
Iewer than eighteen turnstiIes. earb IS
guarded ~ an Official There are tvrel,-s N
ticket windows, and at certain honrs az
nlen ~ ali Of them arc kept very busy
stranger would say. If be did not SION - az
lhi.l~ lliicn about it, that there were t-ate
ara ticket flciiilics enough here fos fl,e
nnois expos lion. he may even 20 so far
u Ne4eer Why they put all Of their ~,
anu ticket sellers in one spot. Much - =
~ oei-ert wid be bis when he learns - y
are l1f5 nineteen other entrance
Il si-i.s so.ae OF thera are much more ex- NJ
dfisiNe tEan ti'ls one. II jog 80 to tho OK
thu tcn ~ any Of the ezenfsion fyains -
" ica rHa into tie terminal station an
Z eteai--s yoa viii bave a choice of
=. ri y 'fiaecsss e. which to bug ,o.if
y ai''i q -iiIsety-sis turnstilcs tir6raiSl
% pass y you 60 by the steam N
e oif landing the big pier-the \
Hi in tae world you will be CON
'@4.a score q ticket Windows and s.
= n lr1.,sst ti,rnsl.les. Il, an H. w1th
RI iiiS ticar1 .ndows AID so5 turl,sf.i.s -il.o
nat aa enormous crowd s..ey ce,,l5 desi
for u sns pcopic would only cons ia dnec
loi stir4ils AL saj iungi But the ee,,- Ei-c
et eeii.e IA that WY, aad the snr- ~
- " large number Of tick l,oo4ls H.,
,.s .,es n'rences is provided &c that fhers nnr.
s w ". A9 4i9le uncomfortable crowdina eel
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