Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1893-06-29
THE WORLDS FAIR.
Some Points on the Big Show by One
Who is Doing" 1.-THE
Midway Plaisance.
CHICAGO, June q.

Editorial Correspondence.
To do" the Fair will, of course, b'
the laudable ambition of all THE CHRON
ICLE readers who visit Chicago during
the next few months, whether the visit
be one of few days or of several weeks
The difficulty of such feat, however, is
the extent of ground to be covered anG
the brief limits of human endurance. II
Fis-aftsH said that the mind grows weary
of beholding the many new things at the
Fair; but that's great mistake-the legs
play out much more quickly. One sinks
on bench impotent to go farther, YET
eager to examine the long array every
where about him. One may hire go
cart with rubber tires and a man to push
it, at 75 cents an hour, and of course the
price is nothing provided only one is a
millionaire. 1t is often boasted too that
everything is good, so that there is little
difference what one sees. That's mis-
take, too. There's weary waste of stuff
that you wouldn't walk hundred yards
to see at home Merchants and manu-.
facturers and farmers from all over the
world have brought things into this
place to show them not because they are
extraordinary, but because they are the
products of such and such localities
For instance, until the last few days
Iowa had large space in the HOrticul-
tural exhibit occupied solely by foul
plates of withered apples.
Especially is it true that one would get
on better with guide in the Art Gal
leries. Here are acres of pictures, but
you are bewildered and the Zest of your
appreciation gone before you find the
best pictures This building is near the
Ohio Building, and a good plan is to &c
early before the crowds get in. and while
it is cool, and while you are fresh. The
best pictures are found in galleries 40, Al,
and AZ of the United States section, and
belong to the "loan collection" Here you
will find twelve paintings by Corot, each
repaying richly careful study, but par
ticularly "The Flight from SOdom," "Or-
pheus," "The Dance of the Nymphs,
and Evening" There are three pictures
by Daubigny, three by Diaz, four by
Rousseau, two by Bastien-Lepage, and
eight by Millet. In fact, these three
rooms are full of master works, and con
tain the cream of the show. Millet's
'Sheep Shearers" and the "Man with the
Hoe," are worth a very long journey to
see. They have both almost all the
qualities of the famous "Angelus," the
latter being especially strong, true and
ideal. One will not be far astray if be
sees little else than these three galleries
and sees them we'll.
Let no one fail of visiting the mOnas
terry "Santa Maria de la Rabidi," repro
duction of building In Spain more near
ly connected than any other with Colum
bus. The buildings is small and cool; you
can have the satisfaction of doing
it thoroughly something impossible
with the huge structure), and you will
learn more of Columbus and his time by
this means than by months of study
There are priceless relics of the great ex,
plorer; the originals of his diaries anG
letters, his commissions and letters tC
him from Isabella; hundreds of pictures
of him and of scenes of his life; papal
bulls and paintings of fabulous value
loaned by the Vatican; all bearing on the
history of Columbus time. There is not
another building on the ground guarded
with such care, and which cotains sc
| invaluable collection. If one cannot
enthuse over this, it may be presumed
that he has little reverence for history.
By night the large plaza containing in
its centre a basin, and surrounded by vast
structures, sparkling all over with count
less sparks, is sight to be remembered
Brilliant search lights flare over the scene
at intervals; great electric fountains leap
up a hundred feet, changing in eolors to
all the tints of the rainbow; the famous
SOusa's band plays as it only can: and the
sense jaded by the sightseeing of the
day is soothed and the imagination
stimulated until one may well believe
himself in some magical Kubla Khan of
his youthful dreams.
Lodging at dollar day person can
be had within easy walking distance of
the grounds, and board at the same price,
with lunch packed for you to eat at noon
and dinner after returning, or double
lunch should you wish to stay at night
1t is certainly, however, a false economy
not to see the Midway, and there you will
be Systematically robbed as far as you
choose to go. But in going here one
must enter into the spirit of the place.
ga man must carry Italy in his head, or
he never will see Italy" All the Bohe-
mianism in ones nature comes out in
this wonderful plaisanee. Everything
except the charges) is unconventional.
1t is a strange composite of heathenism
and savagery, One may eat, drink and
be merry in several uncivilized languages.
One must not be easily shocked, remem-
bering that it may be quite proper to
wear few clothes in the Fiji islands. or in
Dahomey. Life down on this long aven-
ue is near its primitive forms; the
veneer of civilization, or Americanism,
is peeled off. 1t is wholly different from
the remainder of the Exposition, 1t af-
fords pleasant relief from study in other
parts of the grounds, and is perhaps more
prolific in ideas, and sensations and
scenes that will stick in ones memory,
more suggestive and more profitable than
anything else to be found here.
The same might be said of other things
outside the regular grooves, such as a
trip on Venetian gondola, ride or two
by lake up town or down, the ascent of
the Manufacturers by elevator, or visit
to the Cliff Dwellers, a visit to Lincoln
| Park, to america at the Auditorium