The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-05-25

~ v """S w III We uS lOI lllHldnCt, L
was invited to indulge in glass of
ginger ale at the Auditorium cafe
last night aud it nearly took our
breath away when my friend plank.
ed down 80 cents for the Same and
received no change in return. But
there are plenty of fools who think
it great to live at place whore such
high prices are paid.
You have read about the - cents
per cup OF coffee some of the New
York reporters paid on the ground
| don't believe "a word of it, and the
only reason | can assuom for such
gross misrepresentation is that
some of our eastern cities are jcal-
Gus of Chicago and are trying TO
iniure the Worlds Fair. We can
hardly believe that u city like New
York would play the part of the
country village croaker because it
wasn't ia it, but it really does ap.
pear rs if such was the case. | have
purchased Il number of articles on
the ground and | paid the same for
them there that | would have been
Obliged TO pay anywhere else, viz (:
coffee (iirst class 10 cents, sand
witches 3 cents, California naval
oranges , cents, 3 apples and good
ones at that cents, bananas two
for five, and 50 on. ] find the guards
very obliging, and nothing 10 cause
displeasure has happened in my
sight in our two days visit on the
ground.
1t would afford me pleasure 10 de-
scribe the interior of some OF the
buildings but il / were 10 try it the
visitor one month hence would not
recognize it from the description,
except perhaps in the general out
line, bence / will confne myself to
the w.ole of one building and a
section .-.---,.- y. -'essss-..te
Pennsylvania State building for one
and the Art gallery as the other.
Pennsylvania was not the first to
sign the Declaration of Independ.
ence, but for onceit has gotten there
and with both feet. for il has the
prettiest State building on the
ground. There are other buildings
that have cost probably twice the
money but there is not ueater
building among them, and vet i. Is
not OF modern design, for it is an
almost exact reproduction of the old
State House in Philadelphia. Im-
mediately within. its portals stands
the odd Liberty Bell This pre-
cious souvenir of our country's lib
erty Is guarded by two stalwart po.
licemen who keep constant watch
over it and do not even allow any
one TO touch it. II i one of the
chief attractions of the fair, and l
venture TO say that fewer people 20
away without seeing it than any
other single object on the ground.
The building affords genuine hospi-
tahty, for on its extensive balcony
will be found several hundred chairs
where the weary may find rest.
The other building l referred TO IS
the Art building about oue-third Of
which is thrown open 20 visitors,
and il would require several whole
days To go through this section
alone and do it justice, but l am
afraid if some OF you were here you
would be impressed with the belief
that the only Justice that could be
done to this exhibit would be 10
lock it up or label It For Men
Only, as the extremely modest will
find themselves with nature on every
hand clothed only in her slrb of
modesty which is q touch OF the ar-
lists brush here or u chip os the
sculptor's chisel there 10 give the
picture or statue more intensity.
They call these pictures classic, |
presume they are, but ii YOU were
to take a picture FROM some Of these
and send them through the L. ).
mails you would be sent 70 the peni-
tentiary as fast as steam could carry
YOU, One thug Impressed me in
particular and that was that tho men
have nearly all developed into great
admirers of the classic, for they are
seen 10 stand and gaze with wonder
laden eyes at these undraped figures,
while the women, who seem not 10
have the classic SO wen developed,
turn up their noses as they cast a
hasty glance ever their shoulder in
the direetian OF the speechless but
impassionate figures. Thus it will
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