Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-11-10
THE MIDWINTER FAIR
THE BUILDING FAST ASSUMING
FORM.

Exhibits at Chicago will Come a
! the Sunset Land-Imterestimg DE.
! scripiiOn Of Some of the Build.
/ ings.
The plans OF the California Mid
winter International Exposition have
already progressed to Il point from
which the complete success Of the
undertakings is Enthusiastically evident
The five main buildings have beer
planned, accepted and contracted for
and building operations are now un
der way. The promise made in Chi
cagO in June, that the work of exem
plifying the art and industry of the
world should be taken up by the sid,
of the Golden Gate when the gates o
the Great White City should close
will surely be fulfilled. Seekers after
new fields of research will find one
ripe unto the harvest in Califor
mia when the mantle OF snow lies wide
spread over the rest of the country
and there will the whole world be made
welcome.
There also will there he special con
gratulations available for the manu-
facturers and producers of the world
especially those gathered together a,
Chicago, for by them half the journey
across the continent has been accom-.
plished, and fresh rewards await them
for the mere reinstatement Of their
treasures at another center of observa-
ton.
SAN FRANCISCo's SPECIAL ADVANTAGES
There are many points OF advantage
that San Francisco possesses over
other cities, and all of them argue par.
ticularly in her favor as a nucleus
around which the wonders OF the
world shall be happily concentrated
and where the creative genius OF the
country shall find the utmost appreci-
alton. Her first great claim for re.
cognition, as the place par excellence
for such an exposition as that which
is to be held there, is the fact that she
is the metropolis Of the State whose
soil is blest with the finest climate oi
the "three Americas" 1t is to that
fact, OF course, that the selection ol
the midwinter season for her fair il
attributable. From January to June
is the most beautiful part of the year
in California. The rainy season, as il
is called, commences in October and
is practically over when the holidays
are gone. But the rainy season in
California is little more than the
spring time in the East. 1t means
simply that occasional rains may be
expected; that there is not continu-
ous season OF sunshine as during other
months of the year.
LIKE AN ITALIAN sPRING.TIME.
The temperature in these early
months is very equable. From the
New Year on, there is an average OF
at least twenty-five or twenty-six clear
days in every thirty. and the cloudy
days very seldom bring a down pour.
With January commences q spring
time, more like an italian spring-time
than any other, and accompanied by a
vegetation OF almost tropical wealth.
The temperature rises slowly. The
average for March, April and May is
scarcely GO degrees Fahrenheit, and
even in June it never exceeds 20 de-
grees. The penetrating cold of At
lantic seaboard cities and the heated
terms of the eastern interior need not
be feared. They are unknown in San
Francisco. The even temperature
thus protects foreigners against the
dangers of a climate new to them,
while the beauty of the season, and
the rarity Of rain after January, affords
abundant assurance of week after
week of good weather for the exposi-
ton and untold advantages to the
exhibitors.
MILLIONS OF AVAILABLE PATRONS.
And now just a word about the
number of people who may reasona-
bly, be counted on to attend the Mid
winter Exposition. The fixed popu-
lation, on which we have a right to
count, is over 100000 souls for San
Francisco and its surrounding suburbs,
100000 for the State of California
and 100000 more for the other States
and Territories on the Pacific Coast.
Besides this, and, without taking into
consideration the large number Of
visitors which reduced railway fares
will surely bring into the State, the
winter season in California halls each
year the arrival of thousands OF rich
people from the various States OF the
Union. attracted by the health-giving
climate, and for the most part possess
ing luxurious homes in different parts
OF the State.
These wealthy clients, accustomed
to indulge themselves in every luxury,
may be relied upon not only to make
large purchases OF exhibits for the EN-.
bellishment of their homes, but to
enter heartily into any industrial
scheme suggested to them by the ex.
animation of goods on exhibition.
BUILDINGS WELL UNDER WAY.
The location which has been &C.
lected for this Midwinter Exposition
is Il desirable one foom every point Of
view. 1t occupies the center of the
peoples pleasure ground, Golden Gate
Park, than which there is no prettier
spot on the face Of the globe. Here
the sound OF the hammer is now heard
making a music which is sweet to the
men of affairs, and which unmistaka'
bly, emphasizes the fact that the Expo
sition will fulfill its every promise