The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-09-07

have heard sucb Things,
have seen such things,
In chicago, Chicago,
That can never see there anymore
When left for the Worlds Fair was
victim TO she popular impression mat iJ
would take weeks, perhaps months, TO see
the exhibition thoroughly and Ba isfac TOT
lily. i was deternined, however, to see as
much as possible Ia the short vacation of
one week. 10 tave time, l planned to
make night trip there and TO return in
tne night, IN order to give me full six
days on the grounds; and as there IL q
method in eight seeIug, as well as IN bus
mess, had each days programme mark
ed out, Well, Monday morning al
o'clock, l began my rounds and WedneA-
day night, when the CLOCK struck IL, after
three days sight seeing OF fifteen hours
each, had been into every mock and cot
ner Of every building on the grounds, had
seen all the ma wells of the Midway PIai-
sance, had taken several rides on the in
termural railroad, the movable side'
around the lagoons and the ride out into
Lake Michigan on the steam yacht. ASK
anybody VINO pai been there IL the above
does not cover sue fair pretty thoroughly.
To do this ali ia three days il is only a
question OF physical endurance and con-
siderable walking. You may become a
little foo!sore, but you cannot get tired as
the constant panorama of delightful siRhts
and novel exhibits 10 = continual inspira-
tion to further exeruon. Remember,
DON'T USE A GUIDE BOOK.
II has its use, but its best use is to lock II
up in your satchel, taking IL out in the
morning TO jog your memory and in the
evening 10 refresh It. On the grounds
the book 10 a great nuisance. l have seen
hundreds of people, book in Lald, run
ming around wild in the vast buildings,
hunnnR for some special exhibit the book
had puffed up aud located IN section $50
department. Il, liberal arts building,
These people were all tired and weary,
had missed huudreds of interesting things
and, perhaps, when the special object ha /
been loca ted 1t did not reach their expec-
tations. Another thing, while you are
plodding uowu oEe aisle,do not rush over
excitedly TO the adj )iniDg aisle because
you observe a crowd Of people over there.
Nine out Of every ten people do this and
1t only results ia confusion.
KEEP ON YOUR STEADY COURSE
and you will soon reach the crowd and
satisfy your curiosity,
The ground floor plal Of all the build
ings is very regular, the aisles are straight
from end TO emu and every exhibit can be
seen from them. BY entering the build
ing at one corner and going back and
forth, stopping long enough 20 satisfy your
curiosity, everything can be seen and
And right here you have an infOllible
guide TO all specially interesting exhibits.
Chat iR the crowd.
THE CROWD swARMs ABOUT
the more interesting sights while things
or less Interest are passed by. Still,
keep q sharp lookout, so, perhaps in the
deserted exhibits you may find Just the
thing that interests you, The art gallery
and she electrical buildings are the only
distinctive exhibition buildings on she
grounds. All other buildings, without ex-
eeptlou, contain mach that is merely q
duplicate OF something seen in one or
perhapB al Of the others, And many of
the exhibits in each building, Individual,
or by stHt1s, ars very nearly duplicates of
each other The government building is
the most comprehensive, a nd in IL can be
seen almost everything embraced in the
horticultural, agricultural, transportation
and lthropolo2ical buildings. The hor>
ticulturSl and agricultural building ex-
hibits are much the same and the great
liberal arts building of thirty acres has
scarcely anything in it but can be seen in
one OF the others. Still, q careful sys-
tlmAtic survey should be ma ie uf each.
The oranges OF California end Florida do
not ditfsr much; the soft coal of O0io and
Kansas 10 very similar; the wheat of
North Dakota and of Minnesota is qIte
alike Ihc big nuggets Of gold Of MouIauA
and Colorado are both rich and yellow
the lnuian rslic0 of OHIO aud New
Mexico tell the sems story; the agriculJ
turAl, horticultural and danthropoloicsl eI-
hibits of the forty four states are not
widely divergenI;sand the foreign coun-
tries vary only slightly. But
no one can afford to misc tue poorest of
she exhibits, AS II is their artistic ErIanC
ment showing each state or couutry's
the charm to the fair. Besides, every ex-
hibit has It's own special feature, from the |
$3.50 700 Montana gold ard silver statue |
Of Ada Rehsn, down 10
THE STATUE OF LOTS WIFE
Ia rock saII, or Tutti Fruitd chewing gum |
at q penny o Riick.
II is the exterior appearance of the |
buildings, their ARCHITECTURAL gr sndeur, the |
hundreds OF statues, single and in groups,
representing the arts, sciences and indus
tries, In every conceivable shape, that is,
after all most pleasing and inspiring under
the bri2ht rays OF the sun or the brilliant
illuminetions of the thousands OF electric
lights. We have all heard the thousand
and one com parsons OF the fair to the
"glitteripR white city," "The palace OF
Ala1dinn etc, and In order to comprehend
these varying metaphors ii is necessary
to
TAKE FOUR GENERAL VIEWS
OF the fair. For an outside view ride on
the intermural railway; for an inside
1
launch; for a lake view take the steam
ya:ht and for a top visw get on the Ferris
wheel. These four trips will give you a
better idea OF the grandeur OF the fair In a
shorter time than any other method.
To aee the fair in the shortest possible
time the three days programme
should be followed out in something
like the following order: Enter at eight
o'clock 6. m. at the 59.h street entrance,
step into the California building, notice
the horse made Of prunes; into the ILL.,
nois building, notice the magnificent
farm picture made of grains; into the
Ohio building, shake hands with Mr. Sef
PennGylvAuia building and see she liberty
bell into the Nov York State building,
SEQ she Va RAnssneleT gun and examine
the elegant furnishings; into the art gall
Iery, where ia the central rotundo will be
found tho beautiful groupings OF statuary
dressed in the costumes OF Adam and Eve
which 80
WORRIED COMMISSIONERS sEFToN
in his letter TO the Repository. On the
walls are thousands OF pictures. Some can
BIS seen at glance, others take two
RIAnces and fe " ara 90 true to nature
and 1peAl so to your sympathies that
IL 10 really hard to leave them. Pass
through the small buildings, Cost Rica,
Guatemala, Nicaragua, Venezuela and
enter the fisheries building. Notice the
fishinR tackle, boats, fish products and be
sure 20 spend some time In the aquarium.
The government building comes next and
every department. exhibis should be given
a naraf1l inRnaation. |