The Portland daily press., 1893-04-15
same shade, and black Spanish lace on
the cape and full loops of ribbon which
encircle Shoulders and fall n@front in
two loops. OLIVE HARPER.
TIE WORLDS FAIR.
How to Get to 1t and the Sights on the
Trim.

seven miles from Marshall Fields big
store to the nearest entrance gate of the
big Enclosure, and even our country
friends, who cover a good many miles of
ground between sunrise and sunset in
| blowing and harvesting times, wouldn't
feel very much like rambling all over
jackson park after having INDUCED in a
7-1nile trot by way of constitutional {"
But they won't need to foot it, for the
urban transportation facilities will, to
all appearances, be equal to the greatest
emergency.
I am but a recent convert to the belief
that ample and sufficient provision for
carrying Worlds fair sightseers to the
grounds was within the bounds of posi-
bility, and so I give my testimony with
all the more candor and heartiness. One
evening couple of months ago stood
at the corner of State and Madison
streets while the big wholesale and re-
tail dry goods stores were pouring out
their tens OF thousands of toilers and be-
lated customers and watched with in
terest, not unmixed with anxiety, the
frantic efforts of men and women and
boys and girls to get sitting room or
standing room or hanging room on the
cable trains as they turned the corner.
How they crushed and tore and
clutched at the brass ratings in the eff
fort to get a foothold on the steps, just
as ii their future existence depended on
their catching that particular car! And
my mind went back to old centennial
times, when the street car lines of the
Quaker City emptied their loads every
minute or two at the gates of Paramount
park, while heavily laden trains on the
Pennsylvania and Reading loops were
performing a similar service in the rear
OF that great breathing space, and COM
pairing the two experiences I remarked
to myself, while the throng grew bigger
and bigger: IF this is the situation now,
what is it likely to bea couple of months
hence, when there are half a million or
maybe more strangers in town? What,
verily?"
But here in Chicago we are accus-
toned to work miracles in the space of
a couple of months, and SO it is not to
be wondered ct that today, when we are
almost under the shadow of that LIST of
May that is hereafter to live in history,
we find to our surprise and qualification
that we can carry something like 1885,
900 people to jackson park every hour
and bring them back again. That means
a half million or more every day before
dinner, and as many more between din
ner and supper, with a margin allowed
for those who, now having had enough
Of sightseeing in the daytime, are in
,clined to take in the attractions of the
Midway plaisance by electric light That
is what may be termed 'sample facili-
ties with a vengeance
Perhaps it will interest some of our
prospective visitors to receive an idea or
two concerning the various routes to
jackson park. First and foremost is
the steam railroad service of the Illinois
Central road. This will furnish accom-
mediation to 1000 passengers per hour,
or nearly quarter of million in day
of 10 hours. To put it in another way.
trains Of 10 coaches each, and every
coach equal to 100 passengers, will be
started every 81 minutes during the day
when necessity demands. This is by all
odds the quickest and most pleasant way
of reaching the fair grounds. On the
one side is Lake Michigan, dotted over
with craft under steam and sail, as pref
ty a sight, if the wind is light, as you
have ever gazed upon.
On the other side you catch glimpse
of the Richelieu, and the Victoria, and
the Auditorium, and other of our aristo-
cratic hostelries. Farther south as we
flash by we get momentary idea of the
exteriors of some of the palaces occupied
by Chicagos self made men. We stop
for moment at Thirty-fifth street and
gaze upon the towering shaft which
stands as a memorial to Stephen A.
Douglas, the sslittle giant" of the west,
and in the crypt beneath which rests all
that is mortal Of the once famous states
man. Another mile or two, and we find
the landscape dotted with pretty little
cottages and neatly trimmed lawns that
testify to the fact That Chicago is rapid
ly becoming a ''city of homes, " and then,
almost before we know it, the conductor
shouts "South park!' and our Journey is
at an end.
1t takes half an hour longer to 60 by
cable, but whether you take the Wabash
and Cottage Grove or the State street
line the trip is one of interest. On the
former you pass huge structures devoted
both to residence and business purposes
that are sight in themselves, and you
marvel when you are told that they
stand upon ground that year ago or
less was either vacant lot or occupied
by vacant cottage. Cottage Grove
avenue, which almost within a decade
was, as its name implies, kind of syl-
van retreat, is now for miles busting
thoroughfare pulsating with business
and life.
If you take the State street line, you
traverse the full length of a notorious
locality known as ''the levee" before you
strike the green fields and pure country
Dir. If you have never been rushed
through the air at the rate of a mile
minute, you can have little experience
in that line, for our pioneer elevated road