Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-08-17

CHOCOLATE STATUE OF GERMANIA.
ridge in the middle. They always intend
to do more, but by that time their road tax
is worked out The rain comes and turns
the plowed earth to a quagmire. The hot
sun comes out to dry it and the road
warps in drying Then it's beauty. The
dry weather comes and the oft plowed
earth becomes a bed of dust.
Well, there is n section of just such
road on exhibition in jackson park and
near it are sections showing three styles
of model roads, the best Macadan, the
Telford and one other. But the cheapest
of these costs SIS COO mile and the best,
the Telford, $1,000, and that settles it with
the farmers VINO gaze on the specimen
with admiration. You might as we'll sing
psalms to dead horse as to talk to the
people of western state now, whether in
town or country, about spending IS 900
mile for n road. They cannot afford the
half of it, nor yet the quarter of it except
on few main lines. The little building
in which the National League for Good
Roads has its headquarters is at the south
end of the grounds, east of the windmill
exhibit, and there are men there who will
talk so ably on good roads as to make a
farmer feel for the time being, that 500
900 a mile would not be too much for such
blessing.
All this brings me around by easy and
natural stages to evolution again and the
Midway plaisance and the great society
event which is to come off there Just n
week from today and which all who can
get there ought to see, TOR then and there
will be the international ball and congress
of nations and grand parade of all races
and colors. August II will indeed be the
greatest day of the fair on the plaisance
and possibly the greatest day of any fair,
for it is not probable that SO many indi-
viduals of so many different races were
ever thus collected before. Forty i've
races and subdivisions of races will take
part and after the main show of the day
there will be rather private affair
(rather, for the tickets even for spectators
are s. each) at night. This will be the
ball and supper, where every nation and
race will have its own accustomed food
prepared by its own cooks.
And this brings me back by quite logical
stages to the question with which | began
viz, how did all these fellows come soP
Every body knows how different classes
mutually improve each other, burglars
and lockmakers for instance. No sooner
does the lock man invent lock which is
absolutely burglar proof than the burglar
invents jimmy which will open any.
thing. Then the lock man does q little
better and the burglar improves again.
It's the same, ! observe in the exhibit
here, with armor and projeciles. First
one man invented an armor which was alb
solutely impenetrable and then another
man invented gun which would send a
ball through it like knife through old
cheese. Well, it's the same with these fell
lows. 1t really makes me sweat to look at
the Esquimaux, especially the women,
/ they are so round and fat and oily looking
And it almost gives me pain in the back
to see some Of the Algerians and Egyp-
tians, they are so long and lean and lathy
and leathery. Well, It's plain case; all
the lean folks died long ago up north and
as to the fat ones IN Africa death was GER
tainly mercy to them.
or course this social event will be q
fancy ball for each race will wear its Pc
culiar costume and as each will dance in
turn to the music of its own band the oc-
casion will not lack variety. 1t is mat
ter for congratulation that the health Of
all these far foreign people continues good.
And this brings up the old question,
asked after every worlds fair: Do not
enSAo SieaI gatherings Soiteh Idce ana Da
tional prejudices and tend TO make ma
lions moro friendly. Everybody says yes,
on general principles, but so far exper.
ience has been just the other way. 1t was
confidently predicted that the first world 8
fair, in London, would bring in the era of
peace. The people went home to get ready
| for war and in the next twelve years oc-
| CURED the most dreadful wars of modern
| times, And what do all these strange
people think of our religion2 Nothing
at all, apparently. / asked an English
gentlemen engaged in business this ques-
ton, "Of all the Asiatics and Africans
you have taken to England or brought to
A merica to exhibit, how many adopted
| Christianity" His answer was en-
| phRtic, Mot nnalN i IL REAnIr