Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-12-04

Her Courage. Faith mud ssifReiianeo Made
tho Fair Success.


tho Fair - Success.
Thr closinr Of tho gates upon show such
"a Inc world never saw before and proba-
hiv viii never see again IN the rolling ages,
makes proper fcw remarks, retrospective
and ott'erwi4e. concerning the great Chi
cago fair
the Worlds Columbian exposition It Is
I'm the documents, but the gre ~ 'hlcago
fair II is for history and for the admiration
of mankind. Chicago did It. She did IL
alone. with some help from the federal gov
eminent, and the honor Is all Chicago's.
ON scale never before contemplated by
the audacity Of the humai imagination
this western town conceived and carried
her epterprlse through to splendid success
absolute success artistically aud ceremo-
niously. relative success financially. She
went in on check. She came out ia glory.
The qualities displayed by Chicago and
her representatives In the earlier stages Of
the undertaking were Of that sort which
the way Of the world admires or condemns
according to the outcome She started in
for a local boom There was suspicion OF
the hotel counter, the boarding house, the
street railway and the real estate office in
her professions and pledges, Her negotia-
lions with the government were distin-
guished By unblushing assurance. She
boldly promised everything She would
have given bonds to bring down the moon
and Alphn Lyr@ and set them up In Jack
son park II that had been necessary to en-
able her to get the fair. She got II. aud
The Sun Is now glad she did.
There Il point where unblushing assur-
nnce becomes sublime confidence, where
irresponsible recklessness dignifes itself
into indomitable resolution. Just where
IN the chronology Of fair promotion Chi.
cago reached and passed that point 1t isnot
profitable to inquire Certain it is that her
management of the enterprise underwent
tho transition II ceased TO be cheeky and
became sublime. 1t ceased to be irrespon-
sible and became unconquerable. The
petty schemes OF the mercenaries dropped
out OF sight. The little tricks and chilean
cries Of the beginning were forgotten in the
gradual development and manifestation Of
the true spirit OF Chicago, amazing tho
world By its power, its reach, its resources,
| its devoted civic loyalty, its intelligence,
| its masterfulncss and its success.
The cloth had been cut too large, accord
| ing To all OF the lessons Of experience. Chi
cugo did not repattern, but proceeded to
grow to H. The chances were II thousand
TO one against victory. With cheerful OPP
timism aud magnificent nerve Chicago kept
right on and succeeded.
1t Is likewise proper to record here the
| fact that the prime factor in the illustrious
success o. the Chicago enterprise was a
quality rating higher in the scale Of civil
lization's forces than mere business energy
or the willingness to spend money without
limit. Somewhere among the magnates Of
the expositI0u's management and backing
Al . .f,..s i
citation OF the truth that to be truly great
the fair must be not merely big but beau
tiful.
Beautiful beyond all precedent they
made e; not merely according 10 the @s
thetic standards Of Chicago, or of the west
or Of the United States, but judged by tn,
worlds measure Of the grandest art. Sucl
u creation ss that by the lakeside, soon now
10 be demolished, Is not tho result OF acct
dent, good luck enthusiasm or haphazarl
design, and while all the credit goes to Chi
cago the chief credit should go to the indi
vidual or individuals In Chicago who hnd
the wit to perceive from the first the archi
tecturnl ideal that was finally realized, tn,
intelligence to select the makers best quail
fed 10 renlize Il, and the enlightened liber
atty to insist that the genius enlisted il
the creation OF the White City should b.
supported by dollars without stint
Chicago has fifty celebrated the Colum
biRn achievement by parallcling it, Sh
has done what Christopher Columbus die
400 years ago, In spirit like to his in tn
mngnilicence Of It's courage, steadfastnes
and unwavering faith and self reliance, sh
embarked on borrowed capital and sale
right out into the unknown. Wisdom
doubted, and sound judgment called he
back and the winds howled around hel
but she sailed on unterrilied, through goo
weather and bad, steering straight for he
mark, and she kept on, like Columbus, I'll
she got there.
Hats of and mp in the air for Chicago
our little sister, the Columbian cityi-Ne'
York sun