New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-07
A WOMAN AT THE FAIR.
SENTIMENT AND PRACTICALLY.

| with white palaces cleaning on each hand you will
take in tho whole picture as You can In other way,
and the gondoa j. peculiarly In unison with It's sur
rouniings that in itself gives satisfied emotion.
Look forward as the boats prov turns from IT, start
ing place near tho Agricultural Building. Is the eye
| flied with a sense OF beauty The Perstye is the
fitting background. It's llnc Of statues stands white
In the glamour Of electricity. Nearer. the colossal
fguro " the Republic shines like gold Its noble head
| uprearcd iu invncble strength. The snmptuous
structures on each side Of the Basin look even more
nmpuous than ever in this Hight. II there any
mprrfections they cannot be seen now. The columns
| from whose sides protrudc the prows Of Roman war
| vessels have an more beautiful effect than by
day, and the other shafts that rise here and there
| cstcb a new beauty The air Is warm, though It IS
| after 10 o'clock Tho murmir OF the crowd does not
disturb ones musings Yes, It Is all indcscrbably
| beautiful and fun OF romantic possibilities. 1t Is no
longer a now city reared within year or two. 1t Is
| old and with n thousand associations of adventure,
and intrigue aud crlme and victory. That gondolier
| who stands near us soemnly silent as he sways
Slowly back and forth lifting mp his oar from which
| diamonds drop-what does H. know about these mys
'crou, palaces that have stool here for ages What
| lovely women dwell therein What gallant men
| come with guitar under cloak. TO sing 10 them not
| hy electric light-no. indeed. but by moonlight or
starlight, Cannot you see the embossed scabharf of
| a sword prorudng from cavaliers cloak1 Will
not som" one SlnS, III Hoil'y-HN''l "PPi'
| pirate barcarollc
Instead upon the stand at the Administrator
| Duilding a military band Is playing IN mellowest
manner Perhaps the band Is better than barcarole ;
and this electric brlance and this century are better
| than the old days.
confdcd something OF all this TO my friend who
was sitting opposite me. and who was now taling her
second trip I'm a gondoa. She said that she fully
agreed with mo- but that she hoped I would q take 1t
all oui"-whatcvcr that may mcan-in talking to her.
and not try 10 write it down, for 10 one would
print IT, There would be blue pencil drawn through
lha, sort Of thing People did not want TO read that
kind Of stuff What they wanted to know was how
many ,icxc,s sold every day. and how many
feet high the Ferris wheel was, and II anybody had
had leg or a back broken anywhere the grounds,
and WIS caolera likely 70 this sumner Ger
rad. went on 70 say that one OF the wtSeSt men IN
tn world had made an estimate OF how many cholera
rrols II would require 10 give the cholera 10 one
quarter Of the people likely 10 visit the Exposition.
ono quarter would be likely to furnish the proper soil
FOR a cholera mcrobc 10 obtain sufficient nonriShmcnt
70 enable him 10 camp down in summer quarters.
Sometimes Gertrude Is very sentimental; but again
,hc Is not sentimental enough. II seemed to me that
this was Of the occasions when, II there were any
romantic sentiment ia ones nature Il would come to
active llf
Those japanese houses AZ one end OF the wooden
Island arr very melancholy looking objects now Every
daN W - pet 10 SEQ lllfl ot'up'u, Vlh"P' ~
color.d. g.nilc-faccd women. who "i sell Us some
,,a ". have. made acquaintance with that winning
ppnc.s which has OF late been ascribci 50 erphau-
ciilv o tho Jarancso. II Is one thing to iead am
bel cv.: II + quit" another 10 Experience tn" French
hAv, "A flourish 81 manner. often capvdtlon. Have
We no, read TN our old geography books That the
French are very gay and polite In their manners
Th,.c old geography books told nothing concerning
the Japano,. in those dly, there nothing TO tell
\ p.r,on can hardly visit the JIplnc~" house ~
IL. Exposition without finding ont for himself Slm"
hing 81 what sir Edwin Arnold means 10y his insist
cnco uron the politcncss OF this nation. The charm
81 Il Is that II does not appear 10 DO mere outside
.myl'y 81 drmeanor. II seems whether II he really
20 or not. be- the outcome Of genuine Kindness oil
heart ghl, blindness Joined N an ingratlatlng gen
ilcu..s. /, q wonderful power There conld not be
better manner. Imagined J. II not ru" that there i
4 certain atmosphere about all buildings where there
arc human beings OF course It + really the human
being wA, make the atmosphere, but we rather Tor
got tAat. II /, great compliment, from my point OF
Wow. 10 say that the W,man's Building and the
Iapan. house give tie pleasantcst feeling Of all the
house, We have entered Perhaps that IS iancilul
But We all have some pet notions.
There has been a good deal said about tho facilities
FOR hsudin. bIEsner In Chicago tai, summer sup
pose that there /, NJ doubt about the truth Of that
assertion I'm a general way. Perhaps our friend from
NV Orleans ran against some tcchnlcaluc' which no
uir.c railroad officials LID power to overcome. Al
any rate. she arrived three days ago, and has since
been engaged In rapid md, might say, m Intense
,hssr after her Irunk-hor box. mean. She wants
her bon very much. she has had glimp,es of IT here
and there. once She had full look a. /, AMI be- dtne
aware that r. wa, burst open. and that 1t must have
rop,- wound about it, ~ this point I'm the chase Size
-enci a receipt rNoncrntlns all railroad corporations
from any responsibility as regarded the contents III"
was allowed the prlyilcs" Of getting man To rop" up
the trunk. also the prvllcc" Of paving him for the
same. think that this took place at hensngton
Inc lady desired have her baggage, mean her Ing
ene, lcf, Al the station nearest the Worlds Fair.
where She herself would allsht. But no. there was
r,a-on plain to the official eye, but invisible 70 the
ordinary vision. WHY n must be LEFT at kcn,nrOn.
80 It wa, lrr there. Then the owner iourn"yrd on
and in due tIne arrived Naturally She wanted her
good ,lotn',, which were ~ kcnslnslon. M"r being
revived ana refreshed. with the return of strength
came courage. she went back to kcnslnglon and
pleaded for her trunk. II must 90 Oh 10 Chicago
prop.r Then II she wanted IT, II mlsht comc back
Ia Kcn,ingtou again. But no, kcn,nslon was not
where she wanted the trunk. In despair she let II
90 Oh To- Chicago. she came back and told her taI'
10 our ,ympathzlng cags. she said she hal come up
from Nrw-OIl.Lns to tho WOrll', Fair. and no" II
l,oicd ~ If size would be- entirely occupied IN trying
to stop her trunk of #, frsht, between Chicago
and Kcn,ngton. She used to live In Chicago She
i'd she thought she knew all about the great heart
of tli. West almost thought that utllc NOR" III
Tell scmcr added to the great heart Of Ia" West IN re-
ard 10 ,otnr Of details of 0f it, railroads
would be- an improvement. And yc;. when sh" READ
hos mrny thousands of people the Illinois Central Tor
instance could discharge per minute within the fdr
grounds. and hoN many. or rather no" ie" seconds
IL r,aulrci Tor a engine 10 b" pt;dcard ana an
other train started on 1t, return. sl" did not i"i 10
complain. sim. she did wish she could stop her
trunk. she has promised 10 keep IL informed OF All
her experiences In reference THIS piece OF property
hon. rfn
main m CAicngo until her brain clears littl' ana
mt has been To- the Fair.
Last SUNDAY drove into the Ciiy. for we q" hol
i.r ourselves really In thp city, here al the gates
of Jackson PARK. Ny friend made rather oroaa
tat mcnt when she said that everything on 'n sllr
seemed open the churches and the "rHso"u,
sh0ps. ~ that was not Strchy Un' ~,
p, rhnp, II not III" tine oil day Tor ti' .., Hf
,r chircne, were open To- be- particularly evident ~
L, cc.nlnlN nNLdrnt hnMcVer that ChlcAgO OorN no.