The Opelousas courier., 1893-06-03
AN Electrical Display Of Won
derful Beauty.

ROBERT UrdVe9 WTltiDg a0OQt the
Worlds Fair, in the N. O City Item
says:
The truth is, thi1electricaI display is,
neyt TO the palaces and the architectu,
raj effect, the most brilliant and en-
trancing thing in the exposition. II
there were nothing here but the big
buildings, their o"rnamentation OF
statnary, their water fronts, and the
electricity, the show would be worth
travelling across the continent to see.
There is not a single feature in which
the exposition is u disappointment. 1t
is strong in every department. But the
electrical display partakes of the mar
v%elous, the sublime, the incMdIbIe.
Naturally, it is q thing Yhich must
be seen to be appreciated, k.You never
saw an artist who could pdybt the con
stellation of the h~eavensx. did you ?
You never knew a writer vbo could
describe the glories of the armament?
No. Nor could: artist orAwriter, or
both together, give you alnthing like
an adequate idea of the beatty of this
electrical manifestation. TIN most that
| hope to do is to impress u I'm you the
fact that it is a spectacle wAkch every
man, woman and child in AMerica who
can manage to do SO should he and en-
joy. | sincerely advise sacrifice of other
things, of home pleasure, of profits in
business, Of II share of savintE, of time
devoted to trade or school, ID order to
come to Chicago. And if you have but
two days and a night to spend here, let
ona Aav nr {, r0oI rnrE &C ~ - n,+ -,
at the center of this solar system, where
the city block of boilers gen crate tue
steam that moves the many monsters,
where the hundreds of miles of wires
are impregnated with the current which
produces all these wonderfully beauti-
full effects.
Spend a night in beholdiug' the bril-.
liancy of the scene about the central
court and within the Electricy building.
See the mammoth pillar of Gre, com
posed of thousands Of electricI lights in
various hues and with alternating cur.
rents which produce effects beautiful
beyond ones dreams. See the light.
ming arFestors-electrical posts with
broad, spreading arms up and along
which the current leaps with magic
leaving behind it a counterfeit
representation of the lightning of ma
'H.e, only more vivid, infinitely more
beautiful. See the Assyrian temple,
by innumerable electric
amps placed behind screens of inlaid
glass made With all the soft hues known
20 the art. See a hundred ingenious
fopthe display of the pow.
,r and the effect Of this new and most
wonderful servant of our ~race-tbipgs
which will thrill and astonish you and
i'll your mind with thoughts Of the al
most infinite ingenuity Of man and his
'lmost divine cdltrol Of the forces of
nature. :
The point that | wish to '"inpress i
my readers is that this fair is I
Worth seeing at any cost within the {
ommand of the people. AS worlds
airs go it will probably be thirty or {
Drty years before this country witness
g another like it. That will mean the S
generation, and not this. Nor is t
trne that q must spend a small for t
nne in order to behold the glories of
White City. It is not true one
submit to extortion or robbery in q
hicago. j
1t stands to reason that living at the C
otels will be more expensive than in Il
riVate houses. The hotel keepers re- C
resent large investments and large ex- il
They want big profits. a
ut in thousands upon thousands of d
houses there are rooms to rent, tt
ith or without meals, at prices which B
'ery visitor will be able to please
mself with. In looking about / have 81
en- plenty of good, comfortable rooms
THIN a short distance of the fair :
ties, which may be had at a cost of 81 -
$3.50 Per person per day. By exer-
sing economy these visitors may get
cir meals at S1,50 more per day. Of
urse they will have to keep away
I'M the high-priced restaurants, and
ould take as few meals as possible
thin the grounds, where everything
more expensive than it is on the out
le.
to the time required for a salts
tory view of the fair, a month is bet 3,
than a fortnight, but even SO short F.:
time as a week will do fairly well, wi
six days and evenings-for the T1Th1
JULIUS are open Till near midnight
8 may see all the principal objects of
crest without, of course, stopping Ap
examine everything in detail. -
t | could come for only four or FIVE
rs, and thought it necessary to re-
my expenses to 90 or $3.50 day A
lie here, I should still come. 1t is e
universe spread out here for ones
pection, and it is worth seeing at
cost or sacrifice within reason.