Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-04-11


Correspondence Of The Evening Star
CHICAGO, April 8, 1898.
what will it cost to see the worlds far?
That is like asking what il will cost to live
six months in London. 1t depends upon how
you live and what You see.
You can spend what You like at the fair. but
spending all You will you can easily get full
value. The br.efest answer to the question Is
tina; the big fair as Planned and carried out
will be on exhibition for so cents. For half a
dollar day you can spend weeks in the big
halls and the 500 acres Of ground that surround
them. What beyond this the SOW will cost
depends upon individual purses One must
I eat That all NAV be accomm odated and that
there may be claim Of extortion one will be
able to find three grades of restaurants. There
will also be three prices and if the visitor wants
/ to pay the highest OF these he gets little more
elbow room. Practically that is the difference
/ While the visitor Is in town he may live "a he
[ pleases. At tine big hotels rooms are almost
all engaged and with this demand prices
naturally high. But 1t il not at the leading
hotels that the thousands will stop. 1t is at the
/ thousand other specially erected and improvised
pia Is that they will look for accommodations
and II Is here they will find the chief item OF
/ the worlds fair expense. What the cost of
living in these places viii be will vary with the
/ location and possibly with the demand. The
surest way to obtain low rates and to make sat
I i-factory arrangements with these houses is to
DO II now. They all. practically all. first
class and most 0f them are now trying 70 secure
business. Their advertisements meet the
reader In every paper and in the back of every
magazine. Rooms can now be reserved at fixed
rates. running from 81. Il. So - to SIS day.
In most places board is supplied at a similar
rae. and vi mere II Is not restaurants are to be
found Of all classes and of all prices. There Is
/ not mach doubt that persons with money can
/ get all the ease and comfort they desire. and
| that those VINO have to watch their expense
/ account, get bigger returns for their money
/ during the fair than they could now In any
large city.
AT TIE downtown HOTELS.
J The downtown hotels Will undoubtedly be
filed with that class OF visitors who are accus-
/ toned to secure apartments long in advance and
+ who take the trouble to doso. They all under
mutual pledge rot to take advantage of this
advance rush. and 1t is no. beliey cd that they
have. Good hotels. sad TIE best in a city the
size of Chicago. are high III their prices. when
+ tue capital III them Is taken into consideration,
and i: l. not to be expected that rates will be
/ lowe daring the fair. One can look for accom-
mod.tion them. II they not full, n; 50
day fox :hs lowest rate. Above this one can
speud anything 100 dav II the visitor wishes
the best apartments. Du- the great thrOng. the
excUr>ioulsts. the crowd that will come pouring
into the city from village and country. will not
+ look here for a pace to sleep. The will con-
centrate near the fair grounds, where the great
wooden hpStelries have sprung up by the hum
dred. like wiGespreading, many -fssured mush-
rooms.
AROUND THE FAIR GROUNDS.
The worlds fair grounds. bounded upon the
east by Lake Michigan. extend from 55th street
to 67th street in paralielogram a half mile
wide. Like fringe hotels have attached them
selves to the borders of the great show ground
on the three open 81 ;es. Brick. stone. wood,
/ the new building material staff all have
| tered into the makeup of these structures, and
! considering the possible temporary use Of some
of them the money ted up In them appear to
/ refute all argument of profit There are many
erroneous ideas as to the character of these
7 structures. Many are temporary, but as many
are meant FOR future Use "a fiat and apartment
houses i'll Fart of the city tina. is already given
up to residence purposes.
IT Is in these that one should look FOR rooms
AID If the visitor is wise be viii have them
booked before he comes. The rates will not be
high. and il will be possible to secure at least
part o. q room :or 81 aday. Beyond that more
can be spent as better accommodations are de-
sired. For women or families tie most eco-
nO,nici and satisfactory stop will be in private
house. Citizens, aside from the Eecuniary
turn. are making arrangements wherever it is
vo-sibie TO entertain visitors through feeling
az interest in the success OF the fair. Within
three blocks of the worlds fair gate ROOMS are
to be had in the weli-fIrni, led homes of mer-
chants for as low as - day, but IN very few
/ cf Ike places can board be expected. Tho
ho,e and BOARDING hoGse question is one that
/ Can be summed up in sentence: You can get
wat yea want.
EXAGGERATED REPORTS DENIED.
| Tie far is so big and there are many ways
in which the visitor will wish to spend money
that exaggerated statements of the necessary
expenses have been made. One-third of the
people VINO attend the fair will walk from their
hotel to- the grounds: the Others will so b.
elevated cable or horse cas-. railway or boat.
On the first three routes and from the center of
the city the fare VIII be cents. IL persons are
, stopping IL the far northern or western sections
Of the city another ceats will be charged. BY
steamboat railway train it will be more but
in either case Il round trip ticket can be had for
- cents. When the grounds are reached an
admission ticke. will cost 20 cents-no more. no
I less. Tickets cannot be had cheaper in lots,
. and IGonthy and weekly tickets will not be
known. Once the visitor is beyond the gates
there is absolutely no other charge to see the
f fair.
Nha. the visitor may see for his so cents in
clUGes every building and exhibit managed by
the words fair directory. They are we'll
known. All the unique ard interesting state
buildings and their STATE exhibits. the fisheries
building the government building. the stately
: structure erected BY women AID devoted to
them and education. The horticultural hall
with its acres OF crystal roofs and plants from
all sections of the wo-id. the glided trans
portation building. III which every known
transportation ard propeihng vehicle may be
foaEd the mining. the electrical and the i'm
, mense agricultural halls, the forty manu.
features building. the graceful triumph of
I architecture the administration and the novel
forestry buildings.
These are Cnly part. Machinery hall. the
! woodedIsland and It's flowers, with permanent the
! japanese temple. the hundred acres devoted TO
/ stock. the naval exhibit. the refuge of Column
/ bus or the copy of the Convent of La Babida
and ali the wealth of the lagoon and grounds.
| and better than all. the classic and stupendous
| art palace. This is the worlds fair. 1t is what
| was conceived and what carried out. 1t is
| To be seen for so cents. Nowhere is there an
1 extra fee.
TEE GREAT SIDE SHOW.
Then if the visitor desires comes the side
show. the great number of private exhibitions
ever attending upon the heels Of national or
worlds far exhibitions. But one thing should
be kept in mind Although these exhibits are
private enterprises the best part of them
he seen for nothing. and all are located together
III portion of the ground. the Midway Plais-
ance to which no extra fee is charged.
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