The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-09-14

MR.. RACES SCINTILLATION.
Bright and Logical Views of the
East by the Superintendent.
Supt. and Mrs. S. j. Race, of this
city, we're the guests Of Congressman
and Mrs. McCleary in Washington
last week. While in that city Mr..
Race wrote as follows:
HOTEL OXFORD, WASHINGTON, D. c.,
Sept. 5, 1893.
DEAR GAZETTE: Under promise to
you when I left Redwood Falls, to say
word of interest through the paper I
shall try to fulfill the pledge. We
came here yesterday, and with only
one days contemplation of the great
show | fear shall not say what in a
maturer time seems the true thought.
It is big show of all that is best and
greatest of mans skill. The rude saw
age and the cultured white man there,
each exhibiting his highest and most
perfect workmanship. 1 know not
which to marvel at the more-the rude,
untutored South Sea Islander with
his tom toms, or the achievements of
an Edison. It's long way from the
brain of one to that of the other. On
Saturday last I stood by the side of
one Of the bushmen of South Africa
a fierce and cruel looking fellow and
wondered what he thought of this
pageant now before him; what thought
did he have of the bright flashing
penetrating electric light that be.
decked the grounds at night; what
did he think of our means of trans
portation, as shown in the building fo1
that purpose. Would any thought o.
a fine quality rise before him if he
stood before the work of an Angelo, {
Messenger, or hear the soft strain az
played by List. The big exhibit il
of great educational value. How any
man can go and spend week and no
be more educated than before, I know
not. 1t costs. So does anything tha
is worth possessing. To see hut tn
faces of all nations, in full native cos
tunes, just as at home, is worth tn
cost of a trip to the Exposition. I say
the Exposition at Philadelphia in 1876
: but sSnat was much like comparing tn
exposition in Minneapolis Of '92 Will
: it, This exhibit in Chicago is a world
exhibit of all there is of that, that i
highest and best of that wonderful
brain power of this 10Th century homo
1t seems like dream to stand befor
the home of the Cliff dwellers, ant
then go to the beautiful administra
ton building with it's magnificen
frescoes, and say that man has come
upward this far. One night | STOOD
watching the electrical display, whel
all the heavens around were one blazt
4 Of light, glittering here, now there by
the aid of powerful stereopticons, ano
now and then flashing and Kissing rost
the giant rockets, to make it the more
brighter. I thought what about these
Bedouins,. .Dahomenese and South Ses
dwellers. What are they doing? Viii
they go back and tell the rest of thei
several tribes what strange people
dwell over the sea? Will they be con
tented to live as heretofore? Or, viii
they be glad when it is all over? Too
much noise, too much smoke, too mucf
everything-co the result. Sew
enteen of us one day hired tally-h(
and a good Chicago guide and were
driven over the much talked abou
twenty-five mile drive. It cost us $17
but it was worth several times the
cost. chicago has magnl1lcent parks
and boulevards. Such decorations art
not anywhere excelled. Washington
and Lincoln parks are models of higl
art in landscaping. Drexel boulevard
is gem; it seems like peep into
fairyland. Our guide showed us th'
tree (now dead, but protected by al
iron railing) where that frightful mas
sacre of the Fort Dearborn inmates
took place. Pullman, the palace ca
man, has erected a monument ther'
and also protects the tree from reli'
hunters.
To-day we went to Mt. Vernon. Va
the home of our country's father, ;