News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1893-07-27
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From the World's Fair.
Correspondence of the News AND CITIZEN. 7
" WORLDS FAIR,
VERMONT RTILDING,

correspondence OF the News AND CITIZEN.
" WORLDS FAIR,
'ERMoNT BUILDING,
July 81, 1898.
To most people a few DAVIS at the
Worlds Fair is more %" of n' . nle co..
exertion than a pleasure u, d expc l1io1'
vet it is labor which Insure na e1 DiFaront
persons "a. hoopt different methods o.
Many of the visitors, o aft e.rei Ioo T
over the exhibits in a sup merit way
which especially interest t tho,n 'u'''
FOR suuut 1 OF art there is many
weeks work IN the Fine Art Building,
and the statuary on the buildings
and grounds deserve lon@ attention.
Visitors OF a mechaniea tnrn OF
mind will be attracted to the ma.
chinery ana electrical departments;
and so on, through LONG list of sub,
iects and their devotees i''' '
The prominence given To the sub
ject of education in the exhibits of
nearly every nation is q striking
feature of the exposition " This to'
gether with the no less noticeable i'm
portance of the fine art axbihit and
attention to musical nroorammes
must silence those who eyer-awed
by our industrial Progress have de-
clared that we are wholly GIVEN nm TO
money-making. e
At this great exposition 81 fi,ll of
rare and beautiful siob+s not tho
least attraction is the vast mivad
multitude of people. STRANGE fio-
ures, faces and costumes and STRANGE
and unknown tongues Rnho1 could
hardly have furnished greater vari-
ETY. of languages than is heard on the
Midway Plaisance. In This human
conglomerate climate and habit has
made it's existence. ' ~
People at the fair form q ronrosont
ative body, at which each nation has
delegates who will mingle and learn
from each other many things which
may modify the character and Gus
toms of their country. Viewed in
this light, every foreigner on the
ground is both our teacher and our
pupil. The South Sea islander is
learning from US the utility of longer
clothing, and is showing US the value
of a fine physique, while the little
japanese folks are proving them
selves apt scholars and showing the
benefits of happy disposition. One
of the best places to study the more
unfamiliar of the races is on the
Plaisance. An admission is charged
here to many of the exhibits. some
of which are unworthy of patronage.
Not all of the amusing things are
done or said by our visitors, but the
Yankee is continually the victim of
jokes which make fun for the crowd.
All Vermonters should register at
the state building. However much
the propriety of Pompeian architect
ure for our building may be ques-
toned, the structure itself is unique
and pretty. The effect, however, is
greatly marred by it's being crowded
between the more imposing buildings
VI Mdluo dlIu MdSSdCuuSetUS.
A large portion of eastern people
are pleased to know that for the
present, at least, the fair is to be
closed On Sundays. The results of
opening the gates on this day have
not been satisfactory in any respect.
The crowd has been too small to pay
expenses; neither has the crowd
been the busy, intelligent working
people, but a different class, who, in
stead of spending their time among
the instructive exhibits, have crowd
ed the shows and bear-gardens of the
Plaisance.
So far, the month of July has been
a delightful one at the fair. Very
few days have been uncomfortably
warm. The weather has been clear
and pleasant; while owing to the
rather small attendance compared
with what the grounds can accom-
modate) there has been neither
crowding nor excitement.
Respectfully,