, 1893-05-31
The Worl DIS Fair
seen through West Indian
Spectacles.
By CHARLES Edwin TAYLOR NJ. D., F r. 9 5.
DELEGATE from st. 1homas, D. ".

the NEoh lAAhiAf NBN' - - O0
the intense activity which seems to pervade
every department Of human life. Not even
the wide and regularly laid out streets, the
nauY modes OF transit, the enormous build
in.s running skywards, the countless #ppll-
ances for communicating with the rest u the
civilized world, viii 20 astonish him, as The
constant movement, the perpetual bus lie 81
this great city of the west. Aud yet 'tO make
haste slowly, seems as much the rule here as
it is elsewhere, and it is more Than likely,
should our West Indian be "a man on. "bpsl-
less bent, " or an Exhibitor at the WORDS
Fair that he will be still more astonished to
6nd that. with all this feverlsh haste. things
are not moro quickly done than in his own
country. where, up to then, he may have
thonp6t himself slow indeed as compared to
such a city as Chicago.
This is especially the case with the Worlds
Fair. where everything IS on such a trsmen-
doussscale that time is necessarily consumed
in transacting any business. Even the MT
with which every edifce is provided 20 take
yo,, from the l0wermost TO The t0pnost story
does not always make things quicker. Irbe,
You touch the button OF an elecirlc bell, ana
down the biz cage comes, slowly, n0lselessiy
gliding. and, stepping IN, upwards you 60 10
the floor which may be your destination, D0t
when you'get there, if not already posted, you
have TO search am ny a score or more Of rooms
for the one vou want, only to lind, too often,
that the party YOU have come to see ia out
and NAV not return again directly. And his,
whore long distances are the order of the day
a vetv disappointing. An instance will suf-
f,n You are an Exhibitor, a Commissioner,
or a somebody, Of great Importance, that ~,
Won think Won are, and you wish something
expedited. require q pass to admit you to ne
grounds. or 10 know what hae become OF
Your exhibits. IF a foreigner and you have no
snecial Commissioners representing your oonn-
trv-you 90 10 the Department Of Foreign
AfYairs IN the Administration Building. here
Won are cordially received, your quest Is
listened to, and after much filing out OF
blanks and going through other tormallties.
YOU are politely toldto call again tomorrow
ana this from day to day until your patience
IS exhausted. Should you be seeking your
exbibit which should have arrived days aud
davs ago. YOU are rrlegatcd to anOthe! dep ut
ment a mile off, perhaps, and 50 on 70 a~nothef;
them from room to room until after two or
three hours or more Of weary walking and IN
terviewing YOU art told 'cal} agln tomorrow,
This phrase is now a standing Joke am"hS
exhibitors, especially those who are yet wait
ing for their packages.
The f ct is, the Worlds Fair IS 50 big, II
may use so small a word to express what no
word in the English language can give any
idea of. that it requires a huge army OF 9th
cials to handle it, not to speak of a perfect
system TO work it. But as nothing IS perfect
hele below, there ase impsrfections, and these
are revealing themselves every day. especlailY
to those. who like myself find it easier to
~criticise than to do. 1t is not very difficult to
wander about the grounds, and while contsm-
plating the unfinished state of some OF the
buildings and the countless piles Of packing
cases vet to be opened, find fault with the aP-
narent 'slowness Of things" but justice to
the Worlds Fair officials compels me to state
that. with the trightfully cold weather to
contend against, aud the defective tan por-
tation system, and the frequent strikes among
the men, who, by the way, are paid enormous
wages. ii is a wonder that The Worlds FAR
is as advanced a. it is.
II costs fifty cents to enter the gates Of the
Worlds Fair, besides your fare to and from
it, that is, if you live in the city. You may
90 by the Illinois Central Express, winch
does the journey in thirteen minutes, Tor ten
cents-the Illinois Suburban, which takes
half an hour, for nineteen cents-Dy the
Elevated Railway for five cents or any or the
street cable cars for five cents. These take
YOU there in about an hours time. Commls-