Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-05-11
WORLDS FAIR LETTER.
Glorious Opening of the Most
Wonderful Exposition
Of the Worlds PrOgress...Immense
Crowd Present.
From Our Special Correspondent.
From Our Special Correspondent.
CHICAGO, May 8, 1898.

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wonderful event to come. tits thing
of the present. .....
Monday morning, May /, the clouds
, hung heavy over the city and it threat
ened rain every minute, but along to
wards noon the clouds drifted away
and the day become quite bright, al.
though the sun did not shine out
bright all day. Sunday was the last
Sunday in which the Fair is to be
open to visitors, unless the petition of
the officials goes through, and although
! 1t was rainy and very muddy there
were a good many visitors on the
grounds. The flower show in the
horticultural Hall was as fine as ever
but did not draw such crowd as be.
fore. Every one felt as if he must get as
good sight of the exhibits in the diff
ferent buildings as he could. Rain or
shine Jackson Park stands foremost on
the earth as beauty spot, and while
America does not pretend to claim
the highest honors in genius and in
vention, she will show to the foreign
nations this summer that considering
her age she is powerful and mighty in
more ways than one. This Fair is an
international one, and while the de-
partment of Publicity and Promotion
heralded the good news that America
was to celebrate the great discovery of
Columbus with an exhibition showing
the Words's progress, the Department
of Foreign Affairs took active measure
to interest foreign nations in it, and
gain their cooperation in exhibiting
the products of the different countries.
There were many difficulties to over
come, but they were met by selfreliant
men, and as result of their untiring
efforts, there stands today, down by
the lake side, an Exposition that
promises to eclipse anything of the
kind ever before gotten up. The
standard of International expositions
will have been, SO elevated that the
Chicago Exposition will be criterion
which all others for some years will
strive to initiate. 1t is hoped that after
this Worlds Fair is over, that all the
little petty jealousies of the different
countries will join hands in one merry
go-round, and resolve that this shall be
the first of series of brilliant inter.
national Fairs, and that they will each
and all see that while America is still
young it has the brain, energy and
facilities Of becoming one of the great
est nations upon the face of the earth.
To show how much greater is the
Columbia Exposition than the ones
held in Paris, Australia had 5000
square feet to exhibit in theirs. She
asked for one million here, and other
countries were as eager for space as
Australia. France was the first coun-
try to respond to the invitation given
to her to join in with America in the
/ exhibition. Then Germany began to
wake up and some of the finest art
works have come from Germany,
while their. exhibits, both on the
J grounds and in Midway Plaisance
show how thoroughly in earnest they
have become to make theirs a grand
exhibit.
Up to. date there have been some
thing like $4,000 letters written in
connection with the foreign exhibits
The postage and cable bills have run
up into the hundreds each month. 1t
has taken lots of money and many
months of hard work to put the Expos
ition in good shape, but it has been
well done and now, though many
things are not entirely completed, it
stands ready for inspection, and at 12
O'Clock, high noon, Monday morning,
our President touched the button that
set the pulse throbbing in the breast Of
this magnificent white swan,
and the eager eyes of thousands of
spectators, gathered from every nation
upon the earth, watched her start on
the journey that we believe will be a
prosperous and happy one, bearing the
herald of freedom and good will to.
wards all mankind, no matter what
his nationality be. And every citizen
in this United States ought to make
this Monday red letter day on his
calendar, for we are practically making
our debut on every nation ON the earth,
and are giving them grand and joy.
full reception to our fair land of liberty.
: The sun shrugged bravely to shine
out in welcome of the great event, and
perhaps ere noon the day will be
bright. The gates were thrown open
simultaneously at o o'clock this morn.
ing, and the money began to flow in a
steady stream into the Golfers. Humid.
reds of people stood waiting to pur
chase their tickets early so as to avoid
delay when the procession files in.
The visitor who desires to get good
view of the procession on the lake front
and at the same time easy transport.
alton to the Fair grounds, the route by
boat is the most desirable. The boats
will be frequent and will carry pass.
engers to the lake front enterance OF
the Exposition grounds. The South
Side elevated road runs trains every
four minutes.
Every lady visitors TO the Fair this