Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-01-19
AS SEEN BY POLL PRY
Eastern Woman's Impressions of a
Visit to the Worlds Fair.

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Don't you like to know what others
say of you of us? I do, and want
you to read what that clever woman,
Polly Pry, of the New York Press
writes fer her paper She says:
| Well, girls you can't get here any too
soon.
| Do without a new Fall suit, econo-
mize in the matter Of bonnets and
shoes, ask papa to give you a railroad
ticket in place of that gold watch, but
get here or you will miss the grandest
sight Of your life
All this may sound little f1ippant,
but am very much in earnest.
l took friends advice, and stole in
on the Exposition by way of the water
last night, just as the darkness was
falling over the marvellous White City.
1t was the best possible introduction
to this wonderful creation of minds
and hands, for it was illumination
night" and the grounds and buildings
were studded with thousands of incan-
descent lights.
| There is a magniicence about the
enormous white editiceS of which l
can give you absolutely no conception.
! AS you pass through the massive
colonnades of the entrance you feel
in an atmosphere freighted with awe.
You might be in ancient Greece were
it not for the modernly dressed people
around you.
1t made me sad to think such royalty
designed and splendidly built temples
for that they are literally-must be de
stroyed in a few weeks.
1t seems like PROCLAMATION.
Take all the palaces in Europe and
bunch them together and they would
make but Il paItry showing compared
to the cluster of giant architectural
gems that compose this Exposition.
! | say that we owe Il vote Of thanks
to Chicago for giving us such display,
and put mine in now
! Everything l have seen thus far is
much beyond what I had expected,
and had read all of the accounts, too
l didn't get into any buildings last
night.
/ couldn't
The exterior was too charming
I thought that / had seen fountains
abroad, at Versailles, at the London
"healtherieS,' at Berlin, at Vienna
but they We're as nothing compared
with the electric fountains at this
place.
/ TWenty-fOur jets on each side of the
! lagoon, each jet shooting far into the
air and each with it's own separate
electric colored light to clothe it with
all the hues Of the rainbow.
! Twenty-four enormous wheat sheaves
of water in silver. gold, pink, blue, pur.
pie, red and green.
| A center giant spray changing color
every moment like an aquatric kaleido-
scope
Then under the rays Of silver light
all combining to form what looked like
an iceberg
1T was gorgeous beyond belief.
Very cool here O. nights, although il
! is August.
/ wore Il thick wrap and was glad
that ] did.
Overcoats and jackets all around me
for there is a very strong and blessed
/ breeze from the lake which makes
the nights a delight and sleeping pos
sibility.
/ should think that the October
nights here would be absolutely un
comfortable; so / advise you all tc
come now.
Come if you can't stay more than
three days. It will pay you well.
I saw Francis Wilson close by the
fountains, and he advised me as re
garding the Midway Plaisance, what te
see and what to avoid.
I wish he hadn't done this, for I an
possessed now to get front seat at al
the entertainments which he tabooed.
I found the Columbian guards kindly
and well hammered.
The boat and car fares are only II
and Is cents, ice cream soda is II
cents, and what more do you want?
] am in this frame Of mind, and
just think-I haven't seen any of tn,
exhibits Fair proper-as yet
But I am here to do it, and it will bt
done.
What struck me as remarkable was
the silence that brooded over every
thing last night despite the great mum
Der of people present.
The place is so vast that voices seem
ed to be swallowed UP by it, or else
and I would like to think thistle
splendid grandeur Of these stately
buildings impaired some of their spirf
to the commonest people there ant
awed them into silence.
The Fair is not only liberal educa
tion," but it is a gradual ton as well il
the schools of art and beauty.
A REAL LIVE BROWNIE.