West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-11-14
the ATLANTA EXPOSITION.
Notes and Comments On the Big Show
Now Under Full Roadway.
Special corrosDondonce Of rlm Apovs
ATLANTA, Gu, Nov. 4. lS!

improvement m some respects. Of
course 1t Is not as large and suffers
10y comparison with the Great Chi
cage Fair, but all i'm all is u highly
creditn bic show and deserves u
hearty support. The amusement
features OF this Far were early IN
operation. They are now running
ut high pressure, and it goes with
out saying that one may see almost
anything his fancy calls for. The
admission fees at these attractions
vary from 10 TO % cents aud you
get music thrown IN.
Speaking of music. the open air
concerts at the Fair have become u
popular feature. The weather is
ideal and the crowds in u holiday
humor, lsnger on the plaz,, drink.
ing IN the sweet strains of popular
airs. The taste of lovers of classic
compositions is not ignored, and
the great pieces are played for their
benefit.
HeaHH
The Exposition is now complete
and the Electric Fountain, The last
OF the attractions to get ready, IS in
brilliant operation. Mr.. Luther
SLierlnger, the designer of this, and
the Electric Fountain at Chicago,
Is believed to have surpassed his
former achievement in this. 1t is
the nightly delight of great crowds,
who 'inger around the lake to catch
the last Of its sclntillating beauties.
tua a9 'BAsHH
The visitors to the Exposition are
laughiRg at the stories of extortion-
ate prices. Hotel accom- modations
are SO good, so abundant and so
cheap that, the Exposition Board
has seriously considered the pro
prlety OF discontinuing the pubic
comfort department, which has
done great service in working up
allthe available rooms in the CITY
and making them available. Conn
petition among hotels and boarding
houses is now taking care of the
crowds in a fine style at prices so
moderate that no reasonable per
sonwill complain of them. With
these conditions and with the
weather as fine rs smiling Provi-
dence can make it, prospective
visitors are foolish to delay longer.
RNHH
Atlanta ought to have an ovation.
She deserves one. No city of twice
the size ever gave the world half
30 great an exhibition Of the prog
ress OF the time. The achievement
is greatest Of oil when it is remem-
bered that thIrty years ago Atlanta
was in ashes. Indeed almost the
whole State was IN ashes. 1t was
like the new birth Of a State and a
people starting out without worldly
goods to make life anew. They had
TO reconstruct industry, organize
labor, remodel jurisp, udence and
reconstruct transportation. All this
d)ne and exposed in such grand
epltonre at the end of thirty years |!
History furnishes no parallel to
this recuPeration, and Atlanta. the
great heart of the great South,
stands out, the organized persouifi-
cation of moral greatness which
ms surmounted the wreck of time
and the desolation of war.
. HaHI
The Mines and Forestry. the
Government, the Fine Arts and the
Manufacturers Buildings receive
more attention than any Others, ex.
eeptiDg, perhaps, the Woman
Build Ing. The Transportation
Building has several exhibits of
speeial interest, like those Of the
Newport News Ship-building and
Dry Dock Company, and the Mica.
Tagpa Canal Company, with a fine
variety Of articles in the general
classification. But it is here. as at
Chicago, the en- semblo, the whole
etfoet, that strikes one most. In
beauty Of landscape and scenic ef.
fect, this Exposition surpasses any
IN the worlds history. AT night
"fift iBubiuE WIN mean =
descents makes the park a fairy
land. The charm is heightened on
those nights when the Baden Baden
illumination takes place or a eor.
geOns boretof dfevoris Is gwen bv
PANE, that uRappreachable master
OF pyroteclnics. The Sky was paved
with splend0r on the niQht OF tbe
Presidents visit, and The air was
alive with fire OF all bucs. from
earmine TO ultra marine blue. Tho
displays, were radiant, or delicate.
dazzling or fading away into nde.
Enable shades az the great Gre
artist gave successive strokes Of IN,
bIrnIrg brush, using rockets for
p'nclls and The sky for canvas.
1871
The visit u President Cleveland
! cnssed lbc attention Of the world
a ,oH Atlanta and h,r great Exoo-
sitIon. The President. like an 9th.
e. visitors was surprised NJ tho
m'gniiude Of TIE Fair Dc sDeni
% ne time looking 1t the exa.bGs
aud seemed 10 ar f,t, fI.~t-:.. ..f