The age-herald., 1901-06-09
PAN-AMER|CAN NOW IN FULL BLAST Magnificent Collection of exhi-
 bits from All Sections MAUDE ADAMS STATUE. Only a Few Southern Visitors at the Exposition So Far on Account
 of the Cold and Disagree
 able Weather.
MAUDE ADAMS STATUE
BY R. w. eoRMAN.


 Special )--The clements have been
 against the exposition lately but the man.
 agement has been working hard and good
 weather will find this great enterprise
 in good shape It has, with the exception of one day, been cold and pouring down
 rain and 1t has made every one dispirited' l The grounds have been almost impassable,
 some of the buildings have been leaking
 and withal there has been but little in
 terest taken. Today dawned with cloud | less skies and the Rainbow City gleamed against the cobalt horizon,
 fringe of brilliant color and glorious de- sign. The printed and written pictures of the great exposition on the border of the
 famous Lake Erie, while almost true do
 not do 1t justice for words can never tell
 what the eye alone can reveal to the mind.
 There are many exhibits that are not yet l in place and much work to be done on the
 streets and some work uncompleted on a | few of the buildings. but the work to be
 done is of such little moment when the
 whole exposition is taken Into considera- l ton, that no one need delay visit on ac- l count of it. Buffalo has turned Into one
 vast lodging house. and the signs that | rooms are to rent are almost unlimited.
 Still with all that, good lodging Is not procured any too easily and one has to pay 1 a pretty good price for fair quarters. The
 number of things here to get ones money
 are like the sands on the shore, in number.
 in intricacy of design, in plan and scope. l they are almost supernatural All the re-
 sources of ingenuity have been exhausted
 In the effort and the consequence Is that | one has to be careful else their funds will
 run out. The most of the people here. | judging by their charges. think visitors
 their natural prey. Strangers pay more
 for many things than the people here.
 One has to ask the price before they trade | else they will find the thing they bought
 grown strangely dear. To many the most
 interesting thing to study here Is the peo- | pie. They are here, in the midway and
 out. Strange faces from foreign lands, l sad eyed Celestials clad in Caucasian
 clothes and some In the habiliinents of the l East and later breaks in vast waves upon
 some of the magnificent plaza's like waves
 upon foreign shore. Forty-two tribes l of Indians, Africans from the wilds of | Africa, Turks, Malays, Hndoos, Span
 iards Mexicans, In fact countless num-
 Der of strangers to freedoms shores are | here. The South American republics are
 well represented and show some of the | touch of that giant modern civilization
 that has made this country the wonder of
 he world. The midway attractions whils higher priced than usual are generally
 good. while some of them are of unusual 1 excellence. The grounds of the exposi-
 ton are about one mile long and half a | mile wide. TheN are laid off with fine
 discretion and to the best possible advant-
 ages to sight seers, but after all the | grounds are so ample that one will tire
 quickly The buildings in size and ar
 rangement are practically perfect. They
 are very numerous and all interests have | a wealth of space. The flower beds are l masses of bloom of every hue and the
 vast lawns look like velvet in their fresh
 soft green drapery.
 Midway Attractions.
 The midway seems to be the center of
 attraction most of the time. but 1t may
 be that the crowds have to get closer to- l eether there and are therefore more
 dense On the grand opening day here l when over 100000 people thronged the l grounds one would never have supposed 1 there was one-half that number except | by going to the eating houses or midway. l The railroad facilities to Buffalo are ex- 1 celent. but purchasers of tickets are so
 hedged in with regulations they have diff
 ficulty in complying with them. The l street car system has grown worse. ap- | parently, in the past two weeks. There is 1 lack of system and effort when crowd
 does gather the company is helpless. As | an instance of the poor service 1t Is suf- | ficient to say that one will lose from 35 to
 45 minutes in coming to the exposition 1 from town or going back. As there Is on- | ly one company here though the same con- | dition will obtain all the time. Buffalo is 1 blessed in its streets. There are 265 miles
 of beautiful asphalt streets, mostly shad- | ed by magnificent elms and horse chest | nuts, there are vast parks covered With l luxuriant shade, and it is a lovely city. | Not even Paris can equal this place, 1t Is | said, in its streets. There iS no end Of
 pretty homes hardly. and Delaware ave- | nue, the leading residence street, ranks | along with the famous streets of the na- | ton, such as Euclid avenue In Cleveland,
 Woodward avenue in Detroit and Peach | tree street in Atlanta To the stranger l here one of the most startling things to | be seen Is the great number of residences | marked flor sale.'' The number thus
 marked is unusually large and one can | not fail to wonder why this state of af- l fairs Buffalo seems as busy as city
 can get, and yet this wholesale advertise | ment of homes for sale cannot fail to at- | tract attention. The people as general l rule are very courteous. and the stranger within their gates is treated exceptionally
 we'll 8 l One fact to be regretted is that so few l of the Southern States are represented
 here Alabama, Louisiana, and Georgia 1 are all that have come to the gathering l of the powers of the western continent. 1 and 1t is well that they came for all day 1 long day after day crowds throng the ex-
 hibits of these States, and they are in- | deed creditable. The people ask why the other Southern States are not represented, l for they hear constantly of the great wave | of commercial prosperity sweeping over | the South and are interested In the States
 upon which the eyes of the world are now l centered.
 | Maude Adams Statue.
 It is impossible to estimate the worth | of the exhibits here. There is statue of | Maude Adams the actress, made of | fourteen karat gold worth $250. 900, and | Tiffany, the famous jeweler. has an ex- | hibit of diamonds and Jewelry worth s. | COG, ,OOO Every branch of manufacturing Is represented and all the machinery that Is used on the grounds and all the lights are
 run by power gathered from the falls of | Niagara
 At last the weather has cleared off | beautifully, and new life has been instill- | ed into everything. Under cloudless | skies the great exposition Is moving on | and with the thrill of warmer weather | comes more optimistic views. There are | $50 editors here today, and each day wit
 nesses some great caravan taking in the | grounds and buildings The Georgia edf- | tors about one hundred strong. will 'cap- | ture the exposition on July 12. 13 and IA. | Some special attractions will be put on | for them, and they will be treated royalty. | Many attractions have been provided for | each day of the exposition, but as all the programmes are sold, many do not learn