The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-06-24
What II Costs TO
Do the Exposition

Special Correspondence to The Tribune.
3uifalo. y. V, June 2S.-AIou can
come to the exposition with reasonable
expense but probably you won't. There
are n vast number of ways in which
to spend money and they aren't diili-
cult to find. If you save in one way,
YOU are apt to spend in another. If
you don't take a jnrikisha and go JOLT
ing over the pavements with swift
footed Jap for a stced. you Will prob
ably buy an extra piece of foolishness
from some of the nnumcrable booths
in the various buildings. If you deny
yourself the luxury of n luncheon at
the American Inn, you Will be beguiled
into AIT Nuremberg" where you will
pay from three to five prices for things
IF YOU escape the burning mountain in
Hawaii. you will probably fall into the
arena of lions which Frank Bostwick is
showing. If YOU aren't caught by the
| bull fight. you Will be drawn into the
| Indian village.
But after all, those who have conces-
sions on the exposition arc no more eX-
tortonate than they were at Chicago,
| and, in fact the prices are rather more
| reasonable. The convenienccs of trans
portation are better, the accommoda-
| 'i'ilS III 'iit 'llN are lNSt Ilttt
and no more expensive, and the rates
of admission to many of the Midway
features are lower.
The american Inn" Is the most
popular restaurant inside the grounds,
as the service lis excellent and the ac-
commodatons are limited. People al
ways throng wherever there is limited
room, and they will stand behind each
others chairs. and rush for places. and
| wait long for opportunities to pay -
! cents for a little dish of hashod brown
| potatoes, SIZE for a steak with mllsh-
| rooms and % cents for few straw
| berries with other things in proper
| ticn. Bailey. the caterer has most of
| the concession privileges of the grounds
and while his prices are high in the
| handsome Stadium restaurants. at the
lunch tables below stairs ii is possible
to secure cold dishes at very reasonable
rates indeed. If you are not fussy
about having tableclnth and napkins.
you Will find delicious milk for five
| cents sandwiches. of almost every
variety, ten cents, and other things in
proportion. With tablecloths thrown in
YOU will pay double. if not treble. for
the very same articles. But some peo-
pie are fussy about tablecloths.
The buildings are fast reaching COM
pletion. No one need delay making
plans now to visit the exposition at any
time, because of fears that they will
find many details unfinished. Nothing
will be missed, for work is being pushed
by night and by day, and the evidences
of chaos are very few.
The Art Gallery is now being thronged
by visitors. 1t is a genuine surprise.
All the rumorS that it would be {.
mediocre sort of affair were most un-
fair. and ill-advised. 1t lis superb tX-
!t!bition. ! wish to devote several ar
ticles to tho pictures You cannot af-
ford to miss, to the lovely sculpture
and the excellent collection of original
drawings. From the time your eyes
meet the great Shaw memorial at the
entrance until You have wandered
through room after room to find 10
end to the interest and charm, YOU VIII
be glad of every moment you can spend
there. 1t must be realized that the
works exhibited are solely those of
American artists. They include the
paintings which have beer talked of
in art circles of two continents, and OF
newer artists who will be heard of in
the next decade.
present site was determined for the art
gallery passes comprehension. 1t is far
on the outskirts of the grounds. in a
spot which becomes the center of the
most Immortality sticky yellow mud
that ever was gathered up by harmless
PennSylNanian feet whenever it has
rained, which is daily.
The catalogues have been issued only
by instalmerts. apparently, as the first
few received from the printer were
grabbed before the ink was dry Yes
terdav il was impossible To beg, bor-
row or buy one at any price. One Wo-
man actually abstracted a catalogue
from the pocket of a man who hap |
pened To be looking the other way. and |
there is not a doubt in the world but |
that he was the maddeSt individual in |
Buffalo when he discovered his loss.
The dark blue pamphlets We're so |
scarce tnat it is a wonder he didn't |
spot the daring art enthusiast at once. |
II simply had to have it," she eX-
planned to demonstrating friend. THE |
selfish thing, He wasn't using it and |
didn't need it, and | did. How was to |
know who painted the horrid things |
over the dGOrS?"
Among the things which seem to in |
t"reSt people on the Midway is the |
baby incubator. This attraction has an |
excellent 'shoutcr." if one is to Judge !
by his earnestness Ready now, ali |
the time going right along" he yells. |
Living infants" lfor which the list |
enar is thankful as no one desires to !
view dead bahicS), 'the most highly re- |
fined, high class, high grade show in |
the place. People of the most intelli- |
Gence always come here" and indeed |
people do seem TO crowd into the place, |
whether they lay claim to lofty ntell- |
Gonce or not. One small girl emerged |
manfestly disappointed. "'Taint fair" |
she was remarkinG. "Our incubator up |
homo matches out the little chickens. |
This is nothing but a coopwith d teeny- |
WeenY baby IL 1t, that went laugh or |
nothing" II. &. p.