Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-07-16
PAN-AM ERlCAN.

cago Exposition ~ is the question usu-
ally asked. All America is not quite as
large as the world, though America
does estimate herself at a pretty high
| figure. The Pan-American Exposition
/ has not aimed to b. large, but it has
aimed to be as beautiful as art and
labor can make a fair. The Worlds
| Fair was white, and when the visitors
grew tired in the interior, they went
outside to rest their eyes on the beauti-
full White City. At Buffalo it is city
of harmonious coloring that meets their
eyes. which to many is more restful
than so much whiteness. The Renais
sance style, as is seen in Spanish-Amer-
ican architecture, is here employed,
and together with the Pan American
cOlOrs, red, white. blue, green and yel-
low, make most beautiful sight. The
Worlds Fair was SO large that it took
more time to study it than many people
could spare from their duties, so they
went away simply able to say, Yes |
have been at the Worlds Fair" While
they were not satisfied, because they
had not seen all, and in trying to grasp
much could recall but little. The White
City covered 1,037 acres, the City of
Light only $50 That is also an advan-
tage To the average visitor that has but
one week to spare. The ground does
not seem crowded. 1t rather has spa
cious appearance, and the Pan-Ameri-
can is well worth seeing, and take care
that you see it Alright. Do not go to
compare it with the Worlds Fair. Go
to note the improvements made since
1898, and they are many. Go with the
knowledge that the Buffalo Exposition
was conceived as an industrial enter
prise, also to demonstrate the recipro-
cal relations existing between the Amer
lean republics and colonies. Think
that it will bring us more in harmony
with our less enlightened relations
when we see the really beautiful things
they can produce. And remember
America has not the old paintings and
art monuments to place before you.
The Buffalo Exposition is well de-
vised and well managed, and if your
considerations of it are well ordered
you will get all you ought to get. Take
time and in week you can gather I'M
pressions that will lie in your mind
until you have time or the need to
l,,as1a l,aR, I.,t- &c hI..
There is education in it as well as
delight. The impressions that last the
longest are those that please us while
we are forming them. The impression
of the City of Light will never leave one
that sees it as long as memory lasts,
more especially the transformation
from day light to electric light. "Heav
en- cannot be nicer" said IN awe-struck
man near me- This is like Paradise
said an excited woman rs she gazed
around her with an expression of ador-
alton in her eyes. This is Fairyland''
said another.
What did say Why, seem struck
dumb by the beauty of it all. The
bower, with lis thousands of incanles-
cent lights, reaching up 3S9 feet,
crowned by the Goodies of Light, seemed
II blaze of golden glory, an almost solid
sheet of flame. The sky around seemed
bluer and more heavenly than could
otherwise be imagined. In The cataract
fountain, at the foot of the tower. were
to be seen the prismatic colOrs that re-
called the beauties of Niagara to the
mind, while in the various fountains
shimmered prismatlc lights. In one
place were number of bright lights of
different colors twinkling in the water
that appeared to represent water lilies.
At another place were four jets each
forming the shape of large hour glass;
directly back, and apparently between
these, were three Others that threw up
the water in the form of the fleur.d lis.
Color was here mingled in manner
purely indescribable. | have only de-
scribed the tower and fountains. The
buildings, the long line of lamp pillars,
RAC an ehOlh<4C' N etAb W bilC SACCI
it makes at night, the Pan-American
need fear no comparison, actual or
fancied. The electric current is turned
on by degrees. A faint flush comes
like the flush of dawn. This appears
to grow pink, then grows red, and at
last meltS into a golden yellow. 1t
seems as if by magic the buildings have
all been spirited away, and in It's place
appears Fairyland. If there was moth
ing else To be seen but the electric dis
play, that alone would be worth a trip
to Buffalo tO see. There is a sweet
potato that weighs l22 pounds. A bicy
Gle tube that does not need TO be
pumped full of air | was very much
interested in the folding camp equip
age. Everything. tent, bed, range,
etc, could be folded into small space in
its own case and loaded on to one mule,
provided he was blindfolded during the
time of loading, and many more things
too numerous to mention.
Mrs j. A. SHIELDS.
NOTICE Tt CONTRACTORS.