The Washington times., 1901-10-28
END OF THE PAN-AMERIGAN.
The buffalo Exposition to Inst Only
One Week Moro.

The Bunalo Exposition to Inst OniJ
One Week More.
BUFFALO, oct. 27.-The Pan-American
Exposition, although, financially consid-
cred. failure, is going to fight game
fight to the end 2 1t will come to a close.
like the Old Guard at Waterloo. in an
effort to accomplish that for which it was
designed, and the last moments. accord
ing to plans now being arranged, VIII be
the best of all There will be no 'aXity
no let up The gamut viii be run to the
end, and on next Saturday night the
greatest fair of modern times in many
ways VIII be a thing of the past. Last
night the local clubs, the Saturn, Uni
vcrsity EllicOtt and Buffalo. celebrated.
The members, who number about 1900.
joined in an elaborate dinner in the Sta
dunn restaurant. and afterward broke up
in small parties. and did the fair from
end to end. not neglecting the Midway.
1t was like the days of summer, when
the merry crowds sought eagerly for fun
and let nothing stand in the way of their
pleasure. And in some respects the occa-
sion was even more enjoyable.
Last nights celebration is the begin
ming of a week of farewells. There will
be another observance of a special day
Farewell Day This will be next Satur-
day, and, like Buffalo Day, will be in the
nature Of a civic holiday. Each day Of
the week will have special attractions.
and Wednesday will be the newspaper
mems day. The feature for Farewell Day
will be sham battle between the Indians
and the Sixty-fifth Regiment 1t is in
tended that grave ceremonies shall mark
the last moments of the fair, with bene-
diCtinn bV John G. Mflbrrp
The hustle of coming departure already
manifested at the fair will be accentu-
ated this week, but that the Rainbow
City will SO soon be thing of he past
seems unreal. The frequent visitors TO
the fair cahhot accustom themselves to
it. The Midway has lost its vivacity.
Some of the shows are gone entirely, and
in the others the performers are few in
number Prices have been reduced in
almost every instance, and the conces-
sionaires are influenced by a single mo-
tive, to get the most possible out Of the
rapidly lessening number of visitors. II
is hard to realize that soon the buildings,
with their air of permanence, will be
ruins. The artificial canals will disappear
by simply cutting off the supply of water
from the city s-ssater mains: the natural
lake Will be permitted to resume its
former boundaries by removing the con-
fines that caused the waters to seek new
outlets, and all the plants and shrubs
and trees that were planted and guarded
with Jealous care either will be uprooted
and sold or allowed to die where they now
are growing.
Even those who have not been to the
fair beforehand there are many who ar
rive daily-nOtice that each night in pro-
portion to the attendance. the number of
those who linger to look at the electric
tower is increasing. Every one wants to
take in that sight and carry away a
mental picture Of one Of the most beauti-
full Of mans creations. The sentiment OF
sadness, too, is not lacking, and when the
frequent visitors discover that some at
tractive exhibit is gone they hurry to see
other cherished objects once more before
they are taken away. The exhibits from
Canada and South American countries in
most instances, however. viii be kept in
tact and sent to the Charleston Expo
sitiOn. This applies particularly to the
displays Of Brazil, Peru, Argentina.
Nicaragua, Salvador. Bolivia, Honduras.
San Domingo Ecuador Mexico Jamaica
Porto Rico and parts of the Cuban and
Chilean exhibits. All Of these exhibits
as they were shown at the Pan-American
have been described before, but it is
said that at Charleston they will be
shown under better advantage, because
more space will be devoted to most of
them.
Costa Rica's exhibit is to be sent to
San Francisco; it belongs 10 the Chamber
of Commerce of that city This exhibit
was shown under disadvantages that
made 1t impossible for the country to get
the benefits out of il which otherwise
might have been secured. Its location In
the Agricultural Building was not good,
and many persons walked past the place
without seeing it, for. it is just around
the corner from the big Nicaragua ex-
hlbit and readily could lie mistaken for a
portion of that countrys display. Then.
too, no apparent efforts Were made by
those in charge to attract attention.
The exhibit speaks for itself" said
Ser or Don Ramon Pima, when courteous
ly requested for few moments Of his
time to describe some of the objects that
the country undoubtedly wished to have
brought to the attention of the public. Il
am busy; l am writing a letter" Even
the assure nee that the enquirer was will
ing to wait had no effect. In this respect
Costa Rica was particularly unfortunate,
and differed absolutely from other South
American countries, whose commissioners
took particular pains to hunt up news
paper men and give them Information
that might be OF advantage to their coun-
try. The exhibit is small, but compre-
hensive. It was put up. however, in
manner that was not attractive when
compared to other South American eX-
hibits The exhibits were not in cases
phia museums who installed IL did some
excellent work they were unable 70 got
the best results.
In striking contrast to this exhibit is
that of the French colonies. At the time
this exhibit was installed the press
told of its attractions. But since then
1t has been added to largely. and Only
last Thursday l2O more cases Of exhibits
from the colonies arrived for tTanspo-ta-
tion to Charleston. This exhibit viii
eclipse all foreign exhibits at the Charles
ton Exhibition. and the fact that so much
new material has been added speaks vol
umes for the success the colonies must
have obtained at the Pan-American to
induce them to increase the display