The Yale expositor., 1901-07-05

Seven June days as rare as those con-
cerning which it pleased the bard to
sing were those spent by the Michigan
Press Association at the Pan-Ameri-
can exposition at Buffalo. Each day
was filled to the brim with enjoyment;
each evening contained for all an &C.
stasy of delight.
The start was made from Detroit
Saturday evening, June %, with 102
souls on board the staunch and COM
modious steamer City of Holland, of
The Thompson Line. The limit for
the party had been fixed at 100, yet 1t
would have been with regret to have
left behind any two members booked
for the trip and two more could not
have been accommodated with any
large degree of comfort. Everything
possible had been done by officials of
the Thompson Line even to the order
Ing of pleasant weather for the trip.
Sunday was an ideal day on the lake.
Just enough breeze to whet ones ap-
petite for the good meals provided and
yet not enough to cause any motion of
the boat. The party divided into
groups and spent the day In witty con-
verso, the saying of sweet nothings,
listening to stories inimitably told by
President Lowrey and in absorbing
books. In the evening mock trial
was presided over by Judge w. p. Mis-
bett, who laid aside his "Herr Gottlieb"
diving suit for the more austere and
appropriate judicial ermine. Captain
Joseph Walsh, the able representative
of the Capac Journal, was accused with
the theft Of dress suit case from
Paul +. Cox, Of the Battle Creek En-
quirer. A pretty strong case was
made out against Captain Walsh by
Stephen A. Graham for the people, yet,
although Judge Nisbett In weighty
and logical speech directed the jury to
return verdict Of guilty, a disagree
ment resulted because the prisoner at
the bar had created so good an i'm
preston with the women on the jury.
After this entertaining bit of diver.
sion, the full moon lured all to the
decks of the steamer and the scene of
enchantment presented on the calm
waters of Lake Erie. Buffalo was
reached before midnight but the night
was spent outside the harbor where the
breezes were the more cooling. The
dock at the foot of Austin street,
most favorable location, was reached
early the next morning.
Monday was go-as-you-please day
at the exposition. The color scheme
of the big show delighted all; the
beauty of the exposition as whole
surpassed expectation. The evanes-
cent glories of the fairy city by the in
land sea, this gilded panorama, will
never be forgotten.
The Buffalo results are far prettier
and more definite than were those
obf of in hn
White City was a glare Of white. The
Pan-American City is a dream Of APP
propriate decoration with Spanish tints
predominating. Chicago spent gen.
erous share Of her funds in filling
swamp: Buffalo utilizes her big city
park, instead, and turns to aesthetic
triumphs.
Then, too, the highest intelligence
has been employed to combine beauty
with service. The superb cascade fall
ing from the electric tower front feeds
the grand canal, after bursting into
prismatic glory, under colored electric
lights on the way down. Good taste
prevails in the harmonious grouping of
the buildings and not an eye will be
offended at the color scheme.
Many of the buildings surpass in
beauty Of architecture and in decorat-
i've treatment all that have gone before.
The best artists in the world have as
sisted in the work, or are represented
in the exhibits, and no expense has been
spared to bring together exhaustive
collections interpretative of history,
science, industry and education.
The four largest buildings, those de-
voted to machinery and transportation,
manufactures and liberal arts, elec-
| tricity, and agriculture, are arranged
along the mall, while those devoted to
music, horticulture, mines, ethnology,
| fisheries, and the United States govern
ment exhibit, surround the esplanade,
the latter being capable of holding
250,000 people. About 100 other build
ings are scattered through the magni-
ficent park grounds, some representing
nations, others ideas.
Two very delightful things about the
exposition are the good fortune which
gave 1t the use of the great public park
of the city of Buffalo, and the artistic
manner in which the privilege has been
utilized. The park was paradise,
anyway, with plenty of lakes and shady
hooks and murmuring streams to off
set the lawns and driveways and floral
effects. The abundant water has been
now used In q variety or artificial ways
for exposition purposes, notably for
cascades in front of the tower, for
grand canals, and for mirrowed lakes
in out-of-the-way places. The main
lake has not been disturbed, except
that its surface is now dotted with fan
tastic boats, and its shores invested
with life-saving station, in working
order, by the United States govern
ment.
All this, the members of the Mich
igan Press Association party learned
that first day when they "were getting
their bearings" as it were. And what
of the glories of that first night? All,
with the one hundred thousand lights
Of the electric tower flashing their
message of beauty, the soft falling of
the waters from the fountains, Sousa's
band rendering soulful harmony-it all