The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-10-25

liz the intervening eight years the in
yentors have made those early discoT-
cries look like pretty playthings. All
concede that this exposition is distinc-
tive and triumphal in its electrical
achieN ements. Twenty miles away Nj
agara is weaving it's vaporing mantles
on rough rock shuttles and thread
or flashing power is wired to the ex-
position grounds. It furnishes pow
er to the machinery and many other
activities and most graphic-it lights
the grounds.
The Grounds Blossom into Light.
This is a show season that occurs
these dark days soon after 6 o'clock.
The crowds stand in the open places
with their eyes fixed on the electric
tower. All the buildings are lighted
at the same time-some 100000 lamps
but the most brilliant spectacle is
the tower, some $50 feet high. The
lights are turned on gradually-a few
| i'll the beginning, and then by success
sive thrCbs-the impression, though
roiseless, is of impetus to the whole
being Of the observer But a minute
is required to attain the climax when
the full area-nearly a square mile
is agloW as by day. But the glory of
I it, the gradual outlining of the twenty
huge exposition buildings with light,
where formerly were but gloomy
masses, is one that will always remain
with the observer. 1t is grand and
beautiful and must be uplifting, for it
is no mere trick of beauty, no wasting
Of precious substance, to make a RO-
man holiday, but a silent, mighty OBJ
ject lesson to Americans and the ma
! tons of what God-given intelligence
can do with the raw stuffs of nature,
With a waterfalls and a copper wire
| and a few fittings. Chicago offered
nothing like this.
The Art Effects.
Chicago was the "White City, this
the "Rainbow City" The uniform white
stuff of which Chicago constructions
were made gave q chaste, lofty, impOs-
ing effect 1t was a seemingly white
marble city. For variety>s sake Buff
/ falo buildings carry color. Now, don't
mistake; some writer's, contrasting the
two, have jumped to the conclusion
that the Pan-American, because in col
ors, is over-wrought and in bad taste.
Simplicity and pure white are impos-
ing, but nature does not cOnfine her.
self to these things. We have the
blue sea, the green grass and the sun
set which is famboyant beyond the
widest efforts of the colorist SO the
artists Of the Buffalo buildings have
used colors, but carefully. Deep reds,
quiet blue, even puppies, are blended
in the plasters. The season is nearly
over (Nov y and the colOrs have faded
some, but as you sit in the Temple OF
| Music and hear Victor HerbertS Pitts
burg orchestra play Wagner, and allow
your eyes to wander over the colored
| and elaborate hectagonal building, you
are filled with admiration.
Where the Assassin Did his Work.
This is the building where President
| Mckinley met his death wound. He
stood, not in front of the stage, as
most Of us supposed, but near the en-
trance The spot is inclosed in a fenc-
| ing and there is a constant procession
! past the place to observe it.
The exposition will probably have
| financial troubles in winding up it's af-
| fairs. There was a run on bank here
| the other day-needless hOWever-but
due to fright over rumors that the in
stituton had lent unduly to the ex-
position managers. The attendance is
running light now because it has been
cold-about 10000 a day; yet on spe-
cial occasions-Saturday was Buffalo
day day-it ran up to 10000. But the
dead-head list is tremendously large.
The financial resources are cited as
! pc,OOO,OOO
No Clocks, No Programme.
| The inclosed area carries $50 acres
and lakes, canals and fountain plats
are everywhere There are 500 stat
ues dotting the tract. The inscrip-
lions on the huge buildings, on the
towers, ETC., are especially gOOd-au-
gust expression of great thoughts per-
tanning to the true grandeurs of ma
tons. The triumphal bridge, with it's
four-c ornered towers, any one OF
which, if in marble, would eternally
glorify the largest city Of earth, is
memory that will linger. The canal
that meanders about the grounds is
filed with the purest of water; and
electric bulbs are mingled with flow
ers and foliage as at Chicago, only
even more effectively. There are two
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