The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-14

tending visitors how to get the most out
OF their stay at the Rainbow City For
instance, a gentleman from the interior
who shall be nameless, inquired from an
exposition official upon arriving at the
grounds, if there We're any lamps on the
premises at night, so that he would not
be lost in the darkness should he stay
in the evening. He was informed that he
could prolong his visit beyond the twi
Agnt hour without fear of losing his way
on account Of the darkness What the
impressions of this visitor were when the
visions of nearly half a million lights
burst upon him that evening must be left
to the imagination of the reader.
The enjoyment of the exDosition 10
largely a matter of impressions. The
creators of the Pan-American have done
everything possible to make the impress
SlonS received by the visitor as pleasure
able as can be produced through the aid
Oh the greatest men and women of the
age IN the respective fields Of architecture
painting, sculpture, science, Landscape
gardening and electrical engineering. .Yet
there are always fault1inders, and those
VINO come to the Pan-American make
themselves heard, although their number
is few in comparison with the visitors
VINO return enthusiastic over their STAY
For instance, take the matter Of prices
Tor accommodations in Buffalo during the
exposition season. Some people think be-
cause 1t is possible to go to one or two
OF the highest priced hotels and pay fancy
prices for princely accommodations, that
the same sort of rates prevail generally.
This idea should be dissipated
One of Buffalo's prettiest sections is
the Elmwood district, 1t Is in a section
IN which few of the houses are more
than ten years old, most perhaps not
more than half dozen years Old. Ev-
erythlng Is new and up-to-date, and you
can travel for and wide without finding
prettier section. Ordinarily there are
lew boarding houses in this district This
summer 1t abounds in temporary hotels
many of them apartment houses of brick
and stone, well built and fitted I'D for
this summer only as hotels. Besides
these hotels, the majority of the private
houses are now rooming houses. Broad
lawns surround most of them and there
are vine-colored verandas and other at
tractive SURF oundings or well-keps home.
In these houses good rooms are ordinarily
obtained for 81 per night. Breakfast is
| usually served, if desired, at Is cents. IS
cents and so cents Sometimes lower rates
than 81 per night may be found, but
this is the usual rate. Cheaper accom-
modations can, of course, be found In
other parts of the city. This is the FASH
| 1onable residence section, and 1t is near
est to the exposition grounds and on the
Elrwood trolley line, the most direct
route to the Rainbow City.
Buffalo is a beautiful city taken as a
whole, but like all great centers of indus
try, it has its dirty, smoky, unattractive
sections, and the unwary visitor is liable
to find himself located i'm a hotel or lodg
ing house in such a section if he does not
take pains to find out where he is going
1t is easy to make inquiry, and the expo
sition has established offices where relia-
Bile information is to be obtained The
main Office of the official Pan-American
information bureau is at 213 Ellicott
square. The Ellicett Square Is the largest
office building in the world, and occupies
whole block on Main street, so that
everyone knows where it Is and no visitor
could miss finding it. There is a branch
office of the bureau in the Bazaar build
ing, on the Pan-American grounds. The
Bazaar building is on the North Midway
and Immediately in front of the electric
tower. The superintendent of the infor-
nation bureau is Mr.. w. D. Thayer. a
gentleman of experience in affairs of this
kind and he has a corps of bright and
intelligent assistants.
The visitor ought to buy copies of the
Buffalo papers in the morning before he
starts out for his day of sightseeing, for
the local papers treat the exposition
very generously and abound In interest
ing descriptions of what is going on at
the Rainbow City. They contain many
pointers about what to see and what to
hear on the particular day the visitor
may be DESTROYS, of such information.
Visitors wishing to have the programme
of the day In convenient form should
buy the official programme, for sale for