The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-06-21
Some OF the Wonders
OF The Exposition


Special to the Scranton Tribune.
Buffalo. n. V, June 20.
TIE PEOPLE who say the Pan
American is trivial affair. not
worth visiting in its present
condition. don't know anything about
the situation. 1t is amazingly big in
many respects and Is amply interest
ing enough to pay for all the neces-
| sary expense. You are sure to he
surprised at its magnitude and
| beauty. Whatever your prccon-
ceivcd ideas may have been as to its
completeness. you will not be dis
appointed If you visit it now. and by
:, the timo next week has arrived, very
little will remain unfinished.
| The Delaware. Lackawanna and
Western road is carrying heavy pas
| scnser traffic now, and the accommo-
dations arc fine. Trains are in on
time and the service is highly praised
here in Buffalo
In ths first place, Buffalo is the
| incest place in the world. next to
Scranton Nobody can blame the
| LackaWanna Iron and Steel people
| for wanting to come here to stay. IF
] couldn't live in Scranton. I'd rather
he in Buffalo than anywhere. The
magnificent streets and their. beau-
tifu neatness are a joy forever. Then
they don't have any fiat wheels and
YOU never have to wait for a car. |
haven't felt II flat wheel since I'VE
been here, and the cars are all twins.
summer cars and long, clean closed
ones-yOu take your choice. The
system is excellent in getting to and
from the exposition You are never
,,,,,,, INl
grounds an admirable arrangement of
rany tracks under a colossal shed
gives opportunity for securing seats
in almost any Of the innumerable
cars assembled at that roint.
You enter the Midway almost az
soon as you pass the turnstile. and it
winds in a zie-zasgy fashion at once
mystifyng and delightful. There
are all sorts of things you want and
do not want to see. I'll tell you all
about them tomorrow. so that you
Eeednt waste time nor money in do
ing like the young girl who wanted to
go to the ball and see the folly for
herself, Notwithstanding the remon-
strances of her grandmother.
Tonight. as ! sit looking at this
wonderful mass of color and richness
Of architecture limned against the
soft rose-tint in the western sky.
where. in the dying light hangs Il
faint young moon. and one by one
tn" jewels of electricity gleam out I
think it does pay to come Il very long
distance to see this wonder of Ameri-
can genius. Sousa and his famous
band. over yonder in the queer little
hooded naGoda, are playing, in only
whisper IF melody. Nearer MY
God. to Thee" and swiftly. marvel
ously from the tower. wonderful as
Grotto's in the dim old Italian city
from splendid dome and far-stretch-
ing pcristNlc. adown the IIsplanade
across the Court of the Lilies and
over the Bridge of Triumph. flash
forth tho points of flame which give
to the strange scene a radiance of
unearthly splendor 1t is like nothing
else dreamed of in our philosophy:
like no other vision in the inmost
soul. and suddenly across the con-
sciorfnCss fits. like wrath OF
clairvoyance: Are we daring too
much. we children of men. in thus |
drawing from infinite space the forces |
of the Almighty. the vciled mysteries |
of the Beyond; nay, perhaps the very |
secrets of life itself" What If some |
day in our tcmcrty We grasp with |
too close II touch the lightnings or
the Eternal?
Eut farther and farther shine
forth th" light linked as gems are.
about the throat of beauty, and their ,
lustr' falls into the fair lakes and |
the spray uprising
touches with a golden glow the grand
canal and the bright robes of the
Oriental hoatmen. sets more than a
triple crown above the Temple Of |
Music and sheds an uncarthly glory
upon the exquisite flying figure over
the Court of the Fountains, and
speculatlons are drowned in the tide
Of beauty that floods the sensets
from every side.
If only this SURPRISINGLY maenin-
cent display were all, it were well
worth Il wearisome journey. but it is
not all, and the people who can get
enough Of the exposition and the at
fractions near Buffalo in three days
Ire superior TO the average run of
Three nights are not enough
% hear the lovely music and see the
many interesting exhibits.
But, remember ono thing. You
want your overcoat and your seal
skin sacque. The chill comes down
ike a wolf on the fold in Buffalo
At night. and it goes to your very
barrow, like the dagger of despair.
All the glow of the electrical dis
,lay viii bo powerless to warm YOU
after the first few moments of eXhil-
lrati0n at the wonderful spectacle,
lnlt T. you are fortified with fan
lcls and furs,
Buffalo skies always frown i'm the
You arise and look out of
he window and see 1.-The dawn come
~ like thunder" not out of China
''er the bay, such as Nipling saw on
he road to Mandelay. hut out Of
AXE Erie and the Niagara river.
fou put on your oldest gown, your
most disreputable shoes and most um-
becoming hat. Then you sally forth
md The sun comes out gloriusly, and !
'ou look like a trump. Then you say
Inathomas.
Among the visitors from Scranton
re Mr and Mrs. William +, Hall
tead, Colonel and Mrs. q, NJ, Halt |
tead Mr, and Mrs, II. r. Brooks,
ir. and Mrs, w. r. McClave, Mr. and
srs. l.. \. Sebecker. Miss Cornela
lattes. Mr.. and Mrs. c. s. Weston
md Mr., and Mrs Frank Sillman,
H., were here on an automobile trip.
Tomorrow I'll tell YOU all about
lOV phpaDlV Won can see the pNpnSi- |