Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-10-05

the little vessel that made the trir
around the world under the command
| of its intrepid owner Cant Josiah
Slocum. The little steam railroad tina,
circles the ground, the smallest in ths
| world, comes in for q share of o1,r A.
tcntion and when night comes on. ",
| all reel that we have put in a full da\
at sightseeing and are glad enough /,
Wend our way back to Statler's hotel
our headquarters while in the FIX.
posltloh city. Statler's is city within
d city Tor within the four walls are
-loo rooms under one roof and it is
not an uncommon sight to see 1906
people at breakfast in the immense
| dining hall. Statler's Pan-Americau
hotel Is but one block from the Ex-
| position grounds. no long weary ride
in crowded car after a day of sight
seeing. You simply walk a block and
you are at home.
| After six o'clock dinner and a rest
up we could not resist the temptation
TO return to the grounds which We did
in time to see the lighting up of the
! entire electric system, a most mag
| nificent electrical display the scribe
has ever seen, 200, 900 electric lights be-
! ing used with the power of Niagara to
| back it. l do not wonder that one of
your party said she had often read
when a child of fairyland and the
| streets of gold. but never expected to see
/ 1t. Al a given signal the lights are all
| turned off, just as twilight comes on.
| then the electric lights are turned on
gradually producing the most wonder
| FIJI and dazzling effect Imaginable 1t
! is utterly impossible to do the subject
justice. The description must be left
entirely to the Imagination or a view
| as we saw it. that Saturday night.
The St. Louis Exposition which is to
follow the Pam American. two years
hence find that to reproduce this
electrical display. it would cost be-
tween four and five million dollars
They have wisely given it up.
Later in the evening. came the fire.
works at Park lake, which was one of
the best that Payne ever put out. A
large set piece some 40 feet high, in all
the beautiful colors of the rainbow
the motto of God grant that our
President. William Mckinley. may re-
cover" was received by the multi
tude as a touching tribute for our
stricken President.
Sunday, the party took the trip
around the city by invitation Of Rob
bins on the New York Central Rail
road. returning by Electrics through
the residential portion. trip very
much enjoyed by all. After lunch
the party walked to the grounds and
went through the art gallery. The art
gallery is one of the substantial
buildings in the park. The works of
art are loaned from private galleries
and museums of art in this country.
Priceless gems worth several times
their weight in gold. To the connois-
seur or even the lover of the beautiful
this rich collection of rare gems is a
rich treat.
Monday. we started in with fresh
courage and continued our sight
seeing tour. where we left off Saturday
ard Sunday. The Smithsonian display
came in for a share of our time, then
the Electricity and Agricultural build
ings ana the railway exhibit. The
stadium that reminder of the old
Roman Coliseum with its immense
seating capacity, attracted our atten-
ton.
After lunch we hastily ran through
the several buildings for final look,
then turned our attention TO the MID
wav and it's study of human nature. Tor
one sees on the Midway an exhibition
of human nature by far the most IN
teresting exhibit within the gates
There are types of all kinds and colors
in one grand conglomeration, and the
student who wishes to see human ma
t,lrc at it's best should spend day on
the far famed Midway and watch the
surging crowd. Old men and women
who would shun circus as they
would a plague at home, are here in all
their glory. The giddy youth who IS
taking his first dip in the pool OF sport
is here with his swagger clothes and
still more swagger manners Inc
voung school girl who is taking a peep
\. the worlds wonders. the maiden all
forlorn who is looking for something
on the Midway that ought not TO De
there vet dreading to find it. the plous
old saint who plays psalms on the
Sa bba tn and salves his conscience While
on the Midway with the thoughts that
where wckedness abounds the
righteous should surely go.
After listening to the din of the
bsr.ers who were making life one
sweet song we sized up the attrac-
tions as they appeared. The Midway
like its more pretentious sisters has its
nlace and to see the Pan American
without doing the Midway is like 60
inc TO Niagara and not seeing the
falls. There are some 40 attractions
on the Midway. good. bad and in
different. Just at the entrance OF Elm
wood avenue gate is one of the best at
fractions. the Indian Congress. a large
arena has been built and the manage
mont has gathered together Indian
chiefs and their tribes. numbering 200
al told. representing some AZ different
tribes Some are out on parole from
Tho Irnited states government for this
comnany. They give refined and pleas
mo entertainments which are without
question among the best on the Mid
way.
| come to Bostock' $ Great animal show,