The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-20

take in all the wonders at schedule
prices, and used little diplomacy in
visiting the attractions, at this time but
crudely finished. In fairness to the 9TH
ers, we will state that it was arranged
between us to alternate in presenting the
reasons why our party should be admit
ted free, and they were substantially as
follows: ~ -
This committee is early on the ground
to look after the attractions so that we
can report what is worth seeing, to our
readers. who will want to. see the show
later on. Such places as are worthy, will
be sure to catch the crowd when it
comes and profit thereby. The con-
noisseurs without exception, took the
bait and nothing was good enough for this
self-appointed committee. We went down
the plaisance, visiting each show, includ-
ing the famous Hagenback's trained ami
NAL exhibition, to the extreme terminal
point, and back on the other side as far
as the German village, where several
Dutch bands attracted us and we entered
without argument, for admission was free
A vacant table and empty chairs allured
us and we sat down, listened to the music
and saw how it was done over in Ger
many. Admonished that the day was
fleeting, we continued calling at the sew
erals amusement palaces until the beauty
show was reached. : Here we entered,
after satisfying the manager it was to his
interest to entertain the committee, and
sitting in a circle about the spacious
room were the representatives OF the
several nations, goWned by worth or
Paris. The American Girl was a peculiar
attraction for one of our committeeman
us-and engaging in conversation In q
! language we might have understood II
loud enough to be heard, we took IN the
show, and turning to our friend, admon-
! ished him that he had not seen the whole
thing, but he thought he had.
Needing rest, we repaired to the Minnie
sofa building and compared notes with
others, who had taken other routes. The
| first day was a success. The next and
next were spent in sightseeing; then the
! time had arrived to dedicate the north
| star building, which the editors proceeded
to do Preparations were amply made
| for this feature of our program. The
| editors, representing the sovereign peo-
| pie Of the state, in few well-chosen
speeches, turned the building over to the
| trustees and they accepted it in trust,
| thereby relieving the association Of a
function that was proving burden. The
| bottle of wine was demolished, poem by
Franklin w. Lee was read, and the happy
exercises concluded, The question Of this
! formality proving illegal, did not come up
! or it would have been turned down.
A week was gone all too snort, ana
| some Of us were compelled to return home,
| but not before presenting our president
| with a beautiful gold headed cane, with
appropriate speeches., etc.
! To country people, the sights presented
Ia spectacular grandeur mystifying and
beautiful. The architecture, people and
! cost mes of all nations, art, music and
| language, all tended to bewilder the
rural individual accustomed to the hum
| drum life so familiar to editors, as we'll
as preachers and doctors. Sights to be
seen every turn of the wheel, and wonder
seldom gave place to satisfaction. Most
! of us were unprepared for the reception
Of so much information at one glance and
| hardly felt satisfied with all we saw; but
monotony was doomed for one short week.
| Each could best express his own impress
! sions of the gigantic and almost stu
| pendous elimination of a worlds maryels,
all grouped In an arena of grotesQue COM
| parison.
eve" all enjoyed, and will ever remem-
| Der the visit so successfully projected for
our ediflcation and incidents Of our stay
| in Chicago during the eventful week OF
| our lives; cherished for it's memories and
| treasure of information that no amount
| OF reading and research could convey.
| Reluctantly we babe the charming mu-
| scum farewell, and hopeful we felt OF re-
| newing acquaintance made there, In fu-
| ture years under other circumstances, but
| the peculiar environment s that seem to
| dominate our fate, few Of US will have the
4 pleasure.
Had we the space, 1t, would afford us
| the greatest pleasure to refer to many In
| cidents of our short stay that perhaps
1 will never be recorded; but perhaps 1t Is
we'll under the circumstances, that future
| carnations remain in ignorance OF an
I cestral hilarity.