The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-07-19
" REPUBLIC

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC
Easy familiarity with every point Of m
terest on the Worlds Fair site must soon
become matter OF civic pride
1t Will not do to tell your out-of-town
friend that the Varied Industries Palace -
that Of Manufactures: that the main trans-
verse boulevard is the Grand court
Blunders like these will make you the
! laughing stock Of your guests and stamp
you as bore who does not know enough
> 10 get into the procession and move slong.
How to reach the present points Of In
serest on the Exposition grounds. with the
least Inconvenience 70 your visitor. troubles
, a majority Of the residents Of the Worlds
Fair City.
The most absurd mistakes are made every
day by the St Louis host who is attempting
! to entertain the stranger by showing
! him over the nucleus Of the greatest
fshow."
. Cut out the diagram and read carefully
the directory which accompanies II. and
; you will not do rome Of the Ridiculous
1. Ihings observed by the Man. Who Knows.
"oh, what beautiful swing Of columns"
!. e1claims visiting Miss Out of-Town as she
J sees the great Swinging colonnade on the
south front Of Varied Industries. what
! building IS it?"
.sThat-oh. err that Is the Transportation
building. think. or, perhaps. It is Manu-
Eactures' blunders Mr. st. Louis.
why, how strange. I should think that
: rou would know every building with GER
: Hainty. living here as you do retorts Miss
DOT.
!, Mr.. Entertaining St Louis feels an un-
; comfortable overheating Of the blood and
kicks his left leg with tho right under
ethe buggy seat. His civic pride has been
ilisouched with a bad word in Spanish. soto
iEoce. he resolves to study up:
Government building" announces Mr..
Banker, as he ostentatiously waves his
gold-headed cane toward the Palace Of Fine
ARTS at the crest OF tho Cascade Gardens.
That's the Government pile. isn't it7'' he
asks the Jefferson Guard to conform.
mo. that is the Fine Arts building. Those
are the Cascade Gardens" says the Guard,
and Papa Money-penny haws and hawa
Then he takes back seat for the remain
der Of the walk or pays brown-legged boy
30 dispense wisdom.
This boy on the site has a future.
He is a coming great American. watch
him. He has been there ever since the drst
architrave was raised and the initial piece
of iron mongery was driven. Perhaps he
does not go TO school. but he IL attending q
great university OF world-knowledge.
So buckle on your arTnor of civic pride
and read the directory. The Exposition Is
TO last seven long months. ST. Louis and
business will be forgotten while the big
show is on.
Nothing else will be doing. All Of your
relatives and intimate friends are coming
here to have you show them the Fair,
There are four ways Of seeing the grounds
Euring the construction period OF to-day.
Remember that every week . distinct
change takes place
Between 1000 and 5000 workmen are max
Ing the changes.
The person who remains away from the
site for six weeks will bs turned around
when he goes there again.
Take the Olive street car marked TO the
Worlds Fair Grounds" for the first trip.
Allght at the IAndell Railway Pavilion.
Enter the grounds at the gate 800 feet
south along the iron picket fence and pass
onward along the avenue thanked by the
Triumphal Causeway. those white pylons
and flagstaffs In two parallel rows right
ahead of you.
To your left II the finished Palace Of LIB
eral Arts, in which the Dedication and the
6aengerfest were held. No sculpture has
yet been mounted on this building, but It's
kmsss OF architectural decoration will please
athe eye.
! To the right Is the skeleton Of the Pal
ace Of Manufactures. the sister building OF
! Varied Industries
They are each 100 feet lonr By 6s5 feet
wide. and remember that every building In
| the Forest Park group OF eight structures
Is the same width.
I; AT the head of the East Exposition ave-
knue. on which you are walking, appears
Sthe unfinished east restaurant PAVILION on
the east end of Art HILL
Later on Germany's Government building
VIII rise on the same hill. little to the
left Of the restaurant
Thanking the continuation of this ave-
nue.. as You press toward thu restaurant
pavilion, appears the skeleton Of Mines and
Metaiiurgy 20 the left and the finished
taace OF Education ana Social Economy
to the right.
Education. bear in mind. makes tn. closest