The Beaumont enterprise. [volume] (Beaumont, Tex.) 1904-current, 1904-09-23
OUR WORLDS FAIR WANDERERS
They Discuss Plans, and, as Usual, a
Woman Has Her Way.
spoclal Correspondence,

lhey DISCUSS Plans, ana, as usual, a
Woman Has Her Way.
Special Correspondence,
/ A. the Worlds Fair 81, Louis, Sept,
III am glad had my way, We
talked il all over on the train while
Chinaman was climbing out OF the
upper berth in our section, We didn't
know the Chinaman slept over us,
That's one Of the pleasant surprise,
nj travelling on one al these Worlds
Fair sleeping cars, Wouldn't hu sur
T. Used nest time Ia wake up and hnd
the foot at one Of these lgurut dog
eaters from the Philippine village rest
ing IN my face, For 10 must be- kept
IN mind that this Is q Worlds Fair
not a ST, Louis iair-and You rub
elbows with every ace and nationa lily
under The sun.
liUl as | said before, had my way,
aud that accounts for the fact that we
circled around the great Exposition
like "A yulturc circles around his y cy
before alighting, Johl wanted To
wade right into the exposition as
h. expressed II, and Jane had her
mind set on the laPnCns, The Condo
Hers appealed 10 her rOmalic instinct.
Rul my plan was to Il 81 take IN tho
high lights" To view the great CN-
position from lofty yanlagc.gruund,
marking the mountainous of achieve.
mont and measuring It's plans and
scope.
So We took the International railway
a. the main entrance and right glad
We were that I'VE" had the fo cthuught
To take H. II Is an over head trolley,
electric road, seven niles long, skirt.
Ing the entire exposition grounds, run
ring partly on the surface and part
~ ON an elevated structure. following.
the topography Of IN" great park in a
way most delightful to the sightsccr.
The Worlds Fair NJ hcagO was built
in a mo~ass. The Lou siana Purchase
Exposition has hills and natural for.
est To give a picturesque effect. The
1utting prOminCnccs of these hills are
ca Owncd by stately palaces and beau
t!iul paYiliOns, while two are connect
cd by scmi.circula ridge leading to
the lowe level of the grounds, used
gardens pronounced by many to be
the greatest architectural water and
garden composition ever executed by
man. Nesting under the shade oil
cat trees are state and foreign
representing varied types of
and stately architecture.
This was the picture prcsCutrd TO |
the eye as the trolley car led MS swift |
IS along. These are VCritabllC "ObSCr. |
walton cars clean, comfortable and |
The spectacle was be- |
vund description. The sensation was |
ndcscriblc, We were viewing a fifty
million dolIa" show from the hill-rops |
)f l25O-acrc forest, all for fifty cents. |
and as we went rushing along W" tried |
- take in the panorama Of sculptural |
md architectural splcndOr but it was
90 much fO. the range of human |
vision.
Tho man with Il mC-aphOnc "rattlcd"
Is of course and 50 we started of The
rtramural the wrong way We are
not used to cOnyCrSing nv fOg.hyrn
methods at home But | have found |
hat quite often the wrong way is the
!ght way when it comes to seeing
iingS, and SO it proved in this case.
We started at The ,ast station instead
II tho first and no sooner had we
started than the Plaza Of 81. Louis.
he Louisiana Monument, the Grand
jaSin, the Cascades crowned Ivy FcSti-
al Han and the Torrance of States
'urSt upon on" view. From that time
ii there was bcwidcring panorama
u gardens, fountains. scupturaI
;roupCS, tcrranccS, exhibit palaces,
tate and foreign buildings. We pass
ID also coal mining camps. zinc and
cad mills, a Black HillS gold rcduc-
ION pant, the great horticultural and
SrlcuItural palaces, n model poultry
arm, the famous Ferris Wheel. the
'nitcd states Life Saving exhibit, the
uildingS of Brazil. East India AMI
'anada. As we passed the Bridge of
pain leading to the walled city of the
reservation we heard the
ellis of the dog-danCc in the Igorot
!Ilagc, On the right we heard the
aptd pinE-ping Of rifles and the boom
j cannon which told us that the bate
Moddcr River was in y Ogrcss. in
hiCh the brave Beers were fighting
ndcr Cronjc and ViliOCn.
And we could go no further. Sniff {
Il tn" smoke " battle and hearing I
!" tum-toms in N" nca by phiIippinc :
IIiag"s were too much
What shall we see first" Cyclaim. !
/ Jane. - vote for the Philippines" j
i'd |. Il vote for the EOor war" said =
ma with martial zeal and earnest.
'Ss. And who bad their way? We =
Lnll snn Il, - L