The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-10-20
VINITA'S FAIR
WANDERERS
Attempt to Describe the Gas
cades but Words Fall Them.

st. Louis, Oct. ls-Your readers
have no doubt noticed that | have
said nothing about the wonderful
spectacle produced by the night illum-
ination, the cascades, the lagoons and
the gardens have not attempted a
description OF this, the most impress
siyely beautiful feature of the EXPOSE
stlon because lt is indescrlbable. No
@ords that | am able 10 command
could convey any conception of the
dazzling beauty and magnihcence of
this spectacle. What's the use Of
trying TO draw word picture" OF
this spectacle when you haven't the
words to do it with and when the art
lists themselves connot depict It's glo-
rIes or transfer It's color and motion
to canvass?
Jane has used her kodak industri-
ously aud mas taken pictures OF II from
every conceivable point Of View but
the ''snar ~hots", be they ever so
beautiful, lre fat, llfeless and color
less things compared to the real spec
tacie. 1t is the only thing at the
Fair that makes John speechless. lie
Is willing to talk and write about
everything else but when the thous-
ands OF electric lights are turned on
and the water begins to rush down
from the sculptured grotto Ia front OF
Festival Han and goes splashing IN
cascades down TO the Grand Basin, he
sits 10 dazed condition and views Il
IN silent awe just like everybody
else does.
This Fair was not built on a nat
boggy marsh as was the Chicago Fair
IL Is true that It has no lake for
background but IL has picturesque
wooded hills and rayines and thess
have made possible beautiful land
scape, fountain and cascade effect
more beautiful than anything thai
could be produced on prairie such a
fshicago used IN building her Fair. =
far as water is concerned 81. Loni
didn't need the lake 10 produce thes
matchIess water effects that eonsti
tute the main picture VI the Fait
Ninety thousand gallons minut
90 tumblIng down the thres cascades
aud there are two miles Of lagOous owe
which lanches aud gondolas are cor
stantly gliding.
There are four hills which the e
position builders utilized TO the higf
est artistic advantage. On one G
these is the United States govern
ment building, on another the Japai
ese gardens and and payilions Will
the two central prominences with I'll
connecting ridge. form the cascad
effect. AZ the center Of this ridge
Festival Hall noble and stately cd
ice and from Il on either side extend
a grand colonnade forming the Te
race OF States each terminating In
large pavilion. The side cascade
have their sources in fountains in q
centers o. large basinsin front Of eac
pavilion while the central eascad
aows from high grotto IN front
Festival Hall SThese torrents Of VI
ter rushing over Illuminated steps
night look like stalrways Of molte
gold and green stretching away TO Il
summit Of the seulpture-crowned hi
between gardens OF red aud yello
cannas and splutterlng geysers az
spouting dolplns and
But said would not attempt
= desflbe this spectacle aud will no
v All that the crowd can say when
drst bursts upon It's vision Is ''aw
and avs all day long ami until la
AZ night. Better do Ike John af
ar nothing. After John looks at
l1 an hahr he wants 20 50 over af
watch q m feed beavers IN the 70
restgy building 70 as to realize that !
Is stlll 81 earth.