West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1904-05-12


The story of mans acsieyemen,
in every part Of the world is now
told daily to the thousands who visit
the great Worlds Fair a, St Louis.
the gates to which were opened con
April 80.
II is told in moving machinery,
in processes that are going forward
to completion, and in finished pr
ducts; it is told again in aowers and
IN fruits; il is told in the peace
products of education and ia the
war products that frown upou one
from government hill and those that
are gathered under canvas.
From the golden Victory, alof,
on the Hall OF Festivals, to The
silvery surface Of the lagoons the
story is told under the sunray; II is
repeated at night when the palaces
seem ahame and The Cascades are
respondent with phosphorescent
fire.
Those to whom the story is told
stand spellbound before some of
the chapters. The giant prime
movers in the Palace OF Machinery
cause silence that is akin to fear;
the beauties OF the throbbing water.
tumbling Realistically down the in
clines from the Colonnade of States,
exercise hypnotic spells the
wonders of the Orient, spread before
you by the workers from China,
Japan and India, result in mystiica-
ton.
1t is not until one leaves the Fair
grounds and his mind is free from
the ever occurring attractions that
he has time to marvel at the glory
and the greatness of it all.
Open to everyone now is this
achievement of century aud
year-the elimination of all that
has been done in the wide expans
of territory purchased from France
in 1903 and the achievements of all
nations in the world since that DAY.
The gates are open, the crowds
are pouring in; it is a gala scene
everywhere, and the air pulses with
sound waves from martial bands
that are pealing forth the refrain of
this great peace conquest.
In comfortable, rapidly moving
cars visitors are carried over the
Intramural Railway and many thus
obtain their first idea of the magni-
tude of this St. Louis display.
Starting near the Lindell boulevard
entrance, they are carried on
straightaway track distance of
mile, between row of giant exhibit
ton palaces on the left and the
curious buildings on the Pike on the
right. Then the train skirts lawn,
crosses trestle and curves around
the handsome buildings of the
Administration group, structures of
pink granite that have been un-
iversally admired for their architec.
ture Beyond these held is reach
ed and the Stadium is pointed out,
its wide expanse already in condi
ton for the interesting Olympic
games and other athletic contests.
Totom poles standing in front Of
the Alaskan village seem to nod at
you as the cars pass, and in the
distance are the matched roofs of
Filipino habitations and the white
walls of Manila buildings in replica.
On the left again is the giant Palace
of Agriculture, the largest building
in the world, beyond which is
Horticulture. and after climbing a
grade, the train pulls into wooded
area, 10 emerge behind the Art
Plateau Of States. Down grade
again you go in the vicinity Of the
government group, and passing
Mines and Metalluggy and the
Gulch adjacent you reached the
main entrance once more. The
magnitude Of this Worlds Fair can.
not be better sent home to one than
by the statement that forty five
minutes we're consumed in making
that round trip on the LntramuraI.
Follow that throng Of people and
you come TO the banks OF the
lsgoons that are dotted with
gondolas and electric launches.
Hark to the medley Of sound as
the swish Of the cascades joins the
music Of the band that Is playing
on the plaza, and above 9ll rise the
notes Of song from the gondoller
who is swinging his craft under the
bridge on which you stand
Alive is the wateR alive are the
broad thoroughfares, alive are the
great buildings, and you are told
that in a few weeks alive also will
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