Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-04-28
The Great Exposition.
BY A FORMER IRONTONIAN.

city for two years has been max
ing preparations for the coming o
all nations, and has prepared
ample accommodations for all
Missourians, as we'll as for foreign
friends. The free information
bureau of the Exposition has a list
of well-established hotels, now
doing business in St. Louis, at
pricee from so cents a day UP, on
the European plan without meals),
and from S1.0O a day up, on the
American plan (room with meals)
Quite number of new hotels of
temporary construction are To-
Gated around the Worlds Fair site,
and are under obligations to the
Worlds Fair management to give
good entertainment at reasonable
prices. The Inside Inn is one of
these new hotels, and is inside of
the fair grounds proper. The ad-
vantage of stopping there is OBJ
vious, for you are on the grounds
day and night, thus saving the
annoyance of getting a new ad-
mission ticket each day, and the
bother of long trip in a crowded
street car. The street car service
has been greatly improved, how
ever, and more cars put into SER
vice, so we expect our visitors to
suffer but little, if any, incon-
venience in getting about. The
cars are being placarded with plain
signs, telling which cars go to the
Worlds Fair Grounds, which to
the Union Station, and so on.
The Laclede, Chouteau, Olive, Del
mar, Page and Suburban cars take
you directly to the grounds. For
good service the Olive street cars
seem to be the most easily found,
and to have the most direct route
to the grounds. The Page and
Delmar cars on Washington ave-
nue. also take you near the main
entrance; and for many reasons
this is the most desirable place to
enter, there being less time con-
sumed in getting at things. Be-
sides, the front of anything pre-
sents the most attractive appear
ance. From Union Station a
shuttle train service is being per-
fected, which will carry thousands
of people every hour to the fair
grounds and back. By means of
a block system, trains, it is
claimed, can be run with absolute
safety at intervals of one minute.
The Union Station is being i'm
proved and the Midway enlarged.
The Bureau of Information has
always polite attendant who will
give out almost any information
to the newcomer. The Matron at
the station is another important
factor in assisting the ladies who
may not know just the nearest and
best way to get about. 1t is ex-
pected that every visitor will de-
velope into a full round question
mark, and the fellow who is afraid
to ask questions will be the one
who will miss the best of every
thing.
The dry goods stores are putting
everything in "ship-shape" max.
ing ready for the Fair. All around
the building from the second story
windows up, you see little attach.
ments bristling up like so many
candlesticks. This is the attach
ment which holds the flags fol
decoration, for decorated the city
will be next Saturday.
On the down town thorough.
fares you scarcely look up th'
street without seeing some pc.
culiar sort of people either march.
ing up and down following a guide
or else standing in little groups
evidently looking at the tall build
ings, and trying to find suitable
place to see most without moving
Often times, if you look from som'
taller building down on the top o
the Republic building, you will SEE
a strange group of people, getting
in position for a picture. Just {
few days since there were eight O
ten of some foreign tribe, all be-
decked in red and yellow brocadet
satin, with sashes and turbans
trying to look unconcered whel
they posed for a picture. In fact
some refused to get before tn,
camera, and to the observer, i
would seem that a hand with some
thing like coin concealed and un
obtrusively dropped into the hant
of the unwilling subject caused
him to change his mind. TIL,
trousers of these fellows were ski
tight, and with yellow and rec
pointed shoes, and gay trappings
they presented a rather interest
ing spectacle. To-day, warm a.
it is, some eight or ten Indian
were down town wearing heavy
blankets and shawls, but with M
head covering. These are bu
dashes of color to what it will b.
out on the fair grounds. Already
many different tribes are on tn,
grounds, and daily more are com
ing.
Come one, come all, bring th'
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