Mexico Missouri message., 1904-05-26
NTHE
Worlds Fair City-A Mite of
What You May
See.

of last week at the Worlds Fair
The big show is not yet ready in
its entirety and will not be for a
month or more. Exhibits in two
buildings are completed, the U. s.
Government and the Fisheries
! buildings. But there is enough
already there, if not complete, to
entertain you as long, perhaps, as
you would feel you could stay at
one time.
The Missouri Press Association
aud the Worlds congress of edit
ors were in session. The Missouri
editors had headquarters at the
Missouri building. The Exposition
management showed the pen-push-
crs every courtesy-banQuets, re-
ceptions. free rides on the timura !
railroad, concessions on The
Pike" etc.
Before we saw the Pike we had
the opportunity to interview Pres
ident Jesse of the Missouri Uni
vcrsity. We asked the Professor,
1--WE thought we'd rather hear of
his getting caught than us) us we
learned he had been down the
line" if it were not a condensation
of mischief and puerility, like the
in Chicago. But he said
no. it's all right, what there is to
see at present.
We will refer to the Pike again
in this article-just one Of the
many interesting features.
Here are the words Of another as
he refers, incidentally, to the Fair:
Inside the limits of st. Louis
has risen suddenly as if in the
night another great metropolis
hat will bewilder with its surpass-
ing beauty and compel the admira-
ion of all who see it. One almost
wishes that after the Fair this
capital of all Expositions could re.
main standing even tho its aven
les and buildings, its pale halls
md many hued palaces were only
Deoplcd by the memories of the
millions that passed thru, and Of
the sound of the babel of tongues
hat rang in the corridors of this
gorgeous place of enchantment, for
abode of enchantment it is us its
gates are thrown open to
the nations of the earth.
To use another simile, it is a
flower, many colOred and eXquis-
ltely beautiful that has bloOmed
and in the heart of which are three
petals that will quickly win the adj
of the visitor-namely
the buildings containing the Gal
weston Flood, " The Battle Alb
hey" aud the New York to the
North Pole" The most abso rbing
exhibition will be that of the Gal.
weston Flood" 1t is located on
what is called The Pike"
The Galveston Flood" build
ing contains vivid illustration Of
the disaster which overlook this
delightful Southland city and con-
cludes with Il picture of the recon
struction. The vast entertainment
is given on Il stage that has a pro-
cenium opening $50 feet wide, the
largest in the world, the building
proper being $50 feet by 300 feet.
1t begins by showing Galveston at
the close Of a delightful summer
day. Peace broods over land and
sea as the sun sinks below the sky
line leaving behind soft shade WIS
and gentle breezes blowing up
their business places and enjoying
the hour. Shortly after bank of
clouds gather in the wake of the
setting sun in cathedral like
shape aud from Il phantom city,
the cupolas, towering dOmes and
lofty colonades are gilded into
molten glory by the last artistic
brush of the fading light. From
the deck of an incoming vessel one
can see the lights of the city CLEAN