The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-09-22
AT THE BIG
WORLDS FAIR
vlnita Lady Tells Of Her First
Day Of Sight Seeing.

AT the Worlds Fair, st. Louis, Sep
tember III am glad had my way.
We talked IL all over on the train,
coming from Vinita, while a China
man was climbing out of the upper
birth In our section We didn't know
the Chinaman slept over us. That's
one of the pleasant surprises OF travel
ing Ton one Of these Worlds Fair
sleeping cars. l wouldn't be surprised
next time to wake up and find the
foot OF one OF these Igorot dog-eaters
from the Philippine village resting In
my face. For II must loo kept In mind
that this is a Worlds fair-not a Sc.
Louislfalr and you rub elbows with
every race and nationality under the
sun.
But, as / said before, l had my way,
and that accounts for the fact that we
oircled around the great exposition
like a yulture circles around his prey
before allghting.
John wanted to "wade right into
the exposition as he expressed IL,
and Jane had her mind set on the Ia
goons- The gondollers appealed TO
her romantic instinct. But my plan
was TO first take In the 'high lights"
to view the great exposition from lofty
yantage-ground, marking the noun.
tain-tops OF achievement and measur-
ing It's plan and scope.
So we took the Intramural Railway
at the main entrance, and right glad
we were that "wer had the FORE
thought TO take II. IL Is an overhead
trolly, electric road seven miles long,
skirting the entire exposition grounds,
running partly on the surface and
partly on an elevated structure, FOL.
lowing the topography Of the great
park In a way most delightful to the
slghtseer.
The Worlds Fair at Chicago was
built In morass. The Louisiana
Purchase Exposition has hills and a
natural forest to give a picturesque
effect. The iutting prominences OF
these hills are crowned by stately
palaces and beautiful paylllons, while
two are connected by semi-circular
ridge leading to the lower level Of the
grounds, used 10 form the cascades
and cascade gardens, pronounced by@
many to be the greatest architectural
water and garden composition ever
executed by man. Nesting under the
shade OF great trees are state and for
eign buildings representing varied type
of ornate aud stately architecture.
This was the picture presented to
the eye as the troIly carried US swiftly
along. These are yeritable "obserya-
tion cars, clean, comfortable and
commodlous. Thespectacle was beyond
description. The sensation was indie
scribable. We were viewing tlftY-
million dollar show from the hill-tops
of i25O-aere forest, all for ffty cents;
and as we went rushing along we tried
to take In the panorama Of sculptural
and architectural spIendor, but II was
too much for the range Of human
vision.
The man with a megaphono rat
tied" US, OF course, and so we started
on the tntramural the wrong way.
We are not used to conyefsing by fog
horn methods at home But / have
found quite often that the wrong way
Is right way when Il comes 70 seeing
things, and 70 Il proved in this case.
And we could 20 no further. snIfT-
Ing the smoke OF battle and hearing
the tom-toms In the nearby Philippine
villages were too much for Us. "What
shall We see first 9'' exclaimed Jane.
II vote for the Philippines, said l.
Il vote for the Boer war," said John,
with martial zeal and earnestness.
And who had his wayY We shall see.
use names Of John and Jane 70 our
dear friends IN vinita will not recog.
nize us. MRs. .