The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-07-27
WORLDS FAIR
Worlds Fair Visitor Relates
Experiences at ST. Louis.
PLEASURES OF THE PIKE
The Indian Village and Philippine Vii.
lage Very Instructive. The Admins
tration Building Superb.
ST. LOUIS. Mo-, July lS, 1904

ST. LOUIS. Mo-, July IS, 1904.
EDITOR REVIEW
Thinking that perhaps your readers
might be interested 10 some more news
of the great Fair, l will write few
now eleven DAYS and they have been
very strenuous ones too. Sightseeing
is hard work. but feel amply repaid for
the efforts made. last Wednesday
visited the Indian Industrial school,
saw the Indians in their school work.
and various occupations. 1t is wonder
full how much these people are being
squaws making beautiful bead work on
bucaskin with porcupine quilts for
needles. Saw how the famous Navajo
blankets are made-they are surely all
wool, and some of the designs are really
pretty. The Indian village lies near
the school and the different tribes live
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the Pawnee, by the Earth lodge of the
Wichita: the wigwams ,and hay nut,
and various other kinds of buildings
are scattered about and all are of inter
est, as the various occupants pursue
their different avocations, paying no
attention to the curious eyes of the
many visitors.
Ate dinner within the walls of Man
lila and spent tile afternoon in the
Philippines, which is an exhibit by
itself Went into The famous Iggorote
village and saw them in their native
dance and heard their peculiar music,
but NOT being there at meal time. did
not see them eat dog, which is their
special delicacy. Was particularly in
terested in the Philippine soldiers
drill. There were two companies, one
hundred in each company, dressed in
tan and four hundred scouts dressed in
blue. The drill commenced at five
o'clock and lasted until after six. 1t is
we'll worth seeing. They have great
many calisthenic exercises besides the
regular drill work and it is simply
grand. They all move as one man and
one cannot ,help but feel proud of our
new soldiers. The Philippine band
that furnished the music consisted OF
one hundred instruments and is we'll
worth hearing.
From there we went to the Pike, Wis
tied Galveston Flood 1t is spectacular
and very good, but after seeing "Cre-
alton it seems tame. Battle Abbey
is very entertaining and instructive.
The battles of Gettysburg, Yorkton
and Creston's last fight, are all por-
trayed in life-like manner. There
are many articles of historic interest
displayed, such as the door of Libby
Prison. beam on which the consp ra.
tors OF Lincoln were hanged, etc
Thursday we visited the Tyrolean
Alps, but they are, inside, a good deal
like Jerusalem, all stores and big
ColC1 auIt pay eAVFd W TURN AROUND.
We visited the blowers, quite in
teresting, but is on much smaller
scale than the same exhibit at Chi
cago. Visited Hale's Fire Fighters
and consider it one of the finest things
of the many shows on the pike, and
we'll worth the price of admission. Be-
sides the fremans drill which is sup
erb, there are many moving pictures
then ends with a genuine fire in New
York City at midnight, when a build.
ing is actually burned down and people
rescued just as in real life. All visit.
ors should be sure to see this.
The Administration Building is very
interesting. Among other things are
Queen V!ctoria's jubilee presents
which are many and varied and very
elegant boxes of gold and silver inlaiG
with diamonds and precious stones, s
tGalr OF stat of carved ivory, upho