The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-24
THE ST. LOUIS EXPOSITION
 SURPRISES ALL FORMER ATTEMPTS
W. W. SCREWS, sn.

knows It he Is standing beneath the shadows of the Louisiana Purchase Monument. He is in the heart of the
 main picture. He Is unable to find
 words to express his admiration for
 the most sublime work that man has
 ever wrought. Nile removes his hat
 and gazes with awe on the vistas that seem to invite him to further explore
 their incomparable courts and avenues.
 To the South Is the Cascade region
 Festival Hall in the distance lifts It's
 ivory dome to the sky. On either side
 Is the Colonnade of States, a beautiful
 screen, richly embellished with heroic sculpture. terminating on the east and west with ornate pavilions of archi- tectural design similar to the central
 structure All of the people of the earth united to build this greatest of
 all expositions. and so it is that the people who go to make up the throng
 have assembled from every section of the globe. The costumes of all na-
 tions is seen on any thoroughfare. The language of any land is heard on any street. It is only when one has pass ed full day at the Worlds Fair when 1t is in full swing that the visitor ap- preciates its magnitude, and he won ders if the seven months that it is to remain open will afford sufficient time to see al that is worth seeing.
 The most marvellous thing about the great St. Louis exposition Is the au- dacity of the teople in planning such gigantic undertaking. Without doubtit is the greatest show the world has ever seen. If there is any gouging at St. Louis on account of the fair. failed to find 1t. The charges at the hotels and at the restaurants are as cheap as are to be found in any city the size of St. Louis. The people are eager to make the fair a grand success, and if they get half their dues they will most certainly succeed. should say that the exhibit by the Jap anese ranks second only to the exhib- its of this country. The hardy little Japs have things to see In their build ing, and the neatness of the arrange ment is at once attractive and educa- tional. In the art building is a world of treasure. Pictures from every coun- try that has produced artists are to be seen there. To me this is one of the features of the exhibit that will sure- ly attract and hold the attention of art lovers from all the world who sees it.
 No matter where one turns. there Is music--music-musi range is somewhat startIing--from the gran deur of Innis's and Sousas bands down to the weird tom, tom" In front of the Streets of Cairo and the fierce spieling of the leather lunged indi- viduals lustily telling you about "the greatest thing in the world but that can hardly be called music. The Pike Is the Mecca of eight out of every ten people who pass through the gates in Chicago it was the Midway-in St. Louis 1t is the Pike-and the change AE l. IA ference in this feature of the two ex- positions. The Pike in St. Louis is something over half a mile long, a long street fully as broad and well paved as Dexter avenue, and filled on both sides with every variety of shows on the face of the earth. There Is much less faking in St. Louis than there was at Chicago. the buildings are every one better built than at Chicago, and the shows as a whole on a much larg- CT and more dignified scale. The Gal weston flood building is fair eample- it is a theater with a comfortable ca- pacious auditorium, and parquette with opera chairs as comfortable as any in the Montgomery theater. Than there Is the Tyrolese Alps with its electric railroad and guides taking you through the mountains-this is one of the pret- tiest things on the grounds and should by no means be missed.
 One of the curiosities of the exposi- tion Is the Inside Inn--an immense hostelry of 4,6O0 rooms. With all its vastness there is not the slightest friction or confusion-its operation is so methodical and mechanical that everything runs as smoothly as in an average hotel of 100 rooms. An army of bell boys, porters and watchmen, each under the supervision of a cap tain who has charge of an assigned division-an army of chambermaids-l an army of men walters in the European plan restaurant and another army of walters | -or rather waitresses, for they are all girls--in the American restau- | rant. In the hotel at one time last | week were more men guests than there | are registered voters in the city of | Montgomery, and as the weather gets warmer this summer the place will be | more and more popular. Built in a | great grove of oaks it will. this sum- | mer, be about the nearest approach to | a cool place in St. Louis-as its name implies, 1t is insiSe the grounds, and or course the daily admission is in- cluded in the hotel bill.
 All in all another such show will | not be seen during the average mans lifetime. and to miss the St. Louis ex- position would be unfortunate-it is broadening, a liberal education in It. self-and If one can possibly go if would be almost criuna mt to do .z