The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-06-25
More Than Fifty Millions of Dollars
Expended in Construction.
COVERS AN AREA OF OVER 1900 ACRES.
All Nations Contribute to Make the
Exposition World in Immature.
Wonders of the Pike.
Is the Fair worth while?


This question has been propounded
to the writer innumerable times dur
ing the week, and without exception
the reply has been emphatically in the
affirmative, accompanied by the rec
ommendation to go and see the great
est of all the world S expoSitiOnS if
possible. There is absolutely nothing
that eye, heart or mind desire to see
OF know that may not be found there,
provided the seeker knows how to
look for it. The complaint is fire.
quently made that the exposition is so
, gigantic that one cannot see it all.
Perhaps it was not intended you should
see it all. Did even the Peripatetic
Philosopher see all the world though
/ he spent his hundred and thirty years
of life in the effort to do so? And
have not all the nations Of the world
contributed something to make this Il
world in miniature?
Lift your eyes to the dome of FeSti-
val Hall which with COlumnade of
States and the East and West Paw
ilion crowns the eminence whose green
slopes are festooned with garlandS OF
| flowers: mark the colossal statues,
Symbolcal Of the spirit that animated
| the discoveries and makers of the
mighty West: listen to the rush of
many waters as the cascades flow from
cOurtleSS fountains, suggesting to you
that the ingenuity of man has sup
lplied all that nature did not give TO
make the western country great; look
around you ut the Veritahle Palaces.
whose noble proportions, dignitied or
namentation and detail of finish are
the acme Of architectural art: look
within at the wonderful exhibits from
the four corners of the globe: then III
imagination is not fired wait until
dusk comes and suddenly every faireSt
height is outlined in glowing stars,
and songs of the gondOlierS call from
boat to boat, while from the Plaza
your dreams are reused to an ecstasy
of delight by SOuza or InniS. Then
can you ask, Is the Fair worth while?
The exposition is responsible for the |
gathering of the people OF all nations,
each having a comprehensive repre-
SentatiOn of its productions of arts
and industries, its triumphS Of skill
and science, its most approved Solu-
tionS Of social problems. In the Ian
guage Of President David r. Francis,
'the far-reaching effect of such vast
display of mans best works on the
intelligent and emulous minds of fifty |
or sixty millions Of students is beyond |
computation.
A total expenditure of $50, ,0O0,-
900 was necessary to bring about this |
greatest exposition in the history OF
the world. OF this almost incompre-
hensible sum $15, ,OOO,O0 was raised |
by popular subscription, the United
States government appropriated S11,-
900, 900, and the States and Terri |
tories 81 900, 900. The area covered by |
the fair is twice that of the Chicago |
exposition: four times that at Paris |
and Buffalo; and nearly six times that
at Philadelphia. The Palace of Agri- |
culture, covering about twenty-one
acres at the st. Louis exposition, con-
tainS more exhibit space than the en- |
tire Pan-American exposition. At ST. |
Louis there is 100 acres Of outdoor
exhibits.
The Pike is interesting, and none
should fail to see it. Not that it is
necessary to visit every one of the
many attractions, which costs in the
aggregate about $50, but there is real
merit that should not be overlooked.
| The two largest show houses on the
Pike bear the names i'Creation" and
Hereafter" One purposes to illus
rate the placing of man on earth, and
the other where he goes to on leaving
it. The show is a biblical panorama, but
not merely that, for it is also an OBJ
] ject lesson in stagecraft. Russia and
India have theatres on the Pike, the
performance in the former being as
cool as goosefiesh in ST. Petersburg in
winter, while those of the latter are
as warm as the sweat of Calcutta in
| summer