Canyon City news. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1903-1908, 1904-06-03
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: RANDOM THOUGHTS.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
WORLDS FAIR.
G. A. B.

tilie ldT SuTpdSSeS anything OF
the kind yet had in the history
of man. Admirably situated on
high ground in west st. Louis,
the site includes as much terri.
tory as did the great fairs of
Paris, Chicago, Omaha and Buf.
falo combined. 1t is a city of
palaces, a wonderland that in
appearance from many points of
observation, eclipses even the
most extravagant creations Of
the Arabian Nights. The ar
chiteCture of the immense
palaces, many of them covering
from fourteen to twenty acres,
is of the beautiful Venetian type
and when taken in connection
with the great plazas with their
historical statutary, the cement
connecting walks, the fountains,
trees, shrubbery and flowers of
every variety and hue the effect
on the average mind must recall
the widest dreams of fairyland.
A daytime stroll along the ce-
ment laid streets of this won
derful city taking barely an ex.
terror view of it's numerous
palaces and ending with what
can be had in the way of gen
eral look from the balconies of
Festival Hall is alone worth the
price of trip from Canyon City
to st. Louis. And the night
view! When all of this magniti
cent, seemingly magic city of
the gods, is lit up with electrici-
ty in such way as to bring out
not only its outline but it's detail
of construction its effect on the
appreciative mind beggars de-
scription-it must be seen and
when once taken in it will never,
no never! be forgotten.
But if, as already said, it is
worth the price OF a trip from
here to st. Louis just to see the
Worlds Fair grounds and mere
ly the outside of its buildings,
what could not be said when the
exhibits inside of these immense
palaces are considered?
The ends of the earth are here
represented and even the seas
thereof have rendered tribute.
The mystic Orient is there with
it's wares; its silks, its gorgeous
raiments, its spices and fruits,
it's natives and it's beasts of
pleasure and of burden. The
great nations of Europe are
there with the products of their
art and skill, their novelties
and the natural growths of their
several countries. In short
nearly all the peoples of the
earth are there represented and
they have brought with them all
of their best things to show to
Exposition visitors. There you
will find the fur clad native
from the land of ice and almost
eternal night, and with him his
implements of toll, his sleigh,
his reindeer and his dogs. There
YOU can see the "tull dress
children of the tropics and
among them will find our fell
low-citizens, the dog eaters OF
the PHILIPPINES. While some OF
these foreign attractions are
still incomplete, yet there is
enough to see in this one depart.
ment alone to engage the atten'
ton of the serious visitor for at
least a week.
Our own government exhibit
is of itself a tremendous affair.
Its naval display consisting OF
the inside and outside arrange
ment of a fighting ship with the
real things in the wayof cannon
and other implements of war is
a study within itself. And then
there are views of the practical
workings of the postal system,
the mint and many other de
nartmentS. You can see the ole