Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-07-21
Aftermath.

NAh Dooeoh HOS SohO3 Du1 hs
has gone home wiser, and better,
hope, for there is a little room fol
improvement. He did the Fail
and the city. Opened his eyes
wide to find Missouri such a re.
sourceful State, and was delighted
to find that her climate was moi
that of the torrid zone. Miss Bos-
ton has been here too. She of the
schoolgirl type, but with a native
crowd, is as enthusiastic as he1
sister. 1t is not so hard when folks
are really anxious to be informed,
and are glad to find they have had
wrong ideas. A great many OF
the Fasteners, and possibly some
others, have not really come to a
realization Of what our great 'ex-
position is. l heard a Californian
say, ooh, it is not so nuch!" But
it was after visit of only one day,
and this particular individual had
attained three score years and ten.
Within week there will be a
change of sentiment.
Some folks think the observa-
ton wheel is for daylight trips
only, but we have discovered that
it is most delightful on warm
moonlight night to wander over
by the wheel, watch the crowds
come and 60, listen to their re-
marks, and then get car all for
your own party, and make the
trip. A young, over-energetic
school girl was discussing the
wheel. She remarked to her COM
panion: "They tell me this wheel
is ever so much larger than the one
at Chicago, and the cars hold more
people; wonder how many more!"
Wouldn't Chicago resent this! The
wonders of the illumination are
only revealed in patches until you
have gone up-up three hundred
and twenty feet, and there, above
even the noise of the Boer War,
you see this dream of fairyland.
At first you seem to be dropping
instead of ascending, but higher
and higher you go, until the peo-
pie like fairies flutter from place
to place, the Alps loom up in the
background and you are floating
in thin air. If at all familiar with
the grounds, and if not, your map
will assist you, every building can
be located, and it's own peculiar
style of architecture studied and
enjoyed. Until this trip we had
no conception of the variety in the
arrangement Of the lights on the
different buildings. We decided
the Electricity building the most
beautiful and artistic. This does
not include>the cascades and festi-
val hall,
The night of the Fourth the cas-
cades were a blaze of colored
lights. Festival hall and the
columns of States, together with
the restaurants at either side, have
at one time green, at another red,
and still another the arc-light
colors. These are alternated, pro-
ducing most delightful effect. 1t
is always restful to wander around
the terrace, watch the change OF
lights, and see the fountains send
ing up cooling spray, while out on
the calm lake launches, gondolas
and fancy shaped boats dart with
noiseless motion.
AT one time we saw some men
running down along the sides OF
the cascades, carrying great black
pans, similar to the lower half OF
the receptacle used for roasting.
1t seemed they were throwing
powder on the water. A few mo-
ments elapsed, and more men and
more pans hurrying about, then a
great running flame of fire shot
upward and down the waters.
Stretch your Imagination to its
limit, and then you have only
fairly gained an idea of what ii
was. The searchlights did much
to increase the beauty of the
statuary and Festival hall. We
would have combined the Valleys
celebration<o the day with the
Fairs illumination of the night,
and have called it the "best ever. "
The Boer War is the most inter-
esting spot to the boys of any of
the attractions. The guns, the
block-houses and the horses are
very real. tits amusing when one
horse plays dead too soon, and no
whipping or persuasion can get
him to move until he believes it is
time to rightfully do so. Then the
stage manager has to come outand
explain that the animal thought it
was time to be shot, and missed
his cue. ESCALITE.