The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-03

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YOU NAV find that the station is some.
half mlle$removed from your destination
yet this is the shortest and Quickest way
for you to reach there. Aud while YOU
are walking. when you expected TO BIO
landc ID right Al the door, rcmcmb erathat
this Is one OF tile results of st. Louis am
bition to fill up twice the space occupied
by tho Chica so I Fair.
When you have concluded the troll
ley ride 1t Is incumbent upon you to
make for the hill on which stands Fes-
atival Hall and the Terrace and Colonnade
of States and there spend the afternoon
Z OF the first day taking In the arch1tec-
Etural splendors on the hill Itself and I
the great buildings and their magical set
ting. that radate thence along three
great avenues almost up to the main en-
trance Of the Fair. half a mile away.
Gaze on the stretch Of rounded roof and
long Corlnthian gclonnades. on domes and
towers, Imposing monuments and stat
guary and columns. and behold the green
Of the trees and grass and the cooling eff.
feet Of the water.sjin complete harmony
with the cream white IA eli ess2 and you
will feel like the child whose mother
was endeavoring to induce It to go home :
I" But. mother. can see my new new, brother
every day. and 1 can't these beautiful
buildings.'F
Remain on Festival Hill enjoying what
is everywhere hailed as the leading feat
ure Of the Fair-the architecture-until
twilight. Then descend. make for the
Plaza OF st. Louis. and once there. take
an electric launch or a sondola Tor
view of the buildings from the lagoon,
which gracefully winds its way for a
mile and half past tho eight buildings
forming the picture, giving you an excel
In, win r,fG ne :
perb work topping Festival Hall Fill.
Perhaps while your gondolier Is send
Ing your boat noiselessly through thc
water. and everything about you-mpos-
ing arches gigantic obelisks. superb pcdi-
snlents and beautiful porticos-is bathed
in the soft glow of dusk, all suddenly
1GO. coo electric lights will flash out all
over the scene. from the tip of the dome
of Festival Hall TO the outermost edges
Of tho great picture. In that event, yo,l
will be extremely fortunate; yon can cas-
lily imagine that you are some ethereal
being floating in space, Irldescently light
ed up by tens OF thousand Of tWinklng
littlo stars.
But if tour boat trip has come to an
end withltle electrical display yeti
come seat yursclf on the Plaza df St
Louis. facing toward Festival Hall. and
wait for the burst Of light whose like
the Buffalo illumination at least two to
one. ere. too. Is the prop pace TO g view
the wonderful cascades In. operation
which byanIght Is Infinitely more impress
sve than by day. e6 .s.
& You have now seen the second great
feature OF. the Falr-the clectrcal-7--and
with it let the day end. .
The first day for genera llzation ;astlle
rest of your stay for specialization, else
you can never hope to get the worth of
your money spent on the trip.
Tho first thing to do Is to eparatc the
Fairs into its various component parts.
and decide OH what you care most to see (
These, generally speaking are the exhib-
Its in the MAIN building, the amusements
and attractions Of the Pike, the plateau.
or states the Government buildings and
exhibits, the foreign exhibits, the Philip
pine exhibit, the greatest living ethnoo-
glcal exhibit ever gathered from the9fours
quarters OF the globe, and the outside ex-
Ehibits. embracing tree panting forestry