The San Francisco call., 1904-08-17

means would much better find a room
in a private home than go to any of
the cheaper hotels, for the latter are
rarely very comfortable and their rates
for rooms are usually higher
Commissioner Virgins has been in
formed that last week when the
monthly three-day sale Of excursion
tickets from Los Angeles to the fair
was on, 800 tickets TO St. Louis were
sold. The buyers Of these will proba-
bly, start on at once. Southern CalifOr-
MIA viii send a great throng to the fair
and the tide from the northern section,
including San Francisco. viii be much
greater in proportion to the far greater
population. Altogether California viii
send many thousands 10 the exposition.
Most of those who will come from the
Golden State have never been TO st.
Louis-have not even passed through
the Missouri metropolis on their way
to Chicago and New York, as it is off
the main line to ocean travel, and the
ruling city of a territory all its own.
There are many interesting things
about St Louis, though it is not rated
as a show place. 1t has plenty of good
theaters. with frst-class attractions
during the season, and some of the
finest churches in the country and plen-
ty OF them. Californians should dill
gently read Winston Churchills 1.-The
Crisis" before coming here, as many of
the historic landmarks of St Louis are
mentioned in it and the people one
meets are likely to ask the first thing,
Have you read The Crisis'?' They
will point out the various features men
toned in the book, for these are IA
miliar TO st. Louisans.
HISTORICAL PLACES.
Here and there are landmarks flavor
ed with the romance of those days
more than a century ago when the
trading station of St Louis was the
outpost Of civilization. There are the
silent Father Of Waters" sepulcher of
its discoverer, the Eads bridge span
ming it and the great breweries-one
the largest in the world. In the white
bluffs of the majestic Mississippi, the
caves and other objects prominent in
Mark Twain literature are to be seen.
There are daily steamer excursions, %
cents the round trip, that give one
good view of the scenery along the big
stream and a sight of the angry Mis-
souri, as il hurls It's boiling yellow
waters into the quiet parent river The
biggest brewery in the world, in South
st. Louis. on the Mississippi bank. is
open all day to visitors, and guides
are always on hand to take parties
through free Of charge, as at the San
Francisco mint.
There are trolley rides to beautiful
suburban parks to be had. one of them
giving a view of the pretty Meramec
River, which flows from the Ozark
Mountains into the Mississippi, a short
distance below ST. Louis. There are
dozens Of German gardens, where beer
and schmierkaese may be partaken Of
under the trees, but st. Louis doesn't
point to these as her proudest posses
sions. The immense city water works,
including the clarifying plant (the wa
ter is taken from the Mississippi below
the junction Of the turgid Missouri), is
another sight worth behoIdinR. To
reach IL one must get a permit at the
City Hall TO ride over the municipal
electric road that runs to It from the
city's edge.
INTERESTING SIGHTS.
II would be well for intending visit
ors from the Golden State to know lust
what California has on exhibition here
and 70 write to the Exploitation Bu-
reau for a map OF the grounds, so they
will know how to find the various
sights they wish to view; or they can
secure a map upon reaching the fair.
This is list Of the various California
exhibits:
California building on the crest Of a knoll.
rising from the west end Of the machinery
building. The California building contains no
here read the San Francisco papers and write
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