Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-03-23
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ave seen the Worlds Fair during the
eriod Of its construction Is: How
an see the exposition as It should
e seen In the few days that / shall
ave to devote 10 it?'
This is indeed a p~erplexing ques-
ion. Many persons are preparing to
love to st. LOUIS for the entire ex-
.osiuon period, or a considerable part
{ It. in order to see the fair prop
rly. But the great majority OF those
vho dwell at a distance viii feel able
o spend only a few days. perhaps a
veek. In the grounds, and they are the
5nes who must economic their time
20 that they may see the sights to the
best advantage. AS a matter Of fact,
10 one will be able to do" the ex-
position thoroughly in a week, or for
that matter In a month. So vast is
The thing that only those who have
watched Its growth closely during the
three years past can have any ads-
quate conception Of It's immensely.
However, as a great many thou
sands Of visitors will have only q
week OF 70 in which to see the fair,
It is In order to ofier a few sugges-
tons that will enable them to make
the best Of the time at their disposal.
Let US that the visitor has
one week-six days. beginning on
Monday.
It might be well first to take a ride
on the htramural Railway, which
makes a circuit inside the grounds.
with fourteen miles Of track. A trip
OF a little more than an hour on one
Of these scommodious electric cars,
specially constructed for observation
purposes, will give the visitor some
idea as to the surface vasLness OF the
exposition and the beauty Of its ex-
terror features.
1t Is well, after the ride, to plunge
at once into the maelstrom Of mag
nilcence. It will dazzle, but after the
precautionary car ride the visitor
should be in a measure prepared for
II. Let him leave the car at one Of
the stations adjacent to the chief
group Of exhibit palaces, located on
level ground north of Art Hill. Here
are eight Of the most magnificent x
position edifces ever conceived. The
palaces are devoted to Education and
Social Economy, Varied Industries,
Liberal Arts, Transportation, Elec-
tricity, Machinery, Manufactures and
Mines and Metallurgy. It is worth
ones while to spend at least half a
day in merely looking at things from
the outside, climbing the broad steps
up the slope of Art Hill, past the
tumbling, lea9ing, laughing waters Of
the Cascade Gardens, to the towering
Festival Hall in the center. hanked
by the noble Colorado Of States and
the imposing Restaurant Pa1nons
In your one week you can devote
only about two days to this main pic
ture and the Palace Of Fine Arts back
on the hill, to the rear Of Festival
Hall. Any one Of these buildings con
tains interesting things enough to
keep one busy for a week in seeing
them. Your Monday and Tuesday will
pass swiftly.
Wednesday may be devoted to the
Plateau Of States, the United States
Government building and its Fisheries
annex, and the New Jerusalem. In
the governments main building many
things Of national interest Will at
tract you, but you must hasten on
and step inside the Fisheries build
ing. There are nearly fifty state and
territory buildings, each surrounded
b beautiful grounds. And then there
is Jerusalem, an eleven-acre repro
duction Of the Holy City. with a thou
sand natives Of the city dwelling IN
the reproduction.
Long before Thursday you win have
wondered what huge building It is
that lies beyond Skinker road, up a
gentle hillside. That is the biggest
building ever devoted to one branch
Of industry at an exposition. It is the
Palace Of Agriculture, containing
twenty acres Of floor space, packed
with exhibits. See as much as you
can Of these exhibits on the fourth
day, but you can't stop to see every
thing, for Just south Is the Palace OF
Horticulture and all around are out
door exhibits Of flowers and shrubs
and graceful landscaping. And stiI
farther westward. ACROSS some bridges
that span a lake called the Laguna
de Bay, you will observe q great
group of buildings Of curious construc-
ton. This Is the Filipino tract. with
e reproduction Of the walled city Of
Manila, 3 Moro village and many
other native scenes. Night will over
take you IN the Philippines.
Friday may be devoted probably 70
visiting the foreign buildings. More
than forty nations are represented.
you'll have to hurry" for on this
day you must see also the Admins
'tration group Of solid stone structures.
including the Hail Of Congresses and
the late Queen Victoria's Jubilee pres
ents. In this vicinity also are the
military barracks, the physical culture
features, with the great Stadium
where the olympian games take place,
and the aeronauts' field. Also, there
IS the ethnol0gieai exhibit Of living