The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-02-28

There's big . cents worth to be seen
81 the orld's Fair now.
As the ''cockney" English carpenter IN
the Varied Industries building observed
To me: This here d. Har Francis Resent
bowed his ten million pan to put hup no
one-ring circus"
Quite right. 1t isn't u one-ring affair.
The fact is that it is such : great show
that if st. Louis2ns are TO take the whole
in they had Better begin right Eow. mi d
little while there Will be 50 much else to
sec. They would bstter begin. too. svs-
tematically; expecting II absorb various
.phsses at different times.
1t is good, for instance. to go with moth
irg but bigness In mind; puvposing to
wonder what on earth q man would do
IL he had a house as large as The Palace
of Agriculture. or TO Calculate how many
times the Post Office building would 90
into Varied Industries. planning To study
general characteristics, The main pc
ture," architectural ensemble, tire unde-Iy-
ing features. Next, architectural detaL.
sculpture and special points in ennnecfon
with construction will interest any person
in whom the capacity OF being Interested
IS uiiolunted.
WORKMEN OF ALL NATIONS.
And the workmeu. being of al nations
and various trades. are worth more than
a mons 5 observation. As they follow
their e~mployments many little incidents
develop which are not without amusing
or astonishing phases 10 the passer-by.
The ordinary mortal who sticks securely
and, in fact, obsfinatciy. to terra frma is
moved to stop IA moment and stare at the
fellow way up at the very tip-top of the
crown which crests the dome Of Ger
many's building duplicate Of the Paiace
OF Charlottenhurg. Although a straddle Of
seemingly fragile timbe:s, the man up
there busies himself quite as if he were
not some 500 feet above ground.
They say tha the ~Intramural Railway is
seme twenty-odd miles long. This may be
somewhat Of an exaggeratiou by rail, but
on foot anything like = comprehensive
tour of the grounds is surely three times
twenty. So. at the outset, it is neces-
Eary to 'gird up the loins," the which,
being reduced 10 contemporary English.
means to turn. UP the trousers or wear a
walking skirt.
By far the most enjoyable way of seeing
the Fair as it now stands, though il be a
procedure not wholly conventional, is 10
forget all NO AdmittanCe' signs. Just a
plain everyday carpenter Mating q plain
everyday 2x4 onto another plain every
day 2x4 amounts to a very edifyins and
enthusiastic spectacle when you are con-
WINGED that he positively declines to per-
nit anybody to observe his fine points 'ex-
cept on business"
The Tyrolean Alps buildings, the con-
cession at the extreme east end of the
Pike, are the first to greet the eye as you
step from the Olive ear. .
AN INTERESTING STUDY.
a pleasing and interesting study they
are, TOO. Already their quaint architecture
and colored roofs are becoming defined,
while back of them rises the queer and
craggy representation of the mountains.
BY persevering in Observation-Disclosures It
Is possible TO completely overlook the pun
erous proclamations of seclusion that line
the cinder-path approach.
This path ends at an archway by means
OF which you accomplish an entry INTO
the very bowls of the Alps.
These towering cliffs, once you get past
The towers, are made out of simple sX4s.
4xfs, 1GxSs, 1ox1T's, with a few other fig
ures mixed in which only the lumberman
knows.
They get plenty Of the beams. build up
just any old thing. girdse it around with
netting SO hat it has points for crags