The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1904-07-08

no one will be able TO do the ex-
position thoroughly In week, or for
that matter in n month. So vast Is
the thing that only those who have
watched It's growth closely during the
three years past can have any ade-
Quate conception of lie immensely
However. as great many thou
sands OF visitors will have only a
week or so In which to see the fair,
II is in order to offer n few SUCCESS
tions that will enable them TO make
the best OF the time at their disposal
Let us assume that the visitor has
one week-six days. beginning on
Monday
ILmight be well first to take a ride
on the lntramural Railway. which
makes circuit inside the grounds.
with fourteen miles of track. A trip
of little more than an hour on one
OF these commodious electric cars,
specially constructed for observation
purposes, win give the visitor some
idea as TO the surface yastness OF the
exposition and the beauty OF its ex-
terror features.
II is well, after the ride. TO plunge
at once into the maelstrom Of mag
nificence, II will dazzle. but after the
precautionary car ride the visitor
should be in measure prepared for
It, 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 ex-
position edifces ever conceived. The
palaces are devoted TO Education and
Social Economy. Varied Industries,
Liberal Arts. Transportation. Ele,-
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 Hin. past the
tumbling. leaping. laughing waters OF
the Cascade Gardens. to the towering
Festival Hall in the center, flanked
by the noble Colonnade OF States and
the imposing Restaurant Payilious.
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
talns 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
by 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 will have
wondered what huge building IL Is
that lies beyond Sllinker road. up a
gentle hillside That is the biggest
building eveT devoted to one branch
Of industry at an exposition. 1t is the
Palace OF Agriculture, containing
twenty acres OF door 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 landscaplng, And sun
farther westward, across some bridges
that span a lake called the Laguna
de Bay. you will observe great
group Of buildings OF curious ronstruc-
ton This is the Filipino tract with
a reproduction OF the walled city OF
Manila, Moro village and many
other native scenes Night win over
take you In the Philippines.
Friday may be devoted probably to
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 Hall OF Congresses and
the late Queen yietoria'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 chronological exhibit OF living
giants and pygmies and many other
curious peoples,
Only Saturday Is left. and you have
not been on The Pike One day is
entirely too brief for you to see this
wonderful amusement street as It
should be seen, with its various
unique features 1t is quite probable
that you will decide to rest up over
Sunday and come back next week.
RoRERTUs LOVE.