The Daytona gazette=news. (Daytona, Fla.) 1901-1922, 1904-07-02
THE WORLDS WONDER Of WONDERS
The Way to See the ST. Louis Fair in All
It's Ovcrshadowin$ Vastness.
THE ALLURING, BEWITCHING PIKE

Well, the Gazette-News man ha.
seen the greatest of great things on
earth, and has hardly recovered suf-
tciently to know where ne is ut.
Reader, go and see for yoursel Gun
pen is powerless to portray even a
faint outline of its magniicence
splendors and grandeur
Unless you adopt some methodicaI
system You will not see the best OF
the fair in a week or ten DAYS, and
as for seeing everything you cannot
do it, even though a month or SIN
weeks were spent in attempting
the vain feat The vastncss OF
the fair is Ill evidence on every hand,
but don get bewildtrcd. Take the
seven-milc trolley line that is built
around the grounds to keep from
walking all day. Gaze ON the Idaho
silver nugget, weighing eight tons,
consider the much-heralded Pike,
whose press censor proudly proclaims
is three times the SIZE of the famous
Chicago Midway. and who is per
fectl " at home in hurting a string Of
staggering figures comparing dlmen-
sions. numbers and cost Of produc-
tons, how much the Chicago attrac-
tons made. how much more the
Pike promoters hope to reap, etc.
Heed the earnest invitation on enter
ing the gates of the fair to Chamber
to a seat on an automobile bus that
will cost YOU p cents and take Won
around the central part Of the
grounds The names Of the various
main buildings, principal statuary
and other features like the Smken
Gardens. plalas and lagoons will be
shouted ont by the guide This ride
will consume half hour, and Won
have gained a working idea Of the
component part, of what has been
APPLY termed the picture of the
exposition when you are whirled
back
\ general idea Of the fair may be
best obtained by a ride on the In
tramural, a double-track electric rail
wav that cntirclcs the grounds, and
which has about twenty stations ON
the line As the car approaches a
station the conductor yells out: Sta
ton No. L. Government building,
Missouri building, Liberal Arts and
Mining and MetaIlurgv, or Station
No. philippine exhibit, GIVE
ear to what this chap in blue says
and with your guide book YOU will
have no difficulty in picking out the
buildings and exhibits credited tC
the stations
After concluding the trolley ride
Won should make for the hill where
stand Festival Hall and the Terrace
and CoIonnade Of States. Spend the
afternoon Of the first day taking IN
the architectural designs Of the great
buildings that radiatc along three
great avenues up to the nam tn
trance Of the far. half mile away
Gaze on the stretch of rounded roof
and long Corinthian colonnadcs on
domcS. towers. monuments, Statuary
and columns. behold the green OF
the trees and grass and the cooling
effects of the water IN harmony with
tho cream white facadcs, and You
will feel a reluctance To leave there
As much as the child who told rs
II H., :, could -, -. lr,t l. A.,
every day and could not these beau
tiful buildings. Remain until twl-
! light enjoying the architecture. then
make for the plaza of st LOUIS take
an electric launch or gondola for {
view of the buildings from the la
COON. which gracefully winds It's
way past the eight buildings forming