The Saint Paul globe., 1904-10-13
SEES THE WORLDS
FAIR IN ONE DAY
Secretary Stine, of Commercial
Cub, Tells How He Did
1t Economically

Stine, of the Commercial club early
this week, while he was in ST.
Louis. Mr. Stine returned yesterday
and declares that he saw the whole fair
Monday.
81 reached ST. Louis. Sunday night"
said Mr.. Stine, 'sand took quarters at
the Inside inn, which consider one of
the wonders of the century. The hotel
has accommodations for 5000 persons
and can feed 5000 at a sitting without
cramping anybody
'The fair had been open the day 1
arrived, which was the first Sunday
during the season when the gates have
been passable to the general public. In
the evening 1 should judge that 10000
persons gathered in and about the hotel
to hear the sacred concert that was
given on one of the verandas. After
listening to the music 1 went to bed
and the first thing in the morning aft
er breakfast 1 went out and hunted up
the Minnesota state building.
This is fine, artistic structure and
! compares very well with other state
buildings on the grounds. There are
| no exhibits in the state building, and
| it's spacious quarters are used simply
as meeting. place and headquarters
| for the Minnesota visitors. There is an
| adequate postoffice in the building, and
| thousands of visitors from the state
| have made considerable use of it dur
| ing their sojourn in St Louis.
''NextpI went to the exhibit Of the
/ Twin Cities. AS everybody in st. Paul
| knows, this exhibit gained a gold medal
1 for the Commercial club for its excel
kept-one to show the names of Twin
City people who attend the fair, and
| the other the outsiders.
~ Twin City Exhibit Popular
'It is estimated that there are at
least 100000 names on this last regis
| ter and one of the reasons for keeping
| it is the fact that its.will give fine
| list of persons who show some. interest
in Minnesota and the Twin Cities.
| Each Signer will be sent some descrip-
| tive matter telling of st. Paul, and in
| that way the advantages of the city
will be advertised to marvellous ex-
| tent
Next I went into the foreign section
of buildings. I visited France, Mexico.
! Brazil, Great Britain, Belgium, Cuba,
/ China, Austria, Sweden Nicaragua and
! hunted for Russia. but could not find it.
| Admission to the French building is
| by invitation and the exhibits are SO
wonderfully rich and delicate that the
reason is apparent for the obstacle
that is thrown in the way of the public.
Some of the tapestries shown in this
exhibit are wonderfully delicate and
| rich and the porcelain and decorative
| features are works of art of the highest
class. The German building has the
same restrictive rule that applies to
the French, and the treasures display
| ed are nearly equal to those of the lat
ter nation.
The administration building, where
the seat of the fair government is es-
| tabliShed, is a fine structure. I visited
this building next. One section of it
| is devoted to display of the jubilee
presents to Queen Victoria. Only
| about one-tenth of the entire lot are
| shown, but they make a magnificent
! display. One gold plaque, set with
| diamonds, presented to the queen by
| $4,000 of her subjects, is made of gold
| from the Rand mines and decorated
with diamond3 from the Kimberly dig
| gings. 1t is shining, glistening piece
| of jewelfy. Another treasure is an
| ivory casket in which are incrusted PIP
| diamonds from the Kimberly mines and
bearing on its four sides gold plates
carrying the names of each of the
mines from which the stones were TAX
en-. The casket is lined with white
ostrich feathers. All these exhibits are
insured and guaranteed safety on the
honor of the United States.
Stine Sees Jerusalem
'The first afternoon visit I made was
! to Jerusalem. This is one of the most
interesting shows on the grounds. The
concession includes thirty six acres,
1 and is said to be an exact reproduce
! fNf
( of Christ. spent two hours in Jeru-
| salem and then went over to the trans
portation building. The,automobiles in
4 that building are enough TO make a fell
] lows mouth water. Then the German
1 village was visited.
] TT was getting late by this time and
| 1 hurried along to the Tyrolean Alps.
I intended to get my dinner at this
really remarkable section of the pike,
but l took one glance at the menu and
fed. Say. the Waldorf-Astoria and
CeciPs in London never were in the
same class with the Tyroleans when it
| comes to charging. I took four long
breaths of air in the place and it cost
1 me $2.25. think the waiter must have
| charged me that extra quarter be-
cause he gave me a pleasant look
81 finally escaped and took light
| lunch at the Irish village, where beer
/ is only 5 cents.
| In the evening l took in the -Boer
war and there must have, been an at
| tendance of at least 10000. Tuesday
was Missouri day, and for the occa-
| sion the state troops were present in
ST. Louis. The Kansas City. regiment
| attended in body. and gave a dress
parade before the regular performance.
actual Boer soldiers and real live
Britishefs were opposed to one anoth-
| er and enacted several of the stirring
! fights of the campaign with a great
deal of detail. Gen. Cronje was in COM
| mand Of the Beers.
| 'T walked over to the panorama
New York to the north pole-and view
| ed its wonders, which take person by
steamer from New York to Boston,
| Novo Scotia, Newfoundland and up
| through Baffiins bay to the ice foes.
! Then a party dismounts from the ship
and starts On dash across the ice. At
| last one man rushes out of the group
and plants the American flag on the
pole itself and the audience cheers.
Il also went through the varied in
dustries and electrical buildings, and
after a general trip through the pike
returned to the hotel and went to
/ bed.
THE plea that is generally made
| that ii costs too much money and time
to take In the fair is poor one. I saw
whole lot in cne day"