The Irish standard., 1904-10-01

most beautiful in their arrangement
and decorative features that the eye of
man has ever looked upon. Exquisite
gardens and banks of flowers are
found at every turn in the pathways,
and i'll every nook between the great
structures, while the beautiful lagoons
| of limpid water extend for two miles
or more through the main avenues of
the Exposition, eliminating in the
Grand Basin at the center of the pic
ture, into which fall the great cas-
cades and colossal geyser fountains
from the slope leading up to the Colon
made of States.
Farther back on this ridge are the
art palaces and galleries, which con-
tain collections of paintings which are
worth going to the ends of the earth
to examine. 1t is not likely that such
a collection will ever be gotten to-
gether again in this or any other
country within the lifetime of the ris-
ing generati ton of today.
The buildings and grounds, more
over, are decorated in the most lavish
manner, with groups of graceful stat
uary, with shrubbery and trees and
other decorative features which lend
variety and grace to every turn. The
entire picture is one which no sentient
being can afford to miss.
BY day it is as if one had come into
some new world where everything is
harmony and beauty, peace and con-
cord.
BY night, when the myriad electric
| lamps are lighted and reflected along
the lagoons, when the bands are play
ing and the din of the Pike is heard
in the distance, it is dream of Fairy
land, exquisite, satisfying and con-
vincing.
Language cannot exaggerate the
truth about the Exposition, nor can it
convey to the mind of the person who
has not seen it any just idea of the
real merits of the Exposition as a
whole. 1t defies description and eludes
analysis. 1t is world of treasures,
which has prize for every conner and
which offers a sure and safe invest
ment for every one who ventures with
in it's bounds.
| OF the Pike it is only necessary to
say that it is an aggregation Of re-
markable side shows of more OF less
varied merit, extending on either side
of a broad highway for mile and
Offering variety Of amusement and
entertainment to suit every taste and
to appeal to every Imagination. 1t is
like every other Midway which has
been constructed at former EXPOSE
tions, and yet unlike them in many
particulars. 1t contains nothing often
sive and nothing to shock the moral
sense. 1t is thing apart from the
Exposition, and yet every visitor to the
Exposition is admitted free to the en-
tire avenue of the Pike, and it de-
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ton whether he will patronize any Of
these shows or not.
\ word on the material side of a
visit to the Exposition. We state on
the authority of our own experience,
inquiry and observation that visitors
to st. Louis can live as cheaply here
as in their own towns and villages;
that they can get good accommodate
lions at any price they desire to pay,
and that they can secure good whole
some meals within the Exposition
grounds at from twenty-five to fifty
cents. The accommodations for meals
within the grounds are abundant and
varied, and the prices vary according
to the service and quality of the fare
provided. Many of the restaurants
are gotten up in the most lavish man
ner and provide vocal and instru
mental music for their patrons while
they are at table, and the variety OF
these establishments ranges from the
most expensive down to the most econ
omical: the patron of the Fair has only
to- accommodate his taste and his
purse. If anybody is feeced in st
Louis it will be through his own fault
and because he is careless in the max
ing Of acquaintance and in the com
pany he keeps.
To sum up the whole proposition we
will say this: st. Louis has been like
a summer resort in point of weathe,
during this entire season. We have
had only few warm days in the city
and the temperature is much freshel
and cooler at the Exposition than in
the city streets. The thermometer has
ranged during July between sixty
eight and eighty degrees, the nights
have been uniformly cool and the days
delightful. There should have been
100000 people every day at the Louis.
lana Purchase Exposition.
August has come in with promises
as fair. The weather is simply de.
lightful-perfect for sightseeing and
perfect for the enjoyment Of delights
which are offered here. We declare to
the entire community that this is the
timo tO como hooousa vo ct numhors of