The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-18
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Reading from left 80 right: Captain G II
Conrad. Third Cal1,Iy. Ad5u:a,,t; Lea.
tcnan. c. 3. Clark. FIsta Iufantry
QuarteTr1aStcr; Lieutenant v O Reed
Sixth Cavalry; Captain 9. y. Sseltoa
Eleventh Infantry; Lieutenant Abraham
l. Loeb Ninth 1urant.y: Captain How
ard r. Hickok. Fifteenth Clvalry; Lieu
tenant Kirwir r. Smith. Sixth Infantry;
Major !. .. Hammond. Tnir,. Cavalry.
Assistant Corlrnsllar.t :~I-ivlt ts.ia ilt-.J.. =
Higgins. TE;rtlc.n Infantry: Lieutenant
Colonel s. W. Fountain. Fourth Cavalry.
Cornmandant: Lieutenant \. .. Seaman.
Fifteenth Infantry; captain T. /.
Howze Sixth Cavalry. Assistant Com
msndant; Lieutenant =. y Parker.
Twenty-fourth Infantry; CapaIn L. L
Ingram. Tenth Infantry; Lieutenant ".
q. Capies, Corp Of I-HrinenrS: Captain
George Wilmer. Eleventh Cs.aiIy-: Lieu
tenant Frank W. Powell. Eleventh IN
fantry; Lieutenant J. v. T.auG. Twenty
eighth Infantry; CAPTAIN Y. L. Welsh
Thirtieth Infantry.
All authorities agree, now that the
Worlds Fair is in the past, that there
was no lack of entertainment there. They
also agree that the spirit OF hospitality
was rampant wherever there was 4 guest
TO be received either in hi official or pr
vate capacity. and that everyone who had
any official connection Nth the Worlds
Fair seemed to vie with l.a neighoor in
extending this hospitality.
~ A
view OF the Worlds Fair that it vas
feast OF nations and That 4 was thr.r duty
ard pleasure to provide the Teasing IL
some measure. There never was any at
tempt to evatie this duty OF the part of tho
officials. and surely there was an equal
readiness on the part OF the guest TO re-
spond to 1t.
BY and by the regular recipients os this
hospitality became 50 copycCslut with the
various exceiiencies Of tho respective
brands of entertainment that on occasion
they would draw inviiiaus distinctions be
tween them.
Would you prefer % visit The Nassa-
chusetts or the Rhode island u.yiiions?"
asked an acciinated Taukee OF the coun-
tT-yr cousin he had IN tow FOR Il days visit
TO the Fair When The country cousin ar
.wered that it was immatertal 10 him
which was visited. Tie IcelimatcP one de-
cided in favor Of tac Ehhje Island Payil-
ton
Their ArtiIlery Punch is simply great"
he explained
When the Missouri building vas burn
ing ard a greet crowd stood about in the
night wutching the delouring elements
lowering the states pride Il native of the
STATE remarked to his r.rnpanio9:
Isn't II Eroa: pity
And the other. Who had friends among
the Commissioner, answered With tears OF
real sorrow in his ycios. Indeed. Il IS.
They had the finest buffet in all tho
Plateau Of States in 'a2t building"
HOSPITALITY T.TERYWHERE
There were buTois and bGGe,s. but
hardly a building State. foseisn or s.d-
ministrative. on the Worli's Fair grounds
where official hospitality was net ex-
tended.
But or Ill the stamping grounds Of good
fellowship ard hospitality on the lsxpos!-
tion site. there was one which stood alone
as an unique institution. Like hbou Ee,.-
Adams name. It ieG all the rest at the !2X-
position.
why It occupied IT'S unique position One
vas that 1t w2s in no sense Official hos
y,.lai;ty which :. dispensed. being main
tained at the personal expense Of tie
United States Army officers On duty with
tile Jefferson Guards. The other was that
1, had no formal character, and the
growth Of its fame and The demands upon
,ts hospitality were gradual and uncon-
scious.
The famous "20S," like all infants. was
brought into The world nameless and
farreies<. 1t had its first existence >oa
Day. when a private stock was
put Into room 2oS Of the Communicates
at The Worlds Fair. On
that day It formed almost the only oasis
In the tlryness OF the Far grounds. which
ti,ea lacked state pavii:cns or other
abcdes OF hospitality. 1t hourished for
day. then dropped and died.
II had is renaissance about a year later,