The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-28
15 DeYs AT FAIR FOR seo.
How to See Greater Part of Exposl-
 ton at Reasonable Expense.
From the St. Louis Rennb,,e

From the St. Louis Republie
 The wise young man or young woman
 who would come to St. Louis to see the worlds fair can do so and without great
 expense, # the seeker of pleasure and knowledge will only use dieretion and avoid temptation.
 There are ways of spending thousands of dollars at the exposition but to any one who hanst thousands to spend there i is no danger. One might visit the Palace l of Fine Arts and buy picture that would 1 cost sio,000, but nothing of this kind is 1 compulsory, and one can see the entire ] exposition without great expense. if he 1 will only come to St. Louis with that 1 avowed purpose in mind.
 ! Railroad fare of course cannot be figured in the estimate, but after one 1 reaches St.. Louis 1t is not unreasonable i 10 say that he can secure board and lodg- 1 Ing and see the greatest exposition the world has ever known for the minimum cost of s5 a day. If one would be ex- l tremely economical, he could do even better than this. but S5 is quoted as reasonable estimate.
 There are plenty of good rooms in St. Iouis-many of them close to the fair grounds-that can be secured at S1 a day l That is one-ffth of the daily allowance l gone. With another dollar one can eat l two good meals and luncheon. There are plenty of places, both In the down town districts and near the exposition 1 grounds, where a good meal can be ob- l tained for 50 cents, while a sandwich l and a cup of coffee at the noon hour will swell the total for the day to s1.25 With ! ones room costing sl, his board and lodging, 1t can be reasonably estimated, 1 will cost him $2 25 day, and he will be 1 living we'll With a little discretion, 1t is no hard task for him to knock off 9 cents.
 The admission to the exposition grounds is 50 cents. which will swell the grand total to & 75 and if he will the exposi- tion visitor can stop right there. He will probably buy an official guide however, i which will cost him 25 cents, and his ear fare, out and back, will be 10 cents. That's s5 cents added to the days expenses, making the figure $8.lo, with the visitor on the grounds guide book in hand ready to see the sights.
 If the visitor desires, he could amble about the exposition grounds for three weeks or four weeks and never be sub- jected to any more expense than the half dollar which he pays for his admission. He could visit the fifteen exhibit palaces, i the thorough inspection of each of which would require at least half days walk ing. He will visit his own state building perhaps, and, if he wishes he can visit all the state buildings without the pay ment of an extra penny. He can go from 1 one end to the other of the United States government building, see it's every detail and not once be asked to invest even SC much as a dime
 The coo acres of open air exhibits tho l live stock department the model Indian school. itself a most interesting display and the camps of all the primitive peo- i pies are free to him.
 He can cross the bridge spanning Ar row Head lake and enter the Philippin, reservation without paying an. additiona 1 penny If he wants to enter the sepa 1 rate vil1ages-and there are five of them the entrance fee to each will be 10 cents which will make the total expenditure ] only 50 cents.
 The Pike is where the visitor can dis pense with his surplus money, and
 while he can see all the shows with al outlay of $20, he can use his discretion
 and visit the most interesting of then
 and not spend, probably, more than $7 O
 $S If he begins to purchase ornaments useful articles and the hundreds of othe things offered for safe on the Pike, how
 ever, he will soon find his purse depleted