The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-06-21
FINE FOR PEDESTRIANS
OTHERS GET TIRED WALKING
AND CLIMBING THE HILLS
AT FAIR.
1t Will Not Be in Full Swing Until
About the First of August
This Year.

ST. LOUIS. June 21.-If you
want to see the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition in full swing, with exhibits
perhaps nearly all in place, the
grounds in proper shape and the pro-
grams of special features carried out
with some regularity, time your visit
not before August l. Prepare then to
stay month or 50 if you want to see
the major portion of the show. 1t will
take that long if you are a good walker
economic your time. and make sight
seeing a matter of business as if you
were being paid for it instead of pay
ing for it yourself.
This is not because there is so much
to see that is worth the while, but
because the layout of the grounds, the
location of buildings, and the facilities
for transportation are such that the
greater portion of your time will be
occupied in getting there" whenever
you start for an objective point.
In the first place you must depend
on the street cars to reach the grounds
as there is only one railroad reaching
the fair and its trains start from the
union station, which is an inconven'en
1c,, hoy IL Hoin t1I
long to get up good perspiration be-
fore you can reach the entrance to the
fair from the cars, and another good
sized stretch before you reach the in
tramural railroad, which is supposed to
carry you about the grounds. Then
you find that it does not do this, but
goes around the grounds.
Plenty of "DriIIins."
Mind you, the grounds include 1910
acres and it has required about eight
miles of fence to inclOSe it, and this
intramural railroad hugs the fence all
the way around. To get across the
grounds requires drill of at least
two miles, and then you make anO her
discovery, that is pleasing to the eye,
but hard on the legs-youve got to
climb hills.
1t is a great landscape scheme with
crescent shay ped hill in the center sur
mounted by festival hall with three
cascades which use 10000 gallons of
water a minute-When they are in Ope
ration-with a mammoth court of hon
or dotted with noble monuments and
bordered by an expansive lagoon, and
ten great exhibit palaces spread out in
fan shape. After you reach Festival
hall at the summit, it is a sight that
that of an Alpine climber who has
struggled up lofty peak for the sake
of getting view. Only you are likely
to be so tired that you'll want to rest
awhile. and that eats up time if you
want to see the sights of the worlds
| fair.
The grounds OF the Chicago fair
were about half the size of these, and
those of the Pam american at Buffalo
about one-fourth. Furthermore, those
| expositiOns were cOmpactly arranged
| and points of interest could be reached
| in direct lines instead of by circles.
| The main exhibit buildings have under
| roof % acres. as against eighty-tWO at
Chicago and Buffalos fifteen. These
comparisons give an idea of the propo-
sitiOn that confronts you. when you
undertake to see" the fair. Don't try
| tC see it all if you are on a vacation
| from which you desire to derive some
| degree of rest and recuperation. You
are likely to go to bed on the third day
and then you may miss some really inn
portant doings.
Causes of the Incompleteness
| AS to the incompleteness of the fair,
perhaps it is because of the size of
the undertaking, but it seems to me
that there is a lack of system with
a view of eXpediting. Either the work
| began too late or 10000 men was not a
force large enough to accomplish the
| task or there has been a lack of exc
cutive ability in the administration
department. Probably all three of
! these elements have conspired to effect
the result that the big $50000000 show
is from thirty to sixty days behind in
many departments. There seems to
be too much INDIGESTION, too much cir
cumlocution. too much red tape
everybody complains of this. 1t is
very likely the St. Louis way of doing
| things.
Neglected to Advertise.
| The worst fpatllrp the that an