Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-08-11

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lie south of his home. We took Page
avenue car to go to Delmar Garden, and
in few minutes reached Hamilton ave-
nue., where we had full view, as we
rode along, of the Exposition buildings
illuminated in outline, of which Festi-
val Hall is the central and browning
point. 1t looked like city of golden
light On the return ride Festival Hall
its wings and adjuncts were outlined il
red light. From the center of the
Ferris wheel glowed ball of golden
fire.
l thought should like to begin my
sight seeing by going first to Festival
Hall, but it was not thought best by
those of our party who had made pre-
vious' visits, and | saw the wisdom of it
afterwards. Distance must be taken
into consideration by those who must
conserve strength, and it is very good
way to take the first building on the
route you wish to cover, giving as much
time to it as one sees fit; then the next
one in order until the day is completed;
and if the Plaza St. Louis in front Of,
and across the lake from Festival Hall
can be reached in the cool of the even
ing it is delightful place to rest where
the fountains and bands are playing
and the breeze is blowing, until the
illumination is on.
Festival Hall stands on a heigh t
above the lagoon, a grassy terrace in
front to the waters edge, adorned with
statuary and parterres of flowers and
three cascades pouring their wealth of
water into the lagoon.
As the sun goes down the various
gondolas and launches begin to get
ready for the evening. Various colored
incandescent lights festoon the launch
es, casting irredescent CLEANS into the
water and in few minutes many gay
parties are taking delightful ride
across the lake or lagoon, which is said
to be, following its windings, three
miles in length.
At the hour Of eight the illumination
takes place, in moment, as it were.
There are 10000 lights in the electricity
building alone. These probably include
the two search lights, which are on the
side overlooking the lagoon. After
eight or ten minutes have passed there
is change. For moment Festival
Hall is in darkness, then changes to
red light. The next change is to white
again; then comes pale green and so
on, alternating throughout the evening.
The water from the grand central cas-
cade comes tumbling out in golden
foam, which half way down changes to
greenish hue, seemingly tinging the
water into which it pours. And through
out all the statute in front and above
the grand cascade, also the one on the
dome of Festival Hall, have thrown on
them an opslescent light. Over and all
about the grounds various search lights
from the Ferris wheel, the Electricity
and other buildings. The scene is indie
scribably beautiful and it is with reluct-
ance we turn away, feeling that this
scene alone is sufficient to repay one Tor
the expense of coming from western
Kansas.
Where there is so much to see it is
hard to particularize any one thing as
the most interesting as tastes differ
greatly. But l think have enjoyed
the beauty of the grounds, the velvety
looking turf, the shrubbery flowers and
the water display more than anything
else. There is a garden said to be
perfect reproduction of Queen Yictoria's
garden in the Windsor Castle grounds.
We passed through the Japanese
grounds surrounding building where
they serve tea, and it is filled with the
curious and distorted looking shrubbcry
brought from Japan The materials Of
which the house is composed were also
brought from that far of country and
built by japanese workmen. Later in
the day we saw japanese ladies riding
about the grounds in jnrikshas and on
Transportation Day, July Both, several
ladies, apparently American, rode about
in those peculiar carriages, which are
for hire regularly.
The exposition buildings close at |
o'clock and after that hour. the foreign |
ers connected with the various shows
come out and take the air along the lake.
We met Filipino father carrying q
baby Of two years, who smiled sweetly ]
as we stopped to admire it and held out |
its hand to be shaken.
The Filipinos, Igorrotes, the Pygmies,
the Indians, the Eskimos and don't |
know how many more nstionalities had |
part in the Transportation Day pa
rade. An Eskimo dog drew a sledge
with pack on it and there was pri-
mitive cart with solid wooden wheels