The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-04

the writer renewed his ancient ac-
. quaintance with them and iearnei;
that business was ION the bum. =
Plenty of Eyes to Feast Upon.
What cannot one see here? Along
this crowded street are people with
and their wares from almost the
world over. One may go from Japan
to Siberia. from Ireland to Paris, from
Constantinople to Seville. Old ST.
Louis calls you on one hand, theTyro-
lean Alps on another. From ancient
Rome one may go to the Clifdwel.-
ers, the latter, SO far as any records
can tell. possibly antedating the for
mer. You may gaze upon the EsEi.
mos or the Indians, see Hagenbacks
animals or tiny bits of humanity in
West show real Indians fight losing
battles with the white men: at thu
Boer encampment the tragic story OF
the South African war is told in fights
between Beers and British. At the
latter one may see Gen. Cronje, whose
surrender broke the back of the two
South African republics: at the i,;-
dian encampment an old chief claim
ed to be Red Cloud. once famous
warrior who marked the frontier ia
blood. Mimic scenes these are, an:l
fading heroes, but they at least give
one little insight into things which
are OF the past. and times gone to re-
turn no more.
Then one may take a trip under
the sea, returning by airship see the
deep sea divers, comfortably mot"
the horrors of the Galveston food.
see in Battle Abbey the records OF
the wars this country has known, see
glass woven into various fabrics, so
perspiring to the North Pole, and then
cool off drinking tea served by seisha
girls. More than all this, time and
eternity are both represented, for on
one hand is Creation" and on the.
other the Hereafter" There is ev-
erything here to take your time-and
money Let it be said, however, that
on tile Pike. as elsewhere, all things
are not complete and open for eNhf-
bition. There is much yet to be done
before the Pike VIII be in its full
glory but even now. there is enough
and more than enough, to make it.
the most unique feature of the ex-
position.
The TyroIean Alps is one OF the
best attractions on the Pike. The
mimic mountains. over 100 feet high
but SO deity done that their illusive
effects make them seem like real.
r;.rl ,t ST
the entrance to the grounds and are
e.of their prettiest features. The
village, with it's quaint buildings and
churches, its bands of +Tyrolean yeo-
elers, is a pleasant place. The Irish
village, with its reproduction of a Par
lament house which no longer wit
nesses the deliberations of a nations
lawmakers, and Carmac's castle, is
worth visit. There is theatre
here in which troupe of Irish actors
were to play the Irish poetic dramas.
But, alas! there has been trouble in
the camp. The public did not apDre-
cinte the works of Yeats. and Russell
and Martyr, and the '.pocket-nervc
of the managers grew sensitive. The
regular t-stage.' Irishman was intro
GiIlced and most of the original Dub
lin troupe you'd NOT stand for what
they termed ttravesty' on the ma
tional character. When this rradi-
,;iona comedian sang, 1T Takes the
Irish to Beat the Dutch and declared
that an IrishJnan requires" thirty
days to observe st. Patrick's day
one day to celebrate and % ito get
over TIA rebellion broke forth which
ended in many of the actors being
given notice to quit
The City of David.
..JeruSa lem" while not on the Pike,