Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-04-21
SIGHTS AT THE FAIR.
WONDERS OF THE GREAT ST.
LOUIS EXPOSITION.
There Are Sufficient Number of In
teresting Features to Occupy Ones
Entire Time, No Matter How Long
His Stay May BE.
st, Louis correspondence;

st. Louis correspondence;
No matter how carefully one may have
read of the wonders of the Worlds Fair.
the visitor cannot conceive of its great
magnitude. impressive beauty and in
tensely interesting character until he
visits it.
The 1904 Worlds Fair is the only
great exposition to be complete and ready
for the opening of the gates on the time
appointed. In newspapers limited
space it is absolutely impossible to de-
scribe, or even catalogue, all of the fea-
lures that will appeal to the visitor.
The Inside Inn solves one great prob
lem-hOtel accommodations. n month
before the opening this great hostelry
with accommodations for 5000 guests,
was ready for the reception of guests
1t is the largest hotel in the world, and
is entirely within the exposition grounds
Features of its equipment are $500
sleeping rooms. The kitchen is 260 feet
long and - feet wide. There are 81
feet of range thirty steam roasters, veg
etable cookers and soup stock kettles;
four dish washing machines with Il ca
pacity of 10000 pieces of china an hour;
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There is sub-kitchen, a laundry, bak-
cry and a store room, all in the base
ment. A force of 1900 trained employees
are required to operate the hotel.
The rates prevailing at the Inside Inn
are controlled by the Exposition man
agement, and they do not exceed those
charged ut any irst-class hotel in st.
Louis in ordinary times. On the Euro
pean plan the Worlds Fair visitor may
be comfortably located for $3.50 per day,
including admission to the exposition.
Prices for a luxurious room with bath
range up to 50 per day.
Thirty-eight of the States of the Union
have erected magnificent club houses in
the wooded section of Forest Park, and
have created what is called the Plateau
| of States. Every type of approved ar
/ chitecture is represented. The Worlds
| Fair visitor, no matter from what sec
! ton, will find the hospitable portals of
! these mansions always open to him.
Despite the immensely of the World S
! Fair grounds, covering, as they do, 1,24O
acres two square miles-every section
is OF easy access. Thirty-fve miles of
! splendid roadway intersect the grounds
The lntra Mural Railroad. with IA miles
of tracks, whisks the visitors to any sec
ton in rapid time on the payment of one
fare. The miniature steam railways
have II miles of track and complete tn,
most elaborate transportation scheme
ever designed for any exposition.
The Cascade feature of the World
Fair. the center of the main picture,
for beauty and grandeur totally eclipse
| oil nf hnyn,. nF fn-
eXpositions. Crystal waters, sprnginj
from three monumental fountains, plung
down as many cascades distance of 30,
feet with fall of so feet, and entel
the grand basin. Here the waters di
vide and fill two miles of marble-revetteG
lagoons two miles in length. Beautiful
and picturesque small craft ply these
waters and afford the Worlds Fair Wis
itor an unrivalled view of the majestic
architecture of the splendid structure of
the main exhibit palaces.
Eleven million dollars will scarcely
cover the United States government,
| participation in this greatest of al
| Worlds Fairs. The government building
is the largest, handsomest and most ex
pcnsive ever built for exposition pur
| poses 10y any government. In it are un.
rivallcd displays by the Smithsonian In
stitute. the Navy, War, Poslotice Treas
ury. Agriculture and other departments
The display of big guns is made outside
of the building, and the largest and
most powerful guns fver made are
mounted and manned by Uncle Sam :
most expert artillery men. The Govern
ment Fisheries. in one of the most grace
ful of the many handsome structures,
possesses exhibits Of the keenest interest.
A group of sea lions, school of stur-
geons and other animals and fish of the
sea sport in an immense pool in the
center of the structure The denizens of
the sea, lakes and streams are shown in
great glass tanks Of clear water. Inter