The Cairo bulletin., 1904-09-22
SEEING SIGHTS
At ST. LOUIS
Bulletins Special Correspondent
Writes About the Big Show
RIDING THE INTRAMURAL
cARolTE TELLS ABOUT SEEING
THE GREAT S5o,oCo.ooo PIANO.
RAMA FOR ONLY FIFTY
CENTS.

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CENTS.
A the Worlds Fair. st Louis. Sept
co. am glal lad my way. We
talked Il all oyer IN he train while
chinamau vas climbing out OF the
upper berth III our section We dld.
not know when we boarded the pall-
man at Cairo that he Chinaman slept
over H.. That's one Of the pleasant
surprises Of travelling on enc &C the
/ Worlds fair sleeping cars wouldn't
BIZ surprised next time 10 wake up
inI find the foot oil one oil these Tg-
iaf0tte dog-ca .ers from The Philip
inc village resting Ii my face FIR
| Il must be kept iii mini that this il
worlds ialr--not a St Louis fair
AMI you rub elbows with every race
lA,i nationality unler the sun.
JOHN WANTED TO WADE IN"
But rs said before had M way,
an thu accounts for the fact that we
eircled around the great exposition
lik0 a yuiture circles around his prey
before alighting John wanted to
wade right into the exposition as he
expressed ii, and Jane had her mind
set on the lagoons. The gondol!ers
appealed to her romantic instine Hnt
NY plan was to first take in the high
lights" 10 Yie.3 the great exposition /
fro.n loity yantag aground, marking /
the mountain tops of achievement I
and measuring is plan ani scope.
So We took the Intramural Railway
al The main entrance and right glad
wc we're that we had thp forethought
to take it, II Is an overhead trolley.
electric road. seven miles long, skirt
ing The entire exposition grounds
Running partly on the surface and
partly on an elevated structure. fol-
loving the topography Of the great
par. in way most delightful To the
I,
TEsESQUE EFFECT.
The Worlds fair at Chicago was
built in a morass, The Louisiana
Purchase Exposition has hills and {
natural forest 20 give a picturesque
effect, The jutting prominGncas oil <
these hills are crowned by stately pal
aces and beautiful paYlions. while
two arc connected by samlc.rcular
ri5g2 leading % the lower level of
the grounds, used 10 form the greatest
water ana garden com
p5a.tion ever executed by man. Nest
ling Under the hade of great trees
arc state and foreign buildings repre-
sentrg varied types Of ornate ANA
stately architecture.
This was the picture presented to S
hG eye as the trolley carried us 4
swiftly along. These are ycritlblc d
observation car clean, comlort ]
lbIa ard eenmoaieus. The spectacle c
aas beyond descrlp.ilu Tho sansa q
ion was indescrihahle. We we're 3
losing a ftty-miliipn dollar show
rom Tic hilltops OF | $50 acre Tor !
st. all for fifty cents, and as We went
uaring along we tried 10 take in The
'ahorana Of eaulptural and architcc.
ma gplenlGr but il was 20 much Il
or The range Of human vision. y
dE5APHCNE "RATTLEo" THEM. !.
Tho man with incgaphone ''ratt !.
"a rs Of course and so we started >
N lae IntiamUral the wrong way. We
ne moi used = coRversing by Jog =
.Ofr nethods in Cairo. But have :
ouni tha. quite often the wrong way "
$ he ight way when It comes to see !,
ng things aud so il proved In this 9
asp.
We started at the last station in .
ic4d Ct the FRS. and no sooner had =
se started than the Plaza of st. Lou =
3, the louisiana monument. the y
ircnd Basiu, the Cascades crowned by =.
'c. Cyal hail ANA the Terrace OF the !,
states burst upon our view. From :
hat ti.le on there was a bewildering .,
anaroma Of gardens. fountains d
culJtural groupes. terraces. exhibit !,
'aleces. state ana foreign buildings. !,
Sc passed. also coal mining camps. y
Inc a-d lead mills, Black Hills gold 9
educ;ion plant. the great horticultu- n
al aad agricultural palaces, a model ;,
poultry farm. the famous Ferris A
Wheel tie United States Lie Saving 7.
.xhibit, the buildings Of Brazil, East =
nd.a and Canada. n
WELLS or THE leoRRoTEs 4.
AS &c passed the Bridge OF Spain IN
ealiag from the walled city OF The r
philippine reservation We heard Oh, d
ellis Of the dog danc2 in the lgorrots
IaEe. On the right we heard the
apa png-ping II rifles aua RE
coming Of cannon, which told ne
hat toe batilb n Moddcr river was in
rogre s. in which the brave Beers
'ere Fighting under Cronie and Vii
Dcn.
And We cOull 60 no further sniff
ng the smoke Of battle and hearing
be tem-toms in the nearby Philippine
iilagea were too much =,
What shah we see first?" exclaim- r.
j Jane.
! vote fer the Philippines" said !. a,
j vote for the Boer war" said John. .,
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