Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-03-02
TO SEE THE FAIR
How to Put In a Week at the s.
Louis Exposition.
suEEestions that WIN save Valuable
ume for visifors "a six DaSa'
Itinerary Outlined The
Economy Of Minutes.

A question that perplexes those who
have seen the Worlds Fair during the
period of it's construction is: NHow,.
can / see the exposition as It should
be seen in the few days that shall
have to devote to it,"
This is indeed a perplexing ques-
ton. Many persons are preparing to
move to ST. LouH for the entire K
position period, or a considerable part
Of it, in order to see the fair prop
erly.. But the great majority of those
who dwell at a distance viii feel able
to spend only a few days, perhaps a
week, In the grounds, and they are the
Ones who must economic their time
so that they may see the sights to the
best advantage. AS a matter Of fact,
no one will be able to do" the ex-
position thoroughly in a week, or for
that matter in a month. So vast is
the thing that only those who have
watched it's growth closely during the
three years past can have any ade-
quate conception. Of its immensely.
However. as a great many thou
sands Of visitors viii have only a
week or so In which to see the fair,
1t is in order to offer a few sugges-
lions that will enable them to make
the best of the time at their disposal
Let US assume that the visitor has
one week-six days, beginning on
Monday. I
It might be we'll first to take a ride
on the Intramural Railway. which
makes a circuit inside the grounds,
with fourteen miles OF track. A trip
OF a little more than an hour on one
Of these comm1dious elective cars,
specially constructed for observation
purposes, will give the visitor some
idea as to the surface vasLnes of the
exposition and the beauty Of its x
terror features.
It is well, after the ride, to plunge
at nee into the maelstrom of mag
nifcence. 1t will dazzle, but after the
precautionary car ride the visitor
should be in a measure prepared ior
it. Let him leave the car at one of
the stations adjacent to the chief
group of exhibit palaces, located on
level ground north of Art Hill Here
are eight Of the most magnificent ex-
position edifices ever conceived. The
palaces are devoted to Education and
Sosial Economy, Varied Industries,
Liberal Arts, transportation. Elec-
tricity, Machinery. Manufactures and
Mines and Metallurgy. 1t is worth
ones while to spend at least half a
day in merely looking at thugs from
the outside, climbing the broad steps
up the slope of Art Hin, past the
tumbllng, lea2ing, laughing waters of
the Cascade Gardens, to the towering
Festival Hall in the center, hanked
by the noble Colonaade Of States and
the imposing Restaurant Pa
In your one wee, you can devote
only about two days TO this main pic
ture and the Palace of Fine Arts back
on the hill, to the real Of Festival
Hall. Any n of these buildings con-
tains interesting things enough to
keep one busy for a week in seeing
them. Your Monday and Tuesday will
pass swiftly.
Wednesday may be devoted to tho
Plateau Of States, the United States
Government building and its Fisheries
annex, and the New Jerusalem. II
the governments man building many
things Of national interest will at
tract you, but you must hasten on
and step inside the Fisheries build
ing. There are nearly fifty state and
territory buildings, each surrounded
by beautiful grounds. And then there
is Jerusalem, an eleven-Acre repro
duction Of the Holy City, with a thou
sand natives of the city dwelling in
the reproduction.
Long before Thursday you will have
wondered what huge building It is
that lies beyond Skinker road, up a
gentle hillside. That is the biggest
building ever devoted to one branch
Of industry at an exposition. It is the
Palace Of Agriculture, containing
twenty acres Of floor space, packed
with exhibits. See as much as you
can Of these exhibits on the fourth
day, but you can't stop to see every
thing, for just south Is the Palace OF
Horticulture and all around are out
door exhibits Of flowers and shrubs
and graceful landscaping. And still
farther westward, across some bridges
that span a lake called the Laguna
de Bay, you will observe a great
group OF buildings Of curious construc-
ton. This is the Filipino tract, with
a reproduction Of the walled city Of
Manila. 3 Moro village and many
other native scenes. Night viii over
take you in the Philippines.
Friday may be devoted proftably to