The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-09-06

tho pictures OF those lovely homes
and seeing them having every klus
OF a good time. It seemed 10 me al
most that I was iooklng with this
eyes Of some of my boys and think
lng as YOU would That IL Just IN,
kind OF an employer am going e
BE. because Il certainly viii pay
ia my heart no less than In ny
pocket book" Then when you boy
ere the eanploycra. In Just feN
years. all the employers will haYs
this new wisdom and the poor news.
papers cannot have long columns
about strikes SO they will have q
fiil up space by writing accounts al
the store and factories that arr
managed the best, aud the capital
and labor question will have been
settled hut this il not about the
fair. you are saying Yes. Il In. for
il Is one 90 the strongest imprea.
aions that the fair made upon me.
Next was the United states GOV
eminent exhibit In which our gov.
ernment has taken great pains 70
chow us how n does things. Iusi
before you come To the main build.
ing way out az one side. Is tbs
United States iifa saving station
whore they give an exhibit every
day. Out IN tho lake thcrc Is the
mast OF ship (which has. OF course
aunkl. Some whitehead lacktars
TOW over and two sailors are lmme.
diately shipwrecked. Then the boat
Is pulled quickly back and a gun 4.
fired. which shoots a rope over the
mast One Of the sailors climbs "
the rigging and hhala In on the rone
which becomes larger and stronger
Wntil Eomsthlng appears which looks
like a broad round hand 90 wood
With same canvas hanging 10 Il. Tbs
sailor climbs into Il aud his legs
come right through the bottom and
they hurry very fast to puil him
ashore before he dies of cold and
exposure. aud then tbeY hurry Just
a. fast Ia save the ether one. Ynu
ought 10 see how thsx run
There IL just everything Interest
ing Ia the government building. and
somebody 70 explain f. There az
microscopes (moslnk picture ma.
chimes On a small sealal. through
which you see different things bslnf
done. for Instance. men packing
fish. or a rural delivery wagon drlN.
INK up and taking and leaving the
mail. or The fast express. which Wa
- natural that I caught myself
wondering At is being 30 quiet
There n 4 model dairy With little
wax boys In very white clothes.
milking wax cows In 10 pals Gov
cred with wire gaHre. there are can
mons OF all siEss and descriptions. a
hospital With surgeons administer
ing chinroform. and I hurried 20 see
What had happened, hul they proved
70 he wax. there are whole eases Of
microbes and inserts injurious 70
man himself. his animals OF he
crops. agricultural implements.
musical Instruments. coming ma
fhinsry. beautiful fikh swimming In
tanks that line two sides. thlnk.
~ one room. and many. many other
things The PHILIPPINES exhibit WAS
very fine exquisite carving and
work In silver. besides straw work
embroidery. woods. rice. MANILA
heffsp. gums. etc. Rnd the hut of a
segrito. which wan oaly a straw
thafch ratsed above the ground.
In one Of the buildings they
showed how timhcre are tested 10
see what weight they will support
The great beam that they tried the
day was there bore a strain Of
$500 pounds. when Il snapped With
a report that made me tump.
I took t1o days and half for the
government exhibit. and that vas
not time enough. Every afternoon
At O'Clock the Tenth Infantry
baud. dfe.ssed In their khaki ant
forms. PLAYED IN the poftico. and
would Join the listening crowd ahout
them. II was such a pleasure. and
as l tried 10 get the utmost enjoy.
msnt out Of Il. I wondered n any
one else there was trying TO hear
II all through the ears Of a. many
kind friends as I was.
The Forestry building Is very Inn
presSiye. II IL made OF cir logs
with tho bark on. and Is 70 fine that
should almost think IL worth
Nhile 10 90 TO Portland just 20 see
n There Is n wlde aisle through
the middle 81 n, SET eff on each
side by row Of 20 flr columns six
feet In diameter az the base. five
feet az the top and a feet high.
They are truly magnificent. one OF
me guards told me that he had had
people from the east stick their pnn-
knives Into the bark and say. That
Is the best Initiation Of a log ever
saw"
OF course the educational exhibits
were very Interesting to me. auI
let me tell you. boys and girls. was
not the least trifle ashamed ~ the
Seattle school work. not even when
I compared Il with that OF BOSTON
land you know BOSTON was my
homel. indeed. was pleased and
proud At the result of the cumpari-
son.
have not space 10 write OF the
beautiful effect at night OF the
myriads OF electric lights, but Il
filled me with wonder when re-
membered ! had read that at our
first Worlds Fair. in Philadelphia
in 1876. there were no electric lights
Nothing funny happened 10 me. |
think. except that an Egyptian
woman in the Streets OF Cairo"
pinched my hand little bit be-
cause ! would not buy a shlrtwalsi
pattern aud some other trlflea.
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