Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-27
Bad transportation.


the exposition pier for anywhere from
thirty minutes to three hours. and many
visitors who went by car lighted a mile or
more outside of the show gates, and
tramped over a particularly fearful piece
of road rather than wait for the traffic con-
gestion to abate.
But when the congressional party did get
in Uncle joe was not one of those 10 be
met with any great degree of sympathy.
Instead, one local dignitary was rude
enough to remark that he thought the
Speaker had his nerve with him to come
down here at all, considering the way he
held us up" The remark was repeated TO
Uncle Joe" later in the day by some kind
friend with gossiping pToclivities, and
caused Mr.. Cannon considerable amuse-
mcnt which he supplemented by verbal
frils and embroideres of a characteristic
kind
Caught 1t in the Neck.
Some of the $4,000 visitors who paid yes
terday to get into the exposition grounds
certainly caught 1t in the neck. The admis
sion fee was supposed to be 90 cents, but
the canny folks on the gate made it truly
elastic and took all they could get. They
all seemed to be students of human nature,
and whenever an easy-looking individual
man or woman-hove In sight, the price of
admission leaped from its lair like a kan
CARGO While in the Swiss village l heard
a weu-known member of the D. A. r., who
recently concluded an extraordinarily peace
full session in Washington, remark to her
friend that the jamestown exposition GER
tainy ought to make money.
$500 for Admission.
think of charging 81 for a single admis-
sion" she remarked with some little heat
"Blt, said her friend, 1T isn't 81 at ALL
The regular admission is only $3.50"
If that is a fair sample of the perform
some embryo mllionaires in the bunch
Later l came across any number of per-
sons, most of them of the fair sex, who
had paid anywhere from 80 cents to 81 to
pass the turnstiles. OF course, primarily,
1t was the fault of the gentle and confiding
SUNS WIZ pau lilt cA-ulN iutIuS lIldl llley
were stuck in this cheerful manner.
Inside Inn Coupons.
There was also considerable of a mIxup
| concerning the Inside Inn coupons. In
| common with other expositions of recent
| years, patrons of the Inside Inn are fur
| nished with coupons emitting them to pass
| in the exposition gates without additional
payment But yesterday for a while these
! coupons were not honored at all, the ticket
| takers and gdtemen contenting themselves
| with the statement that they had received
no orders concerning Inside Inn coupons,
| and therefore could not take the RESPONSE
bility of honoring the slips.
| Later it was decided by some one to ad-
! nit the holders of Inside Inn coupons at
! one particular gate. This was done the
| rest OF the day. In view of the fact that
! in many cases this involved a journey on
! foot through gravel and sand and mud and
| dust and debris from one gate to another.
| the plan does not seem to bear the hall
| mark of any great degree of intelligence.
The Food Problem.
The food problem got mighty obstreperous
| during the afternoon. Besides lie luncheon
in honor of the President, there was a
great in the administration building, and 1t
was really a very nice affair in some re-
spects. The fact that those who got any
/ where near the food emerged from the riot
wearing decorations of chicken salad or
| lettuce sandwiches is one of the things that
! cannot, in the remotest particular, be laid
/ at the door of the exposition authorities
/ Several thousand hungry folk placed in the
| near vicinity of real food are not inclined
! to exercise their parlor manners, no mat
/ ter how thoroughly they may be house
! broken. Incidentally, that luncheon did a
/ great deal to lay the old superstition of the
| three dimensions. After a thousand or so
| persons had crowded into the hall and oc-
| cupied every available square inch of floor
! space another thousand jdmmed their way
after. somehow or other, and Joined the
earlier arrivals in the scramble.
The Old Mud Horse.
At the Swiss village, the big restaura Mt
/ Of the exposition, where most of the WISH
tors tried to get something to eat after
/ the luncheon experience, the S. r. O. sign
was hung out early in the day, and by 4
! O'Clock in the afternoon every entry on the
( bill Of fare had been scratched, except that
old mud-noTse the ham sandwich. Baron
/ Rosen the Russian ambassador, was one
OF those who fed to the Swiss village
hunger writ large on his countenance and
hope flaming in his eyes And he asked
for the bill of fare.
| IN get ye wan if we must have it." the
| waiter replied in the Swiss accent of East
| Dublin. but it'll do ye no good at all, al
all. We've got nothing at all except plenty
| of ham sandwiches, and l doubt If there's
any of them left
| After the above had been translated. the
baron approached the sandwich PROPOSE
| ton quite automatically and finally man.
| aged to get one.
He could tell that because in the Swiss
! village the sandwiches are dated with q
| rubber stamp and this one was marked
April "a There's nothing that isn't up tc
Gate about the Swiss village. After awhile
though, even the sandwiches gave out and
finally the furnishing throng lad to fall
| back on malt extract and other such sub
stitutes for real food. The supply of we,
good on hand must have been enormous
for despite the constant dram, particular,
after the substantials gave out, there was
/ never a suspicion of a shortage There Is