The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-27

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Add to this u myriad of electric
outlining every corner and angie.
from roof TO pavement, OF every build
ing. and the tliousands or lights Which
dot tho grounds and Illuminate the
grent Government pier Itself. and the
effect Is ono that for brilliance and
beauty has scarcely ever. X ever he
fore, been eduaied. 1t was ut tho Buf-
falo Exposition that thg outlining OF
every building In tiers OF electric lights
was first introduced In It's complete
form. and brilliant Wal tho scene there
presented; but the Buffalo Exposition
lacked tho water setting which Us so
magnificent a feature of the JAMESTOWN
Exposition, tho lights or which glir1-
mer out across Hampton Roads. making
one long for a small boat In which to
paddle Off into the rufflinE water, and
there, rocking to tho motion or the
tide. lay back and view tho dream city
SO brilliantly ,illufnined on shore.
Crowds Arc Larger Now.
The attendance has steadily Increased
with the completion of the show. III
one may Judge from the registers OF
the hotels ut the exposition and In Nor
folk, 1t would seem that many of the
visitors are Western people, Ohio. In
diana and Illinois arc sending delega-
tions In parties, while single names
and family parties register from States
in the far West. And these Westerners
feel we'll repaid for their long journey.
and 30 Express themselves. The ex-
hibits are complete. the pier and ex-
position buildings all finished, the
grounds In better order. and with more
shrubbcry and trees than any former
exposition, h Warpath a blaze of
glory and fun. and the prices of very
thing. both in Norfolk and at the ex-
position, entirely satisfactory TO every
one, n condition far from what was
presented at the opening OF tho show
last spring.
These Western people who have come
thousands OF miles to view the show.
and who arc satisfied with 1t, express
pie from the contiguous States are not
In attendance. And 1t is an u~ndeniab1e
fact that there are many thousands
e einis pe9 ans N I.y,es c T. Mnsyla Within V'r a
few hundred miles OF exposition.
who. notwithstanding the low excnr-
rates. nave never seen the show,
since seeing 1t In its incomplete II
raw state.
Not Open Next Year.
There seems now to be little pros
pect of r%eopening the exposition next
spring. ow ing to the difficulty OF, Sc
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States, which have exhibits. and tho
financial problems involved and with
In q few weeks the opportunity of Il
lifetime to many to gee a truly great
exposition Will have gone.
The exposition is frankly admitted
to be a failure financIally-that Is to
say, the directors and those In charge
Ing buildings and beautifying the
grounds than they can hope under the
best circumstances to recoup by gate
receipts. The loss falls partly on the
exhibitors, partly on the stockholders
and partly on the government. The
have criticized as being unwise. and
for which many have blamed the for
mer management of the exposition, is
that the visitor to the completed show
really gets moro for his money than
he is entitled to: more return is made
pay for. and the stockholders and the
government stand the loss.
Credit to outh.
Tho talk of turning the show .over
TO the government is regarded here as
the purest hot air."
The directors are v%irSinians, the
president and director-general are Vir-
g%fnians. and the show will be oper-
ated by them to its closing day on
November 30th, regardless of the loss
which may accrue. 1t is a Southern
beauty is a credit to the South and
to the Southern men who are in con-
troll of 1t, and the directors have
every reason to expect hat the South
will come to its support at least in
such uInbers as will outnumber the
far W~esterners, and make its last days
fits best days: that regardless OF the
loss financially the exposition may go