New-York tribune., 1915-03-28

of a correspondent and three weeks of lei
sure in which to spend it. Like Hildebrandth,
Weton and Opts, he assumed that his eX
perences began in San Francisco at the
ferry He addressed himself to the represent
ative Of the Official Hotel Bureau there and
was registered, quite officially, interrogated,
and, no doubt, classified in such a way as to
help in placing him where the cost and en-
vironments best fitted. Right there he must
be permitted an abrupt jump into the first
person.
And now feel relieved 1t is so much
easier to tell what really happened to me
when it can be told as if ] really existed.
From the time Mr.. Allen Gerry representative
of the Hotel Bureau gave me a slip and an
identity on his book my personality was as
sured. There was list of hotels, apartments,
ETC., with complete directions and price per
room per person per day. The first hotel had
beautiful room to offer for SI.so day. The
rate was the same whether for day or
month. That is there was no weekly or
monthly rate Thrty-one and a half dollars
for three weeks left only S68.so to spend on
myself and my wife, who, though frugal, had
not crossed the continent to spend vacation
doing her own cooking.
ECONOMY AND DANGER ARE EQUAL
LY DISTRIBUTED IN CAFETERIA.
An apartment was found for So week that
was all that could be desired. Three car lines
passed the door, and we were within ten min
utes of the heart of the town. One block
away, l discovered presently, there was
large cafeteria where the sign promised cereal
and cream, cents; hot rolls and butter,
CENTS two eggs, any style, 10 cents, and cof-
fee, with cream, cents. Plainly, complete
breakfast for as cents. Women take more
kindly to cafeterias than men. do not fancy
carrying a tray piled to the edge. Too many
slips between the cashier and the table. But
for many days I carried such trays and be-
came fairly expert in building up editices OF
dessert plates over tea-cups and managed to
order only what l could nearly finish. The
temptation is great for men in places where
a variety of hot vands are displayed before
them to ask for about three times as many
as they can consume. But more of this later.
That afternoon we rested The noise of the
train was still in our ears and the motion out
lasted it's reality in our consciousness But
early next morning we were at the exposition
The readers of The Tribune are familiar with
the Photographic reproductions of the build
ings and courts, but photography must tran
scend its present powers to do this magic
region justice. We stopped just inside the
gate and rubbered like 81 Plunkett, from
Squeedunk Corners, till the officer asked US
70 DleaSe make Way
THE TOWER OF JEWELS is INARTIS-
TIC AND FEMININE.
The first thing to catch the eye is the now
famous Tower Of Jewels This is an Eiffel
Tower, with the ugly skeleton OF steel COW
cred by rather motley and assorted variety
OF many things. 1t has been criticised as in
artistic. However, that was never the inten-
ton. 1t is decorative. The visitor who has
expected glass-incrusted structure finds HIM
self agreeably disappointed. The Jewels are
plentiful, but distributed over so great an area
and so tastefully placed that, as they glisten
OF their own color and prismatically, one is
reminded OF lady who, having many gems
and using many OF them, still has the art of
disposing them inoffensvely upon her person.
The Tower OF Jewels is feminine-the most
feminine thing in the grounds. 1t impresses
from the FIRST dominates from every view
point, grows familiar, and speeds the depart
ing guest at last with gracious calmness.
Oh, it has personality
We saw the Court OF the Universe, in which
the Fountain OF Earth is appropriately centred.
On our first visit this court held US from noon
TO sunset, and we woke to more prosac things