Evening star., 1934-05-17
FAIRS PROSPECTS
BETTER THIS YEAR
Attendance Is Expected to
Far Exceed 22, ,565,859
in 1888.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHICAGO. May II (NAN.A).-
Having tasted success in a measure
that exceeded all predictions in ad-
vance Of last years Century of Prog
ress Exposition, the 1884 edition of
the World Fair in Chicago will open
its gates 10 days hence with every
prospect that last years exposition
and the 1888 throngS were but pre-
view of what is to come this Summer.
That statement. based on no pub
licity department ballyhoo, centers
about an advance sale OF 10000
tickets already recorded. as against
100000 when the exposition opened
last May 27; upon an investment Of
approximately $48,00O,0O0, exclusive
OF the value of concession exhibits
and property; on the admitted fact
that Chicagoans, and Americans in
general, have more money to spend
this year than they had in 1888 and.
probably one of the most important
reasons of all, on the generally ac-
knowledged fact that further thou
sands of Americans, who will refrain
from European trips this year be-
cause of the rate-of exchange Situa-
ton. will quite naturally visit the
World Fair in Chicago i'll lieu Of the
journey abroad.
Midway Is Moved.
And it will be new exposition,
even to those thousands who return
for a second visit. The midway has
been moved tc Northerly Island and
where the barkerS and the fan dane
ers held forth last year are new. in
teresting European villages de luxe.
New coats of paint are on every build
ing, those magnificent structures that
remain from 1888. the great sky ride,
and every other nook and corner.
The 1888 Worlds Fair paid attend
ance figure was 22,565,859, by far the
greatest number of visitors that ever
attended an American exposition.
If only 13,800,000 paid admissions
are rung up at the Burnham Park
Worlds Fair Grounds this Summer
and early Fall, the 1884 Century OF
Progress Exposition will wind up with
all its bills paid, in possession Of the
S5.000,000 balance OF the $4,000 000
bond issue and all interest fully paid.
No Public Funds Received.
II the paid attendance this year
should equal the 1888 total-and there
are many hereabouts who believe that
it will come close to doing just that
then there will be clear profit Of
several million dollars. And not l
cent Of public funds of any sort, no
donations, subsidies or loans from any
taX-paying body, Federal, State.
county or municipal, has been asked
Or received for either the 1888 or the
1884 Chicago Worlds Fair. That. in
itself, makes the Century of Progress
Exposition unique among all major
expositions.
Railroads are stressing reduced rates
100000 descriptive booklets; bus lines
are hurting to the four points Of the
compass 100000 booklets of the same
sort; Worlds Fair tour services are
conducting contests in more than 50
great cities in the United States and
Canada-with Worlds Fair trips as
the prizes; every city and town in
the country is being flooded with 1884
Worlds Fair literature-and invita-
tions and so on, ad infinitum.
Which is by way of saying that, all
things considered
The goose hangs high for Chicago 5
1884 Worlds Fair.
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