Year: 1876

alone which makes them adopt our high silk hats and
pay Americans 10 teach them how to do things they
perhaps had better leave undone The Agricultural
Building contains samples OF the natural product, OF
many nations and climates You will judge for your
sell what interests you most; but this show and lnat
OF the states OF Kansas ana Colorado. which you must
not miss, are, next TO the Main Buildn the most M
teresting and valuable to the casual observer whom
am advising Horticultural Hall you may leave unseen
II rs slmpya vast unIurnished greenhouse; IL is the
one iallurc on the grounds.


There is little Japanese bazaar where you may
spend more or less money aud buy more or less pety
things Win H. as your taste and purse may combine
But The real curiosity there Is the building ITSELF II IS
little gem OF architecture and carpentry. You may
study Il carefully all its details or two;
and when you done you will wish that our own
carpenters had only halt much and skill as bave
'bsen put into TINS exquisite little house which peae
10 observe has not nai In It Then do not forget 10
look at the odd little garden, which mas some curosi
ties OF Its ownas cedr tree sixty years old growing
in fowerpot lotus growing in funny little tank oil
It's own, and several gardening devices which will IN
terest you II you are fond OF flowers. over
against this Japanese building is another pretty
bit of archiiecurc-the Swedish schoolnouse Even
the interior, with its many devices Tor teaching the
young idea how TO shoot. will interest and instruct an
American though as to school interiors we are as Tar
ahead of the world as behind these Swedes IN
school buildings


CHEAP TRAVELS


You Will return often 10 The Main Building. Its
contents moro varied inexhaustibly interest
ing. You wander IN perpetual mazc oil wonders
Nowhere in the world can you trave lar for hall
dollar From the diamonds and feather nowers OF
Brazil you slide over 10 the nutmegs and quiuine OF
tue DutCu East 4nuics; from MOrOCcO anu ~ 10
but step I" japan; you have hardly lett China
before Bucnos Ayran rdquer0 invites you TO the
remarkable aud curious show OF his country Inc
kukui candle nuts OF the Sandwich Islands are stll
Ia your mind Us you drop into the Mexican quarter
and the vast rude desk of silver and the inc but
cold marbles which shine like jewels. The little
Orange Free State shows you ostrches and diamonds;
Australia silk wool and pillar OF gold; Queensland
Tasmania the Cape OF Good Hope the Seychelle
Islands, Egypt, Spain and South America-you may
see the essentials of each and all III day or two and
~ sunset be farther travelled man than Marco Polo
And ~ sytl thtpk rudv tn IN
you Will wonder at the marvellous store OF undevel-
oped wealth IN the world; and more at the great
figure which the English speaking race plays ON our
planet just now, when Almost two-thirds oil the vaa
bes here collected sent by who read their Bible
in the same language with ourselves


You must give morning hour or TWO to a round OF
the houses erected by number OF the States for the
welcome OF their citizens. Each differs from the other
IN some characteristic way, the people of the
States differ. And there Turkish and Tunsian and
Moroccan aud other baZaars where you may examine
and buy the SPECIAL products OF these countries In the
way OF trnkets and ornaments, and you Will always
return. again and again, TO the Main Building, and
each time find something new, and have not only the
pleasure OF seeing but the added charm ot discovery


IL you have but week. or even less, to stay you
need not strive TO see more, more systematically
than this and you viii he foolish II you do For 1t is
what your eye hurricdy takes in, but what your
mind grasps and appreciates, that Will really remain
with you as an enjoyment. And amid all your sight
seeing do not pray you neglect to notice the finest
and most impressive sight of all The best part OF the
great show is the people whom you see here. These
great quiet intelligent. orderly, thoroughly respect
abe crowds of your fellow citizens whom you meet
the narrow gauge cars and walking about the grounds.
and wondering as they wander through tue various
buildings aud eating in the restaurants, andtoO few
OF them-ounging about among the flowers and music,
these make up thoughtful observer the most I'M
pressvc ana on the whole the most satisfactory sight
In The Exhibition. They too native products;
look their laces and how little coarseness, how
much intelligence and virtue and sturdy sense OF duly
written there. Please to notice how pretty these
young American girls are; how many thousands OF
them you may sec in your weeks STAY aud scarcely
homely face or awkward figure among them. See how
freely they wander ABOUT. now cnarmingy they make
themselves at home in the halls where they SIT to rest
and lunch Notice how orderly are ali these crowds
General Hawey told the other day that not single
OF disorder or drunkenness has been reported by
the police Think how, from all the ENDS OF the Con-
tnent, Americans have been gathered here to look
each other in the iace nearly 4OOO have registered
themselves from Wisconsin alone, as l write, and At
all the houses Quilt by States the registers show thou
sands of names Of their people The great American
people by long odds the finest and most tory
part of this Centennial show II you study their faces
and their conduct you will 60 home believing that The
country is sale Tor another century.


Finally, II you can any way compel yourself to it,
take II easy DO not be in hurry think of your
three DAYS or week as a pleasure tour, and not as
time in which to tire and furry yourself. Spend at
least halt OF every day out oil doors; eat good and
very lesurey dinner, choosing Tor II the pleasantest
seat open balcony or roof that you can
find; tako your indoor sights by bits not
with fresh yes. and intelligent appreciation
each Study the buildings as well as their contents.
Remember that the middle aisle OF tne Main Building
is broader any in tho world that each
Of the side aises is broader than any street IN Wash
ngton. Notice how insignificant part the police play
these great crowds and be proud Of fellow cIt
when. you learn that amid all the crush and
crowdng there is no complaint Of stealing


In these desultory ways you may in a week
in three four days get better idea OF the wonders
here than many a man gets by the most tedious and
systematic effort to hurry through them all. And do
be discouraged, II you gel but single day
here One day is better than none, and no one viii
regret coming but for single day. Indeed, merely
wander about the pretty and well kept grounds,
without entering any Of the buildings, is pleasure
which one can get elsewhere on this continert Tor
the variety OF the buildings the numerous objects
shown outside of them the crowds oil people, the How
crs grass and all sources OF enjoyment suf
1cient 10 repay ior long journey.