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T LOUIS. July s. o wm a uu,
epare Individual In frock coat ana
spectacles, with the countenance
of a deacon and the Air of a man
well satisfied with himself and
tils views of life.
"There is hope for the race," he mur
mured. "The people who visit the World'
fair are not interested in sinful ar.d frivo
lous Pike shows, nor even In .he vanities
of the world, such as Jewels and costly
ornaments. They are all Improving their
minds in the Palace of Education and the
Government building."
The woman at his side smiled behind her
fan, for she had spent a week at the ex
position, Rnd it was the gentleman's first
afternoon.
"I thought I was going to have these
splendid exhibits all to myself," he con
tinued, "but I find these really instructive
buildings are the only ones the people care
.about."
To a man on the inside of the Palace of
Education or the Government pavilion It
would actually seem as if the self-sty'.fd
educator were correct. There is never an
hour from opening to closing time when
these two buildings are not filled with vis
itors. Moreover, there is not a minute of
the same time when there is not a crowd
around the government bird cage. In'the
government fish pavilion those who care
to watch the antics of the crabs are always
compelled to take turns with the others
who are there for the same purpose, id
there Is a continuous stream of people en
tering and leaving this beautiful Craeco
Roman building. The same thing is true
of the seven other large exhibit palace"
that are grouped around the Cabcade Gar
dens. The professor who is jrettlng observations
down in his notebook for future tabulation
might draw the conclusion thnt humanity
Is interested primarily in machines, meth
ods of transportation, the equipment of the
home, electrical appliances, . books, jnusio,
the mechantam of the government.
queer fishes and remarkable birds.
The man who has no deelre to meas
ure humanity by tape and square, will
admit all this is true. But he will
add that there are a great mnny peo
pleyes, American people who are In
terested in art, for he has been at
the Palace of Fine Arts on the hill
behind Festival hall and he knows
that the galleries are not merely vis
ited, but actually crowded from early
morning until closing time, which Is
10 . o'clock on three evenings of the
week.
Farmers and those who are either
Intimately or remotely connected with
agricultural pursuits form a large ele
ment In World's fair attendance, and
all of these spend a considerable share
of their time in the three buildings
that lie' west of Sklnker road. Here
at no time does the crowd seem large,
for the area and arrangement are such
that an army could be handled in
them without the slightest danger of
congestion.
In the Palace of Agriculture alone
there are four miles of aisle space,
nd the aisles are sufficiently wide to
permit visitors to move freely about
without jostling. It is only when the
crowd is ascending and descending the
monumental stair that leads up from
the "great floral clock to the building
that one begins to realize that it really
is a crowd.
The man who has a fondness for
athletics could imagine that during an
event the rest of the grounds were
vacated and that everybody had gone
to the Stadium, and at the same time
those who were still in the exhibit
palaces and elsewhere would scarcely
miss the Stadium crowd.
The truth of the matter is that the
grounds are so enormous and the ob
jects of interest are so varied that s
hundred thousand people, with tastes
a diverse as the range of human la-
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terest, may be enjoying themselves In their
own way at the same time without giving
the impression that there wtre half or oven
a quarter of that number within the en
closure. Day after day the atter.dince Is in the
near vicinity of the 100.000 mark. Olten it
is in excess of that number, and yet there
is none of the frightful consettljn that
has been the nightmare of other expo
sitions. The criticism U sometimes made
that the grounds of the Louiil .na Pure", a e
exposition are too large, and that it would
have been better if tl.n main bui:dl.ig
had all been located on one level tract of
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land, with Piko, the live anthropology
exhibits, the Stadium and tho state and
fo:e!gn bul'ding.s surrounding them. Had
this iJea teen carried out there might
hive been several repetitions of the hor
rors of Chicago day at the Columbiin ex
position, when children were crushed and
fainting women could not be rescued from
the throng to be carried to the hospital.
The arrangement of buildings U really
so admirable that If one understands It he
need not waste his strength in nefdless
walking. The buildings devoted to m--chan'cs
are all in one group. Those that
con lain artistic and manufactured p. nducts
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are in another. The Palace of Mines la
virtually a doorway to the gulch where)
practical mining is carried on. The for
eign pavilions, with the exception of Ger
many, are together, and the state build- '
lnx are in two groups. Alaska and the
model. Indian school lead the way to tha
primitive human habitations and the won
derful Philippine reservation. Any ona
of these sections may be reached from tha
intramural stations, and free peats fur the
weary are provided In abundance every
where. The evening is the only time when the
crowd actually becomes perceptible as in
the nature of a "crush." Then the exhibit
palaces are closed and the throngs congre
gate at two points. There is the sober,
artistic element who can And infinite and
exhuustlrsH delight in the glorious illumi
nation and the dancing reflections' on the
boKom of the grand basin, and there Is the
crowd on the Pike. From 7 o'clock until
midnight the broad avenue, almost a mile
In length, is a rippling, pulsating sea of
Joyous, care free humanity. In spite of
the "professor's" first day observation tha
Pike crowd is the only exposition crowd,
that looks and feels its actual else.
EMILY GRANT HUTCHINGS.
. Indian Court
A fu!l-blooded Indian court of three Jus.
tices sits every Saturday at White Eagle,
I. T., to hear mlHdemeanor cases and pun
lsh offending members of the Ponca and
Otoe tribes. The court is authorised by
the Indian department. Little Soldier is
chief Justice and he is assisted by Justice
lilg Goose and Justice Rough F.ice. They
never speak Engllxh while on the bench,
and they have a high idea of the dignity
which belongs to their position. Each is
paid $10 a month. It la their unvarying
practice to punish offenders by the heavi
est admins! Lie fines. 1
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