THE ' good warm meals at one of the many _ of our visit we ate at the Temple Inn Ym yy SS = = [Dram ts a WEN % y 2 na tI BY a Jig zeaia cr IGHBOR. VOLUME V. ROCK EDITORIAL OFFICE., ISLAND, ILL. JUNE, 1904. PUBLICATION OFFICE, LINCOLN, NEB. NUMBER 6. SEEING THE EXPOSITION The Editor Visits the World’s Fair Monday, May 9, the editor of THE Roya NEIGHBOR had her first glimpse of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, at St. Louis. She had spent many days at the World’s fair in Chicago, and was also permitted to pay several visits to the Interstate Exposition at Omaha, but the great exposition at St. Louis is the crowning glory of them all. Many of our members will visit the St. Louis exposition and if they are to get the most possible benefit, as well as enjoyment from the trip, they must prepare for the visit. They should “read up” in advance so they may know what there is of most interest to see and learn where it is to be ’ found, lest in the confusion of attrac- tions the best be overlooked. When you have decided to visit the exposition determine in advance how many days you will be able to stay in St. Louis, letting the time be governed by the amount you can afford to ex- pend on the trip. Do not arrange to go with a party. Two is company and a crowd will detract from the pleas- ure because of those comprising all parties hardly more than two will be equally interested in the same thing, and on days when the thousands will be in attendance street cars will be erowded and it.will be difficult for a large party to keep together, so we repeat, do not make your party too large; if a large party goes to St. Louis together it will be more pleas- ant, of course, but when the start is made for the ground separate into small parties of three or four at most and don’t try to meet again until the return to the hotel or boarding house. Before you leave home, we said “read up.” To do this intelligently send for the “Official Guide” to the World’s fair. It is published by au- thority of the Louisiana Exposition Company, is authentic, costs only 25 cents, and will prove an indispensable companion in directing a tour of the grounds and buildings. From its pages ean be learned the location of various exhibits and a full description of every attraction on the grounds, ~ Above all things, do not burden your- self with a lunch box. You will be- come much fatigued anyway, the best you can do, for while a trip to a great exposition affords pleasure, a whole day passed in sight-seeing on the grounds will tax a woman’s strength | far more than the hardest day’s work at home. Looking so constantly will have a tendency to bring on a head- ache and walking about to “see it all” will make one exceedingly weary by noontime and a good warm meal should not be considered a luxury, but an absolute necessity. So when you plan the trip figure upon buying good cafes, restaurants or inns. The price is a little higher than charged in the city restaurants but you are on a pleasure trip and can afford to pay a little more for a warm meal than to be burdened with a lunch basket and eat a cold lunch. On the occasion where a generous dinner costs from fifty cents to as much as one cares to pay, but an average of seventy cents is not an expensive price to pay for a meal on Exposition grounds. As we passed through the gate, at the main entrance, and our eyes feasted for the first time on the mag- nificence of the scene before us, we mentally exclaimed, “The half of its beauty can never be told.” To be ap- preciated it must be seen. We did not attempt to do the interior of the buildings as this, our first visit, was limited. We viewed the exterior, and will return in September to view the exhibits. : All things appear to be working to the end of making the 1904 Universal Exposition stand in a class by itself. In magnitude and scope there has never been anything like it. No enter- « prise of the kind was ever endowed with so great a working capital. The world’s storehouses never before con- tained such treasures to draw from. The Columbian Exposition at Chicago ten years ago, until the present enter- prise was launched and its magnitude was apparent, was supposed to have fixed a standard for all time to come. That theory has been thoroughly ex- ploded by the marvelous accomplish- ments of the Louisiana Purchase Ex- position. The World’s fair at St. Louis covers 1240 acres of ground. All of Chicago’s exposition was contained in 633 acres. Not in mere size does the present enterprise surpass all others. The great exhibit palaces differ from any constructed for former exposi tions. They are all revelations in the arehitect’s art. The big, rectangular buildings of the past have been super- seded by a group of wonderfully beau- tiful and symmetrical structures, as- sembled in the form of a lady’s open fan. The decorative interest centers at the handle of the fan—at the top of the crescent-shaped hill—at which point are located the Festival Hall, the Art Palace, the Cascades and the Cas- eade Gardens. From these, radiate, varying in width from 600 to 200 feet, along which the main exhibit located. One of the most impressive features are the Cas- cades, three in number. They are di- rectly in front of Festival Hall and the Terrace of States, and over these the immense volume of 90,000 gallons of water descends every minute and plunges into the Grand Basin below. avenues buildings are A CORNER OF MACHINERY BUILDING. J Collectively the buildings are many times larger than any other group, and for architectural beauty they im- measurably surpass anything the world has ever seen. The architects departed from beaten paths, and sought and found new features which they happily combined with the best examples of the architecture of other days. When the plans and dimensions of the buildings were first made public the people were amazed at the daring of the exposition management. Even were such mammoth buildings erected, where would the exhibits necessary to fill them come from? Now that the buildings are all finished, and the work of installing the exhibits nearly fin- ished, the question is answered. Even were the buildings three times as large they could not contain all that has been offered. Inner courts have been roofed and where exhibitors have asked for thousands of feet of space they have had to content themselves with a tenth part of that space. Such being the case, the exhibitors. and the exposition management have been enabled to exercise a discrimina- tion that could not have been possible ten years ago. Official figures show that in the decade following the Colum- bian Exposition the value of the manu- factured products has increased 50 per cent. Thus the world’s storehouses contain treasures that were never be- fore accessible. In the close discrimi- nation that has been observed the management declare that only the best and most worthy have been accepted, and that each exhibit represents the best in its class. Our visit made in the third week after the opening found much in an unfinished condition, but the most of the buildings are all ready and the ex- hibitors are installing their exhibits. The roadways are practically all made. The intramural railway, encircling the grounds, is in operation, and the land- seape is so advanced that a few weeks’ warm weather will see it perfect. Every member of our society who at- tends the exposition will of course visit Royal Neighbor headquarters on the. second fioor in the Temple of Frater- nity. The-Royal Neighbors and Modern Woodmen headquarters adjoin and the two societies have united in furnishing the rooms, so both are at the disposal of the members of these societies. At- tendants will be constantly in charge and every member is cordially invited to make the Royal Neighbor rooms their headquarters during their visit. No fee whatever is charged as the headquarters have been provided for the use of members free of charge. September 7 will be Royal Neighbor Day at the exposition. All of the week will be Modern Woodmen and Royal Neighbor week, the Modern Woodmen Forester Encampment being held. Sep- tember 8 will be Modern Woodmen Day, and all of our members who can make only one trip to the fair should, if possible, delay it until that week. It will be easier to secure rooms now than later in the season, but the ex- position will be at its best in Septem- ber and the editor recommends Royal Neighbor and Modern Woodmen week as the very best season of the whole year to see the great exposition. In this issue we show several half- tone photographs of exposition build- ings, giving a better idea of their beauty than can be done by pen. In conelusion we would say: If you ean afford to do so, take the older chil- dren with you to the fair. Do not take the little ones, who would prevent you from seeing the fair, but those who are in school and are large enough to understand will find a trip to the expo- sition of great value from an educa- tional standpoint. The editor enjoyed her first visits immensely. She did not attempt to see it all in one day; but enjoyed a part and will return again to view the additional wonders, for the opportun- ity of visiting such an exposition of the world’s progress comes only once in a life-time. Probably no exposition in the future will surpass the St. Louis Exposition, for it would seem that the limit of human endeavor has this time been attained. eae £ me ri ag ee i ‘ ‘A we "es (sa ft he hf a. Sih tet tay * LB ae