Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 84, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 July 1901 — A Little Girl’s Impressions of the Pan American. [ARTICLE]

A Little Girl’s Impressions of the Pan American.

1 We did not go into any of the sights of the Midway, except the Ostrich farm. They were not very ' pretty, but were funny, and cost SSOO apiece. There were two baby , Ostriches there. |They were so 1 cute! There is a sort of a circus there that I want to, visit. They had a baby lion out in front. It was cuter than my cats, and fully as harmless. I patted it and it was so soft and silky; if I can get it I will bring it home. As far as I ■ could see, there was only one ' drinking fountain; the other foun- ■ tains were very beautiful. The electric tower is lovely. The buildI ings are not half as large as those at the World’s Fair, but are far | more beautiful. In the machinery and transpori tatiorr buildings, were modern carriages, automobiles, carts and a few other things, and there were a good many still machines. We visited a Japanese bazar. Everything was so odd, funny Japanese ten cent dolls, and the finest of china worth SIOO. We visited the liberal art building, I liked that. Everything was there, finest of silks, satins, gold and silver. Embroidery priced at SIOO. I saw a doily not six inches across marked S2O. A patch work quilt with autograph of famous people worked on it, was only $3,000. The Ethnology building was full of stuffed animals, stones, ancient weapons, etc. A few skeletons and a mummy. The latter was not th© least bit pretty, either. The Fisheries Building was dull, there were little cages in the walls, of glass, filled with sand, water and sea weed, and fish swimming around. The room was lined with these. At one of tne buildings I saw an immense case of stuffed humming birds. We went to the Temple of Music, and listened to a $15,000 pipe organ. My, but it was grand! And afterwards heard Sousa’s band. I almost forgot to tell you of the statues here in the Pan American. All plaster, somewhat marred, but so many. I saw one god with a big toe off. Statues representing everything and some of them not quite nice either. But the greatest sight is the lighting up, at night. A few lamps came on first, then the band played, The Star Spangled Banner, and every light started, very faint, and just grew bright. It was grand, beautiful! The buildings were all outlined with lights, and the tower . was covered. The fountains had lights around, or in them. When we were at some distance from the tower it looked like solid gold. Buffalo. N. Y. July 6.