Show THE MIDWINTER anny persons in many parts paris of tho country arc laughing 0 at san sail franciscu lor undertaking h an lu aa at MIS inis aarli artl time nine spite of lai ri which goes so tar lar as to assert that tile the lair will ivill never bevc r be opened ur or cibat it if ll it is ia it 11 vall be within billu til lu tor fur want of p a t I 1 u it age 1 L ih 1 not lot it all certain that the pi ot 01 tile pair are not proving themselves to lu bo possessed po hessed ot ol wry very long luia g heads aud arid business sense the scoff sc offers ers urge th thai at auvin bubl closed tile gates of tile the exposition tile the world hs ever been the people ot this country are weary neary of such shows at and id must vo ati ufa t c alt alta aa 0 ayal aal A al i 4 fc I 1 I 1 undertaking another they claim th chatan atan francisco is ia too far away that thu tho financial situation Is is too bad that times are too haid that a 0 great fair cannot possibly be got ready in a few feu months allotted to 0 o preparation etc etc in icily to these objections objection the san rian francisco managers say we are not undertaking 0 a big fair as alch things 0 are understood in ill chicago C or paris though should we concede all the space and grant all th the e conce concessions already applied for our little I 1 midwinter would quickly assume the inflated propositions ot tile the genuine columbian article at the same time we are going b to present such euch a vast varied and altogether ether wonderful display of tile the resources of our own coast from alaska alakl a to pata patagonia 0 onla together with those of japan china and the i in lands of the pacific as the world has never seen many of the exhibits from the white city and all the more interesting features of the midway plaisance are already on their way to san francisco while every steamer from youth south america or OliC lItal points is unloading novel novelties noveltia tir s that would drive chicago chicag 0 wild with envy y the mere fact that one exposition has ewt closed is a good reason for opening another the appetite of the american people lor for such things thiap 0 has been whetted they have contracted the exposition habit as it were and thousands will nill visit the midwinter who would not have thought of such a thin thing had they not dot already been ken to tile the columbian times are hard to be sure and nowhere are the they y harder than on the pacific coast but that is only another reason w why our fail should lie be held this winter the the gardei hai the tt attie Tie the HIP fioro there is for us its to advertise fornia and her resources the r need fur for us to provide work those out of employment im ani keep money in ia circulation tj who travel most and farthest tj ins who can afford to spend d most money to attract suc such 11 pic we mean to tomal make ceSan san fra franc c the focal point of this wint tourist travel from all parts of world thus shall wealth bo be i it is most arid giitl in course of time all thi shall again be with us i harpers weekly |