Show ITS I OF TJIE FAIR JACKSON PARK PRESCNTtt A MELANCHOLY 8IQHT tl ire tetone aaI IIllaan Ilan tr lurrl a Berne of UIIIII trhleh II II Taheu tang hII 10 Ae romplh IC TltANf31T J Z J Ilnrll hi u n d 1 romplhI I > it Thoro never was A I tnore ilrlkloii Him 1 tratlon of tits fn nillltr purtae r than the prevent cxpoiltlon Not two years Novo par d pa-r < r shore Its I choirs and I jGJ tho cteinenti and 1 man hare rom dnnl to create a ruin which In rapid fly and breadth of contrail li really inprecedented Mont of tho great ruin with which we ore familiar have liken sge to aworapllih and therefore wn have no accurate mental picture of I what they were originally It we of Ill generation could have teen ancient Kgypt we might appreciate appre-ciate In the fullest ulont the tumbled I maionry which today tell a very Incomplete In-complete story of oMtlinn gradcitr Rut III I wllhln reach of moil of ui lo take an object lemon or Iwo In the transit bualnma vlill to what uied to be the Court of Honor now In all Ito denotation and the thounht ot what It was ablato with counties IghU and glorious with color I enough to atlr the modi phlegmatic Decaying woo < tcn wall of big ahal low tank and pile of rnbbUh are all thai II I left ot the electric founulni and Ineiprciilble heaps of plaster and odds and end have taken the place of MacMonnlc fountain Tho elk and other lire ttock of heroic mold which looked out over tho trend llnln are monlly there end In varlaui grades of dilapidation show the wear and tear of a couple ot real hard winter What a sorry condition they are All lob One of the elk hoe toil an antler and a curved bur l of haltInch Iron which ormeil tho core of hub horn pokes him III the rye The nymphs nnd KodiloMM who UK urod In the ntlexorlrnl nroup hate now dtKencrnteil Into a aadly dllapldatxl lot the wanton clement hiring pro > cd lavoo with their once graceful figure And If they and tho bull and horses and the buffalo nil got together and Irlod to nnd n round member among them I dont believe they could do It Tho lady on thin pedutnl of tho bin 1 statue of the Hopubllc li I holding her own fairly well lul how lonely ahe look and how lonely Ibo In l luillfled In looking Bhe looms up high nlwrc orcrylhlnK and Illio I tho Riihynx I the tllalllllh little ha 000 fell mighty ot what has ROHO on noun l her feet If slue could turnaround turn-around oho roulil tee the plnco where i the moxnincenl inrlntylo wDIbul which Is I now mainly nn nib heap Iho eolrM lo the Grand Ilniln la 1 now n pit of ordinary dirt She now look illrrclly nl an Irregular Irregu-lar I heap of twisted Iron and gray pit lie which duo tnlghl rccoinlie but which Iho vliltor would haru to tax tuba memory heavily to connect with Iho AdmlnUtrntlon building I To her left hand are couulleaa charred pile liurned 1 almost to Iho ground They Imllrnto what tone onco tho Agrlcul turnl InilMInK A Brent itrrtrli of ground to bar right covered with broken cnpltali bent beam And block cno1 fragments on the able ot the palo ot maniifnclurp and Illicrnl orb bow how Kofullx lacking In the pie lureciitie n modern ruin can be when II waul lo aa compared wllh the effort ef-fort of omenhal more ancient laTIn laT-In that direction Of the Machinery hall the greater portion of III framework slant reminding re-minding one for nil tho world of the ribs of sonic mighty creature whole dlilntegratlng Ia11fgcatrd I by tho mnifin ol dehrl all around A few car truck tnmllnt lonely In themldit of a great level surface help lo locate the Traniportatlon hulhllng AI It WOo built of wood entirely tho fire illlnt leave much of It to riimbrr the earth with tinilKhtllneiii Workmen are now bitty rcniovlni Ibo lovvrnmeut building build-Ing Trio warship Illlnol has a halo In her sue tho lie of a couple ot barn door and tho water wnihe h I and out of her brick ond timber walls bill till oho Honli Jill as lecureljr aa of yore Tho paint on her funnel and her plaster nrinor hoe blliteriMl I nod hoe ruled Ilk n Iho bark on A hullo A hall trco Today the chief end of tha Illinois Il-linois Is I to furnish n Rood plate for tho juvenllo Chicagoan ta nth front on s Sunday It Is I a good wholesome thins then to turn from Hint desolation and walk JIB along the lake front Workmen pro putting down new roads and ilJewnlk building new walls and beaches and when 0000 back li I tow nnl thai parlle tilar section nf tho park thM wai formerly form-erly the exposition ho can bejln to speculate on what Iho plant will belike be-like om day The lemon btillllnR which wn given by thai oi rnnienl lo ChlcaRO nulhorltlea Is I being pilnted nnd otherwise rejuvenated Willow have crown Lp around It and U looks Just as natural as It Its life for a period nf thirty yeasts Instead of thiee had burn peat RMlitR out over Michigan See Th ground around the art I building are In fine condition Donrri and grow bvlUK used In I excellent I ob oU proportion pro-portion t I to make ver > pretty picture I Hut them U I omethlng lacking at Iho door of the different illtrlM I here ore no chaircarriers smoking cigarette while waiting for bob pns reagare Al the basin front no III b rnoV netlan Kondolleri maun the sun on Ibo decka of their curt And t from the direction of Ihe Midsay l come I no round ot Humhum thiti the I createit wreck ct nil lion the Queen of the Midway nrlggle hourly to tough crowd In n Stale street inuviuin where the la I announced to the ladle and Kent 1 at the twenty thoueanl dollar dol-lar champln danrar of her rpoelal II lee 8 ladln and lUmld two lltlla batd headed Armenian In the famll lor looking rotumlnou chemle cloth trousers do a sword contest there loo after the barker nnnounce thai the wilt meet all comers who will Hand before Ihem for ten minute for IK princely B forfeit thai I am barred at onrc When t think It all over I be Here after nil that the blgge wreck Ic I what the oclonn left of the Midway |