THK OOLOGIST. 



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If oMf' takes note* on points of merit 

 tlien at any future time, we may turn 

 to the remarks on a particular nation, 

 or exhibit and there recall all the 

 liaturcs of interest. As a hoy I attend- 

 ed the C(Hitei\nial exposition and fol- 

 lowed this plan, and I have to-day notes 

 on each of the many nations, and anc 

 refer to it instantly. It may lie that a 

 lew outsiders will read this article; if 

 I so. it will not come amiss if the general 

 advice is taken as to notes-, for anyone 

 attending this grandest of aggregations, 

 cannot fail to reap benelits hy a proper 

 use of pencil and note Iiook. 



To return to the matter of expenses, 



a subject in which many of my readers 



i are interested. The following schedule 



i of prices will give an idea of the daily 



average of a sight seer's expenses who 



is limiteil as to means: 



Lodging .>0 



\ Breakfast 20 



(rMte ent ranee 50 



Inciilentals. street car fare elc 20 



Lunch bought outside of groiimls. . . . lo 

 Sii|)per 2") 



$ 1.75 

 At these figures a boy c.in spend a 

 week, that is Monday to Friilay in- 

 tlnsive, live days, riding to aiul from 

 on Sundaj' and Friday nights, for $8.75 

 exclusive of railroad fare. Moreover, 

 as can easily l)e proven, if a man wants 

 to evert himself, this figure i)er day 

 may be cut down quite an amount. 

 For instance, street car fare may be 

 • lopptid otf", if a boy wants to walk ami 

 save funds. And, too, a pbiiiiiful sup- 

 ply of staple provision may I>c i)rought 

 from home and kept in a satchel 1. 

 Crackers, dried beef and bologna, 

 together with hard boiled egrgs and 

 cheese keep well, and are tilling and 

 suitable, if not delicasies. Remember 

 you are going to absorb information 

 and not to fill your stomach. 



There are thousands of persons who 

 will attend thi; Columbian Exposition 

 who will "blow iu" a lot of money. 



Many of them can afford it but there 

 are a great m.uiy who can't, who will 

 try to cut a swell; and then in the end 

 they will not have a better time than 

 you, and ten to one will not learn half 

 as much as the boy with the note book. 

 The following will give a rough idea of 

 the expense of going to the Fair in 

 style. 



Hotel per day $ 5 Ot> 



Hack to and from ground 3 00 



Luni-h in grounds 2 00 



Theatre in evening 2 00 



Incidentals 2 OO 



Per (lav total $14 00 



Thousands will spend this sum daily 

 aside from the figure of railroad fare, 

 but they cannot learn any more than is 

 possible for you on $1.75 a day. 



Now boys I want you all to come to 

 the Fair, if it is possible, and I take this 

 means of asking your parents to let 3'ou. 

 come, and to assist j'ou to visit Chicago- 

 in ]8!J3. Self reliant boys will liud 

 some means of paying expenses, and 

 there are very few who live within one 

 or two hundred miles of the Fair who- 

 will fail to visit it. In 1870 I worked 

 all summer in order to visit the Centen- 

 nial, and tO(jk my hard knocks iu the 

 harvest field and ;it other kind.-? of hard 

 work, iu order to accomplish my object 

 and I have never been sorry. At the 

 Centennial I necessarily livetl cheaply, 

 for I had about 2.000 miles of railroad 

 fare to pay going and coming, ami so I 

 had to cut down exptuises. I secur d 

 lodgings at Philadelphia at *25 cents a 

 night, and to this day I have never been 

 sorry that I went. 



.Some may tliiuk that this article is 

 written up to advertise the Fair—and 

 they are right. But iu no sen.se is it 

 intended to puff any particular institu- 

 tion or departnuMit. I have no axes to 

 grind, and have merely written this for 



•The.se l^fljflng.s were cheap and p>)'>r enoiiKh. 

 but answered the purMoae. Kqually poor aud 

 (lieap lodgings can be found Iu tJhlcago 



