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railways, carriers, and steamship companies special terms for 

 the conveyance of Exhibitor's goods to and from the P^xhibition, 

 and these arrangements will be communicated to intending 

 Exhibitors. 



INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION IN SAN 

 FRANCISCO (CALIFORNIA). 



I have just received the following letter from the Chief 

 Director of the International Exhibition of San Francisco : 



" Monsieur le Rédacteur, 



*' Quelques nouvelles concernant l'Exposition Hiver- 

 nale, Internationale de Californie intéresseront probablement 

 vos lecteurs, et nous vous serions bien obligés en faisant bon 

 accueil à notre lettre et en reproduisant ce que vous jugerez 

 utile, le plus tôt possible. 



THE SCOPE OF THE EXPOSITION. 



What the California Midwinter International 

 Exposition is and what it isn't. 



An account of the plan and scope of the Midwinter 

 Exposition has been requested verbally and orally by so many 

 people that the writer believes that he cannot fail to interest 

 his readers by giving answers to some of the questions which 

 have been asked. 



It must not be forgotten that while the California Fair 

 will be essentially international in character, it will not be as 

 great in sizes as the Chicago Fair. The Midwinter Fair has 

 been modelled upon entirely different lines. The difference 

 in the character of the tw'o Expositions will be quite as marked 

 as the difference in size. At the World's Fair is shown all 

 that human effort has accomplished. The Midwinter Fair 

 will show all that is best in the art, science and industry of the 

 world. The great fault found with the World's Fair is that it is 

 too large and the multiplicity of the exhibits makes it impossible 

 for anyone to see everything. One of those men, who 

 have a fondness for queer calculation, has discovered that if 

 but two minutes were allowed to each exhibit, it would take 

 thirty-two years to see the Fair. The visitor who can remain 

 in Chicago but a few days, must waste much of his time seeing 

 things of but little interest to him. So w'ell is this recognized 



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