MRS. HOLMES AT THE OPENING OF THE CHICAGO EXPOSITION. 
Government Building, 
World's Fair, Chicago, 
duly 7, 1893. 
My dearest boys and Gammy: 
Last alae I was going to write you, but I got 
home at 10:30 P.M. too tired to write. 
Just a week ago today I left home, so my stay is 
half over and soon you'll have your mamma again. | 
We had a nice comfortable journey on here, and 
arrived at 10:30 A. M. I foolishly went right over to the 
Fair Grounds and stayed there until night. At eight o'clock 
the fireworks commenced, they were very much the same as our 
celebrations at inauguration times. But the crowd? 300,000 
and more, until the grounds looked like the fly plaster iA 
a restaurant at fly time - black with people. We were among 
the elect as luck would have it and saw them from the front 
third floor room of the Government Building. 
I am writing while I wait to see the Caravels come 
in. Gammy will tell vou ouet the Caravels are. 
When I got back to the house the first afternoon I 
was in so much pain from my eyes, that I was forced to spend 
all of Wednesday on the bed with a damp cloth on my eyes. 
Thursday morning saw them well again. 
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