People's Pilot, Volume 2, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 May 1893 — Page 3

WORLD’S FAIR NOTES.

Items Picked Up In a Ramble Through Jackson Park. The Condition of the Fair a Week After the Opening —Some of the Sight* That Amuse—Fake* and Fakirs. {Special Chicago Correspondence.]

the week has not been large enough to crowd the grounds, and the going has been constantly improving so that the discomforts of the first day have almost entirely disappeared, and a visit to the fair is now much more pleasurable. Each day brings forth some new attractions as the exhibits are unpacked and installed and fresh features of interest •re constantly being added about the grounds. The electric fountains and search lights have been completed and are now In operation at night and the displays are ■perfectly dazzling. The gilded statue of the Republic and the dome of the Administration building glint in the flashing light and the whole city of white is flooded with splendor. These displays ■undoubtedly surpass anything of the hind ever witnessed before, and their magnificence will be one of the greatest wonders of the fair when completed. The search lights are stationed on the Agricultural building and by their aid the whole country for miles around can be illuminated. In addition to these there are many great arc lights which lend their brilliancy to the scene. Those portions of the fair which still remain unfinished are now receiving the attention of a doubled force of workmen, who are putting forth every

effort to bring them to completion. Day and night the work goes on almost unceasingly, one force relieving the other at regular intervals, scarcely losing a moment, so eager are the exhibitors to Teach the completion of their tasks and have everything in shape as soon as possible. The exhibits are still coming in from every direction, and as fast as they arrive they are seized upon by their owners and conveyed to their respective departments. In most of the large buildings great piles of boxes await their turn to be relieved of their contents, and as fast as they are taken away others arrive to take their places. When one views the immensity of apace that is to be covered by the exhibits of all kinds it seems an interminable task to fill it, an'd it hardly seems

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posible to get things arranged within the time allowed for the completion of exhibits; but, judging from what has already been accomplished, but little further time will be needed to finish th? work of installation. There is just about as much to interone in viewing ,the people at work at the fair as there would be were it all finished. When it is all done there wiU be the display of products, curios, etc., but at present is much to be learned in tee different methods of doing things to vogue among the various nations. It has been said by a .great- many of the .parly visitors at the fair that- they wouldn’t have missed seeing the buildings in process of construction for anything, and truly there were wonders performed in the line of ATvlutoelural ingenuity.

, : i -i Besides the electric light displays at night there is another big attraction in the grand musical concerts which are furnished by the exposition band. An elaborate programme is prepared each day and some of the numbers are fairly entrancing. The band occupies a large pavilion in the grand plaza east of the Administration building, and when it is performing the surrounding space is usually black with people. Among the members of the band are some of the best musicians in their respective lines in the country, and their director, Prof. Liesegang, is an acknowledged leader among the musicians of Chicago. In a stroll about the fair grounds there are many sights to be seen that are extremely amusing. To behold a diminutive specimen of manhood, with spectacles on his nose, all bowed up behind one of those trundling chairs, trying to propel a two-hundred-pound woman with near-sighted eyes and an irascible temper is something well calculated to stir up pity in the bosom of a professional executioner. And when the ground was wet and soft and the

ITH. the expiration of the opening week the Columbian exposition hae lost much of its incompleteness, and, although there is much yet to be done, still the grounds are in such shape as to permit of a most enjoyable and profitable stroll among the great white buildings. The number of visitor per day during

crowds were thick the guides who engineered those man-killing wheel-chairs were indeed fit subjects for commiseration. At lunch time there is a general parade of baskets and boxes, and there is a wholesale scramble for sequestered nooks wherein to discuss their contents. Since the knowledge became general that extortion was being practiced in some quarters a flourishing business has been done by the lunch stands outside the fair grounds. Many of the visitors also come provided with all the comforts of home in the shape of eatables. Some who do not care to be seen carrying lunch boxes may be observed about noon-time to quietly

THE BAND PAVILION.

steer for corners remote from the throng, and when they think no one is looking reach into their inside pockets and draw forth adult-sized sandwiches which they speedily dispatch and resume their tour of sight-seeing. There will soon be a better outlook for provender, however, for the rigid investigation of the fair officials into cases of extortion has put the restaurateurs on their good behavior, and the action of the people in boycotting the restaurants has had a salutary effect, so that the difficulty some have experienced in obtaining creature comforts at moderate prices will soon be overcome and it will be no longer necessary to load one’s self down with food or transform one’s self into a perambulating commissary when contemplating a visit to the world’s fair. Those gay and festive gondoliers, about whom there has been so much talk, are now busily plying their oars about the lagoon. As their boats skim along with their bright colored streamers trailing in the water behind them and their gaudy hangings fluttering in the breeze they remind one of the pictures of Venice in the art galleries. These sunburned sons of Italy are gathering in American coin at a great rate, for the gondola has become very popular with pleasure seekers from all lands. Among the most novel modes of conveyance at the fair is the sedan chair, which is fast growing in favor among young women of an aesthetic turn of mind. It takes two strong Turks to handle one of these oriental carriages, and now that the weather is getting warm the exertion makes them perspire very freely. Occasionally some young man with a taste for luxury will engage one of the chairs, and as he is jogged along he will sportively stick his feet out of the windows and assume an air of utter languor /or the express benefit of those who are trudging along on foot. Such a scene never fails to create a great deal of fun, and everybody joins in the laugh. Good nature seems to possess everybody who visits the fair. •

Outside of the fair grounds the fakirs and peddlers fairly swarm, and the din they keep up in calling their wares and attractions is enough to ruin an ear trumpet. Everything in the shape of souvenirs is these in great profusion, badges, books and what-not. Here the popcorn man balls up his corn and bawl* himself hoarse trying to sell it There the man with a guide book

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deftly flirts his accordion-like publics* tion under your noee aad in stentorian tones invites you to part with your hard-earned ducats. These are of a harmless order, and should you patronize them you will get some value for your money, but there are those who will fleece and rob you at the slightest opportunity. Light-fingered gentry are scattered through the crowds, and un- ' less a good watch is kept up for them they are apt to get familiar with a person’s valuables on very short notice. There are also innumerable side-show attractions and “fake” enterprises to j separate the unwary stranger from his money. The oleaginous individual with a tough mug and uproarious apparel warbles his seductive tale of wonders to be seen in some two-by-four stall or wagon, and all for “the small sum of a quarter of a dollar, twenty-five cents, two dimes and a nick.” They are all running what they call a “suckers* game,” and any money invested with them is simply a purchase of superflu- ‘ ous and unprofitable experience

SPECIAL DAYS IN THE BIG SHOW.

So Far aa Possible States Will Get the Dates They Ask For. The first state and society days at the fair were booked recently by the ceremonies committee. These special days are expected to greatly increase the attendance at the exposition, as they will be made the occasion of reunions of various kinds. Such days proved to be very popular at the centennial. The first day assigned is May 17, when visitors from the state of Washington will swoop down on the grounds and have things their own way. Maine folks are coming on June 2, and on July 28 the commercial travelers of the United States will take possession of the grounds. Utah day is July 24. Wisconsin will rally at the park on May 28. The Independent Order of Foresters chose August 12 and the Colored Peoples’ association August 17. North Carolinians are coming August 3L The New York crowd will be here September 4. Colorado comes five days later. Kansas has asked for two days, September 15 and 16. Nevada asked for October 31, doubtless ignorant of the fact that the exposition closes ths day previous. Secretary Culp, of the ceremonies Committee, says this is only the beginning of the assignment of special days. “We have received many lejtters on the subject,” he said, “in which inquiry was made in regard to the days that could be secured by states and societies. At present it is difficult to make assignments for the reason that the applicants do not say in all cases the days they desire. Naturally we will endeavor to give them the days they want, for the state boards are supposed to know at what period of exposition they can bring the most people to the fair. All of them are anxious to make the biggest showing possible for their states, and we will help them inany manner possible.”

EXQUISITE WAX FLOWERS.

Th* Work of a Self-Educated Farmer’s Daughter. A bit of work of which the ladies in charge of woman’s work in the Illinois building are particularly proud is a case of wax flowers of exquisite workmanship, although the grouping is by no means artistic. It is the work of a young girl in Williamson county, whose opportunity for any development of love of the beautiful has been exceedingly limited. Her life has been passed upon a farm and her time has been filled with the arduous duties which are the lot of a farmer’s daughter of he poorer class. Only once did she ever see any formation of wax flowers by anyone else, but that once did for her what months of training often fails to accomplish for many of her more fortunate sisters. The material used is the refuse wax from the comb, heated and bleached by herself, while the coloring is done with rough paints. The tools used are a penknife and hairpin. The result is marvelous. Lilies of the valley, fuchias, dahlias, honeysuckles and roses attest the delicacy of touch and love of the beautiful—nature’s rare gift to this humble farm girl.

REFUSED PASSES.

Papers That Have Maligned the ExposU tion Unknowingly Reject Courtesies. The papers that “have been for ths last two years maligning Chicago and the world’s fair have learned that for once they have been checkmated. The papers that exhibited the most malignant spirit have been the ones to make the first demands upon Maj. Handy for passes. Their requests would probably have been granted had common civility been displayed; as it is they mJy be compelled to spend their money at the exposition gates. Maj. Handy’s department has for many months been sending all over the country a mass of descriptive matter concerning the fair.' This matter has invariably been refused by the papers that the fair, and the envelopes have been returned unopened. When the notifications concerning passes were sent out, Maj. Handy directed that they be inclosed in the same sort of envelopes used for the tissue. The ruse worked weU, and as a result probably a dozen papers hav* cut themselves off from passes. The world’s fair will indulge in an electric star at night. Calculationsand experiments have shown that the bright particular electric star will throw its rays to a distance of 100 miles, many times the extent of power possessed by any other light, ancient or modern. Throwing its enormous concentration of 200,000,000-candle-power light from a height of 250 feeton the roof of the Manufactures building, the big lamp will shed a dazzling path of light in all directions. Two giddy young men were strolling through Midway Plaisance the other day, when they saw a Turk a short distance ahead of them. “Do you see the Turk?” said one of them. “I am going to have some fun with him.” So presently he said to the Turk: “Well, old Fezzy, how’s your liver?” And the Turk replied, in perfectly good English: “Mjich better than your sir."

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Not Truly Brave. O, fiercely fought he In the warsl His courage oft was noted, And three times he for gallantry Was honored and promoted. Where bullets flew as thick as fleas, And almost as annoying, Well to the front he bore the brunt When death with men was toying. ' The shriek of shells no terror brought Though comrades fast were falling, He stood alone in trenches strewn With carnage most appalling. . He smiled on death with a scornful smile, And fear and he were strangers. When blood flowed free, he laughed in glee, Found food for mirth in dangers. Yet now his noble courage fails— His heart Is near to stopping— It shakes his nerves when his wife observes: “John, come with me a-shopplng." —Detroit Tribune.

Little Things. • There is some little thing eaeh day For God’s own ones to do orsay; Some trifling work, although It be Unnoticed in Its ministry. Yet still some fine, discerning soul, Needs but this touch to make it whole, It Is not always we are stirred By loving voice or helping word; But something deeper In its power Has gently thrilled the passing hour, ,' And won some recreant heart, may be, , To life and God and liberty. —M. O. Page, in Union Signal.

“What is all that uproar about in there?” inquired a stranger, trying to force his way through the crowd in front of the building. “It’s a plumber and a paperhanger,” replied a man standing on the windowsill. “They’ve done some work for each other and they’re trying to settle.”—lndianapolis Journal. “A little change of heir,” remarked the old man as he altered his will, cutting off his nephew in favor of his typewriter.— Philadelphia Record. Many a man when he gets home from the club finds himself a number one fellow according to the clock. It does seem a little odd that a good, “trusty" grocer rarely succeeds.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. The reason a person sees stars when he is struck in the bead must be because it makes him sore aloft. —Rochester Democrat. It is usually when a man gets well loaded th At he shoots off his mouth the most. —Buffalo Courier. Some housekeepers are so exasperatingly industrious that they give the dust no time to settle.—Truth. Who was the first wheelman] Father Time. From the beginning he has gone on by cycles. “How is real estate out your way?” “O,” said the moist and weary man, “its name Is mud at present.’’—Washington Star. It does not savor of bad taste to see potatoes appear at dinner in their smoking jackets. When was the last , time that Goliath slept in a cradle? When David rocked him to sleep. Why is a large man just tumbled into a brook like a small pig? He’s got a little souse. Jaoson says ft is astonishing bow bad most good fellows are.—Elmira Gazette.

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