People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 June 1893 — TALES OF THE FAIR [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

TALES OF THE FAIR

Fresh Notes of Interest from the Columbian Exposition. American Day to Be Gloriously Celebrated—Great Times Among State Buildings—lncidents and Accidents. [Special Chicago Correspondence. 1 There have been some great days at Jackson park since the fair opened, but the greatest day in all probability that the White City will see will be American day, July 4 next. A few days ago Germany had her day, and it was aiandly and enjoyably celebrated by e Germans of the city. There were nearly a quarter of a million people in the grounds on that occasion, and Germania was the recipient of distinguished honors, but on the Fourth of July we expect to see a celebration which will outshine anything of the kind ever held in this country, Centennial day not excepted. This is, of course, as it should be, for are a cosmopolitan people and nation the American sentiment should prevail and all American-born citizens should take pride in an event which will herald to the world the

magnitude of our institutions and the progress of our country. There will no doubt be a greatly increased attendance during the first week of July, in view' of the grand sights programmed for the Fourth. The excursions have begun to come in and the floating population of our great city is daily increasing. In reference to the coming celebration one of our leading dailies contains this glowing outburst: “Fourth of July at the fair will be a roarer. All the contrivances known to pyrotechnic art, all the eloquence of a hundred orators, all the music of a hundred bands, all the huzzas aud hurrahs of a million lungs will be united in a patriotic din such as the world has never heard. It will begin at sunrise and last the day out, and all the fiery glory of Bunker Hill and Concord and Lexington will be magnified a hundred fold as a national demonstration of the fact that American liberty is as sure and safe as the granite ribs of its mountains. The declaration of independence will be read in twenty tongues from galleries and parapets and platforms, while all the tribes, from slaving Turks to barbarous Dahomans, unite in cheers for the success and everlastingness of the giant republic. “The exposition people now have all shoulders at the wheel, and with the brilliance of the dedication to eclipse they have planned along leviathan lines. The greatest day in American

history deserves the greatest celebration that money and brains can devise at the hands of the greatest enterprise the country ever witnessed. All the men who make such occasions a business have been called into council that the Visiting nations may understand how numerously and noisily loyal this free people is. From dawn until the next daylight there will be such a bewildering confusion of booming and such a blinding display of fire and such a deafening roar of patriotic airs that the whole world will be convinced that this whole people is as loyal to the old declaration as were the embattled farmers who fought for it.” The programme for the day has been outlined and it is replete with interesting features from beginning 'to end. The evening will be made grandly gorgeous by all the arts of which pyrotechnical genius is master, the figures to be presented being those of most prominence in the history of our independence as a nation. Tlie people of the various states having representative bfiildings at the fair have been having great times within the past few days. Indiana, California

and Texas have just completed their exhibits and have done the opening honors in magnificent style. More notable than the others is probably the California building, on account of the magnitude of its dimensions and the variety and volume of its contents. Built on the lines of the old Spanish missions of the Pacific coast it is exceedingly picturesque, and filled as it ia with the wonderful productions of the “Golden State” it affords visitor a world of pleasure in the contemplation of its beauties. There are but few of the state buildings now unfinished, and those states unrepresented by buildings have exhibits in the large buildings of the fair. Among the latter is Oregon, whose fair appropriation was made at so late a date that it was decided impracticable to attempt the erection of a building. The state, however, is very creditably represented in the various department buildings of the exposition. Just at present the weather is very warm end we are having a foretaste of what we may expect during the heat of the midsummer days. Several cases of prostration have resulted from injudicious exposure on the part of too eager sightseers, and the patrol wagons of the police department have been called into requisition to convey the victims

of inordinate curiosity to the hospital. With one thing and another the police of the fair have been kept pretty busy since the opening day, although the number of crimes committed in the grounds has been surprisingly small. Once in awhile some luckless individual meets with a loss cr an accident and immediately resorts to the patrol, which attends to his case with promptness and dispatch. Since the cessation of building operations there have been but few accidents to workmen, the only death reported for a long time occurring a few days ago. This was a very distressing case. One of a number of men who were working near the roof of the Manufactures building lost his hold and fell one hundred and seventy feet to the floor below. A great many visitors were in the building at the time, and they beheld a sight which unnerved the strongest of them and caused a number of women to faint. The poor man was dashed nto a shapeless mass and never regained consciousness. The hospital service at the fair is excellent in every respect and through its agency many broken limbs have been restored and much suffering has been alleviated. The provisions for caring for the children is another feature of the fair service that is especially commendable. Bv its aid tired mothers are relieved of their precious burdens for the time and enabled to go

about unhampered by their little ones, whom in many instances they must take with them or remain at home themselves. The complaints of extortion which were so frequent a short time ago are eow no longer heard, or at least are becoming very rare, and the impression, whWh had been somewhat general, that people were being robbed at the fair is gradually becoming effaced. There are plenty of free water and toilet accommodations, and lunches may be had at a moderate charge. This being the case, a person of modest medhs need not go hungry, thirsty or dirty while visiting the fair.

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WHERE THE BABIES ABE KEPT.