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DULUTH, MINN. MAY 13, 1893

People's Press

FROM CHICAGO

Our Chicago Correspondent writes
this week:

"Ye who have tears to shed, prepare
to shed them now."

If Mrs. Potter Palmer, president of
the board of lady managers, had used
the above quotation, she could not have
more effectually accomplished that result
than when she arose before the
board in the woman's building, and declared
with much emotion that she
was disgusted with the dissensions in
the board and ready to resign her position.
As rapidly as sobs would permit,
the ladies assured her that they
were her staunch supporters and wished
her to remain at their head. A
tearful vote of confidence in their president
was then recorded, and for the
moment, at least, harmony prevailed.
There were no dissenting votes, but
four ladies declined to be recorded in
the affirmative. The immediate cause
of dissension was the lack of social recognition
extended the board upon the
opening day visit of President Cleveland
and the Duke of Veragua.

Now that the glamor of "opening
day" is over and the World's Fair is
Settling down to business, the crowds
are disappointing. This is due to the
fact, as my previous letters have explained,
that the exhibitors still have
a great deal to do.

There are a large number of visitors
in the city, but preparations are so
ample for taking care of an immense
crowd that at present the attendance
is not very noticeable The leading
regular hotels have a fair crowd of
guests and their corridors have the
appearance in point of crowd of two or
three days before a National Convention
when the advance gaurd has
come upon the ground. Later on the
city will undoubtedly be thronged,
but a good many people are destined
to ascertain that even a World's Fair
will not produce a fortune in six
months.