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BUFFALO BILL PROSPERS.

But Illegitimate shows Outside the
Grounds Do No Business.

While beneficient nature smiled its approval
upon the glories of the white
city and its thousands of happy visitors
yesterday, it gazed also upon another
class of amusements and amusement
seekers without the gates. Stony Island
avenue had its throng of people, but
their number was appreciably less than
all previous Sundays. The crowd
that was there came solely for the cheap
amusements that they were certain to
find. Their ranks were constantly being
replenished by transients coming and
going who stopped but for a moment at
the diversions of the wayside and then
passed on.

Two new museums have opened up
for business within a block of the
former site of Fitzgerald's notorious resort
on Stony Island avenue and Sixty-
third street. The latter is but a short
distance east of the Illinois Central
viaduct, and presents the usual line of
fake delusions and, of course, a papier
mache mermaid.

The legitimate places of amusement
did a good business, but not equal to that
of the previous Sunday. At Buffalo
Bill's show the crowd was next to the
largest ever gathered in the great
amphitheater. Mr. Cody announces
that he adds his quota of praise to that
of the majority for the commissioners
in their opening of the Fair on Sunday.
The "Wild West" show has merits of
its own that will withstand the most
formidable competition--even that of
the Exposition itself. Yesterday afternoon
the sign "standing room only"
was hung out and last night's audience
was the largest night audience
since the introduction of the "Wild
West" to Chicago.

With all it was a quiet day outside
the high fence with a dearth of fights
and street troubles which have characterized
the Sunday afternoons when
the Fair was closed to the public.

FIRST SUNDAY ILLUMINATION.

Witnessed by Such a Crowd as Jackson
Park has Never Seen.

The first Sunday night illumination at
the Fair grounds was quite as splendid
as its predecessors and was attended by

Chicago Globe
May 29/93.