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came no sound. It was indeed a deserted city.
Not for the Eyes of the People.
The beauty of the peerless landscape, with its bright green tapestry dotted with a million fair blossoms, was not for the eyes of the people. The lagoons and canals, unfretted by the wind, lay shining in the light, but no trim craft cut the water or glistening blade cast shimmering ropes of pearls above the placid waters. Within the vast structures, the storehouses of the wealth of many nations, wherein are shown the products of man's genius, a few workmen hammered away. The splendid exhibits were covered with canvas and no mortal eye gazed upon them. Two thousand guards patrolled the park under orders to use force if necessary to keep safely hid the treasures from many lands. And so throughout the livelong day all these beauties lay, as much buried from the sight of the people, whose brains and money made them possible, as though the earth had opened and swallowed them up.
Outside the guarded barricade there was another picture in strange contrast to the peaceful one within the forbidden grounds. From early morning until the sun went down the great thoroughfare leading by the western limits of the park and spanning the Midway plaisance was thronged with well-dressed and law-respecting men and women. Hundreds of thousands of people gazed during the day from the dusty roadway and ugly viaducts into the glittering city over against the blue of the rolling lake. On one side of them was an enchanted city given over to solitude. On the other was a horde of noisy and vulgar mountebanks shouting their worthless wares or urging the people to patronize their worse than bad entertainments. From the west came the shouts of drunken men and the clink of glasses. The saloons that line Lake avenue as well as those near to Stony Island avenue did a thriving trade all day long. The people had money to spend and they gave it to the fakir and the groggery keeper because they could not spend it within the gates of the fair. Every fakir reaped a harvest, while the only entertainment worth all that is paid to see it was unable to accomodate one-half the people who desired to witness it. That one exception was Buffalo Bill's splendid exhibition. At both the afternoon and evening performance the great grand stands were packed to their utmost limit. When the shows began standing room could not be secured at any price.
Record May 22
Saw the Wild West Show.
Buffalo Bill's amphitheater was packed the eaves. Among some of the distinguished people in the boxes were Gen. Nelson A. Miles, Senator Don Cameron, ex-Senator John Creighton of Omaha, Gov. Coslo and Signor Don Francisco Gallastegul of the state of Queretari, Mexico. and Miss Pauncefote, daughter of Sir Julian Pauncefote. When it came time for the ponies to buck they bucked so earnestly that the cowboys themselves became interested. Lee Martin was riding Blue Dog when the crazy broncho reared straight up on his hind legs and fell backward. The wiry cowboy managed to squirm out of the way unhurt, although half the people thought he was killed. A little later Geroge Johnson mounted Badger. The latter stood on his head a few times and then dashed wildly into the little platform raised in the center of the arena, smashing in one side of it. Johnson leaped just before the horse the boards and landed safely on top the platform, a feat not down in the bills. Then the crowd cheered for a full minute. Mr. Johnson was asked if it scared him. "Not on your life," he replied. "But if you give Badger six weeks of bunch grass this place wouldn't him."
Mr. Julian Hawthorne has been mightly impressed with Buffalo Bill's wild west show. At every performance during the last ten days the author-critic of Sag Hardbor might have been seen intently watching the maneuvers of the cowboys and Indians, and rapturously applauding Col. Cody's feats of equestrianism and marksmanship. Mr. Hawthorne's constant attendance at these shows has given a decided color of truth to the rumor that he is contemplating writing a realistic border novel with Buffalo Bill as the grand heroic central figure around whom the action of the tale is to revole.
ever debarred from the grounds. Before every gate or possible coign of vantage people clustered in groups, eager to obtain even a glimpse of that which is to them a forbidden land. They were no mere pleasure seekers, these men who rested toll-worn hands upon each other's shoulders in their endeavors to see. They had
no time to take a day from the week of work. Sunday only was theirs, and the White City was closed against them.
There were few threats, for an American crowd can suffer long in silence, but there was ominous discontent, and with it that to them unanswerable question, "Why?" The people seemed to feel their power, and that their numbers were a vast protest, but they waited and hoped. One man said the Fair would be open next week.
"Next week!" He was answered. "You bet it will be open next week. Look at that crowd. What the people want the people will get."
Excursionists Greatly Disappointed.
The crowd was composed half of excursionists from the country. They came on excursion trains from rural districts tributary to Chicago, lured in, it is said, by flaming railway advertisements. They expected the gates to be opened. They had their half dollars to pay admissions. Their jaws feel away down on their chests when they learned that they could only spend the day by patronizing the side shows and "lemo'" stands that were on exhibition out among the greens and early dog-fennell in blossom outside the fence. They put in the day trying to beat the games and buy out the stands.
The lumber of which the fences are built about the grounds of the World's Fair proper, as well as around the exhibit of Midway
out of its tiny hands as if to clutch it. A picture of Baby Ruth Cleveland was held out, and a sweet smile, one of those cherubic cheek-swellers, threw a glow over the face and the photo was a good one.
It was difficult to find beer for sale in the prohibition district, but industry was rewarded by those who felt they must have it.
Mingling with the crowds with hands in
pockets were many of Chicago's ablest detectives, as well as a large number of the veteran pickpockets of the city. Good, strong-armed men who makes a living by smiting people at the mouths of alleys, long-fingered persons who relieve the pockets of others of coin, porch-climbers, burglars, "fighters," biters, etc., were there too.
Dispatch May 22,
STILL IN THE LEAD.
Buffalo Bill's Great Wild West Show Attracts Nearly as Much Attention as the Big Fair.
Buffalo Bill's wild west show is becoming recognized just as important as the world fair itself to the thousands of visitors now the city, and few people will consider the visit complete until at least one trip has been made to the big ampitheater at Sixty-third street and Stony Island avenue. Though the performance is called a wild west show there is no more cosmopolitan aggregation in the country, with the possible exception of Midway plaisaince, than Buffalo Bill's torupe of rough riders. Indians, Assyrians, Cossacks, Mexicans and Arabians, as well as soldiers from France, Germany, Russia and England, combine in the enterrainment of thousands of visitors daily. Everything has been done on a most elaborate scale many new features introduced, and at the same time all the old features which captured the old world and have become household pictures in this country, have been retained. All this has cost a marvelous outlay of money, but the vast crowds that attend the daily performance show that the money has been well invested.
Mail May 95,
A queer incident took place yesterday in the rotunda of the administration building. Col. Cody's Sioux chieftains, headed by Col. Burke, had halted for a few minutes to admire the beauties of its great inner dome. They were gaudily dressed up, their faces besmeared with ochre and red paint; eagle feathers stuck out from their head dress, and heads covered up half of their naked shoulders. Although themselves overserving the beauties of that place, they were without doubt the observed of all obeservers.
Twso middle-aged men who stood off in a corner of one of the pavilions, and whose general appearance confessed the Briton in them, had been observing the redskins intently for some minutes. Indeed one of them had made a move as if to go to the group of dusky bravos. Suddenly, as if impelled by some unknown force which he could not resist, he rushed forward and, touching one of the painted Indians on the shoulder, remarked in a voice loud enough for any one to hear.
" 'Pon me word, but this is me hold friend, Rain-in-the-Face."
The Indian thus addressed turned half-way round and gave ejaculation to a robust, if somewhat guttural, "Ugh."
"I soy, hold fellow, you surely must remember me. Hi'm Musgrove - hold Mussie, 'im as took you fox 'unting in hold Chesire, don't you know."
The Indian's eyes dilated, a flash of recognition shot through them, he showed his white teeth, and with many satisfactory grunts threw his arms around the Briton's waist and actually danced him a measure there on the mosaic floor. Then he took him to Col. Burke, introduced him, and when the little band started to go out the Englishman and American Indian went away arm in arm.
"I have seen many strange sights out west," remarked the commissioner from North Dakota, who happened to be present when this little incident took place, "but this is certainly more than I had ever anticipated, and the Columbian exposition is the only place wehre such a thing was possible."
as gracefully as if he had descended from the Castilians instead of the Corkonians.
An attache of the show ran out into the arena and told Miss Oakley that the guests had arrived. The pretty little Ohio girl at once ceased her wonderful destruction of glass balls and, facing the grand stand, held her wonderful destruction of glass balls and, facing the grand stand, held her rifle at a "present arms" until the guests were seated, when she resumed her part of the programme.
The duke was greeted with a genuine American welcome when he entered the grand stand, and after taking his seat he arose in response to the applause of the people and bowed to the enthusiastic audience. While he was making his acknowledgments a remarkable scene took place. Bearing an enormous bunch of roses, little Johnny Burke No-Heck, accompanied by Chief No-Neck's squaw, came to the box and presented the flowers to the duke and duchess. Here was a tribute from the original inhabitant of America to the lineal descendents of the man who discovered the country.
Through the entire performance there were evidences of the greates of good feeling on the part of the crowd. Whenever some particular feat of daring horsemanship was accomplished, the local crowd paused in its applause to see how the foriegn guests appreciated the act. Never did the cowboys show more skill and daring in their equestrianism, each as he concluded his part of the program gave a chivalrous, if not in all cases graceful, salute while galloping by the box occupied by the duke.
When the display of cavalry came on the crow went wild. Naval officers in the boxes led the applause as the particular colors under which they sail were borne past at the head of a galloping troop of cavalry. When the troop from the Sixth cavalry came by, riding their gray horses as if they were proud of being soldiers of the United States army, the crowd gave them a hearty reception, which developed into a roar of applause when the colorbearer dipped "Old Glory" in deference to the presene of the duke.
When the scene in which the overland coach is robbed was brought on the two nephews of the Duke were escorted from their box by Major Burke and given seats in the coach.
The guests of the day expressed a desire to meet Colonel Cody, and when he had finished his act of breaking glass balls with a rifle while riding at a full gallop he sprang from his horse in front of the grand stand, and a moment later, clad in his beaded suit of buckskin, sombero in hand stood in the box occupied by the duke and duchess and was presented to the party.
More than 2,000 people were turned away from the gates. The entire attendance was 18,137 not the full capacity of the grounds, but the management sacrificed financial considerations rather than to allow the stand to be uncomfortably crowded.
Nearly all of the well-known actors and actresses now playing engagements in the city were present, including Rose and Charles Coghlan. Some one had been explaining the situation to the visitors during the performance, and when Colonel Cody called on the duke the latter expressed his surprise that so remarkable a change could be offected in a band of Indians which two years ago were painted devils on the warpath, and he congratulated the showman upon the success of his undertaking, the civilization of the American Indian while using him to entertain the white population.
A large number of well-known army officers attended the performance, among whom were officers who have made good records in Wild West shows held on the native soil of the Sioux - for instance, Lieutenant "Pansy" Brewer, of the famous fighting Seventh cavalry, and Lieutenant Preston, who rode a historical ride in bringing the report from the battle ground of Wounded Knee.
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May 27
THE WILD WEST.
When Buffalo Bill's Wild West began its World's Fair season here it did so with the unpleasant accompaniment of the most inclement weather. Day after day it rained and the nights were often uncomfortably cold. Despite these facts every promise as to the character, detail, and execution of the interesting programme was faithfully adhered to, and no matter if the rain fell in torrents every participant in the great exhibition did his or her full duty and not a single feature was either omitted or slighted. The public soon learned this and has shown its appreciation of it and the merit of the exhibition by visiting it in crowds. On Sundays the attendance has been steadily increasing. The entertainment is an extraordinary one, full of stirring action and interest, and all that is offered on the bills is presented in the show. The grounds are a very satisfying resort.
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Chicago Mail May 22,
FORTY THOUSAND ARE KEPT OUT
Result of Closing the World's Exposition Gates on Sunday.
CLAMOR TO GET INSIDE
Queer Action of Heat in the Horticultural Building - Children Half Price.
Another big crowd beat up against the closeed gates at the world's fair yesterday and vainly clamored for admission. There were, at the least computation, 40,000 people outside the grounds, all anxious to get it and angry enough because they could not.
"If they keep this up very much longer we will break down the gates and go in in spite of them," was a remark that was often heard in the crowd, and other mutterings were equally significant of the temper of the people thus barred out of the fair on the only day it is possible for them to visit it.
But all talk was useless, so the crowds around the grounds amused themselves as best they could. They packed "Buffalo
[IMAGE.] THE FOUR SEASONS AND GROUP ON ONE OF THE MAIN PIERS OF AGRICULTURE BUILDING.
Bill's" Wild West show until there was no more room there, drank up the contents of all the lemonade stands in the neighborhood, and feel victims to the fakirs who throng the vicinage. Those who always become hilariously inclined when there is nothing else to do tramped up to Fifty-third street and expended for beer and harder liquors the money they would otherwise have spent in viewing the sights of the fair, and altogether the day was spent in a manner satisfactory to the fakirs, saloon-keepers, and Sabbatarians, but not beneficial to the people or pleasing to those who believe in temperance and innocent enjoyments.
At the same time a protest against Sunday closing was made at the meeting of the Trade and Labor assembly. Speakers de
News May 27
When Buffalo Bill's Wild West began its World's-Fair season here it did so with the unpleasant accompaniment of the most inclement weather. Day after day it rained and the nights were often uncomfortably cold. Despite these facts every promise as to the interesting programme was faithfully adhered to and no matter if the rain fell inhibition did his or her full duty and not a single feature was either omitted or slighted. The public soon learned this and have shown their appreciation of it and the merit of the exhibition by visiting it in crowds. On Sundays the capacity and the daily attendance have been steadily increasing. The Wild West is remarkably easy of access from the city. Beginning on Tuesday last, every World's Fair train on the Illinois Central runs direct to the camp, so also do the alley "L" the electric and the grip. The coaches of the Columbian Coach company also take passengers to the gates. The public would do well to remember that there are two entrances to the Wild West, one on 62d and one on 63d street. A cozy restaurant has been established in the grounds, where a very enjoyable meal can be had for the modest price of 50 cents, and, indeed, in every way the management has endeavored to contribute to the comfort and enjoyment of its patrons.
Newton. Chicago Mail May 24 / 93.
The public is now awakened to the fact that there is no more interesting or appropriate attraction offered in connection with the great Columbian exposition that Buffalo Bill's Wild West just opposit the world's fair. Day after day the attendance has been increasing and on Sunday the seating capacity of the great covered grand stand is always tested to its limit.
Ready for the Cowyboy Race.
CHADRON, Neb., May 24. - Joe Lisick and Bill Campbell, who are to represent the central part of Colorado in the cowboy race, arrived here to-day. They rode their horses back from Denver, and they,k as well as their horses, are in fine shape. Miss Emma Hutchinson, of Denver, who is to go in the race, is on her way here with her two fine horses. She will arrive day after to-morrow.
Chicago Herald. May 25 / 93
Herald May 27,
IT WAS A JOLLY TIME.
PUBLISHERS MEET AT A BANQUET.
Men Who Induve Advertisers to Part With Hard Cash Enjoy a Feast-Major Handy Creates a Sensation by Being Serious on the Fair.
Publishers of most papers have differed about big and little things during the week - about the size of the Sunday paper and kindred subjects. They agreed last night to one thing - that the banquet closing the convention was the jolliest affair of the kind held under the auspices of the Publishers' association.
The banquet at Kinsley's was well attended. No one doubted that it would be otherwise. There is generally fun at a banquet, and publishers love fun almost as much as they dote on advertisers.
Last night's banquet was sensational in one respect - Moses P. Handy was serious. Of course, at time he was jocose, too, for " 'tis the nature of the baste," as he says himself. But for the most part of he was serious. This innovation had a startling effect on the assembly. The diners looked keenly at Major Handy. No, there was nothing wrong with him and he was in earnest. He was serious, and it was all because of his devotedness to the world's fair.
The time had come, declared the major, when adverse criticism of the attendance at the world's fair should be squelnched. Then he proceeded to do the squelching himself in sledge-hammer fashion. He knew, he said, that he was speaking, through the editors, to the hundreds of thousands whom they represented. On the principle that if you give a dog a bad name it is likely to stick to him, the story about the apathy of the people toward the fair would be hurtful beyond measure if not nailed in time.
Rap at Carping Critics.
He begged to remind carping critics that the Chicago fair differed from all others ever hold in this, that in the case of the Paris, London, Melbourne, Glasgow and Dublin expositions and all others the people were not allowed as much as a peep at the buildings until the formal opening day. In the case of the fair at Jackson park the experience was just the reverse. Long before the opening day he people began visiting the park.
"As a matter of fact, nothing of surmise about it, mind you," continued Mr. Handy, "$500,000 was taken in for admission to the grounds before the opening day. Facts and figures speak for themselves, and anyone who doubts what I have said can easily satisfy himself as to the accuracy of my statement on this head.
"Just relect for a moment, gentlemen, and consider what the contrast between our exposition and the others I have spoken of in this respect means. Why, in the case of these the curiosity of the people was worked up the highest pitch, with the result that a perfect human flood swept into them the first few weeks after they opened. Now there is another consideration. What I have said must not be taken as an admission that our admissions suffer by comparison with those of any exposition ever held on earth. Our attendance under more favorable conditions of weather would have been larger. Our attendnace if the gates had been sealed tight until the opening day would have been immensely larger; but take the facts as they stand and what do they show? That the attendance since May 1 has been greater than the attendnace at any of the previous world's fairs helf." [Loud cheering.]
From Grave to Gay.
Those who had been delighted to see Major Handy serious were disappointed. They concluded that they were safe from the sarcasm which the sight of him always reasonably suggested. With the major last night, though, it was from grave to gay. He boyishly toyed with the auburn locks of John B. Barrett, of the Scranton T uth, and bubbed him "red-headed Johine." He accused Allan Foreman, of New York, of being a journalist. For some reason or another he dealt sympathetically with "Brother Ambrose," of the Buffalo News. To. W. C. Bryant, of the Brooklyn Times, he paid his respects as the Apollo of the association, and wound up by patting Eugene Field lovingly on the bald pate.
J. W. Scott presided at the feast. The explanations which he seemed to give seriously of the absence of some few of the publishers were heartily enjoyed. They appeared to think somehow that the explanations did not explain.
Frederick Villiers, the famous English war correspondent, was a jolly participator in the night's festivities. He related pathetic and tragic incidents in his career as correspondent. Although he talked a long while everyone wished he would keep talking all night. So interested were his hearers that htere was not a ripple of applause until he sat down.
Eugene Field Tells Stories.
Eugene Field told some choice stories and recited a few of his prettiest poems. The Weber quartet sang some glorious songs.
Valisi's Mandolin orchestra was screened off in the balcony and sent floating down delicious music during the courses. Of all the airs they played, though, the one that was cheered to the echo was "The Bowery," where "they say such things and do such things."
Aside from the "Bowery" air this programme was tuned by the orchestra:
March - "Dudes" .......................................................... Wagner Intermezzo - "Cavalleria Rusticana" ............................ Mascagni Waltz - "Kaister and Kaiserin" .................................... Eilenberg Serenade - "Mandoline" ............................................. Eilenberg "After the Ball" ............................................................... Harris Waltz - "Artisit's Life" .................................................... Strauss "My Sweetheart's the Man in the Moon ...................................... Selection - "One Night in Havana" ...................................... Liszt Barcarolle - "Non Senti Amore" ......................................... Carpi Bolero - "Light Invisible" ................................................... Ardit Hungarian dance .......................................................... Brahms Selection from Faust ..................................................... Gounod
The menu card tells its own story. Here it is:
"Don't be a clam - use Smirk's Soap." - [Philadelphia Record.
Radishes. Cress.
Notice to subscribers: "No more vegetables taken in exchange for subscriptions." - [The Sedalia Bazoo.
Consomme Sevigne.
" 'In the soup' is not sland and it's
May 27
WILD WEST
There is no more interesting attraction offered in connection with the great Columbian exposition than Buffalo Bill's Wild West. located just opposite the world's fair. Day after day the attendance has been increasing and on Sundays the seating capacity of the great covered grand stand is always loaded to its limit. It is a wonderfully novel, instructive and interesting exhibitoin, in which the participants live over before the public the scenes and incidents of their home lives and duties. Every feature of the "Wild West" is full of interest and is entertaining. All lines of cars going south take passengers to the very gates. On the grounds can be found a comfortable restaurant, where a very enjoyable meal can be had for 50 cents and the management has done everything posible for comfort and pleasure of its patrons.
The cowboy race will start from Chadron June 13. It is to end at the ground occupied by Buffalo Bill in Chicago. A handsome revolver has been offered as a special prize by the Colts firearms company, and Mr. Cody, who will distribute the prizes, gives $500, divided into three moneys. The list of racers stands at present as follows: Doc Middleton, Emmett Albright, Chadron; Dynamite Jack, Crawford; Ira Demmon, Rawhide Butte, Wyoming; Nick Janis (half breed), Pine Ridge agency; Jim Murrary, Eagle Pass, Tex.; Harry Gillespie, Flag Butte, Neb.; Pete Shangraw (half breed), Pine Ridge S. D.; Sam Tyler, Kingfisher, O. T.; Harry Rutter, Miles City, Mont.; He Dog (Indian), Wounded Knee, S. D.; Sam Bell, Buffalo Gap, S. D.; Sam Bell, Buffalo Gap, S. D.; Jack Flagg,, Big Horn Basin; Snake Creek Tom, Snake Creek, Wyo.; Spotted Wolf [Indian], Rose Bud agency; Joe Gifford, Pierre, S. D.; Rattle Snake Pete, Creede, Col., Jim Sampson, Warbonnet. Nebr. Miss Emma Hutchinson, Denver, Col.; Sam Irwin, Deadwood, S. D.; Cockeyed Bill, Manville, Wyo.; Gray Wilson, Paris, Ill.;
May 28/93.
The general public interest which has been manifested in the exhibitions given by Buffalo Bill's "Wild West" is due to their peculiarly instructive character in connection with the world's fair, the genuineness of the representations, and the general merit of the show. The visitor knows that the Indians he sees are the real article and that the illustrations they give of the red man's mode of life in time of peace and his customs when on the warpath are faithful reproductions. The cowboys are not trained circus riders, but are real dwellers on the plains who are away from their homes for this visit only. THe detachments from the cavalry regiments of France, Germany, England and the United States are actually enlisted men now on special service, and Colonel W. F. Cody is really the famous scout and quide who has done so much to open up the western frontier to modern civilization. There is nothing about this great exhibitiobn that is not strictly as represented and every promise made by the management has been faithfully kept. Means of reaching the "Wild West" are ample. The world's fair trains of the Illinois Central take passengers to the very gates; the Alley "L", the electric, the cable and the Columbian Coach Company do the same. For the better accomodation of the large crowds that visit the exhibition two entrances have been provided; one on Sixty-second street and one on Sixty-second street and one on Sixty-third street.
Chicago Herald May 28 / 93.
PREPARING FOR THE COWBOY RACE.
Will Leave June 13 According to the Programme Already Laid Out.
CHADRON, Ned., May 27. - Riders in the cowboy race are coming in and beginning to make preparations for the start by teaching horses to lead and excercising them. The management have requested the local branch of the humane society to appoint a representative to accompany the riders. Every rider will be required to give a written agreement to use no cruelty to his interest and place in the race. A number will drive through in carriages and two men, Robert Zuver and James Boyd, will go ahead on bicycles. The race will start on June 13 according to programme. The report from Denver stating that the race had been declared off is without any foundation whatever.
May 28 / 93.
The Carleton club will give an entertainment tuesday at which the comic opera "The Doctor of Alcantara" will be produced for the benefit of the improvement fund. The following announcements are made for June; June 3, Buffal Bill; June 10, lunch to members; June 13 card party informal dance, six-handed euchre; June 17, lunch to members and reception to new members; June 21, lawn party and dance; June 24, lunch to members; June 28, regular monthly entertainment.
May 27
THE WILD WEST.
When Buffalo Bill's Wild West began its World's Fair season here it did so with the inpleasant accompainment of the most inclament weather. Day after day it rained and
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[IMAGE]
THE FOUR SEASONS AND GROUP ON ONE OF THE MAIN PIERS OF AGRICULTURAL BUILDING.
Bill's" Wild West show until there was no more room there, drank up the contents of all the lemonade stands in the neighborhood, and feel victims to the fakirs who throng the vicinage. Those who always become hilariously inclinded when there is nothing else to do tramped up to Fifty-third street and expended for beer and harder liquors the money they would otherwise have spent in viewing the sights of the fair, and alotgehter the day was spent in a manner satisfacotry to the fakirs, saloon-keepers, and Sabbatarians, 'but not beneficial to the people or pleasing to those who believe in temperance and innocent enjoyments.
At the same time a protest against Sunday closing was made at the meeting of the Trade and Labor assembly. Speakers denounced the shutting of the fair on the first day of the week as an outrage to the working men who could attend on no other day, and strong resolutions demanding that the gates be opened were passed.
Ready for the Cowboy Race.
CHADRON, Neb., May 24, - Joe Lisick and Bill Campbell, who are to represent the central part of Colorado in the cowboy race, arrived here to-day. They rode their horses back from Denver, and they, as well as their horses, are in fine shape. Miss Emma Hutchinson, of Denver, who is to go in the race, is on her way here with her two fine horses. She will arrive day after to-morrow.
Chicago Herald. May 25, 1993
"Just reflect for a moment, gentlemen, and consider what the contrast between our exposition and the others I have spoken of in this respect means. Why, in the case of these the curiosity of the people was worked up to the highest pitch, with the result that a perfcect human flood swept into them the first few weeks after they opened. Now there is another consideration. What I have said must not be taken as an admission that our adimissions suffer by comparison with those of any exposition ever held on earth. Our attendance under more favorable conditions of weather would have been larger. Our attendance if the gates had been sealed tight until the opening day would have been immensely larger; but take the facts as they stand and what do they show? That the attendance since May 1 has been greater than the attendance at any of the previous world's fairs held." [Loud cheerting.}
From Grave to Gay.
Those who had been delighted to see Major Handy serious were disappointed. They concluded that that they were safe from the sarcasm which the sight of him always reasonably suggested. With the major last night, though, it was from grave to gay. He boyishly toyed with the auburn locks of John B. Barrett, of the Scranton T uth, and dubbed him "red-headed Johnnie." He accused Allan Foreman, of New York, of being a journalist. For some reason or another he dealt sympathetically with "Brother Ambrose," of the Buffalo News. To W. C. Bryant, of the Brooklyn Times, he paid his respects as the Apollo of the association, and wound up by patting Eugene Field lovingly on the bald pate.
J. W. Scott presided at the feast. The explanations which he seemed to give seriously of the absence of some few of the publishers were heartily enjoyed. They appeared to think somehow that the explanations did not explain.
Frederick Villiers, the famous English was correspondent, was a jolly participator in the night's festivities. He related pathetic and tragic incidents in his career as correspondent. Although he talked a long while everyone wished he would keep talking all night. So interested were his hearers that there was not a ripple of applause until he sat down.
Eugene Field Tells Stories.
Eugene Field told some choice stories and recited a few of his prettiest poems. The Weber quartet sang some glorious songs.
Valisi's Mandolin orchestra was screened off in the balcony and sent floating down delicious music during the courses. Of all the airs they played, though, the one that was cheered to the echo was "The Bowery," where "they say such things and do such things."
Aside from the "Bowery" air this programme was tuned by the orchestra:
March-"Dudes" ............................................... Wagner Intermezzo - "Cavalleria Rusticana" ............. Mascagent Walts "Kaiser and Kaiserin" .......................... Eilenberg Serenade - "Mandoline" ............................... Eilenberg "After the Ball" ................................................. Harris Waltz - "Artist's Life" ........................................ Strauss "My Sweetheart's the Man in the Moon ........................ Selection - "One Night in Havana" ........................ Liszt Barcarolle - "Non Senti Amore" ..................... ..... Carpi Bolero - "Light Invisible" .................................... Arditi Hungarian dance ............................................ Brahms Selection from Faust ....................................... Gounod
The menu card tells its own story. Here it is:
Clams "Don't be a clam - use Smirk's Soap." - [Philadelphia Record.
Radishes. Cress. Notice to subscribers: "No more vegetables taken in exchange for subscriptions." - [The Sedalia Buzoo.
Consomme Sevigne. " 'In the soup' is not slang, and it's better English than much of Hoke Smith's poetry." - [New York Sun.
Bors-d'oeuvre varies. "The variety show is the spice of life. -[Brother Ambrose.
Planked whitefish. "The impression that there's no good cooking in Chicago is erroneous. I tried their planked whitefish and it's really very good." - [World McAllister in the World.
Cucumbers Potatoes. Fillet of beef. Jardiniere.
Libmour, Arris, Morrby & Speedy, BUTCHERS. Prime cuts a specialty.
t.c.n.r.m.-e.o.d.-t.f
Roman punch,
"When you're in Rome, do as the Romans do." -Boston Journals.
Broiled snipe.
"A young man was arrested yesterday for shooting
been manifested in the exhibitions given by Buffalo Bill's "Wild West" is due to their peculiarly instructive character in connection with the world's fair, the genuineness of the representations, and the general merit of the show. The visitor knows that the Indians he sees are the real article and that the illustrations they give of the red man's mode of life in time of peace and his customs when on the warpath are faithful reproductions. The cowboys are not trained circus riders, but are real dwellers on the plains who are away from their homes for the visit only. The detachments from the cavlary regiments of France, Germany, England and the United States are actually enlisted men now on special service, and Colonel W. F. Cody is really the famous scout and quide who has done so much to open up the western frontier to modern civilization. There is nothing about this great exhibition that is not strictly as represented and every promise made by the management has been faithfully kept. Means of reaching the "Wild West" are ample. The world's fair trains of the Illinois Central take passengers to the very gates; the Alley "L", the electric, the cable and the Columbian Coach Company do the same. For the better accomodation of the large crowds that visit the exhibition two entrances have been provided; one on Sixty-second street and one on Sixty-third street.
Chicago Herald May 28/93
PREPARING FOR THE COWBOY RACE.
Will Leave June 13 According to the Programme Already Laid Out.
CHADRON, Neb., May 27. - Riders in the cowboy race are coming in and are begining to make preparations for the start by teaching horses to lead and excercising them. The management have requested the local branch of the humane society to appoint a representative to accompany the riders. Every rider will be required to give a written agreement to use no cruelty to his horses, the violation of which will forgeit his interest and place in the race. A number will drive through in carriages and two men, Robert Zuver and James Boyd, will go ahead on bicycles. The race will start on June 13 according to programme. The report from Denver stating that the race had been declared off it without any foundation whatever.
The Carleton club will give an entertainment Tuesday at which the comic opera "The Doctor of Alcantara" will be produced for the benefit of the improvement fund. The following announcements are made for June: June 3, Buffalo Bill; June 10, lunch to members; June 13. card party and informal dance, six-handed euchre; June 17, lunch to members; June 28, regular monthly entertainment.
May 17
THE WILD WEST.
When Buffal Bill's Wild West began its World's Fair season here it did so with the unpleasant accompaniment of the most inclement weather. Day after day it rained and the nights were often uncomfortably cold. Despite these facts every promise as to the character, detail, and execution of the interesting programme was faithfully adhered to, and no matter if the rain fell in torrents every participant in the great exhibition did his or her full duty and not a single feature was either omitted or slighted. The public soon learned this and has shown its appreciation of it and the merit of the exhibition by visiting it in crowds. On sundays the attendance has been steadily increaseing. The entertainment is an extraordinary one, full of stirring action and interest, and all that is offered on the bills is presented in the show. The grounds are very satisfying resort.
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RECTOR DE LA MARINE
The World's Fair No Longer Without a First Class Cafe at Fair Rates.
The Cafe de la Marine, at the World's Fair, was opened yesterday by Boniface Charles E. Rector and his friends to the number of fifty. The new building, is the beporticoed, seven-turreted edifice just north of the Fisheries building, facing on the most beautiful portion of the lagoon. It is the only exclusive cafe building on the gounds. It is surrounded, up stairs and down, with wide balconies which are completely filled with tables. The second floor has also an inside balcony and many private rooms. The building is substantial, is beautifully decorated, and handsome porticoes are on guard everywhere. The building cost $25,000, all of which was paid for out of concessions for advertising on salt cellars, soups and saucers, etc.
Mr. Rector took a large party of his friends out on Columbian coaches while his able assistant, Bob, had a splendid luncheon prepared. There was everything to eat and plenty to drink. A splendid band played suitably to the occasion, and when the party adjourned it was at the invitation of Gen. Nelson A. Miles and Hon. William F. Cody to come over to their show, which was never better. There were prominent newspaper men, such as John C. Eckel and Biff Hall. The heavyweight wine men, Walt Williams and Dick Stockton, were in it, and all the grocers of note, from C. Jevse and his fidus Achates, L. Erickson, down, helped to do the honors. The Elks were represented by Charlie Clayton, and a man who didn't wear diamonds was looked upon with suspicion by the Columbian guards. When you want a Rector lunch at Rector prices at the World's Fair you now know where to get it.
June 1/97