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But prosperity is riot confined to the regular theaters, Many of the subsidiary attractions are relatively quite as successful. The managers of the observatory on the Masonic Temple claim to be in receipt of not less than $500 daily from visitors to their high outlook, and the Auditorium observatory is also enjoying a large patronage, while the Libby Prison is running beyond the $500 mark every day, with three times that sum for Sunday. No doubt $35,000 per week would be a conservative estimate of the Wild West receipts, and the panoramas are all enjoying a boom. these casual statistics anyone with a mathematical turn of mind may gain some idea From of the enormous sums expended during the world's fair period for amusements.
The record made during the world's fair season by Buffalo Bill's Wild West up to the present, numbering 288 performances, has been a most remarkable one. Not only have all previous records made by the great exhibition been broken, but the receipts have been larger than ever before known for the same length of time in the history of amusements. The fact is that the impression has made visitors favorable upon and lasting been that the Wild West has been thoroughly advertised and commended throughout the country, and everybody who comes to Chicago comes determined to see Buffalo Bill and his great exhibition while visiting the world's fair. During the past week M. Bartholdi, the great sculptor and designer of the statue of Liberty, now standing in New York harbor, accompanied by his wife and M. Salmon and also Mr. Curtis, assistant secretary of state; Mr. McAdoo, assistant secretary of the navy, and many other distinguished personages, have been among the most delighted guests of the Wild West. This afternoon fully 200 of the contestants in the great military shooting contest, just closed at Fort Sheridan, will attend the Wild West in a body and in full uniform. All of them are desirous of seeing the expert shooting done by Buffalo Bill and others of the Wild West.
Just before commencing the afternoon performance, at 3 p. m., photographs of the grand stand and occupants will be taken by a new process and be of sufficient size to make the picture of each visitor clear and distinct.