DULUTH, MINN. MAY 13, 1893
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 wish- ed 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 Cleve land and the Duke of Veragua.
Now that the glamor of "opening day" is over and the World's Fair is Settling down to busiuess, 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 guard 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.
