GALA TIMES AT THE "WILD WEST."
By the closing of the world's fair many thousands of amusement seekers find themselves at a loss how to spend their Sundays at some alfresco entertainment, and they all turn their faces toward that popular resort at Sixty-third street and Stony Island avenue, Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders of the World. Here twice every day, rain or shine, Sundays included, at,3 and 8:30 o'clock p. m., performances will be given of a character at which the, most captious cannot carp. Here, in the representation of the early history of our own country, as well as of the lives and habits of the various races of the earth, gathered together in this inclosure, and the picturesque evolutions of the detachments will be found entertainment and instruction for all classes of people.
Next Thursday, the first day of great commercial travelers' convention of the United States, the entire body of these "knights of the gripsack" will visit Buffalo Bill's Wild West, and it goes without question that it will be a red letter day, both in the history of the entertainment and of the visitors. The large crowds that have attended the performances of the "Wild West" since the opening have proved conclusively that it is one of the most popular entertainments in the city, and as the railroads reduce their rates and the crowd of visitors Increases, no doubt the business of Buffalo Bill will grow proportionately, and the management has already taken into consideration the advisability of meeting the necessity by erecting a second story to the grand stand, which with its 18,000 seats will hardly hold the crowds expected during August, September and October.
