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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 29/91

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 quata 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 29/91