Daily News
August 7"
A DANCE OF ALL NATIONS.
Programmes Out for the Remarkable
Entertainment Projected on the
Midway Plaisance.
ABOUT ALL THE TRIBES PRESENTED.
Lecture in the Woman's Building This
Morning - Other News from
the Fair.
By Special Private Wire from the Daily News
World's Fair Bureau.
They say strange things and they do strange
things on the Midway, but of all the wonderful
sights on that thoroughfare of the world
the great international ball to be given on
Aug. 16 will be the most brilliant in its
kaleidoscopic mingling of foreign nations.
The programmes for the ball have just been
received from the printer by Gen. George F.
Morgan, chairman of the committee on arrangements,
and the invitations will be sent
out. As everybody knows, Director-General
Davis, with the fairest of Midway's
damsels on his arm, will lead the grand march.
Mayor Carter Harrison will, of course, be there
and perform his greatest feat- that of belonging
to every nation inside the walls of the
building at one and the same time. Gov.
Altgeld will be invited and Buffalo
Bill and Nate Salsbury will be
asked to bring a detachment of their
sturdy cow-punchers to the revels. The military
uniform will be very much there and the
feminine heart will be gladdened by the music
of clanking swords and jingling spurs. A
select number of outsiders- that is, people not
belonging to the plaisance- will be allowed to
participate.
The intention of the Concessionaires' club is
that everybody shall have a good time, regardless
of expense. An international menu, which
will appeal to every one present, has been concocted
by Gen. Morgan. Each number in the
long programme of dances has been dedicated
to some well-known official or sentiment.
The entire Natatorium building- concert
hall, cafe, lunch-room, dressing-rooms and
offices- has been engaged and no one save the
guests will be allowed to enter the building.
Bands from a score of nations will furnish
music. The programme of dances is as follows:
1. Grand march, "President of the United States."
2. Waltz, "Our Foreign Guests."
3. Polka, "United States Commission."
4. Schottische, "United States Lady Commissioners."
5. Waltz, "World's Columbian Exposition."
6. Quadrille, "Director - General."
7. Berlin, "Director of Works."
8. Waltz, "Governor of Illinois."
9. Polka, "Mayor of Chicago."
10. Yorke, "The Press."
11. Waltz, "United States Army."
12. Schottische, "United States Navy."
13. Dance of all nations, "Midway Plaisance."
Intermission.
1. Waltz, "Christopher Columbus."
2. Gavotte, "The Duke of Veragus."
3. Schottische, "The Viking."
4. Virginia reel, "The Caravels.''
5. Waltz, "The Infanta Eulalia."
6. Polka, "The Ladies."
7. Berlin, "Our World's- Fair Visitors."
8. Quadrille, "Liberty Bell."
9. Waltz, "Brother Jonathan."
10. Polka, "Goddess of Liberty."
11. Lancers, "Yankee Doodle."
12. Waltz, "The Concessionaires' Club."
13. "Home Sweet Home."
The intermission will be devoted to an inspection
of the cafe, where the following menu
will be provided:
Fricassee of reindeer, a la Lapland.
Roast missionary, west coast of Africe style.
Fried snowballs, ice railway.
Wind doughnuts, captive balloon.
Jerked buffalo, Indian village.
Stuffed ostrich, ostrich farm.
Boiled camel humos, Cairo street.
Hard boiled potatoes, Irish village.
Monkey stew, Hagenbeck's.
International has, Midway plaisance.
Sandwiches, specially prepared by the leather exhibit.
Crystallized frappe, Libby glass works.
Lure water, Chicago river.
Dessert, 25 per cent of the gross receipts.
No extra charge for toothpicks.
Guests are respectfully requested not to stick their
fingers in the butterine.
Carriages (patrol wagons) call at 4:30 a. m.
The committee of arrangements which has
charge of the preparations is composed of
George. F. Morgan, H. Sling, Henry A. Fleischman,
L. A. Thurston, Sol Bloom.
