The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-11-23
LOST AT THE CENTENNIAL.

Babies Returned to Owners.
The Philadelphia Press, describing
the Bureau of Lost Articles at the Cen
tennial, says: The assortment Of pock-
etbooks is large and varied, comprising
all known styles, from the plethor1c wal
let of the cattle dealer to the miniature,
pearl-coyered portmonnaie OF q Naasar
school girl. There are pocketbooks
filed with homogeneous bundles OF papers
'sof no vafae except TO the owner, and
of no cash value to any one; wallets
stuffed with memoranda, without dates,
names, or location; others filed with
recipes of various kinds, int3rspersed
with fractional currency, railroad tick
cts. and occasionally few small bills,
and still others with nothing but few
pennies or postage stamps, and an equal
ly large collection absolutely empty.
Over So, 600 In cash has been picked up
in the Centennial grounds by the guards,
and all but the small amounts remaining
In several hundred unclaimed wallets,
aggregating not over 800 at the most,
and about $40 found In small tolls of
bills, have been returned to the own
ers. A curious commentary on one
difference in the characteristics OF the
two sexes is found in the fact that
fully nine-tenths of the pocket-books,
and not less than four ffths of the
other articles. were evidently the prop
erty of ladies. Three special cases were
thoughtfully reserved Tor the wearing
apparel SO literally scattered about the
grounds by the better and fairer portion
of humanity, and the novice In the dry
goods business would find himself III q
state of bewilderment for week should
he attempt classification or minute de-
scription of their contents. Among the
simpler and more familiar articles may
be mentioned lace and linen collars,
linen and paper cuffs, with gold or brass
sleeve buttons, shawls of all kinds, man
tillas of various patterns, sun-Donnets,
summer-hats, handkerchiefs, eye glasses,
overshoes, waterproofs, travelling robes,
wells, sackes of all varieties, scarfs,
neckties, ribbons, switches, and furs.
Among 81 numerous assortment, which
may not be mentioned, are al sorts OF
articles of underwear, including baln1o-
rails. garters, crinolines, bustles, and
but limited space and knowledge pre-
vents completion of the list. Owners
can recover the goods by calling at the
Office and proving property. The col
lection of fans is exceedingly fine, and
will bear comparison with any display of
an evening concert. If the Japanese
exhibitors have sold more fans than have
been left on the grounds, they must
have proved strong competition to the
sale Of thermometers. Very few of the
most expensive blood-coolers are in
good condition, probably not having
been thought of sufficient value to be
fastened with a chain. It is noticeable,
in the extensive stock of ladies wear on
hand, that, with one exception, every
portion Of visible and invisible feminine
attire has been lost at the Centennial
grounds. and the list includes every
ornament not clasped by a lock which
would puzzle the manufacturer to I'M
faeten. The misfortunes of male visit
ors seem to have been confined to the
loss of empty wallets and umbrellas.
Over 2, 900 umbrellas have been carried
by the guards to headquarters, but with
them were about 1000 parasols. Many
of both have been returned, but enough
still remain to make quite an attractive
display in South street store. Some
of the sunshades are quite valuable, but
the umbrellas are without exception so
dilapidated by wear or SO cheap in ma
terial or construction that no man or
woman not born for the gallows would
dream of appropriating them. Ii among
the millions of visitors at the Exhibition
one or two thousand lost umbrellas Of
no use to any one If found, how many
of actual value must have been forgot
ten 1by careless owners? IF the guards
returned packages Of money and valu-
able jewelry to headquarters, would they
not have been likely to return silk and
pearl handled umbrellas IF the guards
did not pick up the good umbrellas pre-
sumed to have been mislaid, who did,
These are serious questions, demanding
personal and public investigation and
unequivocal answers. Judging from the
number of useless umbrellas deli vered
at the adjutant's Office, and the liability
must be assumed that fully 500,
900 rain-shedders are now IN the
hands of persons who never paid for
them. The thought is appalling in its
immensely, and saddening in its fearful
significance. Only one conclusion is
possible-umbrellas are popularity ostra-
cized from the protection of the Eighth
Commandment. Here is a wide and
most important field of labor for the re-
form party-when they got into power.
When their leaders are able to grasp and
master this subject, they will have had
sufficient experience to begin to get
ready to commence the work of Govern
mental reform. Several thousand
gloves of all imaginable kinds, from the
six-button kid to the merino mitten, are
in separate compartment, but no two
are like. The vast collection of odd
gloves, therefore, proves conclusiyely
the falsity of the taste which makes it
necessary for the man or woman of
fashion to wear at least one glove,
though he or she may much prefer to do
without both. a resolution to assist in
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