, 1880-08-18
. ON THE OUTSIDE.


The crowd on the outside Of tho Exposl-
tion Building WIS something extraordinary
I'll point Of proportions 0iKl character. III
numbers It aun,lrupicd nhy that appeared
t,pol, tho satno sanc spot during tho late re-
puhlcati National Convention. It was n
mixed crowd, n crowsl OF grandeur;
az ladies' In full dress; Of street
Arabs In rags; Of tho deml;
monde, vyIng III dress will, tho
bean monde; Knights In full uniforms; gen.
tlemen III fMll dress; lackeys scattering
hero md there, trnlnps and rttf-ruff anywhere
they could got cin,lcc That twas tho crowd
nronrd and about the Exposition Building
lust night. 1t was MI excitet+plslllng, anil
unsteady nass OF human beings Of both sexes.
1t was In the lilnln n crowd OF tlisap..
pointed people who cr'nv to sec nl!d md c1Ill .!.lt
di grn1d rasli iii for % tic Inside. Fi,eru a WIS oily
one door for l,grcss, at1tl Tint WIS opposlt
aan Ass - stresf st a ~ no o,r sers ~ 1 cnys Sss
~ has never before been seen In Chicago OF
my nt1,er city ut ball. There Ind been
2 9 lnst@'!Sns @ a ssqet d f4s fcaa s'a petYp's tsf
al,d perspiril's crowd. This s Wis tIie s, eass
last night, Madison, Monroe, Adams, nit!
nfkson streets sSnt stfay strsa,f Of
| Building. THESE were aided to BY the hnn-
| tlreds Of carriages which kept arriving from
every I,olms. ~ one tiMe there Must iave
1SS1 @ people 9Hsas Of the Exposition .
They ,Gnt1,ered largely. around tho ccn-
ttal door,. but could not got near
enough t9 It to work tl'elr wny IN. Gentle;
sr IL as eaek o rss 1f5t II f sGss 2es, sps l Il
carlinges,' only to take them back To. tho
vehicles md drive lome, angry. and dfsnp-
pointed. There, can 10 no doubt TINT
fSf f,s 0s fsais ss't y ara III ball. sssts
who cnlno from. afar. witt, ladies. wslu ha,t
feet Of tho building, 1one latly said e u
ilets's ny With sattn ali spoi!sd a1!! Jel'','s
to te ss sll .i! aow 'd Wet sesFR sn do get
st tsn teEe as ai In at
nsns eas @ s,.ents1 slS "; G, y %ae ps!a a,
ciatn IL gonel" ANOTHER wanted soi,!c nlIe
to help him find II dia,n,ld stud which hn.t
hcen nfpped from IFS sl,irt..front. an. or
ffAe crowd aati were reaping lice harvest.
There were great mutterings OF tlisnppotnt-
llelIt, nnd when 1t WIS told outside ttlt tho
latl!es inside were fainslng by tho score tho
iatiy saii that tiiey had Ought 70 set up an:
other l,al! to. satisfy tho knights wl!o had
tickets and .conldm't getfn. The crowd kept
increasing III numbers ITO 10 o'c!ock, md
singing PIP md down Michigan ayenue. In.
lies III full dress, hanging npan tho nrms Of
brave Knights, formed n goodiy portion, and
whenever sumo org tore one OF thesn fill,
robes tho bad boys shouted 20. too bat y nllti
whenever n lady serceclled because Of the
eroys ps|I',nE thy b9d oys n litqtea t, hSr
lung. Conspicuous IN TINT crow.l was - Long
John" b,1t f. jam ot humanity he ;saf ID
was mad, and le stayed around
until lie Was fairly t!o!stc1 Into tiie building.
smile WINS plnylng upon his face. 4 great
,nany Ut tl!a ladies' and gentlemen sl1nply
drove to tho door and back, never leny-
ING their carriages. Il great. many peoplt
from the outside took possession, ot THO win
upon thu scene Of uncomfortable humanity,
At twenty minutes East lG O'Clock the north
doors weru thrown open, and people entered
worst ut t!le crush outside WIS over, n1li II
soon nftcr subsidized entirely. Tllnre WIS I'LL
immense amount Of ilne costumes Spoiled III
that crowd, and the lu.ics did not eyel get
chance to look through the windows.