The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-29
CHlLDREN'SDATATTHEFAIR|
Several Thousand Little People Tramp
Around the Grounds Through Mud.
Interesting and Amusing Features of the
Various Displays-The Managers Decide
to Continue the Fair on Saturday.

olscouraglng appearance. me GROUNDS were
covered with water, while the avenues through
which there had been great amount of hauling
to get various exhibits in place, looked like
rivers of mud. But when the sun shone out, as
IL did at last, bright and CHEEKY, the Responding
exhibitors took their hands from their pockets
and began to feel exceedingly joyful. They
took q humorous view of the surround
ings. On the avenue leading east from the
north line of the Exposition Building one of
these Mark Tapleys put up placard in the
liquid street bearing the words, keep off
the grass" this was answered by a joker
across the way with "Boats to let" Further
along was another, GOOD fishing" and still fur
Their up stream others, one of which bore the
words "Good swimming Everybody soon be-
came quite happy, confident that the rain and
the wind would in few hours dry up the mud
and water and leave the ground sufficiently dry
without mourning the infection of dust. The
caravan from the city bearing goods of all kinds,
again took up its march, and hammers and saws
were blithely at work again. 1t is not ont of
place to say that If the fair is held on these
grounds even one more season, the State board
should gravel the main thoroughfares and put
An thing. They have allowed the grounds to go
gear after year. leaving everything to luck in
Che way of weather, and not made these neces-
sary improvements, though there good beds
OF gravel right at hand
Yesterday was the day set apart for the school
children, and they were there, overrunning the
grounds in all directions. the mud being rather
an agreeable feature to them than otherwise. 1t
is safe to say that several thousand pairs of
small shoes and stockings were set out before
CRATES and stoves to dry last evening. They
were all eager to secure as many different kinds
of advertising cards AS possible, and exhibitors
managed to give away carloads of their
pictorial advertising to these active collectors.
The fountain north of the Exposition Building was
Ghronged with children, watching the corpulent
and sluggish carp moving about in the water,
while near by was throng looking at large
and handsome display of goldfish, another
and more attractive carp. The frame work of
the roller coaster. a great eye-sore, has been re-
moved, and the space applied to better uses
There are side-shows inside the grounds con-
Quoted with the forid oratory incidental to the
business. Here is tThe Circassian Princess"
with bevilderng wealth Of hair, in style of
couture extremely porcupine; 1.-THE wild man of
the Adirondacks," who must needs be confined in
an iron cage, to which confinement his consent
has been obtained for a stated weekly stipend.
He is very amiable gentleman when off duty.
There are other wonderful things together with
the Volnble wonder at the door, who invites you
fright this way, ladies and gentlemen"
The cattle display will exceed that of previous
years both in extent and quality, is the opinion
of the experts while this is also true of horses.
The racing stock WILL it 10 said, be the best that
years In hogs and sheep the display will be
about as usual, while the chicken show is de-
light to all fanciers, who say the exhibit is the
best ever given in the West. and the details and
arrangements are in every way complete, the
new quarters in which the birds are housed being
admirably ventilated and lighted
Yesterday afternoon the work of getting things
In the ExpositionB uilding in shape, delayed by
the rain, was resumed, and by nghtfall the
place presented handsome appearance. The
upper floor is largely taken up with the work of
women. and this exhibit is called the woman's
department. There seems to be an almost end
less array of articles, beautiful and artistic of
novelty and utility. No man could pretend to
guess the number of different kinds of needle
work on exhibit here, or the numerous vagaries
In silk and worsted. There is an array of bread,
with erusts of all shades of color from Vandyke
brown to the faintest corn tint, and prepared of
various ingredients, ranging from the most
carefully bolted and whitest flour to Dio Lews's
prepared sawdust.
There is choice display of decorated china
work so beautiful and artistic that one NAV prof
iJably expend considerable time in examining it,
There is some excellent painting on tiles by Miss
Sue Ketcham, of this city: Miss Nellie L. Ber-
KEY, of Lafayette and Miss Ida Atchison, of
Charlottesville. There is a large number of oil
and water-color paintings, some of which are ex-
Sellent; some crayon work, good, bad and indif-
erent; painting velvet. and Woodworking.
The 'tn-tag' tobacco craze is exemplifed by
framed collections. Besides these, there is a
dred tags and two alike. This last-named
lunacy. crazier than the craziest quilt, was sur
rounded all day yesterday by school boys, who
gazed upon 1t with eyes of wonder and admira-
ton.
The ladies Of the w C. T. u. have booth
near by whence they distribute temperance liter
ature wellftted-up booth is occupied as the
headquarters of the Equal Suffrage Society"
which fairly bristles with notices the two most
prominent being. mo Taxation Without Rep
resentation" and Equal Wages for EQUAL
Work" part of this booth is headquarters
for the ladies' relief corps of George H. Thomas
post. this city, where they receive as visitors
members OF the corps from abroad. The Young
Ladies' Christian Temperance Union has opened
lunch stand the profit of the sales to GO to the
benefit of the Bootbacks' and Newsboys' Home,
which they are conducting
On the main floor, in the northeast part of the
building, large space will be taken up with
floral display, the florists of this city combining
to make this exhibit attractive as possible.
There are many rare plants and flowers and
they are arranged with nice discrimination as to
effect The cut flowers will be be placed on ex-
hihit to day.
Purdue University has an exhibit that is in
avery way deserving OF praise Three DEPART
ments of the university are represented, agri-
aulture, mechanical aud Industrial art In the
agricultural display there are forty nine varie-
ties or wheat and ten varieties of oats These
are not shown as all being eood-for some are
not good-out for purposes of comparison From
the mechanical department of the college is
shown fne array ST specimens of bench work
in wood. wood-turnings. patterns for iron cast
ings. ironcastings, forgings and completed
machines Among the specimens of
completed work made by the Purdue
students are two beautiful lathes and hand.
Bome little three horse engine. This display is
tne best the institution has ever had anywhere
Most OF the wooden patterns are for tho cupola
furnace built at Purdue. all the implements
~psed about the furnace being also made by the
students, the patterns being made by freshmen
and the finished work by sophomores Indus
II al art is displayed by some beautifully carved
work In eases, tables and various articles of or
nament and use
The work of examining the exhibits in tho
various departments was begun bv the 80 O
yesterday. but the only awards of premiums
made on live stock were the following on Dsvons:
To Whitmore s. Younger. Casstown. O-Frst