The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1889-09-18


at the capital annually to exhibit and sell
their wares, fruits, produce, animals and
goods, the multitude were drawn from all
quarters hy gladiatorial shows, games, races,
religious and state professions, etc. Upon
this fact Gen. Wallace, the famous author of
Ben Ilur, has founded the plot of his grand
tragedy OF "Commodus," the fair week in
Rome giving the consprators not only
chance to assemble unnoticed from remote
parts of the vast Roman empire but also to
approach the emperOr's palace when they
Reached Rome.
Human nature is still the same. Every
great assemhlaGe of people needs and
EXPECTS TO BE AMUSED
and to havp "a good holiday time, no matter
how serious, vast and important may be the
business interests that call them together.
The managers of the great Detroit Interna-
tional Exposition, to be held Sept. II to q,
inclusive, have fully recognized and provided
for this general and just expectation. They
have provided literally, that every man,
woman and child of the thousands on
thousands of expected visitors to the great
fair shall go hand in hand every day and
every hour of their stay. From the grand
opening ceremonies and pageant on the
morning of the 18th till the final closing of
the gates OH the evening of the 27th every
the eye the ear and the intellect Art,
music, spectacle, games, tournaments, pro-
cessions, races, pageants and displays will
follow each other in
A CONTINUAL SUCCESSION OF PLEASURES.
Opening day will be also governors day,
children's day and charity day. On the
| opening day the governor of Michigan, with
| the governors of such other states as are
| present, high officials of Canada city and
state dignitaries, etc, will open the exposi-
| tion with due ceremonies. On that day all
| the charitable institutions of Detroit and
vicinity will be admitted free. On that day,
also, all the school children will be admitted
| for the merely nominal price of 10 cents, and
| the governor and dignitaries will receive the
| little ones.
| On the second and third days, Sept. IS and
| 10, will occur the great international band
| tournament, in which about 100 of the best
| bands of Canada aud the United States will
| compete for prizes, medals and champion
| ships and give remarkable monster con-
| cert each evening in which all the bands will
| join and play together, led by Cappa's
| famous New York Seventh Regiment Mill
tary band. These huge concerts will also
| constitute a spectacle to he rem ,nlb red for
| life time. Each band viii be i'll full uniform.
ONE HUNDRED BEAss BANDS
in their splendid holiday uniforms, each
| with polished and clittering instruments,
| many of them with drum majGrs aud &C lnr
| bearers, will comprise from 800 to :, 900
| men, or front sixty rods long AMI fou" or
| five ranks deep-or two full regiments of
| gorgeously uniformed and gitterinss mus
| clans, with standards flying and Il grand
crash of national music, the national airs of
| the United States, Canada and other
| countries.
Al 8 III.
| day with its great show of the brave fire
Iaddies i'll uniform.
| And then each succeeding day will be
made memorable by grand regattas Oh the
| river in front of the grounds, that its
| course for the whole distance can be viewed
| from the vast balconies of the buildings; re-
| views of over 900 boats, yachts and pleasure
| vessels gajly decorated, forming a most
novel and delightful spectacle; military re-
views, and drills by crack corps; horse races
| on the exposition track; grand concerts
every afternoon and evening: athletic games
and sports; daily parade of the splendid
| horses and cattle on exhibition;
| THE WONDERFUL PALACE OF ILLUSIONS,
| exceeding in beauty and mystery anything
| of the kind ever before shown; the strange
and fascinating display of all sorts of live
| fishes in immense aquariums, showing salmon
| leaping up high waterfalls, etc. the constant
| display of wonderful machines of all kinds;
| the shows of rich goods of all varieties; the
| grandest art show of paintings, sculptures,
| engraving, etching tapestry, silver and gold
| ware, the immense and beautiful floral ex-
| hibition; thousands of other things to please
| the eye the an the taste, and the rare
| show of birds, pet animals and pigeons, with
the strange show of great pigeon race.
| Surely all these attractions will
| as well as instruction and profit. Besides
| there will be the ever varying busy scene of
| the beautiful, broad river, with its hundreds
| Of vessels plying to and fro, and boats con-
| stantly arriving and departing SO that
| visitors can make daily excursions to scores
| of interesting places of resort, any where
| within a ralTius of 100 miles of Detroit,
| whenever they choose to leave the exposition
| for a half OF whole day elsewhere; and the
city, with all its theatres, opera houses and
other attrac ions, and its grand Belle Isle
| park, is ever at hand.
| Compared with these attractions of the
| great modern exposition the popular delights
| of the ancient fairs of the old world, which
| drew visitors to Rome from all the tributary
| nations, pale their historic glorieS. And the
! Immense masses of people that will attend
| will themselves be Il sight to see and re-
| member with long lingering pleasure. The
| modern attractions are all innocent and
| peaceful The bloody gladiatoral combats,
the fights with wild beasts in the coliseum,
| the chariot rates. in which men and horses
were killed, and all the brutal violence of
| heathen times, have given place to the
higher pastimes of peace and ChrsianitS,
and the rivaries of industry, invention, art
| and commerce. The times are better the
| standard higher, the attractions nobler.
| The great modern fair elevates and blesses
| man kind, and promotes ali that is good for
| the growth of nations and the benefit of
human kind
| es