St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-25
vERG|NG ON 10000.
An Encouraging Attendance
at the Exposition Last
Week.
.ss:
Great Gathering OF Little Ones
Observation-Disclosures
Day.
Some Of the Things That
Are Coming Next
Week.
Prof. Clausen's Panorama,
the Great North
West.

It didn't require man who had READ
the advance notices of the show to real
ize the fact that yesterday was Chl-
dren's day at the Exposition. The build
ing was fairly swarming with the Juve-
nile population of the Flour City, and
each and every one of them visited
every nook and corner of the great
building, and saw everything there was
to see, or rather everything they cared
to see. They got in everypody's way,
met with many minor miShapS, dlsar,
ranged an exhibit or two. and enjoyed
themselves generally to the full extent
of the law. Every one who stopped to
gaze for any length OF time at partlcu-
larly taking exhibit was their legitimate
prey, and if man didn't keep moving
he soon found himself surrounded by a
crowd. of eager young people all hrlng
off questions in chorus in way that
would perplex wooden Indian. Pre-
vious acquaintance was in no wise nee
essary. If lad OF lassie wanted to
know anything about the band, the eX-
hibits or the people who attended, the
first person they met was the one from
whom they solicited the information,
and few people seemed to be an
moved by them. Almost every
one in the building. both visitors
and attendants, seemed to realize that It
was better than a circus to the kids
and each smilinglv answered the same
questions fifty times during the day:
The little ones spent good deal OF
time watching the fish in the aquarium,
and were greatly attracted even by the
ponderous machinery, and III fact,
any moving exhibits. The band
caught them, and the cheering
that was done after each num-
Der was something wonderful.
All the machinery and moving ex-
hiblts were in the smoothest of work.
ing order yesterday and the machinery
exhibit showed up better than 1t mas at
all before, and there are now few traces
left of unfinished exhibits. The build
ing is being cleaned up and put in shape
so that the most fastidious observer can
call it neither bare nor unfinished.
The great sounding board which was
put in for the great saengertest is prov
ing invaluable, and the performers find
it easy to make themselves heard even
in the great building with its eight
acres of
FLOOR SPACE.
On Monday the musical programme
will be still more complete and pleasing
than its predecessors, and Prof. Clau-
sens huge panorama will be on exhibit
ton in the amusement hall. The scenes
embrace all the points and objects OF
interest along the line of an imaginary
journey from Minneapolis to the Paclhc
coast and return, There are 12,OOO
square feet of canvas in the great
painting. and it is exhibited scene at
time with properly arranged lights Oh
a stage built for the purpose. A gem
tleman acquainted with almost every
thing the painting represents has been
engaged tOdescribe the great work OF
art and lectures will DeSgRen at stated
intervals.
The big show has now been open four
DAYS. and if the attendance and the in
terest manifested in that time are an
earnest of the future, the fourth annual
Minneapolis Industrial Exposition will
be the most successful one YET. The at
tendance for the four days will undoubt-
edly reach So, 900 people, which is very
encouraging to the management, and
shows that the people Minnesota
know good thing when they see 1T.
The show is becoming more interesting
each day, as the exhibits are perfected
and improved, and next week, with its
chorus concert and special days, will
undoubtedly far surpass the past in in
terest and in the number of visitors.
Nearly all the electric lights with
which Central avenue, the bridge and
the side streets up to the Exposition are
Illuminated are in place. and last even
ing the whole thOroughfare up to the
big building presented scene of car
nival gaiety. The bright lights with
their colored globes add a magnificence
to a plain everyday business street,
which is absolutely startling.
The electric lights in the art gallery
were gotten in order yesterday, and last
night that important adjunct to the big
show was to be seen at its best.
Wednesday, Sept. II. has been de.
cided upon as Commercial Travellers
day, ard all the knights of the grip and
gail in this section of the country will
be there The programme for the day,
and indeed all the arrangements, are in
the hands of committee of travelling
men, and they are sparing no effort to
insure big attendance and good time
for all the drummer boys"