Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-28
LIKED TO BE LOST.
Little Ones Who Fared Well When
They Missed Their Parents.
BIG CROWDS AT THE BIG SHOW.
Several Attractions for This Week That Will
Surely Draw Well.
SOME OF TIE LEADING EXHIBITS

''It's real nice to be lostp' So remarked
Miss Lottie Dodd. aged 9, as she sat perched
on bench in Manager Johnston's office at
the Exposition last evening. Miss Lottie
was placidly munching large and sticky
morsel of popcorn, as she glanced through a
series of gaily-painted advertisements
which she had amassed during her travels.
1t appeared that Miss Lottie had strayed
out of her parents protecting ken, and was.
as she herself put it, 'really and truly los"
1t was a delightfully."- novel sensation, and
the little maiden enjoyed it to the fullest
extent. 1t was sad shock when her big
brother came along and carried her from
her throne of honor in the big Office.
There were quite number of lost Lotties
and Mamies at the Exposition last night,
for never since the show opened had there
been such crowd within its walls. 1t took
a good solid hour to tread ones way from
one end of the building to the other. There
were a vast number of Welsh present, to
hear the warlike strains of ''The March Of
the Men of Harlech," and the other Cam
brian airs, as rendered so appreciatively by
Mr.. Innes and his men. The "Harlech"
march is one of the very finest of national
airs-and it is pity that it is not better
known in this country.
The fountain was very popular last night.
Several new colors and combinations of
color have been added by Mr.. Gawthorp to
the already charming sprays. 1t plays every
night from $40 to o'clock.
TOO MANY swEETMEATs.
The fair employees at the various stands in
the Exposition are just now suffering from
an epidemic of toothache. Their pretty
cheeks are tied up, and they look quite Woe
begone about the eyes. 1t is all the fault of
the caramels and popcorn that this racking
pain 'fshoots their frenzied jaw amang."
Even the ordinary candy-fed. gum-chewing
girl cannot endure three weeks of such in
cessant sweetness with impunity.
Manager Johnston was interviewed last
night as he sat with number of the Expo
sitioI Society directors in his sanctum. He
said: ION Monday we will enter upon the
fifth week OF the Exposition There are
heaps of people who have not visited our
show yet. They put of doing so, uader
the false impression that it will last all the
autumn. By and by we shall be obliged to
close our doors, and these people will not
have it to say that they witnessed the Ex-
position of 1890. Our Scottish and Irish
concert nights next week ought to bring
very large crowds. The German night, on
Thursday, at which two singing societies
Will display their skill, ought to prove a
tremendous attraction. Altogether 1 may
say that the Exposition has been eminently
satisfactory FROM financial point of view.
think the directors are we'll satisfied with
the measure of our success. Several of the
art gallery pictures have been purchased
and will remain in Pittsburg. New York
dealers have bought others, and few are
going to Chicago. 1t is pity that some of
Pittsburg's prominent art collectors do not
step in and buy the French studies, several
OF which are salon prize-winners.
NEEDS OF DIVORCE LAWS.
For some time past there has been a senti-
ment in different States for a uniform mar
riage and divorce law that would apply to
all States. Readers will at once grasp the
cause of this sentiment by the tales they
have read of elopements and differing di-
vorce laws in different States, causing no
end of legal fights and trouble in many
ways. Last night THE DISPATCH decided
20 test public opinion by an unbiased vote
at the Exposition.
4ue "oiuihs VI tue questloH WAS OuOulu
O uniform marriage and divorce law be
urged on Congress?" The result of the
count was, ayes, LAG; noes, 80. The reader
can draw his own conclusions.
The voters were from all sections of the
State, and the result may be taken as fair
sample of what larger poll would be-
Mondays voting topic will be found on
the fourth page of this issue.
The champion pool PLAYERS, Messrs,
Stofft and Clearwater, draw large crowds
nightly at the exhibit of the Brunswick,
Bake Collender Company in the main
building of the Exposition. The ease and
grace with which these two players handle
the cue aud ivory spheres is interesting,
even to one who has little knowledge of the
game. The latter part of next week or the
first of the one following, expert billiard
playing will take the place of pool, Messrs.
Schaefer and Ives, the two worlds champions,
handling the cues.