Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-25

The city was full Of strangers ysSter-
day. 1t seemed as If another Baptist
convention with the Prohibitionists and
Sunday Sehool people as a side show had
struck the town.
The cause of all these visitors was the
Spring Palace, and the immediate rsa-
son of the influx yesterday was the fact
that Il was Waco Day, DenIson Day and
GAINESVILLE Day all together, and all Mo-
Lehman county poured out to see the
Palace, and the display sent from the
cotton king section. Grayson county
was there to see its display of cotton and
grains, and Cooke came in the same
procession. All saw Texas in miniature.
The trains came early and often and
every one of them was loaded to its full
capacity. The spsciaI of twsnty-seVen
cars which came from Waco over thu
Missouri, Kansas and Texas road was
covered inside and out with people
bound for the Palace, and every inch
of standing room was appropriated, even
to the platforms. Twelve hundred ex-
cursionists came in from that town
alone and 500 more were detained from
coming on account of the heavy rains
that fell in that city in the morn
ing.
What the crowds would have been can
hardly be estimated, for many in each
of these towns decided to wait for
more propitious day, Those who did
come together with the visitors from the
other towns around and from our own
city sent the numbers III the Spring
Palace notch above any
thing yet experienced in the
season. And the shifting throngs drank
the pleasures OF the Palace with an
pleasure-sseksr5.
1t might be observed here that visitors
at the Palace cannot be termed pleasure
seekers and that alone. He who goes
through that wonderful structure and
does not come out enlightened and edi-
fed in a thousand and one ways must
perforce take the enchanting trip with
closed eyes, shut cars and an unrespon-
sive heart. The glories OF vision and the
wealth of sound that thrust themselves
unavoidably upon a receptive mind are
such that Geld type can but partially re-
produce, and that very imperfectly.
Such at least are the impressions of one
who visits the Palace for the first time,
and such is tho story that hslf-uttered
EXPLANATIONS and low delighted cries
OF the visitors yesterday reflect. Those
who talked of the Palace but repeated
what every one who has spoken has said,
what every one who has eyes and ears
and uses them cannot fail TO feel,
There was but one drawback in all the
day and that was q serious one, but
one In which the management of the
Palace were guIltlesE. That was the
Threatening weather and the storm.
Judging from the looks on some sweet
faces and delicate costumes some of the
vieitors were guflty of contributory neg
Iigenes. But the penalty was light, for
the STERN severe as 1t was failed to in
jure any enc or anything who kept on
the inside of the Palace.
A great many left on account Of the
storm but it was needless, All
who remained were secure and the
clean pure air that was driven through
the Palace was only the more refreshing.
The storm penetrated the vast building
with Its countless hooks and crannies in
but few placOa, and these were not
where visitors were TO be found. In
deed, the rain as a whole was blessing
in disguise for the Palace. Everything
around the vast temple Of Ceres put on
more cheerful look and seemed to revive
as the dashing rain drops were drank
greedily in.
The crowd in the evening was not so
large ns usual, on account of the storm.
II would have been ths banner night OF
the exhibition if Jupiter Pluvius had not
been quite so familiar with the city. 4
However, rs it was, the attendance was
not small, and those who did attend the
concert and Palace were well repaid. The
day al 3 whole, despite the rain, was
O success, and the only complaint can
be that the people of Waco, Denisou
and Gainesville were not allowed by the
weather to bring cut the representation
that these cities we're ready to send,
However the Palace is but young and
other days are coming. The wonders of
the KarporamG are lasting and the rest
can make their bow in honor of Texas
development when the weather is more
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