The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-04-19
The PORK Show Annex.

The fake annex of the Chicago
pork show, in other words the press
bureau, has been sending out of late
numerous announcements of the var
ious wonderful things the showmen
will do If they ever succeed in getting
the combination on its feet. Among
the oldest of the projects is that of
holding a Congress of Thinkers, !"
wherein the smart men" of the
world--such as Herbert Spencer and
Castelar, and Alexander Dumas and
Leon Tolstoi and Bob Ingersoll and
Senator ingalls, and Ignatius DON
nelly and Joseph Cook and Edward
Bellamy might be put on exhibition
just like the hogs or the fat cattle, or,
in short, any other prize animals.
Doubtless this will be a specially
attractive feature to the visitors from
Deadwood, Oklahoma, Red Gulch
and other cultivated regions of the
iridescent West. If it be still further
developed by having the various
thinkers on exhibition sell cheap
popular edition of their works and
throw in an autograph and hand
shake, the Pork Show receipts may be
materially increased by its percentage
of the profits.
Tie managers are plainly awake to
the possibilities of the idea. They
are pushing it in good, business-like
style The fake annex circular pre-
sents it to the newspapers with all the
attractiveness OF a circus poster. In
deed, the style of the document is so
wierdly picturesque that it would be
pity it should not get all the publ
city possible-for the cultivation of
the public literary taste, of course.
We are sorry we have not room for it
all; but here are some choica gems
This enterpi Use, which bears the formidable
name OK Worlds Congress Auxiliary of the
Worlds Columbian Exposition will 1t is be-
lieved, draw together, into intelligent consdera-
ton aud discussion Of all the more important
subjects within the range of human thought a
greater number of the worlds great thinkers
than ever before assembled.
resaries and members OF the general committees
on the sub-congresses on education, science and
philosophy, temperance, moral and social clies-
ions labor, literature, law reform. religions.
medicine aad surgery. commerce and finance.
agriculture. arbitration and peace, music, etc !;
also chairmen of the committees of the Woman's
Branch Of the Congress are given for sub-c0n-
crosses on schools and teachers. household
economics social reform, temperance, charities,
churches, missions, physicians, authors and
journalism, art aud artists, music, etc
Differing religious denominations, temperance
societies, schools Of medicine, and other organi-
cations viii work 10 harmony to secure result
in which all are alike Interested, and to obtain
which the Auxiliary will endeavor to exercise
the highest iInpartiality and justice. It will aim
to secure a presentation of the best aspect of
every sincere and coLnmendabe effort to attain
result beneficial to mankind. leaving thecom-
parntive merits of competing institutions to tine
Judgment Of the enlightened world.
From these elegant extracts, we
may judge of the sort of thinkers"
who will be welcome at the Pork
Show, and the sort OF part they will
be expected to play. They will be
literally on exhibition. and will be ex-
pected to do their various acts daily
for the edifcation OF Chicago intel
lectuality.
At least one thing is certain regard
ing the Pork Show. Ii it ever takes
place. it will be like nothing the
world ever before saw or dreamt Of
and, of course that will be an adyan-
tage in its way.