New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-06-20
urvoRS or TIE WORLD'S FAIR.

Tho eminent gentlemen who are assoclateu
+. .,,.o Roaras at Chicago for the management
of tbe Worlds Fair have already amply vindl-
co+od their title to popular gratitude and esteem
Outside of the Whitechapel Club, their meet
mos arc the richest things OF the klhd Ill I'M
caoo Their official acts are redeemed from 'iio
I'll, ohtest taint of dulness or convention. lheJ
have proved that there is plenty OF 1un 70 DC
cot ont of prosaic Exposition, and nave 50
nlaced under an obligation every true lrlehu
pf rrogress and reform. Some stiffnecked ana
atrabilious censors may be staggered oy inc DC
wildering ingenuity and holiness OF thGir !oAcS
put their records, nevertheless, afford ncn
nucleus for unique exhibit OF inc Na'ioH'r
humor that should adorn the Gothic aco'eS u
the Fair
The two bodies are known respectively as the
r.. Conmission and the National Board OF
Control When the American public ana inc
foroign exhibitors have doltishly fallen lhto
.,on sot for them by the merry Commission
ors tbo Board of Control obligingly sets theh
robt with an opposing resolution men
nronositions have been invited by the roguSn
poard of Control the Commissioners accommo-
datincly mdeceivo bidders by showing that the
General is uaggishly shOrn of his rights Oh
Tuesday the two Boards appointed conference
committees and hilarious Jolnt-mcetlne WIS
held. 81 ought to be admitted to these 81, meet,
incsn insisted the Director-Generai. ny
demonstrated Judge Martindale NOt jill un-
complimentary thing was said OF you" INC
gentleman can take rest" suggested Con-
missioner. "There are many games at when
,,,o can nlay. YOU know" added mlrthful col
Iooono "Who presided at the jont-meetng!
ngI'od a ,onorter "President Palmer part OF
.ho +imo and President Baker the rest" was the
opsvor which augurs that want OF harmony VIII
not Interfere with what a local newspaper lellcl-
tously STYLES the "mutual knockoutS'" Dun
zach body relies for it's chief diversion ION APP
nointments, as afrording exceptional opior-
tnnities for the display of individual droLery'
Ono Of the Directors best Inspirations was the
choice Of Melville E. Stone for foreign agent,
hrt be never realized the depth Of the National
Boards humor until it "hung up the hoIlll@-
tion For controller Of the garden exhDit ne
named Mr.. Maxwell, Of California, but the
BOARD decided that Mr. Maxwell was too young
and rejected him Internationally. Then he
named General A. p. Chapman, also OF Call
fornia whom the Commissioners, not to be out
done, expeditiously rejected as too old. AT last
accounts, in the absence of mddle-aged CHI
didate the Director-General was thinking OF
turning over the horticultural work to the Chlet
of Agriculture, "who now carries only ABOUT
half a dozen departments on his back ana Is
perceptibly growing thin under the burden"
It's pity that the Worlds Fair humofs were
omitted from the recent glowing advertisement
Of Chicago as a summer resort" 1t may be
true that its smohe-laden breezes, which natural
gas is soon to purify, are preferable to the hot
and murky atmosphere of Washington" The
Chicago River smells may permeate them with
balm long craved by the faded, WORKOUT,
tired nervously Frustrated and heat-enervated
neonles'' of New-York and Boston. Health
seekers may be attracted by the talk of munlc-
ipal "sclsing The movement against the
cipar-store Indians that take the place OF pub
lie statues may act as an incentive to culture
and the vague rumors of better street-hghhng
and cleaning and better police may attract beau
tv and wealth But what are these compared to
the whimsicalities of men not content with beng
funny among themselves, but determined to
stamp their humor on the face OF great Ma
tional enterprise?