Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-10-15
BEATING RECORDS.

The st. Louis Carnival Attracts Larger
Crowds Than Ever Before-Points of In
terest.
Saturday. October Il, at 10 o'clock the great
St. Louis Exposition of 1891 will close its doors
and the carnival viii be over. It will be held
again in 1922 but ten months is long time to
wait and the lover of a good time and OF a
view of the beautiful should pay visit to St.
Louis before October Il. Fair week proved
greater attraction than ever, the programme
OF amusement being so full and complete that
the most exacting were more than gratIfied-
The fair was voted an improvement on past
years, owing to the number of novelties intro
duced and the striking array Of exhibits from
all parts OF the Union In the old days. which
only ended some three years ago, crowds on
their way to the fair were annoyed by the in,
Sufficiency of the street car accommodation, but
although the crowd this year the largest
on record. there was no difficulty on this score.
Two electric roads and one cable line have
been built, making total Of seven roads TO
the Fair Grounds, able to carry from IL 900 to
Is 600 passengers an hour easily, but whose
cars were crowded to their utmost capacity
during the mornings and evenings In addition
to this, the streets are in such fine order that
driving out il hacks and buggies was q luxury.
OF the Ve.Ied Prophet il Is unnecessary to
say much The uniQueneSs OF the pageant, the
enormous crowds along the1oute Of the parade,
and the presence liz full dress of 1000 invited
guests at the ball, sil show that fourteen an
nual visits have endearcd the mystic monarch
not only to the people of ST Louis. but also OF
the West, and indeed the East, and that far
from the interest fading the novelty ceased
to exist, familiarity breeds in this instance ad-
miration that cannot be overeStimated-
During the remainder OF the festival season
there is much TO interest the spectator. and
many defer their visits until after Fair week in
order to avoid the crush such enormous
gathering of people naturally creates ST.
Louis is handling the crowds this year in a
more systematic manner than ever, and
thanks to well managed bureaus and registers,
all are being provided for comfortably and az
reasonable rates ST. Louis does not bleed its
guests or advance prices on the ground that
the law of supply and demand warrants such a
ored guests and provides much absolutely
free entertainment possible
Col. Gilmore will wind up his 1891 engage
ment on October IL, and in the meantime he is
providing four genuine musical treats daily
He has a habit of reserving the very best to
the last and some Of the concluding concerts
viii be masterpieces indeed
As natural result Of the wonderful attrac-
tons St. Louis possesses in social manner
to the people of surrounding states. the com
mercial interests of the city are being aug
mented in remarkable manner, for the visit
orS who come year after year on pleasure bent
have at the same time opportunity of
witnessing the vast commercial and manufac-
turing establishments in which ST. Louis
exceIS all other cities in the world in many
lines. and thus business relations are formed
which rebound to the profit both Of the visitor
and the city