The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-06-21
THE ALGERIAN DANCES.

As you were IN the purlleuS OF HarlS curing
the exposition forming large section of the
American exhibit, and climbed VI. Eiffel's
tower while Your salary was marching on, il
seems to me that you might give few
pointers. 1 am particularly anxious TO draw a
crowd at the main door and then get il inside
and have some fun with it if SO disposed. i
would like to keep this up every day for a
month. giving the people time enough 10 sleep
Sundays and rest so that they could start in
fresh again Monday. l tell you a matter of
fact W. are to have a great exposition, but
want you to make IL sure.
What do you think of introducing the ballet?
Do you imagine that Punch and Judy can can
didly be considered chestnut? What are the
drawing powers of Sam Jones and Sara Bern
hard; and Allcock's porous plaster, relatively
speaking? Do you think the Siamese Twins
could be restored with success or galvanic
battery? What do you think of ex-senator
Blair. of old New Hampshire, in Grafton of
thirty days duration? How would he compare
with DR.. Tanner on fast for that period of
time? Could they hold the crowd. would
we have to lock the people in? Provided /
battened down the matches. locked everything
up and oiled the burglar alarms. do you believe
Jay Gould in the act of shearing coupons would
draw crowd an inference? What will re-
move ink from the letter that never came
from Henry Watterson to d. b. Hill? Can you
furnish me, for framing, copy of the law pre-
venting David b. Hill from running for mayor
of New York in addition to governor of and
senator from the Empire State? Can you send
me for the art gallery certified portrait of
Annie Rooney. deceased? Should ensilage be
cut often, and if so, in what quarter of the
moon should the abridgment take placer May
] safely introduce into the restaurant of the
exposition gumQuats a side dish? Do you
think il a good idea to fix special days, such as
press day, dog days, or would you leave il to
your next almanac? Do you think that the
counterfeiting industry; if SO, in what respect?
Could successfully cross the gold bug and the
potato bug and use the resultant in the fat
stock show? If not. why not? Do you think
John l.. Sullivan would be out of place in the
chamber of horrors which propose introduce
ing in the exposition?
These are simply details, but If you have any
general ideas upon the conduct of an exposi-
ton, showing how it should be run, / would
like to have few sacks of the early variety.
Yours anxiously. R. w. MITCHELL.
Secretary and Superintendent
DEAR RoBERT-l am glad to know
that you are to have a great industrial
exposition in Portland worthy of the
wonderful country of which she is the
metropolis. How you came to be the
superintendent and secretary do not
know The Oregonians are humor low
ing people, and like to put up jobs on
their neighbors. Possibly that has some
thing to do with it.
You ask me how best to run the ex-
position, and SO L will try in as little
space as possible to do SO. Having the
Paris exposition still fresh in my mem
DRY, feel like throwing out a few hints
regarding the matter which j know
will be valuable.
! Expositions should have, in the first
place, spinal column of worthy and
valuable exhibits sort of hatrack, if
you please, upon which to hang the pop
corn privileges and other features which
are of minor Importance. The exposi-
ton must not be a gigantic boxoffice,
with slight annex of corn shelters and
patent beehives. People do not care to
go a great distance to witness recent
methods of pulling candy or making
lemonade without the aid of lemons.
We should not, Mr.. Superintendent,
allow the commercial spirit to cast a
gloom over nude art, nor our American
thrift to get cinch on science at such
time.
The exposition in Paris was a great
success because it was an entertainment
and an education to see it; not because
it was big county fair, with oppor-
tunities at every corner for the French
peasant to test the strength of his lungs
warn you first of all, as superintend-
emit, against the American commercial
spirit, which crops out at all times, but
in an exposition. A sausage
stirling machine is one of the most beau
kiful sights, from an utilitarian stand
point. that | ever saw, but it viii not
bring people from a distance. You must
have something of art and beauty. and
IN element of the wonderful | would
impress this upon you, for. taking the
Paris exposition as criterion-and you
could use it that way if you wished to
10 so-the crowd was ever packed about
The strange, the beautiful and the won
derfuL America and her exhibit were
chiefly patronized by those who Wert
paid a salary to work her churns ano
wave her starry banner free.
People who ride two miles behlnd
mamma horse and young colt to
Fourth of July orgy and hear free ora
ton viii stand good deal of bombast
nd starry banner business, but when