St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-25
THE BIG SHOWS OVER.
The Industrial Exposition of '92
Closed Last Night.

The Industrial Exposition of '92
Closed Last Night.
The big show-the Minneapolis In
dustrlal Exposition-closed last night.
1t closed in a blaze of glory. There
was no lingering, painful death, but
one grand puff-and all was over. The
number of people who visited the Ex-
position during the last hours of its life
was tremendous. Every floor was
packed and crammed with hustling,
perspiring humanity. The heat
was intense and many women
tainted. 1t was half hours
JOB to make the circnit
of one floor and another half hours Job
to recover from the effects of it. The
crowd was scarcely as large as on the
night of the first presentation of the
Allegory of War and Song, but it was
large enough, too large, in fact, for
comfort. The evening programme was
good one, consisting of the Pageant
of Nations" as first part, and the fare
we'll pieces of lines band as the second
part and finale. While the band was
playing every seat in that mammoth
auditorium was filed and not a
ncte of the splendid music
was wasted on the desert air.
Not single note could have escaped
if it so desired, for the air was so thick
nothing could have penetrated without
the use of butchers cleaver. Manager
Bracket was elated. for he found in the
success of the show his Endorsement.
Secretary Byron was equally well salts
fed, ana, to tell the truth, every one
was satisfied. There has been larger
attendance per day than at any EXPOSE
ton save the one in 1887. More money
Will be realized this year, however, than
i'll 1887. for the show did not cost so
much. 1t was, perhaps, just as enter
tanning, but the expenses were by no
means so large. 1t is with regret that
the people of Minneapolis see the big
building on the East side dark and
empty, for the exposition furnishes
them with cheap and wholesome
diversion. In spite of the fact
that giddy girls go there to mash the
"Cherman players in de pand" the expo
sition is an educational Institution, and
it is the universal sentiment of the city
that it should continue every year. Man
ager Bracket is of the same opinion,
and stated last night that he thought it
would continue indefinitely. He is also
of the opinion that the receipts this
year will be in the neighborhood of
$4,000, a snug fortune in itself. On
Wednesday meeting Of the directors
will be held, when full statement f
the financial condition OF the exposition
will be made.
Many of the people who were at the
Exposition last night had been there
from early morning. They were from
the country, and had come to the city to
see the show from beginning to end.
They sat about the stairs, some eating
their lunches and others mapping. Two
old ladies sat OH the stairway leading to
the auditorium, Obvious of all
that was passing around them.
They were sleeping as peacefully
as though i'll their own beds, and
their heads nodded in perfect time with
the music. One of the old ladies held
in her hand bag of ginger snaps, and
while she was nodding her gray head it
was brushed from her hand. The bag
opened, and the ginger snaps rolled
down the stairs one by one. One of the
most amusing yet pitiful sights wit
messed in that big crowd was the woman
who had gone there with her face freshly
daubed and painted. but who after
contact with the jostiing crowd of men
and the droveS of nervous and excited
women, resembled a Commanche Indi-
an with a face all Streaked with white
and red. In most cases of this kind the
unfortunate woman realized her pitt
able condition. and the twitching of her
lips told the mental agony she was en-
during from the knowledge that ''She
must look just too horrid for anything"