Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-10-20
OVERLOOKING
Is the Windy C;ty with Patri
Otism and Visitors.
Opening Day of the Dedication
Festivities.

Cook Coun,y InauGurate the Celebration
of the Week.
CHICAGO, Oct. Wednesday crisI
invigorating atmosphere, its touch Of
frost gently tempered by the genial rays
of the sun as it looks down from 9
cloudless sky, came as welcome relief
after the rain and drizzle and mist Of
Tuesday and Tuesday night and might
have been interpreted as a special recog.
milton from the elements of the opening
day of the period set apart for the festiV-
tiles incident to the dedication Of the
structures designed for the purposes OF
the worlds Columbian exposition.
The change in the weather was
doubIy welcome to the thousands OF
visitors of greater or less renown al
ready upon the ground. aud who, Tues
day, were commiserating with one an
other over the prospect that the great
event in prospective babe fair to be
marred by the unpropitiousness Of the
elements.
Not less grateful, either, are the peo'
pie of Chicago themselves. Tuesday
the work of decorating had perforce to
be suspended, and the flags and banners
and streamers that had already been
hung upon the outer walls commenced
to betray evidences of a dropping spirit
such as is popularity supposed to possess
drowning rat; but Wednesday, under
the inspiration Of the sunshine, the star1
and stripes and tri-colored bunting were
a. oTNA an "a
decorators were cheerfuliy WhiStlinp
and hummiug occasional snatcles OF
patriotic melodies as they climbed NJ
ladders. over roofs and easements, and
in and out of windows, putting forth
every energy SO that the ely may speed
lily receive the finishing. touches 10 heI
dedication week attire.
Apparently the hotels were already az
full as they need be. There were crowds
at the large ones and small ones alike,
and at some Of them, notably at the
Auditorium. the Palmer and the Grand
Pacific, it is difficult at times to force a
way through the crowds that fill the
rotundas, surging IN the wake OF this
man and that OF national reputation,
and now and then calling for cheer az
somebody Of particular note is recog-
nized. in many respects the scenes are
vivid reminders OF those that were en-.
acted hereabOuts bat a few months
since. when the representatives OF the
Democracy of the nation assembled 10
select their standard bearer. Big pie
cards Announced the location Of tile
headquarters of the various divisions.
At the Auditorium in fact, 1t only
lacks, as q member of Governor Flow
er's party jocularly remarked Wednos-
day morning, the royal Bengal tiger at
the head of the stairs to make believe
that the days of July were here again.
But large as the crowd already on the
ground was, it was not a circumstan
TO what was there by shutdown. Special
trains packed with men and women ct
note and distinction were speeding Chi
cagoward from pretty well every state
and territory; while the ordinary trains
were running in two, three, and in some
cases four sections.
At times Wednesday morning TIE tide
Of humanity poured itself out OF tAe
Union and Grand Central depots as if 1t
never intended to stop.
Wednesday, Children's Day.
A silken flag, as bright III colors as it
is superfine III texture, tloated proudly
Wednesday noon from the roof of every
public school house in Chicago and
Cook county. 1t was children's day.
The little ones who toddle to the infant
school to learn their first letters, the big
ones who have mounted step by step on
the ladder of instruction to the high
school and are now about ready to go
forth and battle with the world-the ris-
ing generation-those who will aid few
wears hence through the ballot box IN
controlling the destinies Of the nation -
these were selected to inaugurate the
celebration of the week.
Tens of thousands of youthful voices
voices robust and strong. voices weak
and piping. joined Wednesday morning
all over the city and its suburbs in the
grand old strains of "America" and it
was sung with an enthusiasm and patri-
otto fervor that in itself was an insplTa-
ton, 1t was great day for the chill
dren, and very few seats were empty IN
any of the school houses. They wore
their Sunday go-to-meeting clothes in
honor of the occasion, and while the
boys proudly sported button bearing
the stars and stripes, the girls not to be
behind in a demonstration of love of
country, had tiny American flags fas-
tened to the bosom of their dresses
The program of one school was that
of oil. As an overture the principal read
the patriotic proclamation of President
Harrison, declaring Friday next a gen
eral holiday, an announcement that was
inevitably received with enthusiasm, in
tensifed when the principal supplement
ed it with the statement that the board
of education had decided to go step
farther than the chief executive and
lock up the school houses until Monday
night. After this the scholars, four
abreast, marched out to the play ground
where they stood in solid battalions,
heads uncovered, while the stars and
stripes were hoisted and unfurled
A word of command from the teachers
and every hand touched the forehead iii
military salute while every tongue re-
peated solemn pledge of allegiance TO
the flag and the republic, Zone Nation,
Indivisible; with Liberty and Justice
| for All"
After the outburst of earnest cheering
that followed this demonstration of pa
triotism, the indoor exercises were re-
sumed with the singing of "Americ.t,
and Edna Dean Proctor's ode, "Colum-
I bias Banner" was recited by the schol-
airs in unison.
Then there were declarations and
readings and recitations, each having
patriotism as its inspiring motive. As n
finale the strains of The Flag of the
j Free" re-echoed through the school
houses, and at the word of dismissal The
scholars made a wild break for the street
with cheers for Christopher Columbus
and a three days holiday.
Reception and Banquet
In the evening the citizens of Chicago
| rendered grand reception and banquet