The Press., 1893-05-04

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 Thursday. Evening, May 4. 1893.
 MCLAUGHLIN & SON, PUBLISHERS. S1 50 year. If paid strictly in advance. .S1. .25. THIS Paper and The Connecticut Courant i weekly furnished for s2.20 per year. A COUNTY CONVENTION of the w. c. T. | U. will be held in Ellington May 11th. l Mrs. Helen G. Rice is on the program for a bible reading, also to speak in the eve- ming, and Mrs. Foster, Mrs. Fitzgerald, and others of state officers and speakers will be present. THE managers of the Chicago fair have decided to keep open on Sundays. Per haps this is necessary, after all, as the government of that city has been making holidays of so many birthdays of foreign potentates and saints that, perhaps, there is no room in any one week for Sunday. We do not believe, however, the report that it is purposed to repeal the ten con- mandments entirely.
 THE Union Signal and White Ribbon Banner are warning young women against replying to advertisements offering good wages and light employment in Chicago. These are the output of those seeking to recruit for immoral purposes. Employ ment bureaus ale to be looked upon with suspicion since so many will use the name to cloak nefarious business. There is no excessive demand for female help in Chicago, but women seeking en- ployment there can safely trust the Blu reau of the Columbian Association of Housekeepers, the employment agency of the Young Women's Christian Associa- tion, or that of the Hull House, the latter a free bureau. There nay be others equally reliable, but these are unquestlon- able. No one should go there to "take chances" of employment. The chances are against such.
 IT is not unlikely that the gamblers had hand in forming the anti-pool law, re- sorting to the time honored scheme of striving to make obnoxious law, the en- actment of which appeared inevitable. The law strictly construed may be con- sidered to forbid the pooling of entrance fees to help make up purses for trotting, bicycle, athletic or other competitive sports. So the agricultural societies, am- ateur leagues, etc., are moving for it's modification. If modification can be achieved without weakening the law we trust that it may be, but far better it is to have the law stand as now enacted and approved than to have it's usefulness im- paired by tinkering. It is not likely that the courts will regard the law as intended to letter any legitimate sport or competi- tion calculated to develop man or horse flesh and muscle. The agricultural so- cieties that announce a purpose to abandon their fairs because of the new law give themselves away as depending wholly up- on questionable foundations for their SUD- port.
 THE opening of the Columbian exposi- tion at Chicago on Monday was mo- mentous event, and the program arranged was worthy of the occasion. The crowd was immense, and included the president, diplomatic corps, and distinguished for eign guests. Land and water was gay with spectators. 1000 voices and 600 in struments made music. Director-Genera Davis made the dedication address, ane President Cleveland responded, ther pressed the button, and .~
 ''At one and the same instant the audi ence burst into laundering shout, th' orchestra pealed forth the strains of tht Hallelujah chorus, the wheels of the gIea Allis engine in machinery hall commenced to revolve, the electric fountains in thu lagoon threw their torrents toward thu sky, afiood of water gushed forth iron the McMonnfes fountain and rolled bacl again into the basin, the thunder of artil lery came from the vessels in the lake the chimes in manufactures hall and ol the German building rang out a merr, peal, and overhead the flags at the tops o the poles in front of the platform fel apart and revealed two gilded models o the ships in which Columbus first sailet to American shores. At the same mo ment hundreds of flags, of all nations ant all colors. were unfurled within sight o the platform. The largest was a grea Old Glory which fell into graceful fold from the top of the center staff in iron of the stand. The roof of the manufac tures' building was gorgeous in red gon falons, while the agricultural building was dressed in designs of orange ant white. It was wonderful scene of trans formation, and amid it all cannon contin ued to thunder, and the crowd to cheer It was fully 10 minutes before the demon stration subsided. Then the band playe' America and the exercises were at al end. The Columbian exposition was opel to the nations of the world. It was pre- cisely the hour of noon when Grove Cleveland touched the button and thu declared the opening an accomplishe fact"
 THE Washington reporter for the Ne,