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correctly. Trusting ones memory is
hazardous in this case.

and statues would stand good oeai |
Of drapery, and. in fact, so would large |
number of the colossal figures that adorn |
the cornices of the buildings and other |
places throughout the grounds. Perhaps |
the ladies would enjoy themselves more |
we're the other sex absent. They should
be able better to discriminate between ert |
and nature and to remember that, whlie |
the former Is intended TO rehect tne ihttet'
IL is nevertheless only art after all. DOUBT |
less this would be hard thing TO 90, |
though.
MoDrs OF CONVEYANCE.
The Transportation Building have al
ready mentioned. There you find exam
piles OF every mode of conveyance from the |
indians dug-out or the German peasants |
crossed poles TO the luxurious liner
and the palatial Pullman; from Grace |
Darlings battered old ships boat or me
commonest continuance on wheels 70 the |
nattiest racing shell" or finest steam |
Yacht and the latest "'cyle" or most i'm |
proved Brewster. and from the earliest |
and crudest thing in locomotives 10 the |
wonderful Iron horse" OF to-day. IL Is |
Grace Darling's very own boat that you |
see. and you feel thrill of admiration run |
through you for the heroic maid and her
deathless deed.
But to attempt to wrIte of all the build |
ings and from memory alone, wouid DO a |
great task. In mining, machinery. agri-
culture.
ture, and oil the rest of 1t the display Is |
on the same vast bewiidering, oyerpower,,
ing scale. The memory refuses to hold |
such a mass OF material. but III after years |
suggestion or ASSOCIATION VIII reproduce |
much of IL, and 1t IS therefore well 10 see |
it. The fair has been lkened 10 a univer-
slty education. SO it is. though l suppose /
that university educations do not, at least |
rs a rule. include Midway Plaisances. L
never had the advantage of one myself, so |
cannot say. But, testing aside, think |
the simile sound. A faithful study OF the |
fair would make well-informed man OF |
fool and an intelligent man wiso one. L
expect there will be good many WelI-in-
formed men hereafter.
THE BIG WHEEL.
The Midway Plaisancel This feature of |
the fair has received great deal OF notice
in the papers aud every body ought now to
be we'll informed respecting 1t, but few
words on this head may not be amiss.
What is it like? Well. it is simply a not |
very broad street, unpaved, on each side
of which are ranged various attractions
very much like many you, will find on
Coney Island, as well as like some you |
won't find there, and over the centre is
perched huge wheel. which will take
you to q height OF GAG feet. If you feel like
risking II and have half-dollar 10 put on
il. This Is the famed Ferris wheel and
has already been described. 1t is con-
structed much on the same principle as
is the bicycle Wheel which Is q
combination of lightness and strength,
though the lightness of the Ferris
wheel is only relative, the weight
being immense. The axle alone weighs
over twenty tons The weight is so great
that skilled engineers declared that the
friction would prevent revolution. but the
engineers didn't know as much as
Il Il RnN hall
1t does "revolute." though very slowly,
and il is an experience of a lifetime to go |
with 1t when It does. | advise everybody /
to try 1t. The sensation Is not at oil I'M
pleasant. unless you are naturally skittish |
or your liver Is ont of order, and YOU will
get no such view anywhere else IN Chicago.
The inventor spent S25, 900 in pertectlng |
the plans alone before striking lick "
on the actual construction OF the wheel.
But we are wheeling away from the Mid
way Plaisance.
WHAT IT IS LIKE.
The Plaisance is about half mile IN
length Some of the different attractions, |
besides those above referred to. are Irish,
German. and japanese villages, "Od |
Vienna" Turkish and Egyptian theatres,
examples of Eastern life and habits, in
Guiding the wild East" which 10 an IN
fringement, and very poor one, on But |
falo Bills patent. an ostrich farm. Oriental |
booths for the sale of native artistic wares, |
e. id Omne genus. Here you arelD the midst |
of people OF all nations. On Cairo street.
which appears to lead in popularity, very |
little imagination makes you think that |
you are really IN the land of the Pyramids.
and would only have to step around the |
corner to call on Judge Kelley. The scenes |
are laughable enough. The camel and the !
donkey rides captive all corners. The |
dusky land dirty proprietors are probably |
making more clear money than anyone |
else, except tho becr-ierkers on the Mid
way Ono reason, ! think. why camel
riding is so popular is the excellent oppor-
tunlty it gives a fellow to hug his girl
The girl sits in front. the man behind;
and when the ungainly beast rises with /
his burden or lets 1t down. In q series OF
seismic movements, the young man has
got to hold on to something or be
dumped off into infnity. THERE'S rope |
for the purpose, but most of the young |
men appear TO be rope-blInd. The dirty |
Ecyptians, too, catch the ladies around |
their waists with very little ceremony, or |
rather none at all. The street resounds |
with screams and laughter oil day long. |
The ride is only few rods in length, but |
every one seems to think 1t is worth the |
money.
ORIENTAL INTERIORS.
The Turkish and other Oriental interiors |
are very interesting. You can see In them |
lust what life in the East is. Some are |
very repulsive, notably the Bedouin |
home. Here witnessed an old, |
wrinkled and dirty bag, squatted on |
large four-oake. which resembled |
matzo when finished. She used no |
implement IN broadening and thinning |
the dough, but with remarkable dexterltY |
twIred 1t with her hand over her bare arm. |
When the desired size was reached. she |
pressed the dough over a nearly Hat oven |
with continuance like very gIimy pillow. |
I afterwards observed n lady aud gentle |
man eating some of it. | should have |
charged a stiff price Tor disposlng OF
mouthful
There is also Beauty show" on the |
Midway. composed of thlrty-6ve q think |
representatives of feminine loneliness
from as many different nations.
This attraction is also very popular
with the ladies, who are naturally anxious
to compare their own charms with those
of their sisters from other lands. The |
specimens OF universal feminine pulchri-
tude sit around the hall on raised plat
form, conversing. knitting, or sewing,
each according to her taste, and also. or
course. looking as pretty as possible, as
PEI contract. Some are quite handsome
and some are quite the reverse. though all
are, no doubt, good types of their race.
managed to escape without serious cardiac
arrangements.
HARDLY THE THING HERE.
Attention has been attracted to the
question whether the performances given
III the Turkish theatres are improper or
not. As tastes vary so much, no one per-
sous Judgment on this head can be con-
elusive. My own opinion is that these per-
formances. If they can so be called-the
word Is rather pretentious for them-may
be right in the East, but are hardly |
1.-THE thing" on this side of the pond. 1t
is, to say the least. little trying tor a
lady to sit through one OF them IN The |
presence OF male spectators also. Not to |
put too fine point upon II, ladies would
better STAY away. The efforts OF some
that saw to look unconcerned or mildly /
entertained amused me very much. Others
couldn keep the roses out OF their cheeks.
while others still got up and beat hasty
retreat. These performances are composed
for the most part of only little singing
and dancing by presumably Turkish girls.
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