The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-08-26

again after days of fascinating, ex
hllerating sight seeing. My wits
are still wandering among the stated
buildings of the White City and
it's environments. s. this week |
will give you final dose and drop
the subject.
fear | will be trihe prosy, but
want to touch on matters practl,
cal for a moment. Chicago is a
delightful place to visit. One
meets with clever, civil people who
out do themselves in trying to be
courteous to strangers. Fot the
benefit Of those who contemplate
visiting the Fair ! want to say q
word about expenses. One need
not have the least trouble about
finding good board and lodging al
most reasonable rates.
Our party procu ed accommoda.
tions in first class boarding house,
very centrally located. We were
two in room a. 81 week, which
included two well served meals a
day, ald for each extra meal a
charge of % cents was made. Our
car fare need not have been but 10
cents day, as we were convenient
to tha cable cars toat 90 direct TO
the gates of the Worlds Fair, but
as most of our party preferred wa
ter transportation, We usually took
one of the large boats that give you
lovely sail far out into the lake,
aft ording magnificent view Of
Chicago and the White City. The
fare on the boats is only 10 cents,
and one feels as if it were money
we'll invested.
w AGO has been so we'll represent
ed at the Fair that it is hard
matter to write anything fresh or
newsy. Artesia and THE News
were provided with passes and you
may be sure we saw all the sights.
l. sst week at the ovation rendered
the East Indian prince with the un-
spellable name, who is here, we
were the only ladies, aside from
Mrs. Potter Palmer and her i'm
mediate friends, who were admitted
within the lines to the grand stan !,
but we held our own and
were not whit abashed b.
the moguls. The princes suite
consists of five or six staff
officers, fifteen servants and one
wife (he other thirteen being at
home). General Miles and Direc
tor General Davis, with a number
of our own handsome United States
officers were the reception commit
tee, the entire party reviewing a
fine military pageant in which all
the countries were represented
The East Indians have handsome,
refined features, with soft dark
eyes, and their costumes are highly
picturesque and elegant.
We have had great fun on Mid.
way. The foreigners are psrticu.
laTly partial to reporters, and there
Is not one, not even the oldest and
ugliest, that will not indulge in a
Irritation and tell you all he knows.
1t is wonderful to note the rapidty
with which they pick up English.
In Cairo street the first donkey boy
that came up had a bright face,
fairly beaming with good nature
asked him his name and he said
"Ioby." When l told him that
mine was also Toby we became
great friends, and he introduced me
to some half dozen of his compan.
ions, who talked to me, wrote their
names in French, Italian, English
and Egyptian in my pass book and
gave me some very original ideas of
America life. Toby seemed really
sorry TO part from me, and after.
wards when we met would always
say "Ihere's Tobee, Mrs. AdEa
Tobee' my friend" Toby had only
been here four months, but writes a
good hand, calls his donkey Nlarv
Anderson, and quotes ''to be or not
to be- and you will hardly fpd
any OF the residents of the Plais.
ance who cannot sing eta ra RAJ
and "After the Ball" How is that
for progressiveness?
M,o,nday night the Texans gave
q ball IN thu Taxos b,;ld; -