Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-08-10


very limited Still darker are the Arabs,
Algerians and Egyptians The Indians
may be sad to have a color of their own,
especially the EsquimauX, but have
suspicion that the complexion of the last
named is largely artificial and could be
changed by a vigorous course of culture,
the bath being made a speciality. And
thus the grading continues NC one goes
down the paisance, a shade being added
to Nubian and Upper Nile man till one
reaches at last the amusing Dahomeyan
and the still blacker Guinea man.
Officials and old visitors say that when
these snake-worshipers first opened their
show the negro visitors, especially those
from Chicago, treated it with supreme
contempt and if questioned about it were
inclined to treat the question as an insult.
BY and by one or two ventured in and
looked at the African dance with n half
shame faced air, but the feeling of disgust
and contempt soon predominated. 1t is
returned with interest. The wild Daho-
meyan was Mt first paralyzed at sight of
men Of color in what he regards as a Brit
ish outfit" but now-well 10 witness n
meeting of the dark dude OF Chicago and
the dark nude of Africa and note their
mutual dislike iSalone worth the price OF
AS aforesaid, the shades Of color on the
ground are said to number forty. and it is
suggestive fact that the music goes in
pretty close correspondence with the
shades. Among the dark people gener-
ally il all seems monotonous tum-tum,
tun-tum, varied only by degrees of force
or loudness. OF the three elements of
music rhythm and dynamics alone seem
present, melody being left out. Experts
tell us that all love of music is a mere
matter of cultivation anyhow and there
must be something in ii, for even among
us "culchah'd" folks the taste runs all the
way from Old Dan Tucker TO the sym
phonies Of Mozart. Scientists add that
the basis of it all is in the attempt Of the
male creature to express his feelings
towards his mate, May be so. But if so,
the love of these Algerians, Cairoans and
some others must be dreadfuly distress
| ing affair, while that Of the lower class
Chinese is scarcely to be thought Of with
out a shudder. But at the other extreme
| of culture how glorious are the results. |
| dare not attempt n description, l am in
! capable OF giving any idea OF some of the
music recently rendered here by the prize
bands of the world. On single day re-
Gently one might hear 1000 singers of the
!
America, and the masterpieces of the
greatest composers rendered by German,
| Mexican and other bands On another
day the grand organ in Pavilion hall was
first used, and this was followed by a con
cert in the hail by the worlds best per-
formers and by free open air music by
Adolph Leisegang Chicago band. Michael
| Brands Cincinnati band and others.
Down to the first of this month there
was great deal of disarrangementa as to
these set days and some very ludicrous re-
suits, as when the newspaper men of
Minnesota came on their set day and dedi-
Gated their state building and Governor
| Nelson arrived on the day he had set and
found no one to help him dedicate. For a
month or so there was scarcely a building
dedicated just at the time and just in the
way advertised beforehand. Sometimes
| the governor of state was too busy on
the states day or something else was go
ing on in the state, and sometimes the
people of a certain class or industry Were
msnformed rs to their day. But now, sc
the administration declares with great
positiveness, all that is provided for and
hereafter the public may rely on seeing
each display on the day announced for it.
Among the most important are the fol
lowing: Pythiau Day, Aug 8, Wheel
mans Day, the 10th. Bohemian GymnastiC
Union Day the 18th, Ilayti the 10th, In
diana the 22d, Illinois tho oath, and the
colored people the 25th. In September
almost every day will have its speciality
and somo of them will be made of great
historic interest California will on the
9th celebrate the day when President
Fillmore signed the act making that thu
| thirt first state Tins reversing the orig