Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-06-03
FAIR GATES WIDE Open.
An Army Of Working People Pass
the Turrstiles.
Greatest Crowd Since the Opening Day,
Four Weeks Arc.

A despatch from Chicago, says: One hun
dred and twenty-five thousand people, af.er
q week of toll, came to the Worlds Fair
grounds Sunday, and with souls freed from
care drank in inspiring music and Toasted
their eyes upon the artistic and natural eau
ties of the White City, while their minds
were imp owed by studying the works OF
genius end industry. 1t was the first open
Sunday, and it IVES a success.
The Sabbath sun was only two hours old
when the people began to come into the
grounds Almodes OF ira; sportation brought
their qu,tas, and from the steamer piers and
the railroads came long lines OF people. Bat
the masses did not begin 10 arrive until after
noon. Beginning about O'Clock the mu IT,
tudes focked into the grounds at every gate,
and by o'clock 60, 600 people were inside
the enclosure.
The people kept on coming the entire after
noon and overlooked into The Midway Plais-
ance, whose every show was crowded, until
the attendance mark had b en- elevated to
100. 900. After dark the grounds were lighted
up, AMI this together with other features OF
Illumination attracted ct Ii more, and when
the crowds were about ready to go home
col servatt. estimate placed their number
for the day and evening at 125.050. 1t was
an orderly. well-dre sed crowd, which evil
IDENTIFY was of the opinion that # had alrea iy
been kept away from Its properly altog, Their
too long, AMI thef took possess on In the
name OF "Toilers' Day"
BANDS PLAYED ALL THE WHILE.
The music during thSday was OF an eleyat-
ing character, and the band-stands were sur
rounded by long crowds which grew enthu-
siastic over Schubert's serenade and selec-
tion from Lohengrin Gounod's sacred song,
"Tbere Is Green Hill Lar Away, medita-
ton on Bich's prelude by Gounod' Handlers
"Hallelujah Cho u.s." wagner's Hail Bright
Abode" the good old hymn Nearer My God
to Thee" and the Co. onation march from
Meyerbeer's lie Prophetic" The music,
which was continuous iron / 20 in the after
noon until / at night, was furnish, by
Sousa's the Chicago AID CincinnIti bands.
Sunday opening was frownej upon, how
ever, in the north end OF the para, where the
American st te buildings are grouped to sug-
gest happy AMI united family. The MEM
bers of the great American Union were
estranged on he day when the gospel OF
peacs and good will is preached flom the
Christian pulpit. The multitude of visitors
Old not throng the state circle and rev
thousand who passed that way was not dis
appoi ted apparently to find many OF the
buildings closed. There was SO much elss
to $50 that was moro attractive than the in
side of the state buildings, most OF which
ere made up only OF so many reception
rooms, the exhibits be ng In the big buildings
that was thrown open.
few Of the state commissioners were left
no alternative but to clos the doors OF tho
'tldin 5, as the leg.sla ures had so ordered.
but the great majority of state buildings
acted on their own autnon in refusing nd
mission to visitors. he doors Of Is stl
and territorial bui dings were locked for this
day only, and visitors was generally informed
to that effect by cards. Missouri, Del ware,
New York. Virginia, WIS Virginia, Pennsy.-
yania, Moth Dakota, New Hampshire, Rhode
Island, New Jersey, Connecticut Maryland
and Massachusetts were among the buildings
which the people obtained only an outside
view OF.
Utah had the closed sign ON the door and
North Dakota added to i s announcement
"Come on Monday On the dooss OF the
B y State house was the following type
written legend: "By order Of the Great and
General Court of Massachusetts, this build ng
is closed on Lords Day. Z. G. Hovey, execu-
tive commissioner"