Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1893-05-08
WORLDS FAIR LETTER.
". d. Boyce's Correspondence Bureau
Administration Building,
Fair Grounds, May 9Th, 80
GETTING READY.


Fair Grounds, May 9Th, 1895.
Correspondence EVENING CAPITAL
GETTING READY.
There are thousands of men at work.
now that the opening excitement is over,
getting the exposition in order. Two or
three weeks more of such work as has
taken place since the opening will see
things fairly In shape-sufficiently so TO
permit of an intelligent description Ii
Is evident that the public does not intend
TO come at present and the month of May
is bound 10 be disappointing The turn
stiles only show about fifteen thousand
daily visitors thus far. A good many
fear that the disappointment In attend
ance will continue after the Exposition
is in full readiness il the business situa-
tion of the country does not improve
THE coScEssIosAIRE.
There are a sufficient number of visit
ors already TO register loud protests
against some OF the Expenses. The
toilet closet concession TO q Sanitation
company where you are taxed FIVE cents
for admission, give rise to much grumb-
ling. The company having the conces-
sion was TO put as MANY free as pay
closets in each building, but they have
not done so. In the fine Art and Fish.
cries buildings they could not ind room
for any free closets, but you may be sure
that there was room for the ones where
q nickle makes the turns-tiles go around.
Signs are conspicuous directing the visi-
tor 10 the paw toilet rooms, but you need
a search warrant TO find the free ones
The Sanitation company was to take
care of both free and pay stations but as
matter of fact they only care for the
latter, purposely making the free ones
repulsiye
This concession was an idea borrowed
from the Paris exposition bat In doing
so the price was doubled French Gus.
toms (of this description at leas) are not
destined TO be popular in this country,
but as matter OF personal comfort you
had better keep stray nickel In your
pocket after you get in the grounds.
1T COSTS TO EAT
There is also loud cutlery against res
taurant charges al the Park and unless
there is an improvement. you will want
TO get your breakfast and dinner on the
outside and bring your lunch in your
inside pocket. City restaurants have not
advanced prices but at the Exposition
the concessionaries have evidently been
coached by reading the life of Robert
Kidd-pirate. The imported English bar
maids at White Horse Inn barely allow
the visitor to escape with his life Every
thing on his person will be required TO
settle the bill If he orders a drink.
A French restauranter evidently sup,
poses we are all Ward McAllsters and
handle our food with our fingers, as he
charges ten cents extra for knife. fork
and plate. The plate Ia cold at that, but
the people who pay the ten cents are hot
enough TO equalize things when they
discover the charge But the price of
pie-tWenty-hve cents cults the last
hair The Columbian guard demands
an advance in wages or o reduction in
The price OF pie Meantime the news
papers advise the people to bring their
luncheons and sit on the steps OF the
restaurants TO scatter the crumps when
they eat.
But after all do not blame the con-
cessionaire as much as the fair managers.
He had TO pay high price to come into
the game and one-fourih of his gross re-
ceipts go to the fair besides He must
be Tohher so that he can permit the
fair to rob. him Nice game, is II not
CHAIRS FOR RENT
A concessionaire will rent you little
folding chair for tel cents a day. To
make the chair concession more
valuable you are not allowed to bring q
chair of any description through the gate.
Even cripples who come in rolling chairs
OF their own are turned back, unless they
change their own for one furnished by a
concessiOnaire. One large exhibitor met
with just that experience TODAY
Bat public sentiment Is most power.
full regulator. The fair managers are
wincing under the criticisms and declare
that they will stop extoItions or cancel
concessions. They can stop 1t very easily
by relaxing their own grip on the con
cessionaire sufficiently to allow him TO
be reasonably honest. / predict that
the present scale of rates for necessities
within the park grounds, win not be OF
long duration. w. ID b.