Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-10-20
TEN DAYS LONGER.
The Worlds Fair Will Be Open
in Its Entirety.
PACKING EXHIBITS BEGINS OCT. 81

- Chance to See the Buildings Only After
That Date - Preparations Making for
Some Big Special Days - Manhattan,
City Reunion and Columbus, the Latter
the Wind-Up-AttendanceC Continues to
Boom-Meetings at the Art Institute.
CHICAGO, Oct. 20-There are ten days
more of tie Worlds fair and three big
days are included in the ten. They are
Manhattan Day, tomorrow; reunion of
American Cities Day, which will also be
A. o. L. w. Day, Oct. IS, and Columbus
Day, Oct. 30. The latter day is the last
official day Of the fair 1t is the last day
upon which the exhibits can be seen in
their entirety. By daylight-before prob
ably-of Oct. 81 the exhibitors will begin
the packing of their property and it will
be pushed as rapidly as possible until all
the exhibits have been shipped on the
r al home or delivered to those who pur-
chased them; consequently there will be
chaos instead of order in the big buildings
of the White City from that date on. The
buildings can be seen in ali their beauty.
Admission VIII Be Continued.
I Everybody who has seen the fair is
agreed that there is nothing more .beauti-
full there than the buildings In order
that those who desire TO may view these
temples of architecture the directory will
continue to admit visitors at 50 cents a
nea for an indefinite time-probably un-
Ill Jan. l, 1894. at least This is the situ-
tion. These who want TO see the whole
show must put in an appearance before
Oct. 81. And they seem to be doing so.
The attendance yesterday was 3O1 40 of
which G6,4l6 were children. Among these
children was a regiment of the uewsboys
and bootblacks of the city, who had been
provided for by liberal-ninded citizens.
The Kids at the Park.
OF the newsboys and boothlacks there
were two train loads There was also a
car lead of provisions which had been pro-
vided by charitably-incHned people and
the boys were entertained royalty 1t was
splendid day for sight seeing and the
street urchins quickly overran the
grounds. Then the school children of ne
city came in large numbers. Excursion
trains arrived from several outside cities
bearing school children.
Preparing for Manhattan Day.
The New York state building was closed
to the public last night and will remain
closed until the morning of Manhattan
Day. Decorators were busy adorninC the
great columns of the main entrance hall
with oak leaves and wreaths. All the
decorations for the building have been
donated by the exposition. The fountains
in the building will be illuminated by
electricity and the outside pillar of the
verandas and porch will be festooned with
hundreds Of fairy lamps. Tomorrow night
the fireworks will be simply gorgeous.
They will cost $1,000 and be equal TO any.
thing Of the kind that has seen given al
the parN.
The Day for American Cities
American Cities Day Will be full of feat
ures. Some Of those Of Chicago Day will
be seen and before the Administration
building led by numerous bands the
Star Sraugled Banner viii be sung By
the multitude. Then the bands viii plan
Dixie and other southern airs and later
in the day the people will join in Nearer
My God to Thee An important featur,
will be the reproduction Of the late war II
allegory and song. in the huge Stock pavil
ion. General Miles and his staff have of
fered their aid to make this a success Ths
march of soldiers TO the war, TIE return O.
the veterans and a great many intervening
incidents will be reproduced There is nC
doubt that the fair will be in a blaze O
glory for the last few days.