Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1893-10-10
THE BIG FAIR.
How a Nevada Dan Regards Our
Exhibit.

|
Fair can write to you concerning the
sights. That way is to give record
of ones travels and impressions from
day to day. Nothing like system is
observed in ''doing" the White City
and one who launches recklessly into
generalities of descriptions will be
come hopelessly involved at once. L
shall therefor tell you, in a series of
letters, what / have seen, in the
order of my daily travels.
The first thing every visitor does
is to hunt up the exhibit or the
building of his own State and locate
any friend acquaintance who may be
upon the grounds. The first views
are very impressive and thousand
objects, which you fear you will miss,
divert the attention. You strain
your neck looking backwards over
both shoulders at once; smash into
people, absorbed like yourself, and
poke someone's eye out with IA wild
gesture which is meant to compre-
bend the whole show However,
with the cid of the only official guide
book (of which there are about
twenty and by dInt of catechising
every Columbian guard on the grounds
you finally reach your home exhibit.
This Is the way, at least, in which |
reached the Nevada exhibit.
shall speak of the State build
ings in another letter. but it seems
proper to say here that Nevada has
distinguished herself in this inter
national show.
From a standpoint of resources Of
the soil and enterprise of her citizens
Nsvada's exhibit within the vast edi-
fee, is unrivalled IN it's size and yer
satility. Nothing approaches it and
many older States sink into an insig>
ni6canee that should make them
ashamed. may add here that New
ada seems equally conspicuous every
where. | have found no other State
so favorably represented. 1t is an
old story to hear people of the East
exclaim in rapture over her splendid
productions. Every native of Nev-
ada should feel proud of the success
of the Silver State.
Among one of the first and most
painful of my observations was that
the girls of the Feast are not up to
the Western standard of beauty.
Positively they are actually plain by
comparison. 1t is the exception to
see a beautiful girl or young woman.
When your anxious search in every
place is finally rewarded by a bright
complexion and sparkling eyes, you
know by the carriage and free grace
that the object is visitor-from the
West.
When the evening of the first day
came, visited, with friends, the
over fascinating Midway Plaisance.
There was a din of barbarous music,
glare of lights, dash of color and
mixture of agreeable odors that
smacked loudly of the Orient.
Through the blare of wild, wierd and
fantastic musical instruments. L
detected the strains Of two familiar
airs, eta Ra Ra Boom De Ay" and
"After The Ball. Some American
syndicate of fends has taught the
Turks, arabs, Egyptians, Javanese,
Dahomeians, Indians, Persians, Fe-
gil ETC., ETC., those two harmony
songs and now they rage in the Mid
way.
| We passed along through the
busy, brilliant scene to the ancient
palace of a great mongol of Damas-
Gus. The inside is an exact repro
duction of the house as it stood in
that famous city and in fact the very
walls are the identical ones which
were used in the original structure.
They are over 600 years old. Much
cd armour, with numerous utens Is
of the household, was strewn about
within. Rich tapestries hung upon
the walls and cushioned divans in
vited the weary to a comfortable
rest. In another room some young
girIs-the regular voluptcus, dreamy
eyed sort-danced to pagan music.
During interims they fiirted violent
ly with many ardent admirers.
Crouched over small, smok eless
fire. built upon bricks slightly below