Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-10-04
INDIAN SUMMER.
Worlds Fair Avenues Gay with
furs and Nantes.
Some Unseasonably Cold Weather.
0ahomeyans Looking Blue.


WORLDS rAig, Oc; & Especial -
Sow Is the time TO see variety in thu
crowds People no lonSrr loanse or iinsss
On the avenues and grass ploss--they 80 q
. Rra~aiw2y gas; and occasionally breAk
into 3 ran. for frost has sos here away
ahead Of the almanac II scesns that tho
hrilssAn, haes Of lsdiAn summer arc re-
prrsanesd in the moving grcugs, for Amer.
leans haze pGs ca their fall suits and
new osereosts, and all the far foreign and
non-Arysn peoples are clad in their hesvt
e~f. Even the Eskinaos may be scrn In
their fur jackets. padding their kayaks on
the lagoon. for the firs, cold weather makes
them .hiver Just as /; does us. II is great
mistake 10 suppose tha; northern Isropic
who 80 scaih do not feel the eold. Think
II ehills them even more than it does the
natives
Pity For Dshcnsy.
Dahomcy is 10 he pltisd Even the mild.
est Indian summer days, which sre 50 de-
ightfRl aud brsSsng, aud which we by con
frss, call warm. arr plncaiass 70 ;heal, aud
they are elanoruas 90 So home, bat the
authorities viii net rcicase MAnAger pens
TIL the time set Ia HIS contract Is up. and
the circuit oonrt has decided that the Sad
darkies cannot remove their traps. IL therv
is any truth in that superstition held by
our own colorrd people, the bite Of Da-
komcyan just now would be dangerous in
deed, for every one Of them IL ''b!ue
gummesi niger" They r-sar down whisky
and hot coffee and hpddle together on the
sunny side Of their huts, and when the
manager s;irs them mp TO ret On the wall
and shout for custotners every one appears
with red eycs.a dead blue shade GA his
face ard a natural opal al the end of his
nose The Bclouins 81 the Wild East show
are In even worse fix. and several of them
have gone home. while Others are sick The
Turks. AlgeTisns. Chinese and others seen
TO stand IL better.
On the main avenues In the fair proper
the view is very gay. and IN the course of
half an hour NJ any point one may sce all
the races In their heavy clothes. Very
prominent arr the rSoeilslY arrived Mcxi-
cans. with their high winter sombreFSss and
heavy jackets and irousers liDssi with but
tons in the shape of large piums and made
Of pure silver Over all they sometimes
wear a rich and warmly lined mantle or
CLOAK. The Soayh Americans dress In .
similar fashion and Arr equally striking.
The Indians from Guatemala Bn longer play
the mArimha on tke shore a The iagcan.
but sit wrapped Ia solitude and heavy
blankets most OF the time. std II is plain
to the eye that they sigh for other eiiRses-
The Cingslese sre especially sensitive to
cold. and even oar own CaliforisiAns COM
plain loudly of this climate. IL j. not am
uncommon thing 10 have a cold snap early.
but it is strange that 50 many ezaid days
a L 4.
the mercury stood at 81 Five DAYS izier it
WAS nj ~. On that day the open air rtsisu-
rants looked like banquet balls deserted,
and any one who should have suggested
shertets and Grange Ice woald have been
secuted as n malignant IDIOT.
some Queer Coatrs.ts-
A sit on the porch Of the Indians
building. my overcs,at nicely snUEgled up
around my neck, and $50 ladies 80 by with
fur jackets on and foreigners with blsnkss
coats. can bot contrast Abe zoens with
that on Ohio day and wonder hos this
place will look a year heaoe. Could one
familiar with it as IL row - return IN Co
,o,st. 1894, be- would iii.d the iagoeas and
bridge a. they are. the lake share and
promenade OF artificial tagging iasl tho
same, bat a vacancy where these great
look, Americans in this vicinity viii soon
have realizing sense of ancient TRlGs."
for the buildings are TO be soid =, auction
and removed as rapidly as possible. Man
haitian day. Oct u, will pEolszbiy he tho
first big day of consequence after Cbicsgg's.
and many think il will be the las; Of i'm
portance-
A singular fact in this connection il that
EDdeavor day came and went. and bone OF
Us knew of IL. and pOs that Il can DO no
harm the fact is published that the word
WAS quietly passed among the Christian
EBdesvor societies for them rot to recng-
uixe the day. And the original intention
was to make il one of the grsndsst asys Of
the fair. On Aug. - notice was served On
Director Gen,<al Davis by General ~ecre-
tAry Bser Of the Enseavortrs THAI ths day
must not be officially AnBuauosd II tho
gates were to remain opcu on SuUlsys. and
nov we are assured that ilge Sunday open
ing was the main reason for the small a.
tendance from New England u' course
we cannot know whst eifeef i ha3, but IL
undoubtedly had some. The hrisiao En-
deavor Hotel association also adiaits that
that scheme was failure o9ni, ,iafativeiy,
and now it appears that all the schenscs of
io;n, stock and ether organizations 10 take
care Of people here have ansountei 10 very
little.
Distinguished Men at ibe Pair.
We still have many 3otab.litsss sith us.
she princes from India hurried aasy 81 hils
De weather ~as warm. bot oar DTn In
dian princes. Rain. .in.tbe- Face. Lona Dog.
Chasing Fly, War Bonnet. Gray Eagle,
Cottonwood and Prairie Chieksa. crow
llvslier with essol weather and have given
Us some war dances At Festival bali. On
the evening of the 81 sEox. ef the foreign
Worlds fair commissioners left for 81.
Louis, where they are the guests of the An
tulnnal Festival association lengrsszfnen
and generals have been plenty of late. and
Arcndase Ferdinand of Austria Is coEsspic-
uots Ia siits Of lis en9eaYors 20 remain
very much ineog He Is - years cid. .
very fine looking mad. and positively de-
ciipes auy reception and all public honors
whatever. lie passed the last wess of
September in Yeiio9s:oHe park and came
thence direct 10 the fsir.
The new Columbian bell coafipses 20 at
tract great crowds and - ranx GA MI s1afs of
anniversaries. On ;be sirsieib anniversary
sf the day vhen P0sazusl, tlss @iaassssgo,
signesi over io ;he governments the iassd On
which Chicago siaglas II was raag by Mrs
H. G. FREEMAN. v bo whs - years I'd thss
DAY ard has lived IN the city since lss. It
appears that Simon Poaaeau. soh IL the
old chief, il n0w IN the citY. but le wvsA
sa ring A. bis father sosa She i4'.d foe
8 cents ea acre. Sisraos is praisahly Henry
Geossrise % tbe extent of teiieslag that
sosn.s,g5y has realized q mighty bsg st.D-
earned ssseres1snS The Minnsisasaans,
ho~ever. received 5,teg 90 acres GA the
Nsgaoa1i riycs ars1 ss the aularsn election
,bai ytz.F y vosss were esSt - the Chicago
prsclae; The heil VII ring 0a eEery ai.-
nj 4ersasg - Ucf. ~. thssi make a tear u
car Tsrls4elga! cities ard 20 70 Earope for .
ssssoa-