The Forrest City times., 1893-05-26
EDITORIAL FSPONOENCE,

CHICAGO, ILL, May 16, 1so3
 TIE two weeks session of the Ma tional Editorial Association, at Chi eago. could not exhaust the cOurtesles extended by the citizens-private and corporate bodies. In fact, the whole town threw wide open their doors. It has been estimated, had all been paid for. it would have reached the sum of S3O,00 Morning sessions were held by the association and much important business transacted, of interest to the fraternity alone. The afternoons and evenings were spent as the invitation committee indicated.
 Much time was spent at the fair. Scarce two years ago the spot where the fair is located, was q prairie swamp. To-day the dream of Alladin is real ized in the beautiful, whose buildings domes, minarets and spires reach up to the clouds and reflect back the the rays of the Sun. They indeed look more like the work of magic than of man. Hundreds of carloads of exhib- its are awaiting entrance to the grounds, yet while much confusion and annoyance is encountered in this unfinished state of affairs, many rich exhibits are in place and one can scarcely miss that which is still un packed.
 Concessionaies have obtained so many rights that it would be possible for baby to enter the grounds in all it's meagerness of garb, and come out arrayed like the Rajah of Japore. Every possible want of human nature has been anticipated, there is not a
 thing missing, from the bottle for the | babe, to the crutch for the decrepid. 1 Corporation and individuals have paid high for the privilege ol supplying
 these things-25 per cent Knowing
 that this sum will be added to the price,
 or deducted from the quantity, or ad vantage taken of the visitors to pay eX- | position prices. Most of the articles are not among the necessities of life,
 but humbugs in the way of souvenirs. The concessionaires come from every.
 land, and the chronic grumbler who l complains at the numberless devices
 to get money can lay no blame to
 American cupidity. Many French ! names in the list show that the Paris
 far people hope to replensh their for | tunes here, and Austrian firms call to I mind that Vienna once had an exposi- 1 ton. The MeXicans also want to ped 1 dle and the men from Venice have | knlckknacks to catch willing eyes and open purses. The ESkimoS know how to drive good bargain for bits oi arctic relics, and the Turks show the shrewdness of their thrifty neigh | DOTS from Jerusalem. The Jayanese and Singhalese and Siamese are ready for people who want their wares-all as busy after gold as the famous money coining Yankee. No taste has been overlooked, no fad left without it's salye and no tomfoolery which has not a stand where it may be cultivated. Besides these, articles of yertue, art. clothing, etc, mentioned above. Mid l way has some several hundred contri- vances of amusement where people get more fun thau their money pays for. There are Turkish tlIeaters and Chl- nese dramas, Dahomey danes with dreadful dances and amazons with striking peculiarities, drinks ill all the languages of the old world and i'm cracks from every corner. The num- Der fills many pages, each enterprise contributing money to the exposition d quarter of each dollar. The bureau of concessions has inspectors, so that any extortion or attempts to make the unwilling ones buyers, will be regu- lated.
 For a man who visits the fair grounds with good supply of change and no conscientious scruples about pending It, there IS no lack of excitement of the lO-cent Kind outside of the big fence The streets are lined with tents, booths and merry go rounds. Long rows of one story shanties aspire to the dignity ot stores alame with show cards in- scribed with seductively low figures for dyspeptic looking pies, sandwiches, and weiner-wurst. Vendors of every
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