The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-07-31
PLEAsAxrsIEs At THE BIG FAB.

nas su3o6 = Us& nts mere IN muS1GAa
circles. but the people Of Seattle will
have especial pride in this fact. inasmuch
- the most successful musicians thus far
have come from that city. In the first
place. the seattle club has received di-
p!oma and also . special honorable mem
ton By Mn. Theodore Thomas in her Cd
dress NrA A. B. Stewart, president Of
the Seattle club, made what Vas pro-
ncunced the best address Of any president
OF the amateur clubs Who participated
This Was in itself IN auspscious beginning.
Then followed the playing Of Miss Nae
Potvin. Who 10 acknowledged to b one OF
the best pianists in the Northwest This
talented young'iady quite captivat<d her
audiences. Two pupils at once rushed 70
her for lessons. invitasions poured in on
her for all kinds Of receptions and recttais
IN fact. the young lady herself was daxed
at her pronounced success, and even now
there seems 70 be danger Of Seattle's losing
her entirely. % there 10 strong effort being
70 have her make her permanent abode In
Chicago. This success MAS fully equaied
by the success Of Ars. G. A. G. Rochester,
who. beside other honors, was accorded
the distinction Of winning the contest In
which one singer was selected to repfesens
each state in forthcoming recitals. Next
Thursday Mrs. Rochester will appear In
this representation. The contest was .
severe one. and only seven ont OF thirty-ax
contestants we're successful. Mrs. Roches-
ter was quite bswildered when, At tha
end of tho second line Of her song the
committee of excellent judges said: stop.
that will do" She would not have been
surprised if the next move was TO throw
her ont Of the window. but on the con-
trary she was 81 once accepted. These re-
citals take place in the Women's building.
Mrs. Rochester sang Marguerite" by spe-
ciai request at . concert given in Assembly
hall. Mr.. Honore. the father OF Mrs.
Potter Palmer. st once awaited himself OF
the opportunity TO. invite Mrs. Rochester
to sing In the church at the corner OF
Thirty-seventh street and Indiana avenue,
and she sang there today. Strong effort
IL also being made 20 induce Mrs. Rochcs-
ter TO locate permanently in Chicago. Misc
Marguerite /. Mckinney has also won
much praise for her sweet singing. and
today she sang by special request in the
Fourth Baptist church. Of this city. Mrs.
Thomas Patterson. Mrs. G. f. n. Pratt
and Mrs. w. II. White, of the Seattle club,
the lovers Of music in Seattle may all be
proud Of the city's contributions to tho
wonderful programmes rendered at the
Worlds fair. Mrs. Alice Houghton il
planning to give reception soon to Mrs.
g. A. G. Rochester. the states accepted
singer.
Col. William Eightfoot visscher ac-
I'm loA hat hn oAA hn vva,a ~ 10 If
his life when he deliberately ''took sides"
in the so-called warfare wagsd among the
members Of the board of Washington
worlds fair lady mAnagers. IF anybody
asks you" says the colonel, ''you can tell
them am just now skating around in
high timber. trying to avoid any further
contact with that ere women's fight"
The eccentric and well-known Judge
Nash, of Spokane. who used to be Col.
Nash. Of Seattle, about decade ago, came
brusqely into the Washington building all
unannounced this week, carrying his head
as though he had Puget Sound shingle
down his coat collar. He was met at the
door by an old acquaintance. who slapped
him on the shoulder and exclaimed:
Hello. old man; how do you dot"
'Old man! Where will you 60 for your
young harvest hands if you call me old p
'.Well. you were an old man when was
q youngster, years ago."
THAT may be 20. young follow, but I
trust in God and vote the Democratic
ticket. SO l always feel young. Your
apology is accepted. SIR" and the Judge
walked straight ahead to examine the big
logs. big lump of coal and Washington's
numerous other world heaters.
Stoney Island avenue and all the side
streets near the fair grounds are perfectly
alive with side shows of an inferior order.
and with every variety Of lemonade. pop
corn, peanut and gewgaw stand. Tho
sandwich man is omnipresent So much
is this the case that every price is cut clear
down until the uniform price of sand.
witches nov is s cents and coffee the same.
Lemonade glasses have gradually increased
from gill until now you can buy glass
large enough to furnish an internal bath.
One Of the queerest stands ever saw in
this line was supplied with . large red
COW. nicely stuffed by some skilful tax
idermist. BY touching spring in any of
the old cows four teats the stand propri-
etor would get glass of what he called
new-laid fresh ranch milk How the COW
was replenished no one knew, but the
scheme was failure. Everybody said
"Cghv' and the fellow closed shop.
One OF the most-sought-after depart-
mcnts of the Worlds fair management -
the department of Press Admissions.
This Is. Of course. in Maj. Moses p.
Handy's department. and the chief of the
bureau is Mr.. Frank Rigler. superin-
tendent Of press admissions. He is a
most affabie and even-,empered Young
man. and never GETS excited. As he has
issued $500 season tickets, and in the
month of May issued "a. 0oo single admi.-
sion tickets. it Is unnecessary to say that
he is popular with all newspaperdom
hereabouts. His Office is in the most
unique room to be seen anywhere here in
the White City. The walls of thi, room
are papered with papers from every conn
try in the world. There are 81, paper.
represented and the handsome work was
done by II. p. Hubbard. a New York
newspaper expert One of the attaches in
this Office is l. II. Anderson. a younr
negro who was at one time in the employ
OF United States Senator Watson g
Squire at the national capital. lie has
been found To be especially polite and at.
tenisve to the wishes Of the newspaper
men visiting the fair from the state of
Washington. ana there have already been
large number OF them. Mr.. Anderson
has been employed by Maj. Handy from
tine to time for the past seven years.
one OF The visitors AT the Washington
headquarters this week was Mis-, Ka,e