The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1893-10-20

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I14| Poor children Ott Peep
lucAoo. Oct IT. Everything IS II /
readiness for the successful inangura-
I|onpI oh||dr1n'a week % the fair Mon
day The preparations for The re-
ctpi|on Of the young folks la complete.
Instructions have been issued that All
children between the ngcs o. and y
years nrp 10 b admitted TO the
expedition grounds for ten cents
apiece. This special rate lasts al this
week. and Il d expected that atthousnnds
upon thousands Of boys and girls viii
avail themselves q 4.
Those children whose parents can
not afford 70 send them 70 Jackson
park will not Be dcbarrcd from seeing
the RIorlea Of the White City. The
committee which has undertaken 70 SEQ
that they are cared for is meeting with
much encouragement and success IN
providing means for their entertain
ment and All Of them Kill h = stefaea
an opportunity Of seeing the fair
From all indications children'e week
will Be great success A. H. kcxell
and the other exposition officials who
arc responsible for the movement. are
much gratlied nt The outcome. nnpt
LIANT and the school officials arc also
enthusiastic over the affair, and they
arc All working together 70 make the
week The grandcst success Of the whole
exposition period.
With the school children taken care o.
! attention is being called % another
class Of young folk who arc deserving
Of consideration. They arc the cash
boys and girls 10 the big down town
stores
Il wna beautiful, clear warm day
for the youngsters Not only did ma
turc smile At them, bnt their activity
and bright faces caused more than one
ataId person 70 stop and beam on them.
The little ones were ererywhcre, up on
the Ferris wheel. through the plaIsance,
IN the buildings about the grounds, and
the more saving ones, who had stored
their pennies for this day, proudly pur'
chased their own tickets for ride IN the
g<aduins or electric launches Thou
sands upon thousands Of the little ones
swarmcd through the gates CoH'
menclng Monday morning tho publ.
schools were closed for the week and
the attendance from them was yer,
large. The parochiai schools wero aiss
generally closed. Tho children crowd
cd the streets and the omniDuses nnf
eagerly clnmbercd for admission bu'
there was no crush and no delay IN get
ting them through
A number Of philanthrople citizenl
and business firms provided specla
trains and wagon transportation 70
the pupils Of the various schools 70 N
fair Many Thousand tickets wer
given them by others and the sehoc
teachers presented the tickets 70 thei
, classes One Wholesale haker provide
any amount Of sandwiches and pie
! free for The children, 50 they had noou
I everything they needed 70 make thcl
4 day happy without expense some {
y the teachers came In charge
4 their classes and a great many Of q
!. children had the protection Of the
parents The school exhibits ot q
. different states and institutions wei
made central visiting points AZ
4 children were shown what other pupi
l. less fortunate than they had accon
4 plished and they told what children
4 some Of the faraway schools were d
3 lns and what kind OF schools they hn'
a The ten cent admission rate has bee