The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-06-25

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path through the immense throngs of
people who had gathered to witness the
strange sight. Following the guard were
a crowd of Laplanders, men and women
clothed in fur and wooden costumes and
leading great dogs that were doubtless
used to printing tracks on ice foes and
bounding over stretches of dreary snow
before being transported to parade in the
sunny and classic streets of the White
city.
Close behind the northIanders came a
tribe from the hottest zone of
scarlet cloth bound around the loins and
hanging round the bare black feet and
legs. They were singing weird chant
and brandishing spears and battle clubs,
and one could not help but fancy the sem
sation of the soldiers whose lot it has been
to hear the foreboding of a terrible fate in
the sound of the unearthly chant and the
clash OF the wild, barbara instruments.
A group of Amazons marched behind the
Afric host, their brown shoulders show
ing like bronze in the hot sun. their hair
stuck with gaudy feathers and their hands
busy beating strange music from the queer
-tams strung to their Sides
The Libby Glass works employees
marched next, waving long wands OF
colored glass and wearing badges of rib
bon made from the spun glass, making a
force two hundred strong.
Next came great procession OF Chi
nese, robed in magnificent costumes, the
greater part of their line being a great
FURNISHED dragon over a hundred feet
long, carried by twenty five Chinese who
thoroughly enjoyed the sensation their
burden created.
There were men from Algiers, brandish-
ing slaves and scimeters and beautiful
Moorish women in carriages clad in s1lken
draperies, casting coquettish chances on
either side, and priests from the Egyp-
tian temples bearing sacred emblems OF
their religious rites, and behind them
Scantily clad Nubians walked in stately
file.
In the midway plaisance is building
devoted to what is called a congress OF
beauty, where the most beautiful daugh-
tiers of every nation upon the globe are
supposed TO be gathered together They
are seen in the theatres which make up a
part of the attraction of the plaisance,
and there are certainly beautiful women
enough comprised in this gathering from
all four quarters of the earth to justify
the title which gives them distinction.
This bevy of beauties numbering perhaps
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the parade, riding in groups OF Jour or
five in carriages and in different parts oil
the procession, their dazzling appearance
and costumes having brilliant effect In
the long train.
To do Justice to the whole OF this gor-
geous procession of the types of every
region of the earth would perhaps be i'm
possible, but it is certain that no feature
of the exposition can be of more interest
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peoples joining together in this COM
rady of interest and good feeling which
these gatherings display. To view the
different peoples who took part in the pa
rade, one would travel over many leagues
of space, and amongst the many advan-
tages for education furnished at the
fair not the least is that provided by the
personal view of these inhabitants of the
neither ends of the earth, end especially
in the interesting and enhancing aspect
furnished by their appearance IN these
gorgeous parades.
It is probable that they will be of fire.
quent occurrence henceforth, especially
in view of the fact of the increased at
tendance which was witnessed on the frs
occasion.
There were 144, 900 people in the
grounds to witness the procession, and
this, next to the number who came on the
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the largest throng that have ever been In
the grounds on one day.
These and other extra attractions added
to the general display at the fair grounds
make up enough interest, one would
think, to satisfy the most insatiate oil
sight seers, and not little wonder and
admiration is due the successful accom-
plishment of the many varied enterprises
There is new charm added daily to the
fair Itself by the accomplishment Of sue
cessive steps in the completion of work in
the different buildings, and it is some
thing like new vision to walk through
some of the great buildings which re-
Gently resounded with the echo OF ham
mer and saw and confused MS with theil
heaps OF boxes and bales, to find com
paratiye peace and quiet reigping in the
great halls and the contents of the nys
FERROUS and molly collection of board
packings spread out in beautiful array.
/ Hardly more than two weeks ago, the
interior of the Liberal arts building-the
giant structure of the exposition, seemed
little better than pandemonium so COM
plete was the chaos and confusion which
reigned within its walls.
In a short time, however, the aspec
has been greatly changed, the various
pavilions which seemed in endless process
of construction, being for the most part
completed, and the exhibits arranged in
artistic display.
Among tbs most prominent of these
many payilions whose treasures are chic
source OF attraction and interest to the
fair visitor, is that OF France, whose
splendid edifce takes up an importan
part and station in the liberal arts build.
ing.
The front of the pavilion is series O
arches and windows opening into sue
cession of rooms in the rear, each filled
with rare specimens of special exhibit,
comprising one of the most interesting
collections at the fair. The department
which attracts most attention perhaps il
that of the silks, satins and velvets ans
especially the Partisan made gowns anC
wraps.
A Paris firm figures principallyin thi
exhibit and the exquisit and costly robe
which are comprised in this display cal
only be described as dreams Of eleganc
and art.
There is pale pink satin gown trim
med in crepe flowers of the same shad
looped with lilies of the valley, anothe
lavender one glittering with pearl passa
menterie, a pale blue gown of silk velve
trimmed with festoons of pearl fringe
and more elegant and beautiful than any
thing else, an opera cloak Of delioatel,
! shaded shrimp velvet lined with pal
satin and with the front embroidere
from neck to hem in pearls and rubies
|. A number of other exquisit and costl