Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1893-07-06
Impressions of the Worlds
Fair.

In this series of articles / pro-
pose to mention the things that |
enjoyed most during my visit to
the "White City," The Midway
Plaisance held the greatest at.
fractions for me. Here we see a
realistic reproduction of Old
World towns, and the foreigners
in their native costumes and living
just as if at home. The jolliest
place / found was the Street in
Cairo. Here are to be seen
Turks, Arabs, Nubians and others,
with their camels and donkeys
and all in such good humor. You
can have the privilege of taking q
ride on the camel and the donkey
for small sum, which many take
advantage of. In the Irish Indus
trial Village is a reproduction of
Dlarney Castle, from which it is
said "all Ireland may be viewed"
We climbed the tower and saw
the Barney Stone, but did not
kiss it, as we consider we have all
the elOquence necessary for our
vocation in life. We heard one
man say he would rather give a
nickle to kiss one of the pretty
Irish girls than the Barney Stone.
The Electric Scenic Theater was
another highly interesting place.
One scene, A Day in the Alps,
was shown by gradually turning
on the electric lights. In the dis
lance the peaks of the Alps could
be seen, just tinged by the rising
sun; the light was gradually turn
ed on to represent the whole day
and then the moon rose and lights
were put in the houses. The
landscape was lovely. During the
production of the scene, an invisi-
BILE Swiss peasant.girl sang, ac-
c0mpanied by a mandolin or some
stringed instrument, and it was
the sweetest music | ever heard.
The voice was low and sweet and
glided from one note to another
like the ripple of a brooklet-it
was melody in reality. In the In
ternatiOnal Dress and Costume
Company's exhibit, will be seen
about forty-fiye girls of different
countries dressed in national cos
tunes; there is the Irish girl, the
girl from Norway, Sweden, the
Louisiana Creole, the Octoroon,
the girl from England, the United
States girl, and so on. Some of
them were beauties and elegantly
attired, while others were quite
plebian. The Norwegians and
Swedes are fair and light haired,
but not very pretty. The Swiss
peasant girls wear short dresses,
are stout, with light hair and fair
skin, but not pretty.
In the Lapland Village will be
seen the reindeer and sledges, the
natives in their peculiar costumes
dwelling in tents, in one of which
we saw baby Lap suspended in
swinging cradle. The wind did
not have to blow for that cradle
to rock.
In the DahOmey Village you see
the genuine Guinea 'niggers," and
about all that can be said of them
is that they certainly do not spend
much for clothing.
At the pavilion of the French
cider press, you can get mug of
sweet cider for ten cents served
by French peasant girls in Nor
mandy caps and short skirts.
In the Libby Glass Works,
which is an American industry,
we saw them weaving the cloth of
spun glass and silk which is to be
made into dress for the Princess
Eulalie. Here we saw them max
ing glass ware from the cheapest
mug to the finest cut glass sets.
While in this building, one of the
employees pointed out to us a man
of considerable noteriety in the
sporting wOrld-Jim Corbett, who
knocked Outn John l.. Sullivan,
and as we believe in "giving the
devil his Dues" will say that Jim
Corbett is the finest specimen of
manhood we have ever seen.
Just across from the Libbey
Glass works is the Venitian Glass
works and Mosaic works. Here
the wares were much higher in
prices than in the American works.
The Moorish Palace, the Panorama
of the Bernese Alps, the model of
st. Peters Cathedral at Rome, the
Ostrich Farm, were all interesting
sights, and perhaps other things
that we may have forgotten. In
the Plaisance you can have the
pleasure of a ride on the Sliding
Railway and the Ice Railway,
and in the Captive Balloon,
none of which we attempted,
but were venturesome enough to
board a coach for a ride on the
Ferris Wheel and from the top OF
this huge bicycle, 264 feet high
we took our last view of the