New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-08-13
A WOMAN AT THE FAIR.
FROM THE GUNS TO THE CLIFF-DwEILLNGS.

'hlcas0, Aug. 10" When l see pistol even
gum said Gertrude. e" conscious OF n cold chill
running down my backbone. for they always look
II they might off. whether they loaded not.
TO my mind # doesn't make the least difference about
their being Daled In almost all the newspaper acct
dents. YOU know. where somebody Is shot death by
having pistol pointed ut him In play, II distinctly
states that no one believed the pom loaded. I
suppose ii wasn't loadel. I'm quite sure that those
things can 20 off without regard TO cartridges. But
that wasn't what going 10 say. II that a
Kripp sun Of this size has unpleasant effect
upon me at all / am not in fhe lea, afraid that
it Will 20 or any more than should fear that Of
the pyramid, should aim and fire.
We i'm the German exhibit Of ordnance. and
Gertrude di-cour,ng. rs usual and rs usual /
Wa, listening and gazing about mo mt the same time.
told Der that she felt so because she had no i'm
aginaiion. She responded that she was willing to own
that gun that weighed 100 tons crushed all the i'm
agination out of her she thought that the real use
of weapons wa, 10 turn ones blood cold and make
run away The krnpp gun must be Il failure.
for she could look NJ II with perfect cnmncss.
She should like 10 sec II wheeled into battle and
aimed or conrse # il could be aimed ami fl 81 at ad-
vancing amy the army would he annihilai"d She
further supposed that in the future the fortunes OF
war would lc decided 10y finding out which side had
= Krupp gun. II no wonder That special cars
were required to take these things from Baltimore to
Chicago.
We haI been walking round tho pavilion where
tic-r aImamcns rcpo,c. 1t is very warikc in APP
p"aranc". and has turr't> and towers ana SHINING
barrels protrudlnc from h"m. II is very wonderful
ana it is also wonderful that these St'ontihc arms
OF today do not impre>, Gertrude asserts WIN
the Shu lcrnC horror that Is often the ehect of io"hS
at far los. powerful weapons. Ny friend says 1t
is privilege ~ examine this exhibit ana 10 think nj
the same time of all the ways there are avallabl"
I'm which 10 Lii propl, IN these modern times she
Is los, in surprise that great numbers managed 10
meet violent deaths before the world was aS civilized
n I, now. and. therefore. before II had invented
an these now WAYS by which men could be- slaughtered
tni how provid initial It that surgical Sricnc" ah
advanced In equal or greater proportion If yon had
strange. fashioned bullet put into YOU II would
be q real luxury To know that Their" were plenty Of
surgeon, who knew precisely how to take II out.
Wr,n We had looked AT these guns all that seemed
good to Ms we walled on to the lake shore and
-oaccd our,elyc, by pazng Ont upon the water that
comes upon the coast her" south Of the pier ana
whore not much lavish ornamen'ation has been
bestowed. You are little at one side Of the great
palaces and I'm locality that Is different. but that
* charming.
over there your left is the Monastery OF La
Robida. Til monastery have been Saving up
for time when we should feel exactly like doing
H. II has such a romantic old world. suggestive
look that We are sure y, can feel when we do
20 Into ut a. n had gone back 400 wears and
were In spain with ColumbuS-any way that Is what
Gcrrudc pcc, 70 feel. and shall Shar" that emo
ton n / can. II there j. any flavor Of the old
World and nld time when there was no electric
Hight and no trolley cars anywhere, | intend to en-
joy that favor
inst now we are sitting on camp chairs which w"
have hired for 10 cents day each TO be- returned
TO any Of our stands We are facing the lake,
ND fl.t d foil ID Z L. Ike T.
brnws We have found that The lake breeze l. like
.om. other viIo, advertised brcczcs; when II J.
hottest and the thousands at the Fair would civ"
almost anything Tor q breath ~ II then II does not
blow ai al: but in toad there Is ~ air from some
triple heated inland oven that weep, across Jackson
Park and wiihcr- the struggling humanity there.
II ha, been very warm here % warm that think
80 have not boon the only people who have felt
that hlrthright would moi be- too much To give II
We nirrh suddenly BE- placed on top Of Mount Wash
ngon. Bni W. would not give up going 10 the
Fair W. could rot decide In what place we were
moro uncomfortable. sitting I'm our room-thc room
With Tho partition going part way mp to IN" ceiling
,r when We were painting and pcrspiring on the
Wooded Island or down hv n" cdg" OF Lake Mich
gan At last decided That Lake Michigan ana
th. wooded Island al least pleased the eye with an
lpprarl nee 81 roon"-S - We h1v" persisted ana
cen faithful 10 the rair. md today We are being
awarded bv q wind from the water. and camp chairs
NAV b. occuprd I'm happnc,> There is ioamy
line breaking oui harc and there all over III" sur
face ~ the hno. the steam launches ar" rocking
quite nnutcllly and the Steamer from Chicago has
rather th. air of coming In from m ocean voyage
People Seem abort thcv walk 10y n.
~Th.rc'n bc an nvh lot of the Fair done oday.
say, a man who has ju,t taken position arclrat'N
I'm front OF me -, III IN chair This man :
companion i, sranding accurately in front Of my friend
ia. ,,fI lIrr ueu
I. for the time being completely shut OIL
Yc.~ (, the r.. pons-. thrr''n be- 100 per cent
NOR. ~ the Fair done to-day than there was ye9t'r
day.
lie rakcs something from his waIstcoat poke ana
turns nj. head 50 that I that tn" something
too'hpick. and that h" Is using win the Nsor
BORN perhaps II The cool weather.
Awful lot Of siiu,trokes vc-tnday.7 saws the other
man.
The toohplck man responds. his uitcranc" slightly
impcdcd by hi. occupation.
..ye,.~ he rcmarl, % per cont more sunstroheS
than there vh, the same day last year
After a moment Of silence. during which the TWO
men look ri the incoming steamer and we look at
the backs Of the Two men. they walk away and Ger
trudr confi.. 10 ne that she knows an wfl lot OF
pcopl. who know 100 per cent NOR" than ''h'r
or both Of the Two individual, who have Just left Us
TO do more Of the Fair.
Not being IN the mood for visiting the monastery,
~, fake ND our camp stool, ard go toward the CIV
where. the cliirdvcllcr- live. did live. II i nor
aDparontlv the rucc which inhnbS som" OF th' H''i
buldlnc, I'm our cities but race with Soh'""''
simpler tastes who rv,d without elevators ana sci
tuls Yon pay an extra fee for this show although
If really bclong- The department OF An'ropoIoey
lut as Tho supplementary inscription on the u''lu
building Is MAN and M, Works." We feel rs II we
had wide margin II our lSnoranc" Of special de'uif
becomes very hunIllrng, "" can just say 10 our
selves that any way such object belongs TO man
or hs works. .,
sill | will confess that we meant 10 cram Il h''''
or,,t anthropolosy before came over to thiS 'hd
~ tt,c Fair grounds. II was really GertrndeS 'h"'
that We visited thi, place so premaureN' tha' F'
prcmaturcly in regard to examining "he" III"
come here wanted 10 take scientific notes ana "'''c
scientific letter: bnt my friend assured me tmt
should be. found ont inmc iilt"y. for 'h're were
ueoplc who really knew every possible particular CON
ccrning Man and Iii, Works and thai tho'' PV"P,o
would expose my ignorance. and that thrl sho"u
T.. ,.h.,,rd hcrau-e | had attempted Sucn Il HiuT'