New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-27
SUNDAY OPENING ASSURED.
NOT SUFFICIENT TIME TO SECURE AN m.
JUNCTION.
THE REBELLION AGAINST MR.. TEACHERS sYs-
TEN OF AWARDS SPREADING-THE WORK
OF NETWORK wOMEN-ANGRY CON-
MItsIONERS-AN IRISH VII
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Chicago, May 26.-The Worlds Fair will be open
next Sunday. AT least that Is what Commissioner
IIundcy, OF the Judiciary Committee of the National
Commission. said to-day and he Is one OF the three
members OF the commission who violently opposed
Sunday opening. his admission has double force. Com
missioner liundley made the statement after con-
ferring with United States Attorney Mchist concern
Ing the Injunction which the Government will pray
for restrain the directors from opening the EXPOSE
ton gates Sunday. "After consder.ng the mat
ter, have decided that the bill for an Injunction
cannot be filed in time close the Fair next sunday
said Mr.. Hundey. at Is such an extensive affair
that lawyer on earth could prepare the petition
within twenty four hours. Therefore, the bill can
not be filed tomorrow, we shall wait unt next week
Yes, that means that the gates Will be open sunday
1t will do harm just for one day. After ALL when
the bill Is ready / very much doubt II a court can
be found having the proper jurisdiction IN ,he maj
ter 1t will be an extraordinarily delicate thing TO
decide Thcrc orc so many interests invOlved-the
rights OF tin State the Park Commissioners, the Ma
tional Government and the local dircctory-why II i
one OF the most complicated questions one co""
ina CINE. The police regulations ana the LPgsi"'c
right OF power the matter serve TO compiica'c mat
tiers still more
While not saying positively, the commissioner
appeared to believe that the remarkable compieNiy
OF the question would eventually result In the matter
dragging on until fall and meanwhile, In the absence
OF the injunction. the Exposition GROUNDS "oud De
crowded with sigtsecrs on sundays
The National Commission adjourned to meet July 10.
Not only will 1t be an open SUNDAY. II inc In
function is prayed for and not sustained but II Is the
intention of the officials TO make sunday mgh' ir'e
occasion Director of-worSs Burnham. after learn
irg that the National Commission had defeated the
effort made Yesterday afternoon to reconsider the ac
,ion I'm the Sunday opcnisg matter. Issued the 'ol-
lowing order:
The worlds Fair will h. open to III" ppnb:ic sun
day next. My until III u. m, the DHIllhe> ci"o-
Ing at 10 p.
AZ present 1t Is the intention to shut down all the
machinery not absolutely required for the operation
o. the Exposition plant 1t has not vet been decided
whether religious services will b. held In Festva,
and Music halls had been proposed ut one Time.
Those are troublesome days for John BOYD Tharher.
OF Ncw.Yora thnI,nan Of the Executive Committee
on Award, OF the Commission Protests against the
one-Iudcc system OF awarding the bronze medals AMI
diplomas continue to he received by the Director
General. The American exhibitors IN the Manufic-
lures Building have added their protest to that of the
foreign commissioners preliminary step. II Is un-
dcrstcoi To Withdrawing their displays for cxamni-
ton for award. While the present number OF those
who have formally protested Is small In comparison
with the total number OF $1,000 exhibitors the SEN
tment In opposition 10 the non competitive plan OF
on spreading the expert judges will find few exhibits
to examine and the Jury OF awards will have $4,000
medals and n lot OF pretty diplomas on It's hands
when the summer days gone.
Tho revolt 1T present Is confined to the Manu-
features Building where 100 exhibitors OF woolcns
beside such firms the Meridcn britannia Company.
Cheney PrCuiers, tie Low Art Tile Company and
G. g. Gunthcr Eastern manufacturers object TO the
ilngc ju Is" system Other prominent ESterl mInufac
iurers have condemned the SYST IN AMI arc consiierns
tie advaJy OF not entering Their exhibits for eXhi-
b,ion. Chairman Thacher Is obdurate and falls back
tho law OF Congress his reason for turning deaf
ear to the requests which being sent to the d.
fector-Ceneral his head. The state Com
mssioners will probably b. the next TO file protests
on behalf OF the exhibitors whom they represent.
Complaints against the system have been made In
formally by Pennsylvania, Ncw-Hnmpshire, Massa-
clusetts and Iowa. They want mere than one man
TO pas upon the merits Of their exhibits and also 10
have system OF awards bu, 1t i not likely that
the National Commission. in the face Of the Con
grcssional act and the work OF the Committee on
Awards will undertake. 10 upset The plan adopted
There may BE- slight moGifC atoms made. however,
and some OF the directors may be brought INTO
lire after n fuller discussion OF the merits OF III"
American system. The Direcor.Gencral sent TO the
Commlssio to-day the protest of American ex-
hibltor, in the Manufactures Building.
The magnificent library in the Woman's Building.
which was fitted up and furnished by the women Of
Ncw-York. opened to-day. The members Of
the New York Woman's Board Of Managers held
an Informal reception there In honor Of the OCCASION
Only Invited guests admitted to day, but here
after the library will be open u the public. The
library f. one Of the hand somcst rooms In IA"
WOmans Building. and on every side arr specimens
of wonan's handwOrk. The ceiling was freSooed
by a woman Mrs. Dora Wheeler Keith the 1000
books In the handsome carved walnut cases vere all
written By women, the beautiful rugs which lie
about on the polished floors were woven by women
IN Persia the paintings which adorn the walls. the
statues and basis, arc all the work OF women artists
And this wonderful collection was gathered to-
ccthcr and arranged In the room by women OF the
State OF New York.
When all the guests werc assembled Mrs. Palmer
president Of the Board Of Lady Managers. Introduced
Mrs Isabella Hooker who made an address ut the
close Of which she unveiled the beautiful marble
bust Of Mrs. Harriet Ececher stowe
At the conclusion OF the address, Mrs. lhihler
went over TO the French section OF the Woman'S
Ending and formally opened 1t 10 the public
Every one present marvecd ut the beauty of the
exhibit. The French section lies In the Southwestern
par, Of the building. and represents modern Paris
salon. The furnishings OF the finest ana most
costly that coull bc procured IN Paris. Al on" emu
stands "A table set for tea. ON roster near by are
the wax figures Of two women dressed In III" latest
Partisan STYLE and standing In front OF these Is the
figure OF II little gil holuing Il cup oi 'c"' III
another part Of the salon Is case In which are the
STYLES OF dress worn by the women of Paris from the
earliest times to the present day. The work was
done by the professional ncedlcwomen OF Paris.
Every other conccssionalre the PlaiSance has Il
restaurant attached and the visitors have been In the
habit OF bringing their lunches into the places and
partnlng In sight OF concessonaircS, spreading,
their refreshments on the restaurant tables This
was too aggravatlng TO suit the conces,onniies ana
| to day they ordered visitors not admitted who came
with wellhlIcd lunch baskets. II these people want
TO see the cosmopolitan show they must eat before
they enter. Even the baskets cyc-s0re 10
the concessionares, who fortune slipping from
their grasp.
/ To-day the attendance smaller than yesterday,
when IL was only ~ ,OOO The uir /, damp and cold
| md rnIn WILL probably In when The weather