The sun., 1893-07-16
CHICIGO'S SID CROUDS.
DO New York and New Orienn. hons. the
Only Gay Crowds In the Countryf


| Only Gay Crowds In the Countryf
To THE EDITOR OF THE suS-Sr: Tha; writer
In the Paris Figaro who was oppressed y tho
melancholy air and manner OF the people at
| the Chicago Exposition was correct in making
that strange popularity tho leadin. feature u
the crowds that gather there. II he had gone
further and said TINT those who are not merely
grave In manner are savagely earnest in max.
ing their sightseeing as businesslikc rs possi.
BILE. he would have told the exact truth. In the
heavy. chcerless. ploddinE crowds are both the
deadly-in-ea earnest element and that which Is
composed OF the high pressure sigh.scers who
are bound to do 1t all i'll less time than any ono
e!se has ever seen the whole Fuir IS
II to add even heavier dead weight
to the sober mass. there is Ilcn.
tful sprinkling of men and women
who seem to have no personal Int crest In what
Is around them. but who are pledged to carry
home notebooks full OF facts and figures con-
cerning all the principal objects within the
grounds. They do not seem to be seeing the
fair so much as carrying arounI pad and
pencil thnt have expressed desire not 10
miss fact or figure about It, They arc per-
maps moro truly present on the grounds only
IN order to save the cost OF bringing their REIN
tives. to whom they intend to carry back such
q mass OF statistics as may In n future genera
ton quench all popular interest in interna-
tonai exhibitions that are capat tlo OF inlllrtias
such misery upon people. The huslcrs WHO
want to see the Fair In a day and the slaves Of
the notebo9ks who turn pleasure into uus-
Parisian or. New York nsseInblaye, but when
added to Western multitude thoy create the
tbn nbosfneEe 81 OF IN International funeral rather
1t. IL Is true that the daily crowds in Chicaco's
specia ana me crowds that gather there uron
neavy. dull st9lid, and trihe sad. Ent the
peoTe ThHy ta az are i6s not Of e@gs
Nest and their depressing '" cHaractrisic m tr s' il
the the teharacteristie OF all our rcopic In TIA:
glad to ascribe the general air of sui'ducl
msiaanTSholy na to some foreign infusion. as IA =.
iacoa and solemn hammered Scandinaviuns
Tlneture the POPULATION. or as In st. Louis and
give TO all gatherings a st"lid. deahnn4
sao. slve9ess fs that alwnys makes New Yorker Who
their dolor at home. but no such oxplan"t n Il
Tlil account for tho spritess demen nor oI tho
that h does not take account OF The character Of
Whoever has a. 0nr traRsiea RsiRe9 all over tho rno,
States.any reporter. for instance. whose WORK
m mas sent MIN among crowds In all parts of tho
there are bu. two elites which offer u gather her.
nGs that are gay and happy in their general
N N both they constantly amuse themselves. and
md deep that not any amount Of discomSfort' m StI'
'r 'h,e even o. petty persecution. has ever been
hesc depaltures from the general Americnnl itm"l
'nnracte teristlc are due to an outside cause-tbS
Tlsh rs here Soa, ard the French in New OrIeanJ
ten NST SS{Isey but not 70 Massachsats
,ossesson o pee peoplo ,Sf wh6sa being nssqior
y TGafs e Ny Orleans s fonnsS ahS E
roWds In the Southern cities, but that noisE
sts t5at # IN nart tsef 81 most melaneholy
st asre toFstss SSs 3 Il THY %6Gy ye
oa6 n'6e,sd tGgethof eSrrynil on m s"ces ees III
harp har mole. barbaric In sound and Si' absoII If
athletic aa,et IN efrect-sqd heyond description.
efe9es eSe Ea Mh2 abound a southern crowds
iGred iYs for they are ind vidnaily ssssy
,Hea hits cpd%H to d%%eHr[Gimen but IL Tie prossncs
or ormaliy nal qpietI,an wisely. THO sharp 30 Ith,
nd si anns hoise ts to ho GirGwds In 81
lose lose cities. to the lakes and tho PaciS the
"fdps "d pSss yisltaan = IN 80 san s%al$
on to- a tbs srRan",seo, hy the way is GIh
nks by the bohemian Club there il 81 eirer-
,TSSenss TSa Geoo or iiyeliness In Californian cowf
ns he dS n "as H94
oimas o but. perhaps. most Of the sadn ngss ana
ithinnc ithdinchhionS hipnS were such as were stiff "
rather Sober ne than hssaedE sSd hhs c,roT west west
'e 's.g goes beyond tho .AileGhanIes tKs 9 m.r99
a AT s ana earnest are the crowds. F6N ar' 'aa. W.
andinnvians are thick est 4 man acctj- 9n."d
c cIncking M Joke aloud in u New Yo1k hmr.o
I ana toseeing his fellow passcngef unto
instant hearty appreciation OF IT, wS uld IA;
ae yse az ms ihcHhation only once In Chief ~. aht
oqld near his Joke strike solid wan of im-
iIurOahie sobrlety: anywhere in m nnnrlti
a the Dak2tas the lpgubrious iaeJ- II tho
Iedes would chill the very source al his tun;
an not familiar with Boston, hut am told
'''u' purpose Ma SA0v1A