Oxford Democrat., 1893-08-22
FAMOUS REUNIONS
Which Have Been Held In the
Worlds Fair City.
OTHER GATHERINGS YET 10 CONE

cesgrssssssf Various Sorts Ruanisg Evsry
Day ~ which Inportant sshjeets Are
Diseusssd-sons sf the Lsading Curl.
osities Of the Worlds oolunbian Expo.
sition and wAsrs rhsy May Ne Found.
WORLDS FAIR, Aug. H. Especial -
.hs various reunions and class gatherings
II one sort or another deserve much more
ittention than they have Jet received, but
suppose ths main reason why the papers
N the interested sections do not announce
hose In the future Il that many Of those
IN the past misoarried. Since the first Of
this mouth. however. every such event
las come OF ~ advertised and now the a..
rangements for those to come are 20 com.
)lete that nothing short Of . cataclysm
tan postpone or prevent.
Some Of the rsunisns have been remark.
ably pleasant Affairs, though very few
were present, and none moro 20 than that
Ifthe +oeSs, or Argonauts Of California.
0f course but few are now alive Of the CO..
,0 Americans who went to California
forty -four years ago, and but few Of these
tould get here, but their gathering In the
state building was sight TO bring laugh
ser and tears. AL form was laid aside.
They shook hands. they hugged each
other, sometimes they rosred with laugh
tee and sometimes they sighed deeply and
wiped their eyes. Pretty soon they broke
up into little groups, each representing
some noted camp and composed Of Its old
residents, and then they told stories Of
finding big nuggets and "panning out"
big yields, Of lynchings and nghtings and
chasing Of highwaymen, which made
Bret Harte's productions seem like Sum
day school book. Al p. m. began the
merely formal s1srsises such - singing
and speech.making.
Various college classes have also ar
ranged for quiet reunions here, and most
Of these were done with early In July as
commencement day rarely comes after the
Fourth. A week ago today the Knights
Of Pythias made the main avenue gay
with their display. and the next day
louisiana dsdicsted her building with
SEINE pomp and onicial ceremony. On
Monday, the Tth. 0ilmore's band made It's
first appearance. All this time tho IA
nous congresses Of every sort are running,
either In the great hall down town or In
some fair building. and discussing all
poetical things from the alleged unwhele-
someness Of pork to the various systems OF
sewerage, and all scisntifc subjects con.
ceivable, with law. religion and woman's
dress for themes on the side. These are
but few Of the specialties, and those In
the future viii no doubt increase In In
terest.
II has been suggested that the landlords
Of South Chicago hold o grand reunion o
few years hence. after they get well, and
may add that II might appropriately
open with the first Of Aeoeas' sddress to
Dido, "Infandum tubes, regina, renovare
dslorem." Il will indeed lie ito renew .
monstrous grief" for here are the figures
TO date: Capacity Of the White City to en-.
tertain without crowding. 10000 people;
normal daily requirement, 81, 100; average
to date, away below 10000 Chicago de.
clares with profsne emphasis that one.
third of these are residents OF the city and
another third live No near that they ride
In mornings and out home evenings. This
Is an exageeration, Of course, but IL IL GER
tain that the daily demand for rooms II
not now more than 1000 above the sum
lner average and that really elegant rooms
can be had at Is cents or u day. IL IL
were Q laughing matter We might enjoy
reading those magnificent assurances pub
lIshed 20 widely last year; how committees
,vo,,Id ,psek woman a excu pxionixfs at trains