Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-05-27

special correspondence of The Evening Star.
CHICAGO. May %, 1923.
Any one who goes to the worlds fair will see
great many grand buildings and curious ex-
hibits, but it is doubtful whether ANYTHING is
more interesting than the exhibition Of human
ity that comes through the gates in the morn
Ing and remains scattered about the buildings
and grounds until it Is time to go home in the
evening. An expert can usually tell what the
people are there for, but may often make mis-
lakes, because some poor people dress up with
all their best finery for the occasion and some
rich people put on their shabbiest belongings
GOOD CLOTHES NOT NECESSARY.
There is no particular object in putting on
sunday attire, as the grounds are dusty when
the sun shines and muddy when it rains. and
inside of the buildings there is the dirt and
inter from hundreds of workmen There is
moreover. constant danger from fresh paint
which is being applied freely in nearly all the
buildings As cosmopolitan visitor pithily
| oppressed !. the other day: +" You can get dirty
IN dozen languages in two hours" Ii must be
remembered that the litter and dust come from
| unpacklng boxes that have come from every
| quarter OF the earth. But while Jackson Park
is not clean, it must be admitted that it is much
| cleaner than the citv of Chicago itself To the
| resident of Washington the dirt il decidedly
disagreeable at first. but after a while he gets
used TO it, and abandons the attempt 10 wear
| the immaculate collars and cuffs which he was
accustomed to at home
| THE EXHIBITOR TYPE
The first type Of humanity that attracts
notice at the fair, and especially early in the
morning, is the exhibitor. There are various
ways Of distinguishing him, but you can gen.
orally tell him from the fact that he is not
| looking about him in admiration and wonder.
| but Is hurrying to some given point. To him
the fair is thing Of business and not Of
pleasure. 1t means a great deal Of worry to him
| and probably good deal OF fighting for his
| rights. If you follow an exhibitor into his Sec
ton you will see how he works. He has to per-
form a reasonable degree Of manual labor.
| whether he Is accustomed to il or not, and he
must direct the movements Of workmen vary
| ing IN number from one to one hundred. ac-
| cording to the size and nature of his
display. 1t is not strange, therefore,
| that one way OF telling an exhibitor
| from an ordinary person is bv the weighty look
OF Importance he wears. Some of them act like
| monarchs Of the earth. and especially when
| they first arrive they actually seem to think
| they are. But this idea soon wears off, for
what would be the use of being king along
| with 10, 600 other sovereigns? There are fully
$1,000 exhibitors at Jackson Park and thew
| have, as consequence. become rather COM
| mon. All of these exhibitors are well situated
| for identifying themselves. as each and every
one carries in his pocket the pass which enables
him to enter the gates. and this pass contains a
| photograph of the person carrying it and his
| name underneath it. There is no chance for
| imposition here unless two men so closely re-
semble each other that they can exchange
passes.
THE UBIQUITOUS GUARD.
The most ubiquitous human being in the park
is the Columbian guard. a creation Of the man
agement of the fair that has excited great deal Of
wonder among the people of Chicago. He is
dressed in a suit Of blue. with stripes down the
| sides of his trousers. On his breast is an ar
rangement of cords and brass not unlike that
worn byan officer OF the army. except that the
| guards cords are of plain black. He has
| short sword. about eighteen inches in length,
hanging by his side and he wears white thread
gloves
HIS DUTIES.
The guards duties are numerous He mus,
answer questions and direct peopl. about the
grounds; he must guard the property Of the
exposition and also Of the visitors In
case of fire he turns himself into a
fireman, and he has power TO arrest
people like policeman. There you have the
| Columbian guard a body: but as individuals
| they cover a wide range OF life, some being old
| soldier. others old policemen, and others men
| who would never have been accepted either as
guard is a matter on which opinions differ, but
| taken as a body Of men they are highly eff
Gent. 1t would be strange il there were not
| some among them who are neither useful nor
| ornamental Occasionally they arrest the
| wrong man. and. in point OF fact. the chief OF
the largest building in the grounds carried
| to the guard house a few evenings AGO because
he persisted in entering his own building: but
as a general rule they are responsible beings.
and can be depended on to give you any infor-
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| without fear or favor.
THE VISITORS.
The next persons the visitor sees are those
who, like himself, are also visitors. Some OF
them carry lunch baskets or boxes, and there i:
no rule forbidding it, while others have pocket
| books that are capable OF paving the tariffs OF
the most exorbitant cafes in the United States
| The man from the country can usually be picked
| out by the stiff wooden sandy beard he is SO
| fond Of He is almost invariably accompanied
| by his wife and children. and he frequently has
| the baby in the party also The influence OF
| the open air upon the last named is apt 10 be
sufficient to send il asleep. and it is transported
| limp and quiet for the greater portion of the
day. The countryman has no particular objec,
| in view. but when he finally comes to the agri-
cultural building he is naturally filed with won-
der and delight. Still he is silent and what he
thinks about it all is reserved until he gets back
home and he and his neighbor meet in the barn
yard and exchange notes
THE FELLOW AND HIS GIRL
Following the countryman you may see the
''fellow and his girl" BY an evolution OF the
century it has come about that the fellow a,
the worlds fair invariably grasps the elbow OF
| his girl and gently assists her locomotion in
that way. There is a great deal to be said in
favor of the fashion. for it enables the couple
to keep close together, and the fellow may
lean over his girl" and whisper anything he
chooses into her without danger of bein