Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-05-29
One Hundred and twenty-five
thousand Persons
VISITED the FAIR SUNDAY.
MANY or the SsAse ButlsisnEv and
uncsc Has~'s snsi Stcto~ta's
E,ahibtss Cio~cd.

Toasted their eyes upon the artistic and
natural beauties of the White City.
while their minds were improved by
studying the works of genius and indus
try. II was the first open Sunday ard
10 WAS "a success.
The Sabbath sun was but two hours
old when the people began 10 como into
the grounds. All modes IT transporta
tion brought their quotas. and from the
steamer piers and the railroads came
long lines Of people. But the masses
did not begin To srrive until afternoon.
beginning about > o'clock the multi
tudes f.ockcd into the grounds at every
gate. and by o'clock 6o.o00 people were
inside the enclosure. The people kept
on coming the entire afternoon and
ovcrfiowed into Midway Piaisance.
whose every show was crowded. until
the attendance mark had been elevated
10 10000. After dark the grounds were
lighted up. and this. together with other
features II the illumination, attracted
still more. and when the crowds were
about ready to GO home. conservative
estimate placed their number for the
orderly. well ll-drcsscd crowd, which evi
IDENTITY was Of the opinion that il had
already been keptAwsy from its prop
erfy altogether too long. and they took
possession in the name Of "toilers' day.
The Charms or Melody.
The music during the day was Of an
clevating character. and the band stands
were surrounded by large crowds which
grew enthusiastic over Schubert's 8
''Serenade," selection from. "Iohen-
grim" Gonoud's sscred song. There is
Green Hill Far Away" a meditation
on Bach's prelude by Gonoud. Han
del's "Hallelujah Chorus" Wagner's
Hail Bright Abode" the good old
hymn Nearer My God 10 Thee and
the coronation march from Meyerter' y
lie Prophetic" The music, which was
continuous from half pact one in the
afternoon until 10 o'clock al night. was
furnished by Sousa's. the Chicago and
Cincinnati bands.
Sunday opening WAS frowned upon,
however. in tho north end Of the park.
where the American stats buildings are
grouped to suggeet happy and united
family. The monuments 81 the great
American union we're estranged on the
dawn, the gospel of peace and good will
is preached from the Christian pulpit
The multitude of visitors did not thrcDg
the state circle. and the few thousand
who passed that way were not disap-
pointed. apparently. to find many Il the
buildings closed. There was ~ much
else Ia see that Was more attractive than
the inside Of the state buildings. most
of which are made up only of 40 many
reception rooms the exhibits being in
the big buildings that were thrown
open. \ few % the state commission
ers were left no alternative but 10 close
the doors III their buildings. az legisla
lures had 80 ordered. but the great ma.
jority ~ the state boards acted on their
own authority IN refusing admission 10
visitors.
Qwecr sunday Closing.
The doors 81 fifteen state and terri
torial buildings were locked for this day
only. and visitors we're generally in
formed to that effect by cards. Mis-
souri. Delaware. New York. Virginia.
West Virginia. Pennsylvania. North
Dakota. New Hampshire. Rhode Island
New Jersey. Connecticut. Maryland and
Massachusetts, we've among the build.
ings which the people obtained only AN
outside view ~. Utah had the closed
sign on its doors and North Dakota
added 10 its announcement the invitation
Come on Monday" On the elevated
lawn in front 90 the Massachusetts
building gardener worked all day
planting beds II beautiful pansies
When asked IL he was employed by
the worlds fair board 81 Massachusetts
'o labor on Sunday nj the state build
ing. the old man sand he was working
for Massachuse,ts' florist who Was ex-
hibiting the pansy beds and that Com
missioner Hov.y had not told him g.
stop. iie added the information tha,
ther. was work going ON inside III.
building. and being - European birth
he exclaimed: This Sunday closing
business is all wrong. It's fraud"
The Maine commissioners had a sign
outside their building which read. "Oreu
Ia Maine visitors and their friends only.
but everybody who pleased entered
ignoring the attempt at cyciusiyeness
without absolute closing The infiu
ence 20 the Anglican church was scen
by tho visitors who desired 10 enter the
buildings erected hy Great Britain and
Her Majesty's colonies. All were CLOSED
tight and no person could oven see in
side which was not the case with ths
CLOSED" state buildings
Art and British Exciusivenes~.
The great doors - Victoria house were
clossc.i. although the union Jack fioated
from the rpf Csnsda's iisg Was n, ma
sis1. but the doors we're clos-d and Boi
even a sign vas put oui FOR visitors t.
read New South Wales supplemented
tire ~cioeed today sign With the follow
ing unnecessary vorsi-, keep out. the
means yea Even at the India build
ing, which - chiefly private CONNER
cial enterprise. the .cio=ed" sign Wa
hung out. Machinery ball. under who's
domes the ssbtatarians think the
acme a sahbattbr"ssing vas sheltered
sas q remarkably quiet place. Two er
three high speed and bat one hig engine
a buckeye were all that ran during
the day - furnish the power nevers-sry
to run the fair. and their hum cpuil
=carcely he heard loo feet away The
crowd in tn. bnilding was not very
large. bot every other departments
structure rs- lsmrse~i toiounbi avenue
& IN manufacturers and the main sislr~ IN
Transportation and fue arts building.
we're croxded al day. A. indicative a
tbe character of the crowd u may -
stated that fsre arts building held N,
greats-st multitude. Every salon vas
F packei ard the foyers we're iamnsed BY
aaies AMI orderly crowd - picture loy
er~- The osis.iais IN charge n the gov
srnm~utal buildings snd the battle shiy
/ Illness. did al IN their po.sr To shos