The Green Forest tribune., 1893-06-08
OUR BUDGET FROM The FAIR.
INTERESTING NOTES ABOUT THE GROUNDS
BUILDINGS, EXHIBITS, ETC.
Arkansas Brilliant Showing-Her Exhibits Being
Rapidly Placed in Position.

| Special Correspondence to THE TRIBUNE.
CHICAGO, June 3.-The big Fair was
opened on May 2S for the drst time on
Sunday. and it is estimated that 100 900
people were on the grounds. The day
was simply perfect, cool, yet bright,
and everybody felt the sacredness of
the day. Nowhere was there any levi
ty, people wandered through the
grounds just as they would through our
beautiful parks. Many of the Eastern
States closed their buildings, and the
Government building remained closed
to visitors. The Plaisance was crowded
all day. Sunday opening was harvest
to the restaurants, and fruit stands
Some of the concessioners kept their
doors closed. These were the glass
works, New England log cabin, the
Javanese, and the Samoans. The girls
IN the Blarny castle stopped work, but
the doors were open to cash customers.
The German village was jammed to the
doors, and Old Vienna had large
crowd all the afternoon. Cairo Street
was opened Saturday for the first time
to the public, and much interest was
shown in the curious exhibits shown
there. A great many people visited the
Chinese building and crowded into the
Joss house. The gongs kept up an un-
earthly din all day and it drew the Gu
rious that way. AS rule the conces-
sioners are glad of the opening, but
nearly all expressed willingness to
close if it is thought best.
Tuesday was Decoration Day, and
they made great preparations for gala
day at Jackson Park. It was holiday
for most every one and they spent it in
seeing the Fair. The musical program
was very fine. Over 5000 little chill
dren sung in a chorus in Festival Hall.
Four bands played alternately on the
grand stands in front of the Admins
tration building. The school children
turned out in full force. In the even
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soft music foated over the moonl1t wa
ter of the grand basin. OF all delight
full times spent at the Fair, every one
agrees that the soft evenings are the
best.
Machinery Hall has been the slowest
in getting everything in running order
of any building on the grounds. But at
last almost every exhibit is installed,
and will be ready to begin operation
next week. 1t is noticeable, however,
that there are but few manufacturers
represented. The Willsmatic Thread
Co. have a fine display showing the
process Of making cotton thread from
the initial state of the cotton up to the
finest quality of thread on the spools.
Perhaps the most attractive display
in the whole building is the Worcester,
Mass, Loom Works in booths 3S and
SO. There one can see the art Of weav-
ing practically illustrated. Beautiful
ribbons are woven while you wait.
Three Gingham looms are in operation,
and two silk looms turn out beauti-
full patterns of the finest brocade. One
loom weaves rug with the portrait OF
Columbus in fancy colors in it.. Side by
side stand two carpet looms. One is
the loom used in 1893, the other the
loom of to-day. One turns out ten to
fifteen yards per day, the other over a
hundred.
Another fine exhibit is the cotton
carding machinery display. The silk
exhibit is not completed yet, they ex-
pect to show silk weaving in all its
brsnches by another week.
Just South of Sixty-fourth street en-
trance there is high board fence that
encloses very valuable bit of property
Peeping through the little opening
which leads into the interior there is
nothing to be seen but row Of dirty
brown bags and pile of common look
ing rock. These coarse looking bags
are filled with what NAV yet prove to be
rarer and more valuable than all the
wealth of the Indies. The closely
guarded bags are filled with diamond
bearing earth from the rich fields of
Kimberly, South Africa. The exhibit
is that of the Do Beers Consolidated
Mining Co., of South Africa. The ore
has been sent all the way from Kimber-
| ly, for exhibit at the air. Ia the en-