Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-07-08
SOME NEGLECTED CORNERS
Places at the Worlds Fair That the
Public Does Not See.
Valuable and Interesting Exhtbiu That
Should BE seen-Pointer.
for visitors.

Correspondence of The Evening Star
CHICAGO, July 8, 1893
"How long have you been here?"
The question was put by the correspondent
OF The STAR to gentleman at the worid's fair
the other day.
II have been here" said he, "since April Is"
Then You have seen everything"
mo! have endeavored TO do so, but I
know it is practically impossible. But several
things have seen that an ordinary visitor will
probably skip over entirely, and vet they ars
often verv valuable and interesting exhibits 7
refer to those in odd hooks ana corners that
have no way of attracting the visitors eve"
An investigation showed that there are really
9 great many Of these neglected corners &C tho
worlds fair. and that visitors 90 away knowing
nothing about them. They are exhibits that
applied for space after all the choicest loca-
tons had been taken up, and they must take
what they can get. or they are exhibits that are
modest, ana more pushing DISPLAYS have
crowded them into insignificant corners.
leu might come TO the fair BY certain cato
every day and never know that there Ia an
Esquirnaux village over in a corner of the
grounds alongside Of another gate, yet the
Esquinaux village is very interesting and truth
fu illustration Of the life and habits Of the natives
OF the land OF perpetual ice. The inhabitants
OF the village are stolid, honest-looling people
ana they seem good natured and friendly.
They. live In huts built Of bark; they have
canoes, which they paddle about using their
little crafts with great skill and sending them
through the water at q very rapid rate. The
Esqulmaux village IL really more advertised
than any other corner Of the park and has not
thus far been neglected. but the visitor who
comes out to the fair by the Illinois Central
railroad or by the elevated railroad might spend
q month looking at the show without ever dis
covering that there was a settlement of Esqui-
maux over in the corner by the side Of the
north entrance
THE PAVILION OF ALcIERs
IL you jump over to the other end Of the park
there is the exhibit Of Algiers which Is apt 70
be wholly overlooked. Not far from II Is the
cliff dwellers' mountain, which attracts q great
deal OF attention, and after leaving that few
visitors notice the pavilion Of Algiers. Yet Il is
well worth seeing. There are a goodly num-
Der OF natives and their industries are displayed
in all their branches.
1t is a mistake. too. for any one to 20 away
and say he has seen everything in the Midway
Plaisance. Although il consists of a single
street. and everything is more compact there
than II is anywhere else at the fair there sell
several shows which a visitor is apt 10 entirely
overlook. For example the Bedouin encampment
is small affair, wedged in beside the more
pretentious Turkish theater. and nine people
out OF ten 60 into the latter, and coming out
pass by the former. It is hardly too much to
say that there Is nothing more interesting in
the Plaisance. The number of natives is not
large. nor is the performance elaborate. but 10
Is none the less amusing. There are several
dancing girls, Of course, and they amuse the
visitor with a simple dance with castanets The
theater Is no more than large room, but it
is hung with beautiful rugs and tapestries.
You seat yourself on a crimson divsn and there
haa ip,a viii basr
hands and or one or two musical instruments
and chant while ore Of them dances. But what
eyes these children Of the desert havel Their
complexion is about that Of mulatto, or per-
hsps II Is more correct TO compare il with the
hue OF IN American Indian. These large dreamy
eyes are improved. no doubt, by q little black
paint under them. but there is no effect
Of artifciality and the paint Is perfectly obyi-
Gus. The eighteeu-months-old baby has his
little eyes painted, too. 1t is n fact that many
people who wish to see everything good in tbs
plaisancc SO away having overlooked the Be-
douin show.
WHERE TIE NUBIASs DANCE.
There is a corner in the street in Cairo that
receives neglect also. This is the last thester,
where the Nubians dance. Before reaching IL
you are very apt, IL you wish to see q tbeater,
to go into the Cairo theater. and after You have
left that You hayo got enough You may al
most be said to have got too much, for the
dancing by the Egyptian girls is of the most
pronounced type. When these dancers first
arrived 1t was much-discussed question
whether they would dance their genuine native
dances or would modify them. They have not
modified them and visitors find them quite
startling. especially II they have had ID pre-
monitor OF the character Of the show. This
| dancing theater is right near the place where
the Nubians dance and SO completely over
shadows IL that the Nubisns have compar-
IL xsr shoz Tka
people are savages without the faintest claim
OF civilization. They are as black
| as the blacklist negro. but their features are
rather Grecian in outline, and they are tall and
straight as reeds. Their long. woolly hair ID
twisted In ropy curls, and they wear ornaments
in their ears and noses Two small pieces Of
| silver attached TO either side OF the nostrfls
| form queer ornaments for q bello. vet these are
what one of the bellies wears They are dressed
in loose white cotton robes which appear % be
nothing but plain sheets wrapped about them.
As for their dancing, il is merely q wild jump
| ing up and down and clapping Of hands. They
| seem to enjoy il quite much as the audience
does. To some people this show may be .
little repulsive, but TO others who want 10 -
strange sights it is o very singular one.
SOME OTHER NEGLECTED PLacKs
In many or indeed in all Of the big buildings
| there are forgotten corners. II will suffice 10
mention one or two in the government build
| ing. Stairs are things that Q crowd at the
worlds fair hates to climb. The truth is that
everybody gets so tired out in the vain attempt
| to see everything that is on Q level with them
that they can see no use IN wasting energy on
steps Yet up the steps OF the government
building there are two notable collections that
are sadly neglected. One lie the exhibit Of tho
bureau Of American republics Here you can
see pictures illustrating every phase Of South
American industry. There are pictures Of
Lima bellies, of the various presidents OF the
southern republics, Of cities. plantations, &c.
| ANY one who will study this exhibit win be sure
to carry away with him q pretty correct idea Of
South America. Another neglected exhibit 10
| in the northwest corner II the gallery. 10 10
| that Of Alaska and IL is q collection which re-
| fleets the greatest credit upon those who are
responsible for it. Here there is q fine bundle
of wheat grown on q farm near the Stikheen
| river, wrangel, Alaska Who ever associated
Alaska with the idea OF grain
producing country? Yet this wheat appears
to be Of fine quality, equal fully to the gram
grown in Dakota, and there are Alaska euthu-
siast who maintain that il viii become grain
raising country in parts. In q big case there
| are q lot OF bars OF gold loaned by the Tread
well Gold Mining Company Of Douglas Island,
Alaska, and big piece Of rock showing how
the gold ore runs through IT. This. also, IL Q
new industry of this marvellous country, but
it ia a most important one, as this mining cons
pany has an enormous output every year.
There are baskets, copper ornaments, woods,
furs and precious stones, and the native life OF
Alaska is illustrated by Indian war weapons,
boats and clothing. There is hardly an exhibits
in the park more complete and instructive than