The sun., 1893-07-08
THE WoRED,s Fam poLrcE.
Everybody Afraid OF Them Except the Ter
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ribie Bsdouirs.
CHICAGO. July 5.-Too much by much has
been said about the Columbian Guard. but too
little has been written. Much that has been
said could not be written for publication. boz
cause II has been said under strained and ex-
asperated conditions Of mind which produce
language notable for expletive rather than
eegancy. No explanation remotely tinctured
with n suspicion Of reasonableness has yet
been offered for the existence OF these guards
as such. As woodchoppers and ploughmen
many OF them have probably served useful
purpose in tho forests OF Michigan and on tho
prairies OF Nebraska but as Fair functionares
they are MS misplaced as burr under saddle.
There are only 1.500 Of them employed now.
although at the opening Of the Fair twice that
number constituted tho guard. But the half
who remain are as pervading as an uncorked
bottle OF ammonia; they stalk threateninRly
about, from the Casino on the lakeside to the
furthest inland point OF the Midway. from the
Laplander village on the north to the caves Of
tho liff dwellers on the south. The direful
effect upon their manners has been produced
by the pomp Of uniform and authority with
which they have been clothed.
They and the girls employed in the hundreds
Of booths of trafflo are all from the country,
and the mons uniforms affect the girls as
much as the guards. The effect OF the police
authority given to them is. unhappily. more
THE SUN Correspondent hesitates to instance
some of the causes OF arrests by the Column
;usti6abis s IH When told that American citizens rs
have been dragged through the grounds and
locked UP on the heinous charge OF having re.
that is tho ridiculous truth: 1t is SO written In
the records OF arrests.
and set forth in writing Oh the records as
Being impudent to a guard"
Refusing to throw away cigar"
Carrying camera.
Some Of tho local papers earnestly advocate
arrest to amuse his girl. or because he objects
TO u visitors clothes as being too cityfed.
inoekinr for' DOWN an ON oensiye ieow aWays
vide such reading matter that tie papers here,
doesn't work WE'LL though. The guard who
be % a muscular six-footer. acoustom cd to swing
an axe in his native forests twelve hours alday,
h IS an
his feet. Since the arrest by the guards OF DR..
Hassler. paraguayan Commissioner. because
the grass. or was otherwise ciminaly Inclined
there has been q loud demand by all Of the
persons for copies Of the code under which the
Guards are acting. SO that information may be
be wsa the
Davis has a scheme to dispense with the Guard
altogether and to REPLACE them with half the
IN an In Increase Of Comfort on the srounds .i but
It would remove very picturesque feature.
the 'tS Guards @ 'S and % their girls. Their baeoie S
tirtations are as sunsophisticated as corn cakes
1t Is near approach to nature that has the
OF the articed structures.
This instance, was vas observed by the CORE;
who was Gufrawine with his girl across the
counter Of mineral water booth. They wait
MSuS S that
q question by them. but It did not Then one
Of the ladies ventnTed to inquire Of, the guard
at the
did not indicate by nod or gesture that there |
ss Sdes
confusion and felt well repaid for his witty |
There is one community here the guards
never trouble. the Arabs in the Bedouin vii |
lags. There. are both Arabic and Egyptian
terror Of the Midway. In their village the men len
DO nothing in tho show line: their, women do
that. as they do everything else involving la Dor.
sm nc oke. M and drink beer They T get Yer Very much much
bored with this quiet. peaceful life OCCASION
uy and @d down & the MidWas Then s ali the other
pe6Pies from M their part , 81 the globe Ike orer
when hawk hoyers overhead. The Arabs
are fighters G from h, hair to toenas and look for
out feW W: Taf asd 1dny
erinG silence. they ran against squad of the |
guard. There was a brief but exceedingly |
M s snd o whGa IN
village refreshed and fortified by the scrim-
Rem embering the tremendous courage and |
strength Of these Arabs. it was strange to zee |
and then sit down dnp and n in MIN inpotent PC rage.
But that is lust wi at the writer saw In their
VILLAGE III the women 9 OF the Egyptian Bedouins o
these bracelets. which are made Of some kind
Of stone ard have no clasps, over the hands of
ihe braeelet on and and thus % effect ae sac. one Of
the Arab women e. m tried this trick ri but she Rs Tas
Ffench- Egyptian woman. She saw this acci:
dent. and berated the unlueky woman who had
her husband, big Arab: 10 protect her. He
With the ticket sss5 she re-
and then her right hand flew out in a half cir
dancers stopped in horror. the plpers ceased
Rands the strieE.n man stood dszed
On his side Of the Suez Canal that offence
her eyeids. He sank on a pile of skins and
sd hs
conditions which made 1t Impossible for him
hnys b
ellow Arabs went to him and sought to COM
ort him. but he could not look up. Only his
wife found tongue. and she gave all she found
o that hall. breed woman In the ticket office
They were having regular Madame Angot"
ng for the guard. Another visitor who had
'een the only encounter Of the guards with
he Arabs. REPLIED No use. The Guards
lon't make arrests in this village"