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celebrated Uhlans of Germany or the
Grenadier Guards OF Euglapd.


The procession of carriages was led by
a vehicle containing National Commits
siouers p. A. b. Widener, OF Penpsyl-
vania. and Bradley r. Srnalley, OF YER
mont. with Directors Thomas b.
Bryan and James w. Ellsworth
were Commissioner Gorton, w. Alien and
George Fl. Barbour. Directors Charles
Henrotln ana William b. Kerfcot. Next
TO them rode Commissioners Groner and
Hodges, Directors Ketcham and Law
renee. The fourth and fifth car
riages were also jointly occupied
by Commissioners and local Directors.
while in the sixth the Director General
and Director of Works George P. Davis
and d. H. BnrEham rode vis-a-vis 1t
was the seventh carriage, however, that
brought out the enthusiasm of the oDIook-
ers. In 1t. his face toward the south. sat
the President. On the opposite seat were
bian Commission and III. N. Higin-
holman of the Chicago Fair.
Vice President Stevenson rode With two
Fair ex-Presidents Lyman J. Gage and
William L. Baker. Secretary Gresham
rode with National Commissioner David
son B. Penn, Secretary Carlisle with
difinifed, judicial-looking Geo.V. Massey
of Delaware, Secretary Herbert with
Charles 81. Schwab, Secretary Hoke
Smith with the fire brand of the National
Commission, j. W. st. Clair, of West
Virginia, and finally Secretary Morton
with Director Fl. B. Stone.
THE FOREIGNERS.
Tho American contingent .having thus
led the way, the third, or foreign division,
was inaugurated with the fourteenth
carriage This was occupied by the Duke
of Veragua, the First Vice-President of
the Commission, Ex-Governor Waller, OF
Connecticut, the First yica-Presi-
dent of the Exposition. Ferd. w.
Peck, and Commander Dickens, of the
United States Arpy The fair sex ap-
peared for the first time in the vehicle
that followed, the Duchess of Veragua
being escorted by Mrs. Potter Palmer, who
did the honors as President of the Board of
Lady Managers, and by Mrs. Commander
Dickens. In the sixteenth carriage We're
Duke aud Duchess; M. Fl. de
Young, Commissioners from California;
and Second Vice President Of the Com
mission, aud Robert A. Waller of the
Board OF Directors. In the Seventeenth
there were the honorables Christobel
Agullera and Maria del Pillar Colon
Aruilera, son and daughter of the Duke and
Spanish Commissioner. Thomas G. Gut
there's. In the eighteenth Pedro Colon Z
Bertenado and Carlos Aguilera. with the
Marquis Villa la Obor. and Director
Charles Il. Hutchinson. The Ducal
party was succeeded by carriages
occupied by Ambassador TO
England. Thomas r. Bayard and ex-
Minister 20 Belgium. Lam bert Tree,
Major General Miles and aides, Admiral
Gherardi and aides and Governor Altgeld.
The carriage of Mayor Harrison. who
was accompanied by three members of
the Board of Aldermen, brought up the
extreme rear.
AS the procession moved southwark on
1I:~ .,1n n
Boulevard to Fifty-first street, thence
through South Park by way OF
Bayard avenue to Palmer avenue,
entering the midway plafsance
through the western gateway,
making short detour in order to avoid
the Ferris Wheel and then resumiug the
broad promenade to the entrance gate, it
was attended by an almost unbroken
lliapason of cheering.
IN THE FAIR GROUNDS.
Up to the boundaries of the plaisance
the welcome had been distiuctively
AKericap. put from here on to The gates
it partook of a decided cosmopolitan
flavor. Arabs prostrated themselves on
the ground and cried aloud TO Allah.
Cipgalese in long white finowing robes
described salaams with their arms and
shoulders. Eunuchs stood in line with
beauties of the Harem. The
donkey boy of Cairo knet
beside his sleek coated companions.
The street in Cairo was emptied of its
did not even leave the six weeks baby in
doors. So the procession slowly wound
its way past groups of Algerians and
Mongolians, and Africans, and Japanese,
and Laplanders, and MOors, and Persians
through Dahomey village, and Japan
ese camp past the blue grotto OF Capri
and the Moorish palace, the Japanese
settlement and the Zoopraxiscope, under
the captive balloon and through lane
formed OF two score female beauties OF
half as many nations. Even the lions
and tigers and panthers, fresh from the
wilds of Africa, roared and howled
welcome as the troops and carriages
passed by. Never before, PROBABLY, had
such Cosmopolitan greeting in the same
stretch of'territory been accorded to NOR
tai man.
Less than an hour had been occupied
in the journey from starting point, and
the triumphant entree within the great
White City was now in order. As the
head of the column emerged from Mid
way Plaisance, 1t was met by detach-
ment of the Columbian Guard. accom-
panied by Colonel Ride and his staff.
who, from this point, took the right
of line. Slowly the procession
moved around the woman's building,
and the lagoon encompassing the wooded
lSlADQ, Oh pdSb lu6 CuOEdt ud1l anu tuC
beautiful structure devoted to mines and
mining. Here it veered to the east,
crossed the installation track, and de-
scribell zigzag course to the west door
of the Administration Building.
AT THE PLATFORM.
From the centre of the platform proper
there radiated Il special stand. and upon
this were chars for President Cleveland,
Vice President Stevenson. the Duke OF
Veragua and his party, and the higher
National and local officers of the Fair.
Immediately in the rear were the sections
assigned to the mem bers of the Diplomatic
Corps, while to their right and left
the other officials and guests of the occa-
sion were ranged. Behind these were
placed the orchestra. In front of all, oc-
cupying the two wings on the right and
left of the speakers stand. was provision
for some three hundred Representatives of
the press or all countries.
In the space assigned to celebrities from
| foreign countries remarkable group at
tracted general attention. Que was a
medium-slzed man with swarthy COM
plexfon, piercing black eyes and high
cheek bones. This was a genuine East
| India Rsjah, Dada Su anna, who occupies
the distinguished position of Sec
retary OF State for the Sui
tan of Jonore, OH the Malay
Peninsula. Nearby, clad in long, blnck
| robes, their heads surmounted by Curl
| ously-shaped black hats were Ye Clayuin,
| Jeung Kiung Won and vi Shing Su, The
| Royal Commissioners from Corea. Talk
1 Ing earnestly with one of these WAS
| Caesar Condra. Envoy Extraordinary and
and Minister PleniDotentiary OF the Re-