The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1893-07-29

eastern extremity of the main Fisheries
buildings. People devote many hours
watching the various kinds of fish. and
it is quite an Interesting study. \
large portion Of tn" building rontain,
commercial exhibits filled with lis
plays made by individuHlS, firms and
corporations, engaged in the fishing in
dustry. Nearly all the fish packing
industries of this ard foreign countries
are to be seen in lIic building. The
eastern wing is occupied as an
AHuarial. The cost OF this structure is
given at ::..244 ::-244 eco.
Mr.. Henry Watterson. the we'll
known and talented e,litor Of The Louis
viii" Cp'fI '-Jp"ran' was in Chicago
last week, and in an interview, publish
il one Of the Chicago papers. express
himself rs follows about the Midway
! plasance. of which there has been 50
much written:
Il had heard severe remarks made
about the terribly wicked things to be
found in Midway. and. in the interest
Of mankind in general. | concluded tina:
it was my duty to see them. and. i
necessary, raise my voice and WELD my
pen in saying things about them. Well
have saW them -as an old friend OF
mine in Louisville say:;--and the ycr-
dict havt reached is that The Midway
Plaisance has no right to be connected
in any way with such a wonderful show
rs the World : Fair. There IS moth
ing of interest there to mo except the
types OF people. The so-r:Il,:u shows
are frauds and 'i;,!l,'-. Those tla| ara
advertised AS being obscene Hnd vulgar
are weak and vapid. There i, nothing
terrible about them al all. and the
mysterious whispered comments upon
their broadncss arc unnecessary. There
is no u)earity about them. They are
insipid. One woman, who poses as Il
Persian. was asked by Il friend of mine
what size was doing. No answer was
expected. as we didn't 9urnn>" Il Per-
sian could understand English. 70 our
surprise, however, she looked at Us and
in good Bowery pa'ois said: ! am
| Knitting. What do rou suppose am
doing: Then. with u do" award. hori-
zontal movement of ncr nulld, she in
Quired if We saw.
Mr.. Wattcrson is about correct in
what l." says above. Outside Of seeing
the different Tatinnalitics Of people,
their dress and customs to some extent,
there is hut little which cannot be seen
| II dime museums ;li.d side shows in war;
Gus cities. Some Of IL" shows ar,
quite aud very interesting. but in :.
vast majority Il th@:M. t."r az, lrgul;.
humhugs. In the evening it is quite
Il sight to sec th" Thousands walking
to and fro thr'urN' t::i,jw;,; III, ~iarrc,
mixing with tur Foreigners Of nearly
rv' ~ country. With ell Of its con
glcni i'ra.ion-. it sti?l rn:itiNHc> To b.,
very popular Wi'. tll' mu->es.
With >n!:l" exceptions. about The
worst rattl d people in Chicago are
the Hotel "rd boarding house keepers.
They expected TO reap 4 "r:rh harvest
by exhorhtlunt prices. but in q vast ma
jority Of c"Sr>; they hav" ~i-."aIIy FAIL
ed. Hundreds OF Hotels and boarding
houses have already ..u'1,. Il, "~Hlt ri>-.
'r. or r;l'7 'ru>SG-,w -,w,G fN 'y.n' pf pat
,unagr. PrnrrvHt;unS rn~ cv,r 2'w.Ot,
visitors Wrr" made. while the number
coming here to see tine Fair have NO.
averaged 1uO."t"t. Furnished rooms
for r,Hl, a. -. 1,ri~. II ON and II ~
pcr ,,;.\ can 10 seen in the front ui
uun,4 rms hotels and boarding houses
on any street or r;lH,p ear line that one
may travel. Good board and lodging
can be had here fruM SlN co to $50 %
per week, and even less when two or
more occupy one room. OF course YOU
can pay from S21 90 to 5000 90, per
week. If you are flush" with mon"r
and wish to stop at high priced hotels,
and put on style. Isupposc that from
SO Oh to $23 90 per week. would sui,
the pocket books Of the. average >r;NTl-
MEL. reader who intends visiting tie
Worlds Fair. No one need have any
fear of not securing any and all kinds of
accommodations without any trouble,
unless the Visitors increase over lOV
per cent in the future.
Below clip from . Chicago paper
the attendance at tlc '1ir. which will
doubtless be perucd with interest by
some. This does not include the SO. 900
10. 600 who 90 to the Fair daily on free
passes: