New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-16
A WOMAN Ar THE FAIR.
FROM VENICE TO THE WEST COAST OF
AFRICA
THE TURKISH THEATRE-THE "GREATFsT Fun


member de gondocr.
Gertrude had been out alone TO the Fair As for
me was living on my couch that also might he able
TO 60 again and yet again to Inc Fair. When Pop'"
have come all the way from Massachusetts, for the
purpose OF attending The Exposition they feel some
thing like a srnSe Of duty implllng them to spend
every available hour within the grounds. This sense
OF duty is unite likely to become tyran ana then
person rehoIs and feels that II II were not for this
same SENSE there would be- a great deal more lnpi-
ness In the world.
! I had said I'm the morning that. III or we'll | was
| going to spend every day In seeing everything Nha'
did II matter II one died. II only one had seen the
FART But there comes time wheh' I'D mi''er h""
poworfr IN. Will NAV be- the flesh does not respond
That time had arrived on the morning oi 'hlS DAY
and that Is WHY my friend was now relating h'r
| adventures TO mo.
| "Ycs.- she went on, sitting on tn" side OF 'nr
bed and pulling of her gloves. tha' Is WHAT h S''u
| ~ me- thought ! would do little OF Venice 10
day. and so ] took a gondoa. There w'r" seven OF
eight other pcople I'm II. and though that was the
particular boat ! wanted said would walt Tor Tue
| next one But no. | was put In chair Just p'y"hu
! the awning and had th" sun In my lace AZ "'
| time even when II was on the back of my h'a"'
| And | paid the man AT the landing half a dollar Tor
thirty mnutcs-how much Is that minute and men,
wh.n we wor. within few yards Of the landing on
orr return the fellow wIth<he who stood In front
Of me- said II was flemish and asked me 10 r'hhh-
| Der HE gondolier certainly shall remember NM
| gave him ten cents just because did moi have the
moral courage to walk OF without doing 30. h"ari
! a man sitting behind me swear and say the gOnuol'r
might go TO the devil. II + 50 convenient sometimes
! to have. a man round who will swear. And had
| liked that gondocr WELL his straw hat ana y'i""
ribbon We're becoming and he ana not look very
mn h lik, the who dig trenches Tor wa'"rWP'
And II was really worth Will" To be- III eohd"i
whose prov ran I'D 10 q high peak and then curl"d
ftnt nc t.n4 lie md
of II and there was curious carved fac" on the
W, cd I'm front Of me- And II l. valuable eNpc
ri,nc T., be- have been called 'Madama. and asked to
remember the gondOlcr. suppose. though Ol"'
>ignora or Slgnorlna.' world lav" been better.
/ Tn the wholr. don't think beGrudGe tn" mor"y.
came Chicago TO sprnd mor"y. and am succeeding
rather we'll. II l. something - succeed In anything
! eyes, said We an spend money easily enough
Lv u, ,ta,lng IN this and thinking OF th" rent
We are going pay. and 81 this partition our land
lady has run lgp part (" the ceiling 80 inai she
| can have another room 10 let. and 50 "" may nav"
the benefit Of all the nd>" all over ~" mouse ana
not l. able 10 have II amount anything II W. do
shut door
had been ulssIng several h mrs I'm ihi, room and
/ had ,p,rt She time IN trying to maxi" believe that
the temporary puriition about which "" dit not hn""
/ when W. Engaged tn. room. wn> Who'll" p;Si'iion
/ and that could not hear he men and women tramp
Ing the other side Of II apparently In nv own apart
J
ard -omcHne. did moi know bui might "i'r hav"
gon. 80 the Fair.
Gertrude wen, on with The relation Of her eNpr
! ri,nc.,.
.. ~. i,~n TO NV first Turkish theatre" She said
! know # VIZ cruel f. - without y"n. hil N"n
/ can 20 ~nmrNh here. WiiloHt me-. and - hr r"v"nG'd
Md q Turll.h theatre {, something one might live
o good while vlihont.-
10 Interrupted. now you hav" been I" on"
yor know y.u can lv" without II: '"' haNrn'i bon
and f. mn, lee the thing cannot live without.
- lon ,rc~ continued my friend without any r."
or.,. to nv remarks. ia Turkish theatre one OF
two ~ tine actor, In and holl'r at each other
~ 'hry ,av ~ home and then com" In uniil ii"
,f,, T. full and they are al hollrng At each other
! and dancing like mad. They did ti- for rorr Time.
when It Locnmr nee, to hay" bont al Fencing
! Nn,i that q Young man jumped up aud pulled Young
vonan off - me stage with hun All ID" people that
were l.n holl-r,d louder than ever. and then IN"
! curtain went down. And tha 1, "a Turkish play II
was not amusing. neither was II Instructive Null II
! had never gone should not now be- able To sny /
had -..n. forgot 10 stat" that Their" was dnnc'n.
, 81 yarou, hind. b' l'oPr who's" piln'ildI 'l"'lhS
au-arcd to L.. What looked ILL" gold 'ih- strung
over their persons. other women sat on couch"N IN
,l,. rear %! 'i, stag. ana mud" rlnic Lnl Of
/ chant 10 which the dancers kept iimo. The chant
wa, very strange aud half civilized. II j. the hall
civilized and hIrlaric thing. am after. shall
probably never travel In the East. aud know SHALL
~ that theatre ! Gnftcd along tn" rlasnne" in th"
direction of the Dahomcy village. Nou krow how TN"
music that they make inside that 'ag" lmpreNN'N one"
There, strange kind Of tinkc 10 II. and rata
tat ~ II they had ju-t klcG missionary ana We're
putting him down 10 roast. And That black man Win
a frin Of dry tNig, about his waist mp top Of
the wall ,truttng back and forth. and the sun was
n,alng III, naked leg, and whist shine II they were
| Oiled n, pcrhal, they arc. tie was shouting ont
something deep down Ia hi, chest. and that tom tom
was going on inside inside hi, chest. hut inside
| the enclosure. II | did not hurry that missionary
would be- cooked and eaten b"for" should get there"
90 / went In. When came ont woman who was
hcsiatlng asked mo II IT va, worth going 10 see" and
| | told her no - | saved that woman'> quarter Of
| n dollar though did not save mine. Tn" man with
the frill Of twg. the best worth seeing OF the
whole and YOU could him for nothing. They wcr"
not cannba, after all. There were dozen or 81 OF
| them rushing mp and down on dan Ing board,
making dreadful cries. and the tomtom and the tnhe
| meyer stopprd a minute. They - far civilized
| that they smoked cigars and pipes M every oppor-
! ,unItv The hut, were grouped around dcsOlatclv
| enough: IN Of them were brand new ' OAK gralh
| cooking ranges" all shiny with tn" modern air "l
Chicago the great These ranges broke the spell OF
| thc hut, and the savage music and faces After that
| ,,cy might have been Louisiana negroes for all that
| | cared. 80 walked away from the west coast OF
! Africa tried to get into the Lapand settlement
got Jus, beyond the gate and saw the reindeer feed
| Ing when a man hurried forward and hustled me out
| Iapand wasn't opened yet.
| "Thc guide, really learning about where the
| buIdings are now Pcrhap, they have been studying
| the official maps. | asked on" t. direct me 10 u"
Monastery of Ia Rabda and positively he knew where
| n was and what Is more he made me know WAS
| all turned round | should have gone ont toward
Washington Park for II. felt n II. after the lurK-
| l.b theatre and the Dnhomcy viilag" | needed the
almost hcre Of a monastery But ola not get 'nere'
| % through the Mnnliat lures
| building 80 that might look at things without any
| loss of time ! don't know how entered one can
never know precisely how one enters these places p'
| found myself Immediately In the midst oi tue
cnamclled wood sculpture from Venice. Now N"o"
very we'll that this Is not high art. but there Is gay