The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-05-30
|THE FAIR Open SUNDAY.
i25,OOO People Attend the Co
lumbar Exposition.
Chicago's ToIllng Masses Flock to
the Great Show.
The Day Being Chilly and Disagrceahle
NoDoubt kept Many Thousands Away
An orderly nnd weIi-D Dressed Crowd
--Fo0rteen state Buildings Closed.


CHIcAao, May 2a.--The Sunday open.
ers had their inning Sunday jackson
park for the nrst time since May / was
thrown open 70 the public The click
of the turnstilcs were heard almost
continuously and 1t Is estimated that
I25, 900 people passed through the gates
The day although clear was chilly and
disagreeablc and this no doubt kept
many thousands away from the
grounds. II was noticeable and some
what singular fact that the crowd al
the fair Sunday were Of the well TO do
class and the workfngmen were most
decidedly In tho minority. One OF the
main arguments In favor Of Sunday
opening was that by closing the gates
on that day, the .worlkingmen were dc
privcd Of an opportunity Of seeing the
great exposition. The labor unions Of
this city and throughout the country
passed resolutions demanding that the
gates be open on the first day Of the
week. yet on the very first day TINT the
gates arc open, the workingInan shows
his lack of appreciation Of the victory
gained by remaining away. II the
crowd Of Sunday was any index to his
feelings on the subject, It may be said
that he Il wholly Indifferent about the
matter.
At an early hour Sunday morning the
lines were crowded with contented
healthy. prosperous looking people
bound for jackson park. They caint
by cable cars, steamers, l. road and prt
vate conveyances. In the afternoon
there was q bigger rush Of visitors and
probably increased 90. oO0or 10000 All
the main buildings were open TO the
public except the government building
This was closed and notice posted on
tho doors announcing the fact in very
plain and brusque English. The New
England state buildinga, except Yer.
mont were closed as were tho Penn,
syiyania. New York, Virginia and
Indiana buildings The buildings
OF the western states were
generally open to the public. Among
these were tho states of Illinois,
Wisconsin, Michigan. Colorado. Wash
ington structures Pennsylvania build
ing was closed by order OF hegovernor,
and many were the disappointed
Pcnnsyivanians who visited II expect
ing to view tho interior All day the
comfortable chairs which arc plentiful
ly scattered over the broad verandas Of
the Pennsylvania building were oc-
cupiod by the sons and daughters of
the Keystone state who did good deal
Of grumbling because they were barred
out Of their state building. A great
crowd thronged the aisles Of the manu-
facturers and liberal art hall, the fish
cries, agricultural and transportation.
Midway Plaisance was the great at
traction Sunday, and thousands Of In
terested spectators walked along the
quaint thoroughfare. The Javenese
village had big crowd around its barn
boo fence MI day peering through the
stats at tho diminutive and queor look
ing people. This village Is not yet
thrown open to the public.
Tho picturesque beauty and strange
ness OF sMasr-ei- Kohia' as the
natives call the famous Egyp-
tian city of Cairo was a source
of interest and delight to innumerable
visitors all day long. They looked
with establishment at the temples, its
minerals, It's delicately carved towers
and Its buildings of elaborate arm
besque architecture ornamented with
fantastic draperies- The population Of
the old city Of Egypt were represented
faithfully by Mohamedans, jews,
Franks, Greeks, Soudanese, Armenians,
Nubians, Arabs and Turks, all dressed
In the gorgeous rainment Of the far
east, yelled Egyptian flower girls went
here and there through tho quaint
streets crying in broken English, nice
flowers
Donkey boys and camel drivers pulled
this way and that at visitors trying tc
induce them to take ride on the ships
OF the desert, or the doclle little long
cared donkeys The oriental theater Il
and did thriving business Sunday and
the visitors witnessed sword dances
candle dances, indulged In by Cairo
dancers which were Wild and indie
scribable. The theatcr was great
attraction but somehow or other the
dancers did not meet with as much favor
the audience as could be expected.
The Turkish and Algerian theaters
were also objects Of much interests
The crowds seemed never 70 tire at
standing at tho entrance Of the Turk
ish theater listening 70 the barbaric
orchestra from the Ottoman empire.
The O.. II. . D. Road Cutting Rates,
CINCINNATI, May 20. Notwithstand
the apparent solidity Of the rates to the
fair there NAV be q chance for a throat.