The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-06-23
FAIRS WITHIN TIE FAIR
CONCESSIONS GRANTED WITHOUT
END AT THE EXPOSITION.
Everything on Sale From Teas to
Telescope Lcnses-The Grounds
1.&Lincd ThickIy With Booths.

~ ONCESSIONAIRES have OBJ
[ tanned SO many rights ut the
Fair it would be possible for q
baby to enter the grounds in
oil his meagreness of garb and como
out arrnyed like the Raiah of Jorove in
case by some goblin's touch his bald
ness of birth might be changed in a
day to that of age. Every possible
want of human nature from the cradle
to the coffin has been anticipated.
There is not " thing missing from bot
ties for the nurslings to crutches for
the decrepit.
There are safety pins in the Woman's
Building and ST. Peters domes in the
machinery; wormy cocoons for the
silk industries in the Manufactures
HILL and flies in the fisheries; thim-
bles and towels and matches, over
shoes, straw hats and handkerchiefs
Eiffel towers, Solomon's temples and
baked CLANS; lace, balloons and
microscopes; Shakespearc's houses,
buttermilk and peanuts; last nails,
kedApollos and cotton bales bricks
made while you wait, Blue Grotto-of-
Capris and cider; song-books, cigar.
cites and buns; suspenders, canes and
cushions tides, socks and ancient J cru
salems; cut flowers, coinholders and
inkstands; popcorn, spoons and hair.
brushes; book marks, featherwork and
relics of La Rabido, gum and altar of
roses; Columbus, photographs and
lemonade.
There is plenty of perfumery in
slots and an abundance of grapha.
phones knit mufflers, linen scarfs and
fountain pens; mud tiles, phono-
graphs and magnets: Santa Marias,
Pintas and candy apples; Ceylon teas,
Japan sweets and photographs of Mon.
tana; spring water, telescope lenses,
and lavender seeds; guides, cigars and
Venetian mugs; shines, chocolate and
puzzles; liberty bells, elevator rides
and glass balls; Brazilian curies, up.
pies and swims flower pots, umbrel-
las and doughnuts; underwear, jewel.
ry and glue; cocoa, whale ships and
! snuff boxes, stenographers and wire
pins; cactus plants, tintypes and the
, Daily Columbian; photos of the Duke
of Veragua, canes and dolls; cook
books, baby food and East Indian
carvings and 80 on ad lib.
Corporations, individuals and com.
| panies have bid actively for the privi-
lege of supplying these articles. They
did not hesitate to contract to pay the
exposition management one-fourth of
their gross receipts, knowing full well
that this share would be added to the
| price or the quantity or quality re-
duced proportionately, or advantages
taken of the Willingness of visitors to
pay exposition rates. Most of tho
concession articles are not among the
necessities of life, but are devised in
the belief that Barnum was right when
he declared that people were happy in
being humbugged. Anyone who buys
| brass medel labeled souvenir" does
SO because he wants to, apd wanting to
he should be- given an opportunity.
The chan who has. his name spun in q
is not victim, or if he is he lisa willing
one. He who enjoys the mysteries of
electricity likes to buy useless trinket
made by it and the money he pays he
does not regret. Thus at every turn
is found a stand with some sort of con-
trivance which that sort of u visitor
wants.
The concessionaires come from every
land, and the chronic grumbler who
complains at the numberless devices to
get money can lay no blame to Ameri.
can cupidity. Many French names in
the lists show that the Paris fair peo.
pie hope to replenish their fortunes
here, and Austrian firms call to mind
that Vienna once had an exposition.
The Mexicans also want to peddle and
| tho frN,,, Vorfpn hou ln.o III, l.
to catch willing eyes and open purses.
The Eskimos know how to drive good
bargains for bits of arctic relics, and
the Turks show the shrewdness of theil
thrifty neighbors from Jerusalem.
The Javanese and Singhalese and Si.
| amese are ready for people who want
their wares-aQ as busy after goId MS
the famous money coming Yankee.
No taste has been overlooked, no fad
left without its salve and no tomfoolery
which has not stand where it can bt
cultivated.
Stands supplying the articles named
are copiously distributed about tn,
grounds and buildings A long. line
of them is in front of Machinery Hall
until its majestic proportions ant
| pOI Wlth tlio ldhC "uShluR ClOSS
to its base, is largely damaged in it
wonderful appearance. The loud
voiced hawkers who 80 annoyed peopl,
during the first days have been silencet
and now the petty wares are no
thrust obtrusively into all passers
faces.
Besides these articles of vertu, art
clothing, food and otherwise mentione,
above, Midway has some several hun
dred contrivances of amusement wher
people get more fun than their none,
pays for. There are Turkish theatre
and Chinese dramas, Dahomey dame
with dreadful dances and amazon
with striking peculiarities, drinks il
all the languages of the old world an
iimecracks from every corner. TIL
number fills many pages, each enter
prise contributing money to the eS
position-s quarter on each dolla,
The bureau of concessions has il
spectors, 30 that any extortion or a
tempts to make the unwilling buyer
will be regulated. - Chicago Herald.
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