New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-30
A WOMAN AT THE FAIR.
SOME IIAPHAZARD NOTES.


n sedan.char I'm the largest fair In the world and in
Chicago ut one and the same time. This is n com
hn,tion Of happiness not often vouchsaied TO one
mostaI. II Is no wonder that my friend wished TO
| ,ecure this happiness for herself.
There Is a little building IN the Midway Plaisance
where they sell soft drinks Of various coors and
I'm various degrees Of cncrvcscence. We 80 ig-
norant that until came to this city, we did not
even know there soft drinks we did not even
know there wern hard drinks. except hard cider :
but n there are soft beverages there must also he
hard ones. There good many places IN the
aisance where such things may be procured nut ms
particular kosk-I think 1t Is called kiosk-proclaims
that "Orieptal soft drinks OF all kinds" are here
dispensed.
We thought would 81 on the verandn ana
drink sherbet and look at the poor creatures walk
ing by who were probably longing for seat there,
and also for shcrbet We found very soon that the
way to stop longing for this particular Oriental sou
drink as manufactured at this kiosk Is to have some
OF H. We can warrant that to have 1t VIII forever
kill the wish for IT. The liquid which was brought
us was pink and sweet and somewhat warm not very
warm-about the temperature OF pond water IN no.
day when you scoop 1t up in the palm OF your hand
and drink II you have ever been huckleperrying Ior
the whole OF an August afternoon you have probably
,lakcd your thirst pond In the lack OF springs
II the OrcntaIs really drink this kind OF sherDet
and enjoy II their taste I'm the matter OF beverages
might bc improved, perhaps by the missionaries We
send over.
But II Is interesting to sit on the Palsance ana
watch the multitude go by We have now been mere
long enough to be able TO sec Turk In hopping
irouscrs or Chinaman I'm gold brocade drapery, walk
along across our vision with tOlerable calmneSs. Al
first We sprang up and wanted TO follow such hg"f"s
now We tell ourselves that We need not LOT "erc
will he another along presently.
still there is one Kind OF face which am airhiu
.n.n
face OF the Eastern woman with the truly ALMOND
eyes We found her IN the Turkish bazaar Inc olher
d,v and have alrcady been there three times since
that might look at her again. ! want TO look ~
her because she fuGls an Ideal or course We nave
all read when were young and had not Yet s'''
I'M certain kind Of poetry. about this woman "ho'
have found selling cherry bracelets and Jericho
roses here in the Plasance. She sells rosares oo'
bu, she managed to make undo rs'and 1hat 'heN'
| roso,ios had moi vet been blessed. suppose sie
was afraid iha; might really begin TO say my prayers
MIN thc-e beads. she cannot talk much Enghsn'
Int she can look in ally language under the sun.
.unposc She ha, soul but she has not any intclec'
| ,o speak Of. She i certainly the stun OF winch
horr ore made n she Is not a regular houh herself
| or course thought had seen almond shaped eyes
| bcfn,e but had not and never such ihN-piacA
| ,..,,. and hrors and a face so animal and yet 50
| lnpoccn,ly animal one might fancy this woman
sitting day after day IN unqucstioninS peace WITHIN
| the sacred shades OF the harcm. What would she
60, ~ she were sold TO a bashawl Her smile would
mean lust n, much, and just a. niue" anu am s"''
hc would never lose an hours sleep In thought about
ANYTHING Bur She can sell cherry's pra'''''S
.c,ryed by the children Of Bethlehem" and sh" can
take nm her little hammer and pound on thos" brace
lois +, show how ind.strucblc they are. 1t Is such
| a desirable thing 10 have bracelets that cannot De-
| broken with a hammer; there must De pu'heis VI
those ornaments AT the Fair all carved by The chnrh
of Hcthlchem and all warranted not to he capHbl" "'
hc,nc DESTROYED bv q hammer The young people Of
bethlehem mr-i hly" been unusually lAduSro'H i"'
ycar I'm preparation for the Columbian Exposition or
Gather I .hould say for the sdc-shows and bazaars
Incident TO I'll, Exposition.
We have made another discovery In regard 10 r"s'
.rn feminine human nature. ana that Is 'hat "i'n ~
:, blond. n Is very blonde indeed and looks ~ IL IT
were capable 81 anything In the line OF capu'a''h'
There is girl who selling chains and pins ana gay
| elf purs,s I'm the -Oudanc,e bazaar who mas s"cn
,c,lor hair and snch blue eyes, With such HOOKS
IA Thorn and AZ the same time /, Oriental III aspect
,bot-brt Gertrude says that am too susceptible" ana
that have seen many OF what she calis 'hoS'
| bazaar creatures that am no longer any Judge
| Nevertheless, | know am judge
II 4, rather confusing when one Is s'nhoihg "e"p'
., - e,,r.mev modern a thing the Ferris wheel 10
,ove thru. into ones hand printed no'ihcauoh ol
tho fact that within few rods is place where or"
may look upon the mummy Of that Pharaoh whose
,,nch,.r fouud Moses in the hulrishes; or upon n
..r.rn.lav-I am not positive 1t vas not mother
m-law-o Of King solomon
The Ferris wheel is going be finished; at least II
Is confidently asserted In Chicago that 1t Is going 10
ho oui.Icd and II will take people higher mp in The
r than any other wheel In the world has ever taken
,hcm rude seemed d. posed to morallzc great
| dooI obout Ills wheel and the mummy OF Pharaoh ;
daughters father II almost seemed n u She 'houfh
,hat Their. WIS some connection between the Two
although ! could not SOC II.
| There are great mnny things that We cannot see
nj the Fair and In Plasance. and W" decided not
| .. v,su fl. mummics. one mummy Is very much
u,e onotlcr and We did not feel that we should be-
able TO know the Pharaoh who prosecuted the Israel
lies from Soom0n's sistcrin-law
While I am on ,le subject OF PharaohS ! am re-
minded that We have already had the pleasure OF meet
| ING one Egyptian gentleman. who wore coat oil Il
,rapce cut ard which dragged about his hr'i' rs NJ
staggered around among some models OF boat burlaS
and the temple OF Eafou. lie was ut once 30 swarhy
and 30 nmlniie looking. and seemed 10 feel MS posi-
ton 40 much as nm Egyptian among mere Anericans'
,bnt Gertrude venurcd to address him. What she
said was,
| IL suppose Egypt IS very fine country
| Thcn he pu, Is hands into some pockets some
where in his mysterious garment and smiled ana SAID
| You bet"
Gertrude was so impressed by this answer that She
discontinued the conversation and turned away 10 rc-
now her examination OF the temple OF Edfou, built by
| "A Polemy.
| sn. conhdcd To aferward that she felt rs u
what that man had said were Kind oil deSecra'ioh'
and when asked "a Dissertation OF what ~ she said
| She didn't know hut she supposed OF carlonches ana
| things But my friend Is sentimental.
| Bnt where did leave ourselves We're we not
| drinking soft drinks at n kioskl We are doing the
Fair in the most reckless haphazard and r"prchcrs-
bic way We wander from one thing TO another Ike
| that aforementioned butterfly who sirays from flower
| TO flower The other day, when we were sitting on
| n bench In the Wooded Island two other women came
! along and sat down beside u.s. They said 'hey were
from Massachusetts. and then we all felt very friend
IT, The older one asked II We had come TO the IN
| position for instruction simply for amusement
| before l could stop her Gertrude had revealed the
drcndfu fact that had not Thought which we came
for that We wanted TO the Fair, ana so came 10
see it, The tried not Ia show how shocked they
fcI, and the elder who the one who tllked SAD
-, aficlul nnlIde hlnk The first thng.