Evening journal., 1893-05-01

Porte, the lion of Persia, the island
banner of Hawaii, soon perhaps to dis
appear forever, all these were there; and
floating above them all the standard of
the great republic, the stars and stripes,
snapped in the breeze a symbol of liberty
and asylum to the oppressed of the whole
earth.
Everybody impatient to See.
The wisdom Of the committee on cere
monies IN making the opening exercises
as Grief as possible was evident No
one was in humor to listen to long
speeches OF fowery dissertations. That
sort of thing was well enough at the
dedication exercises last October, but
to day everyone was anxious to begin
the inspection of the great exposition,
and the crowds that ebbed and flowed
through the buildings aud avenues was
an earnest of the multitudes yet to come
when the pilgrimage TO the Mecca of
! civilization should have been fairly be-
gun OF course. everyone who could do
so listened with attention and respect to
President Cleveland, but there was an
evident disposition to commence sight.
seeing as soon as possible No one
cared to look at an outlandish dress or a
strange face for longer than moment
There was too much to be seen in the
buildings. 1t is true that The exhibits
are not yet by any means complete They
have not arrived so rapidly as was ex-
pected, and the work of classification
has been somewhat delayed Still, with
all these draw backs, the attractions are
said to be almost equal to those of any
previous exposition in its completed
state. From the Forestry Building on
the south to the Montana Buildings at the
extreme northern limit Of the grounds,
there was a succession of strange and
novel sights moving multtudes and a
display of the resources and products of
civilization such as has never before been
collected in one place.
The Crowd Neither DisOrderIy Nor Rough.
The crowd was good natured one.
| There was of course some of the incon
venience and discomfort inseparabe from
a large gathering, and in some cases
curiosity to see all that was to be seen
overcame good manners; but as rule
there was a disposition TO give all an
equal chance, and there was no disorderly
rushing into forbidden quarters, or i'll
natured complaints st the trihing incon-
veniences which were undergone Aside
from the foreigners, who after formed
only a small fraction of the crowd, the
bulk of the multitude was made up of
Chicagoans.
An Army of Children.
1t was a great day for the rising geDer
alton. 1t seemed almost incredible
that so many children could be got
together even in Chicago, and the indie
pendent spirit of young America was
manifested in the fact that most of the
youngsters seemed TO be unaccompanied
by their parents or older persons They
swarmed through the big buildings, got
themselves tangled up in all sorts Of
unex pected places and made the lives o
the Columbian guards miserable from
: daylight to dark. They took the BIZ
battle ship by storm; they sacked th
} convent of La Rabida; and they invaded
, the sacred precincts of the Mohammedai
mosque They were everywhere at once
and no doubt saw twice as much of tn,
interesting features of the exposition as
any mature person did.
The Human Current at Its Flood.
Even in the early morning the dow
town streets were filed with peop {
headed for jackson Park. These wer,
) easily taken care of. AS the forenoon
wore on the crowd swelled, and by u
o'clock the human current was at th'
flood The crowds did not depend upol
D the public transportation liues, however
S They came in every conceivable fashion
g on foot on bicycles in carts, carriages
, bandwagons, street cars, railroads an
steamboats, Anything on heels ii o.
land, or anything that would float, if Of
the water, was utilized.
Honorlng Hon. william f. Cody.
There were some queerly sssorte
e groups On one of the early Illinoi
Central trains. in the same coach were
g merchant from Bagdad with his tw
e turbaned attendants, group of Prussia
- metal workers, a squad of Englis
T soldiers, three Armenian gymnasts frol
e the Midway Plaisance. several malodoi
o ous and chattering Cingalese, and Hoi
d William f Cody, better known
10 Buffalo Bill, who, by the way attracte
Il as much attention TO day as any Pash
5, with three tails, or other foreign notab
q on the grounds
Is Another car held party Of Arab dol
key drivers, who divided the honol
D. with three Hndoo snake charmers fro
h upper India, in the eyes of family fro
X Missouri, consisting of father, moth'
I'd and nVe chudren. Inc elevated rOa
rs carried similar incongruous groups, al
4 the cable cars resounded all day wit
Of the tongues of all nations
sr Outside the walls of the fair prope
N too, there was the same shifting, eve
IN changing crowd of curiosity seekers.
the Midway Plaisance, the various v
lagos were crowded all day, and Il
booths and shows on the fringe of Il
fair were never empty The leathe
vs. lunged side-show blower" was in
al glory, and all the familiar old attra
tions of the circus and Coney Island we
to be seen on every side, not a vi
ed abashed by their close proximity to Il
he most stupendOus show the world h
l.. ever seen.
- All day long the crowds ebbed Al
60 flowed in and about the big structur,
al With most people the great difticul
n was to determine where to commeD,
8. and once fairly started on the tour
~ sightseeing there came feeling
helplessness and despair of ever accor
70 plishing the task of inspecting the VIII,
he exposition Many who set out in {
he morning boasting that they would COZ
Ily all the buildings before night fou
, I Il % ,-apt,,or o4f1s