Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-05-18

Chicago, May 11.-Many people seem
to have no more idea than the man in
the moon Of what they can see for so
cents at the worlds fair and the ex-
tornonate charges made by a few grasp
Ing cOncessioners in the early days of
the big show tended to increase this un-
certainty in the public mind. Director
General Davis has, therefore, seen fit
to embody in a report to the national
commission a plain statement of what
can be seen by the visitor for his sin
gle admission fee Of so cents, and also
a list of the sideshcws in the midway
plaisance, with the fees charged for
admission to each
At the first glance this report by
Colonel Davis might seem to be su-
perfuOus, but he believes the public
needs enlightenment and he seems to be
night.
The first thing the director general
emphasizes is that when the visitor
pays his half-dollar at the gates there
is no further charge unless he wishes to
see one of the side shows, all Of which
have been got .up by private conces-
sioners and are not in any sense exhibits.
For his 50 cents, then, the visitor sees,
first, the magnificent landscape of the
great white city; next all the wonder
full buildings that have sprung from the
genius of the worlds greatest archi-
tects; then all the exhibits in those
buildings, gathered from the ends of
the earth and great enough in extent
even now tn occupy any one man six
months in viewing them, and lastly all
the state and foreign buildings, a hun
dred and more in number, and a null
tiplicity of outdoor exhibits which it
would take volumes to adequately de-
scribe.
1t is true that all the exhibits are not
yet in place, but there were enough of
them even on the opening day to occu-
py the attention Of a studiors visitor for
ately the majority of the critics of the
fair so far have had eyes only for the
signs of incompleteness.
The entrance fee of SO cents admits
the visitor to the midway plaisance, as
well as to the buildings in Jackson park
proper, and a general idea of the at
fractions Of that great cosmopolitan
street, with its foreign villages and
places of amusement, can be obtained
without the payment of a single cent
extra. These facts cannot be too well
understood by the public, and the
friends Of the fair are urged by Colonel
Davis to assist in making them general
ly known The entire exposition proper
can be seen for so cents, and innumer-
vided for the visitor who
wishes to spend more money.
The following is a list of these extra
entertainments and outside exhibits.
with the admission fees, ETC., charged
for each, as given by the director gen
eral
COnstantinOple street scene, midway
piaisance-Turkish theater 1.-TWO per
formances daily, 80 cents; Persian
tent, % cents; panorama, Syrian pho
tOgraphS, % cents; Turkish restaur-
ant, native musical performances, tribe
Of Bedouins, % cents.
Cairo street. midway plaiSance-Egyp-
tan amuSementS, native dancing
snake charmers, fortune tellers, con-
iurers, musical and theatrical perfor-
mances, collections, photograph pic
lures and paintings, wedding process
sions; admission until II a. NJ, %
cents; after that hour free. Egyptian
temple, 25 cents.
Dutch East India village, midway
plaisance-Two thearters, one on each
side Of street. Exhibitions by native
bands, jugglers, snake-charmers, dane
ers (male and female) and other char
acteristic entertainments. Admission
fees to be approved by committee on
ways and means; at present, 25 cents
German village and town of mediae-
val times. Midway plaisance- Ger
man and Bavarian bands, in connection
with restaurant, museum of curios, an
Equities and works of art peculiar to
Germany: % cents. German tribes
representing house Of the upper Ba-
varian mountains, Black Forest or Alsa-
tan, the Altman tribe, the Hessian
or Altenburg house of Silesain Bauern,
middle Germans, Westphalian Hof of
the lower Saxons, ETC., such tribes and
house to constitute the village.
Natatorium, midway plaisance-
atOr1um with musical performances,
with use of baths; SO cents.
Eskimo village, Jackson park Eski-
mo village, Labrador trading post, and
native exhibit; % cents.
Moorish palace, midway plaisance-
Exhibit and sale of native goods, cham
Der of horrors, trip through Switzer-
land, trip to the moon, camera Obscura,
representatives in wax, etc. Moorish
palace, right to exhibit S1,OOO,OOO in
gold coin; cafe in connection; IS cents.