Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-08-15
A SMALL CROWD.
Plenty of Room in the Worlds
Fair Grounds.
Lavish Abundance Of Elbow Room in
All Parts Of the Fair.


wogIn's FATR, Aus- II fSlor.Af -
-he-e l. ons feature OF this exposition
rAieh strikes me with ssrr Increasing as
5taishaaeul- Every cay and night an.
I the grounds notice il and every fnorzs-
II wheu rad the record Of the previous
AVS attsadanee feel sure it : too ,arge-
rhe feature IS tkr utter absence Of
rowd, 80 tosYeak Go where ! may md
a lavish abundance of elbow -oaEa- In al
hs sFenaes one sses about such a crowd
j. be woald in any puolie garden "a
-,lrasaut Saturday. has il the side paths
sd among the groves, on the wooded isl
nd. in TIE shaded places between some Of
the buildings and the fence there Is sod-
ruds save for few lovers or penstve
2ronsasders who are weary Of tbs dis
play.
have seen just three crowds When
the Maharaja Of kApurthala and hh
wife came railing down the avenue b.
tween the Indiana and California build
ings, in elegant wheeled chairs, WIKI that
veryst4l Engiisknian who acts as rhstr
guardian walking beside them, there
must have been at least 1900 people
gathered. In fact, the crowd Was almost
- Thick as that on the north end Of the
Brooklyn bridge Et p. n In the Md
way plaisaRce there i sometimes Jam
about the open air shows and in the In
diana bailding there is often a crowd from
noon till 2 p IN, as they go there 70 rest
and eat lunch Il really does take good
many peope to fill eas acres. and the water
surface should not be deducted as in the
busy part Of the day there are nearly as
many people on that as On any equal area
Of the land
In the Michigan and Ohio buildings il is
Ike walking through the quiet paElors OF
a frs.-e,ass hotel, both for elegance and
room. the New York baild;pg Is a little
more crowded and that Of Indiana most
50, of course, for il WAS made for that and
for nothing else. Another fact forced
upon my notice IS that, as any Travelled
American can see al a glance, large uia-
iority of the visitors at present are from
districts near Chicago. OF course do not
know everybody within four hours ride o!
Chicago. bat do know all the types AID
confGeuti2i.y make this statement;
Take Chicago as center and radius Of
100 miles, and over half the visitors Of the
psAst week have been from towns and eour3-
try places within Ihat area II did Iot
know this by observation ! should know
il by conversation From TeYre HaRte
and north Of that have me; at least City
Indiana acquaintance, from Evansville.
New Albany and thereabouts ! have hot
met one- Ia the course Of mUcli taking
and iuQuir.ng / have met one ran from
Misslssi ppi and one from South Carolina
both hotel clerks.
Another fact proves the general asseF-
tion. a surprisingly large part Of The
crowd consists of entire families, that il,
one sees the husband and wife dOinz the
buildings with all their children about
them down To tie baby in arms II is
Yery nice indeed, but II shows that the
have not cuIne far, and when | speak -
such psoDse their words AID tones slfO7-
the at once what section they live in. \
much more pleasing fact Is that personal
liberty is hett carried TO its maxi -nurn-
Many gentlemen, after proi0rg ged sight
seeing. stretch cat Oh the grass or beBcb'-
OF even the lounges in the state bu1llin
or the cay chairs On the porcbes ami
sliooze the suooze Of the just and the
weary. apd ne man troubles them 1t Is
Liberty ball and 90 as-you- please ali ostr
the grounds, but If the Attendance doQhlss
lats in the month. {'Grant it, supernai
pa,yers,'-}, they certainly will have TO be a
ii;tle more strict.