The morning call., 1893-07-23

statements these gentlemen make as to
the objects on exhibition on the inside and
the real facts of the case as ascerta tanned
upon the payment of quarter are start
ling in the extreme
The visitors entering at the western
gate stream past the entrance to the Lap
land village" The smooth tongued if IN
grammatical solicitor warns people that
There amt no finer or more complete
show in the Midway Plaisance than this
great importation Of a whole Lapland viii
liage OF nearly 100 people, having all their
JendeerS. etc, with them" Inside you
see couple Of huts constructed mostly of
Michigan lumber, both inside and oltside
Of which are half dozen rather saucy
Laplanders, remarkable for nothing so
much as CIT and laziness. Their no less
dirty rsiDde er are huddled in a corner of
tie lnclosure. lying on their sides painting
from the eat (though it is cool day for
Chicago), nd probably asking themselves
whether The exposition wouldn't have
been qulte as successful without having
dragged To IN from the Icy north to waste
away under tropical sun.
The haif-dOZen people who have be ZEN
beguiled lnto the place promptly leave,
feeling that they have been boldly robbed.
Another fake of slightly different kind
is "Old Vienna" on the outside. Imita-
tiOn ghteenth-centurv houses line the
avenue for perhaps a block. A quarter
admits you to the inside of court of the
same length, which is surrounded by SIM
liar limitations Of old buildings. The type
of architecture of old Vienna is seen upon
the outside; nothing more is shown
on the inside. The lower stories of the
buildings surroeading the court are occu-
pied by stores, some displaying Austrian
goods. better specimens OF which may
be seen elsewhere in the fair; 9TH
ers exhibiting all sorts of peddlers'
nfn Of h
or at least American manufacture, and
which are presided over by Chicago shop
girls, who mostly chew gum, often look
tough and invariably bother you to buy ar
ticles which you have no use for and
wouldn't think of purchasing at home.
There are also some Vienna madens, who
solicit as pertlnaclOusly as their American
born sisters. but are too polite to make
impudent remarks if you do not buy.
Nne-tenthS of the space OF the court is
covered with chairs and tables, at which
"only IS beer (Chicago) is sold,' and
there are also a. number of restaurants
supplying the beer and also other
kinds of refreshments at Incredibly nigh
prices. The only possible race OF interest
within the confines of "Oid Vienna" is
the gallery in which Grecian portraits are
exhibited. and 10 this an extra admission
price of % cents is charged. False Pre-
lenses" is written all over the place, and
IL biO NioltUl tuteEtu sew
eral other similar fakes and has not
CHANGED upon some Gf the good ones Re is
likely to make beei!ne for jackson Park
proper and never again set foot in the
Midway Pasance
VI no more pretentious exterior than the
Lapland Village or old Vienna is the "Da-
honey Village" A tossed-up penny falls
heads and you decide to enter. Here Won
get your 20 cents back two or three times
over III genuine amusement and instruc-
tioD. Huts of bark aud native woods com
pletely surround the two or three acre
lnclosure. There are, perhaps, two dozen
large huts and full fifty natives of hoth
sexes and all ages and degrees of black
ness. A large pavilion is erected i'm the
center OF the village. and here the black
men perform their war dances, 90 through
realistic snam battles, illustrate the prepa-
ration of their food and drink and tbe
making of othes and otherwise ente. tain
aad instruct the visitor. There seems an
parent on the part of he managers desire
To make you some sort OF return for your
money.
The Dahomians hail from region where
clothes are supe rfluity, and they.cann
understand why Chicaguans make such
point OF being dressed. The moment Won
step up to the pavilion you are surprised
at the rapdity with which the natives
have become patriotic Americans. Almost
IN men-and to a Wnman-they are
wrapped in red. white and blue bunting.
Not exactly mu1lled in it. but covered from
waist to knee, which is quite over-dressed
10r native Of the tropics. But the colors.
No one is surprised at seeing an lrishman
vote who only landed last week. But The
rude DahomIan-whence this mushroom
patriotism? One of the managers ex.
plains:
"Ihey will do everything but dress. They
give 20 trouble until we modesily ask them
10 don lew rags. and then they get huffy.
No greater insult can be heaped upnn
them. They got their heads together the
other day and formed sort Of protective
association. Next morning they came
smilingy forth from their huts nude and
happy. They had either burned or eaten
their clothes-eaten them probably For
iunately few people were about We had
no cloth at hand except some bunting left
over from the Fourth of July decorations,
which We pressed into service. They mur
INJURED, but we were ineX0rable. About
five vnnng braves remained stubborn and