St. Paul daily globe., 1893-06-12
FOGGY AT THE FAIR.
The Crowd at First Small, but
1t Grew Rapidly With
the Day.
Nearly $4,000 People on the
Grounds by 8 O'clock in
the Afternoon.
The Monster Ferris Wheel Set
in Motion, but No Pas
Sengers Taken.
Coffee and Cigarettes Served
to Eulalia Shortly Be-
fore Midnight.

CHICAGO, June ll.-A n6dVy 1Og 6n-
Veloped the White City in jackson park
This morning, the air was raw and chilly,
and the outlook for the third open Sun
day of the worlds fair was anything
but promising. To make things worse it
was not announced until yesterday, when
Chief Justice Fuller made his decision,
that the fair would be open today. 1t
was feared by the officials that it would
be losing game to open the gates to
the public. They continued on this be-
lief until towards noon, when the fog
foated away and the sun came out
bright and warm. Then the whole as
pect changed. The people began to
come, slowly at first, but the number
increased at such rate that all the rail
roads and steamboats, were crowded to
the guards, and by o'clock there were
Between $4,000 and $4,000
people on the grounds. 1t was differ
ent sort of crown from that of last
Sunday. Then there were few but
workingmen and their families to be
seen. Today the workingmen were out
in large numbers, but there were thou
sands and tens of thousands of tourists
and pleasure-seekerS. They patronized
the gondolas and the electric launches
and took in the sights of Midway PlaiS-
ance. But the buildings were not neg
lected. The great manufactures and
~
SO were the art galleries and the trans
portation and other structures. The
feature of the day was the ascension of
the captive balloon. Thousands gathered
around to see the huge airship takes its
initial trip and everybody seemed to be
anxious 10 take a
Trip TO the Clouds.
But, as only fifteen could make the
"trip at time, hundreds had to go away
disappointed. The monster Ferris
wheel, the Eiffel tower of the White
City, which rises $50 feet in the air, was
also set III motion, but no passengers
were taken on board. The regular work
of the department. of publicity and pro-
motion goes steadily on, despite the
fact that up to date this department has
issued 2,600 season and monthly passes
to representatives of the press. One
hundred and ninety of these were issued
TO foreign newspapers, and out of the
grand total only fifteen have been
called in because the holders were
not engaged in active newspaper
work and obtained their passes
under false pretensions. The work
of compiling the official catalogue has
necesSitated the continuance OF the en-
ployment of a'clerical force numbering
thirty people, twenty typewriterS being
in constant use in the preparation of
this work. The first edition was placed
for sale in the grounds OH the first day
of May. About the middle of February
the department sent to every newspaper
listed in the best newspaper directory
published q blank
Form of Application
for press tickets, requesting the manag-
ing editor of each publication to make
known his wants as to press passes. Out
of total of 10000 sent out originally,
$500 were returned, and about 1000
more have been furnished on personal
application. These we're passed upon
by Mai. Handy, who had the onerous
duty of ascribing to each publication
the number of passes it was entitled to
on the strength of its circulation and
prominence. This branch of the work
occupied the staff of a dozen clerks spe-
cialy detailed to attend to this part of
the departments work. The depart
ment, under the efficient management
of Mai. Handy and Chief Clerk j. p.
Holland, has received warm commenda-
ton from the press. Tonight the prin-
cess and her party dined at the Wash
ington Park club with Spanish Consul
II. c. Chatfield- Taylor. The princess,
Commander and Mrs. Davis and the
other members of the party left for the
park at 80. excepting Prince Antoine,
who returned late to the hotel and fol-
lowed in a separate equipage at
O'Clock. The club house had been
finely decorated, the table being banked
withAmerican Beauty and Jacqueminot
roses and buttercup daisies. Covers
were laid for eighteen, and an elegant
feast was served. The princess and
her party returned late to the Palmer
house, and coffee and cigarettes were
served in their rooms. A little
after midnight the lights in
the princess boudoir were eX-
tinguished. Eulalia had retired
and was seeking nights rest to pre-
pare her for another visit to the fair to-
morrow. Prince Antoine this afternoon
visited Buffalo BilPs Wild West show.
He paid his money at the gate like any
other man who was not possessed of a
pass, and sat among the crowd. He
seemed to enjoy the show greatly, the
performances of the Indians and Col.
Cody's shooting atfording him special
delight.
The paid admissions today at the
worlds fair grounds were 1864.