Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-04-15
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M eichths OF q mile long
and COO feet vide.
and contains eighty
acres 1t is not, strictly speaking. in jackson
Park, but il connects Jackson aud Washington
Parks, two adjoining pleasure grounds. n 4.
occupied by various concessions, ana there will
be all the foreign msgicians. lion tanners and
the curious representations OF foreign hfs
which people now go thousands Of miles 10 sea
For ons thing there will be dancing Of almost
every description. The Egyptian dancing girls
have already arrived. and so have some Of IN.
savage dancers from the South American Indian
tribes. In the latter part Of last week Chicago
WAS invaded bv bands Of Arabs, Bedouius.
Soudanese. Bolivian Indians aud Turks and
this week has brought several Others and a
band of Persians. The latter are twentv-tp
In number. the advance guard OF seventy mora
MAGIC TRICKS OF THE EAST.
The most important character Of the g-oup
is Hadii Aga. magician from Teheran. This adds
another TO little company OF eastern dealers in
magic, who already number at least a dozen.
Their tricks will.include the usual legerdernAin
winch hellar and Hermann have made familiar
TO American audiences and other mysterious
proctdlng such As are peculiar 10 the maci-
claas OF the east. OF course they all swallow
SWORDS, but they promise. also. TO present some
OF those dlsappearances aud suspensions in mid
AIR Without any visible means of support which
western magicians have failed thus FAR TO learn
the true workings OF. As for the dancing girls
II they reproduce some OF the dances
OF their native land they wal be
doing something very remarkable indeed.
for these native dances il must be remem.
bered. have IN many cases been suppressed bv
the native governments themselyes Not all
the skirt dancing that Washington has ever
seen nor Thousand Black Crooks can equal
the effect produced by these native dancers. 81
the travellers who have witnessed them can be
believed.
GREAT BAND OF TRAINED WILD BrAsrs-
There Will also be exhibited in the plsissncs
the great band OF trained Wild beasts whic has
been brought over by the famous Prof. Hagen
buck Of Hamburg. Germany. The story of his
success has been brought home by travellers of
recent years. He brings nineteen animals into
the ring at the same time. 1hey are hons
tigers, leopards, bears and six large boar
hounds. The last named, doubtless. assist. in
the training. The whole band does the masters
bidding as quietly as il il were . troop Of
poodles. Thus far Prof. Hagenbuok has es.
capped injury from his pets. He promises 10
give as wonderful performances here ss were
ever seen in Europe. He also carries IN his
train elephants and other beasts which are less
dangerous to handle.
oHARMING THE DEADLY COBRA
The Egyptians have with them Q ls-ceS,s.
sortment Of serpents, both small and large,
which are to undergo enchantment or charm.
ing after May l. The most formidable Of the
reptiles is a hooded cobra. six feet long. The
hood. it may be remarked. has two spots upon
1t which look like eyes, which are Joined
together By a curved dark stripe Wien The
serpent ia enraged this hood, which 10 lust
back OF the head, is expanded and elevated,
and cobra il thus a most terrible looking
object His sting is almost certain death In
few hours- he is represented a. being
sluggish in his habits and viii doubtie8 And
the labor of being charmed two or three times
day for the benefit of the visitors 70 the fais
great bore. 1t is TO be deyoutly hoped that hs
Will not permit his temper to become ruined a
A MAMMOTH WHEEL
Another attraction Of this part Of the fair
will be the Ferris wheel, which 10 now In
good state of pr ogress and promises 10 b
ready for use when the formal opening takes
place. The diameter Of this queer toy 10 $50
feet, and it is swung on an axle which rests
upon two towers lS5 feet high. HING from
different points Of the perimeter are cars.
which hold Q dozen or more people. One Of
these cars rests upon the ground, while the
others are IN the air, and after they are I'll In
succession thus filed with passengers the
wheel is turned around and the peo-
pie have the great pleasure Of making
the complete circuit Of $50 feet
or course the machinery is so carefullyerranged
that there is no danger Of a car not preserving
its perpendicular position; but IL, for the sake
Of argument a car should get stuck and turn
upside down in consequence the position OF the
people in 1t would be an embarrassing one 70
say the least.
TEE GERhAN VILLAGE.
Another attractive feature Of the piaisancs
will be the German village. comprising a group
Of German houses, showing how they live in
Germany at the present day, and there viii also
be German town of mediavel times There will
be houses OF the upper Bavarian noun aims OF
the Black Forest, as well houses Of the
hessian and Silesian Bauern. showing the
middle Germans. the Westphslisn Hof, the
lower Saxons, the Halighaus, the Friesen and
the houses from the Speewalt and Seider-
deutsche. This viii gil be in one village and 10
is safe 10 say that the thousands Of Americans
Of German origin who will visit the fair win be
sure TO take il in. IL II turns out what Il prom
ses to be it will seem Like q bit Of genuine
Germen scenery successfully transp anted
The other villages in the plssance are the
Austrian, representing the street in old vienna
known ~ Der Graben, and . native Dahomey
village. The latter will be peopled by more
han score Of natives, including OF course
king. who will, IL he cares 10 avail
himself Of the privilege. have a perfect right
10 send letter TO President Cleveland, begin
ming Great and Good Friend" and according
20 the usage among nations it would be in
,umbent upon President Cleveland TO reply to
he Dshomey king as Great and Good
Friend
The Irish population of the country hsvs not
been forgotten, but will be represented by an
exhibit Of Irish cottage industries. and q repro
irction Of The beautiful ruins Of Donegal csstis-
EVERY MOMENT PREcIous-
These are only some o. the wonders Of this
Jingle portion Of the worlds great show. How
mich Of it will be ready May !? The progress
# the work has been SO rapid that there were
hopes that everything would be In
pick and span shape when the formal opening
ook place, but il cannot be denied nov that
he strike has been set back. No enterprise
II such magnitude this one can pretend that
he loss Of 100 workmen. even for n day, - not
matter Of consequence. The fact remains
hat every moment counts st this stage, anu
hat some very precious moments were LOSS
vhen the workmen went out on Monday morn
md there is no probability OF their going oub
gain
How remarkable the progress is can hardly
.e believed by any one who has not seen H.
That is 4 mere frame one day is under cover
within q week. and in the course Of another
week begins 70 present all the appearance OF .
inished structure. OF course in some por-
ions Of the midway plaisance il has
zen impossible to produce the desired
feet by this mode OF hasty construction,
nd long time has been spent on the streets
nd foreign villages and mosques and tenpieA
They are qnite finished in many particulars,
or inspection, TO say the least