The sun., 1893-05-02


point at either end Of the great reservation
could the other end be seen, but from ever
vantage point the sky line was broken witt
succeeding series Of airy and graceful pin
naclss towers. turrets. and spires. who's
number seemed limitless The little glimpse
here and there OF details that were finished
formed altogether . view impressive enough
to whet the edge OF appetite for a sight Of thu
whole show whenever It shall be completed.
THE BowERY OF THE PAIN.
+, It would have been supposed that the Mid
way Piaisance. which is the Bowery end OF thu
EXPOSITION. would have been more advanced
than tho rest This Paissnce is n 400.acrt
strip given up to manifold money making
schemes by foreigners. Here are to bt
Turkish theatres. Tunsinn and Algerian
piayhouses. foreign restaurants. Coney Island
wheels. roller coasters. beauty shows. and
leg shows. score OF bazaars from many M
lions. Hero the visitor will be taxed for a new
admission fee every few rods. and one would
have been willing to wager that the spocu-
lators would not have been day belated.
It turns out, however. that they are more
tsrdy than their Official ncighbors. Hag-
spback. the Hamburg animal man. is
open and coining money. The Vienna bakery.
bigger than tho Atlantic Garden. was packed
all day with female sufferers who wanted to
least found there q place In which they could
smoks cigar. which is q pastime forbidden
oil over the grounds.
The enterprising Hebrew who represents
tho Sultan OF Turkey is tho foremost foreign
exhibitor He has n quarter Of mile Of Tur-
key wide open. in full blast He has
mosque. q theatre. q restaurant. and a
rug show as complete as the rest Of
enc Fair will be In June. He paralyzed a
a. m, Il.
lsh soft drinks. He opened q pretty pavilion.
nlled It with bottles. tumblers. and sweet
faced waiter girls. and hung out the sign
"Soft drinks" The crowd. filled with the
Yankee spirit Of the struggle and tired and
parched as we'll. mobbed the little pavilion.
and were told that they could be served with
-tamarinda or vloletta The pretty girls
stopped the drinks out BY the quart In enor-
NOUS schooners. Tho violetta was an ex-
Quisite blue drink. and the tamarinda was as
green as q mermaid's eyes.
~ When the mob saw tho enormous quantity
Of these beautiful colors. their hands went out
like tho hands on all the Chicago statues.
avery ono OF which seems to be making wild
grab at something.
But o Lord what disappointment The
tamarinda any one can mako outside OF Tur-
key BY dissolvng Eighth avenue Dutch tatfy
in Croton water. The violetta tasted like
diluted pomatum. One man close beside
The Bun correspondent parted from his
wife in anger at the fret tast OF violetta: an
other one followed The Sun man for q quarter
of . mile dsnouncing tho whole Columbian
show. saying II he could get his ten cents back
no would be glad to go home.
HAREMs ALONG THE AVENUE.
NJ q. Levy. who represents the Sultan, has
got whole string OF harsms down his ASenile
Do Turk. and oil the windows arc lifted with
the most mysterious and fascinating lattice
blinds rumor ran through the multi
tuds to-day that beautiful black eyed
odalisQues were concealed behind these
screens and wero peeping out at tho
msn- The consequence was that POO men
stood stock still opposite each window. and
were staring at every screen all day. Old Levy
could mako his pile in one week by easing
public curiosity at S5 per head. But to get
back to the main story. tho speculators' an
nek was not half as nearly lit for opening
- the rest Of the international exhibit. Nat
urally the Grand Court Of Honor was the part
most nearly shipshape. 1t was too bad that it
had rained. But for the rain there would have
been no mud. and no roadways turned into
lakes It has been raining steadily for weeks. |
Interfering with every sort Of work. But for the
rain the spectacle that confronted President
Cleveland this noon. as no looked over the |
Grand Court Of Honor. would have been rs
golden and glorious as it really was artistic
and beautiful
THE GRAND coUBr OF HONOR
Z, This Grand Court is long parall slogram.
with q broad crystal canal down the middle, |
Ihve palaces on its sides. tho jewel-like Ad- |
mipistration building mt one end and the |
open. graceful perstyls or ratings Of tall
columns fencing 1t across at the edge OF tho
Jake
7 The crowd was not as large as was expected.
Certainly not above 10000 persons assem-
bled to hear tho President. These were not
nions massed III front Of the Administration
building. but hundSeds had climbed to the
eornicss Of the huge show buildings. where
they crowded the roof lines as with black
bead work.
: On the beautiful lake bright colored gon-
dolas. marrsd by the Mulberry street attire Of
the oarsnen. kept up a perpetual round OF tho
water On every one Of the myriad flagstafYs
all round the court the flags and banners were
tied In balls ready to be flung loose In an
instant
French's gigantic picture OF "T The Republic"
was covered like a woman In nightgown.
These were little bits OF tho scene. but the
whole prospect WAS OF majestic aggregation
OF massive marble palaces surrounding u gar
den OF delight.
But for the fog. the puddles. and the wet
Feet. and the chill In the air tho thing would
have been perfect ard magnificent. As 1t was
svsry hint OF the general disorder and un-
readiness round about was wholly concealed
In this most favored court
At the end OF tho proceedings which are
Elsewhere described. President Cleveland.
looking more tired than . President should
look vt the end OF four years Of service. thrust
put his left hand.
His words had been henrd by few only. His
nRuro was what most OF the crowd saw. But
the whole multitude. wherever clustered or
psrched. saw his hand and arm 60 up and
knew what tho movement meant
CLEVELAND TOUCHES THE DUTToN
He touched the button. simultaneously TOO
men hung to the wind 700 banners. At the
instant gun was fred. 1t was followed
~ cAnnonading on tho lake. Against
that background myriad OF steam
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