The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-06-01

An Or0er1y ana Wen-DresseO CrOWO
Fourteen State Buildings Closed.
CHICAGO, May 29.-The Sunday open
ers had their inning Sunday. jackson
park for the first time since May was
thrown open to the public. The click
of the turnstiles were heard almost
continuously and It is estimated that
125, 900 people passed through the gates
The day although clear was chilly and
disagreeable and this no doubt kept
many thousands away from the
grounds. 1t was noticeable and some
what singular fact that the crowd at
the fair Sunday were of the well to do
class and the workingmen were most
decidedly in the minority. One of the
main arguments in favor Of Sunday
opening was that by closing the gates
on that day, the workingmen were de-
prived of an opportunity of seeing the
great exposition. The labor unions OF
this city and throughout the country
passed resolutions demanding that the
gates be open ON the first day of the
week, yet on the very first day that the
gates are open, the workingman shows
his lack of appreciation of the victory
gained by remaining away. If the
crowd of Sunday was any index to his
feelings on the subject, it may be said
that he is wholly Indifferent about the
matter.
At an early hour Sunday morning the
lines were crowded with contented,
healthy, prosperous looking people
bound for jackson park. They came
by cable cars steamers, L road and pri-
vate conveyances. In the afternoon
there was bigger rush of visitors and
the admissions of the morning were
probably increased 10000 or 10000. All
the, main buildings were open to the
| public except the government building.
| This was closed and notice posted on
| the doors announcing the fact in very
| plain and brusque English. The New
| England state buildings, except Ver-
mont were closed as were the Penn
sylvania, New York, Virginia and
| of the western states were
| generally open to the public. Among
these were the states of Illinois,
Wisconsin, Michigan, Colorado, Wash
ington structures. Pennsylvania build
ing was closed by order of the governor,
and many We're the disappointed
Pennsylvanians who visited it expect
ing to view the interior. All day the
comfortable chairs which are plentiful
ly scattered over the broad verandas of
the Pennsylvania building were oc.
cupied by the sons and daughters OF
the keystone state who did good deal
of grumbling because they were barred
out of their state building. A great
crowd thronged the aisles of the manu-
facturers and liberal art hall, the fish
cries, agricultural and transportation.
In the manufacturers building there
was crush and thousands Of visitors
we"n lavish in their praise of tie mag.
niti ant art display. Exclamations OF
del. ght were heard ON every side.
Midway Plaisance was the great at.
traction Sunday, and thousands of in.
terested spectators walked along the
quaint thoroughfare. The Javerese
village had big crowd around its BAN.
boo fence all day peering through the
Stats at the diminutive and queer look.
ing people. This village is not yet
thrown open to the public.
The picturesque beauty and strange
ness of "Masr-el-Kohia" as the
natives call the famous Egyp'
tian city of Cairo was source
of interest and delight to innumerable
visitors all day long. They looked
with astonishment at the temples, its
minerals its delicately carved towers
and its buildings of elaborate ara.
besque architecture ornamented with
fantastic draperies. The population ot
the old city of Egypt were represented
faithfully by Mohamedans Jews,
Franks, Greeks, Soudanese, Armenians,
Nubians, Arabs and Turks, all dressed
in the gorgeous rainment of the far
east, veiled Egyptian flower girls went
here and there through the quaint
streets crying in broken English, nice
flowers.
Donkey boys and camel drivers pulled
this way and that at visitors trying to
induce them to take a ride on the ships
of the desert, or the docile little long
cared donkeys. The oriental theater is
pavilion at the turn of the street
and did thriving business Sunday and
the visitors witnessed sword dances,
candle dances, indulged in by Cairo
dancers which were wild and indie.
scribable. The theater was a great
attraction but somehow on other the
dancers did not meet with as much favor
the audience as could be expected.
The Turkish and Algerian theaters
were also objects of much interests.
The crowds seemed never to tire at
standing at the entrance of the Turk
ish theater listening to the barbaric
orchestra from the Ottoman empire.
The Exposition Train.
NEW YORK, May 29.-The new exposi.
tion train on the New York Central
drew out of the Central station at 8
o'clock Sunday afternoon en- route fo,
| Chicago. which il exnects to reach a1