The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1893-08-17
THE WORLDS FAIR.
Correspondence OF THE RECORD.
CHICAGO, August -, 1898.


CHICAGO, August -, 1893.
The Worlds Fair is now half over,
and the total paid attendance for the
first three months numbers 1000, 600
persons Three months OF the big show
have elapsed, and only three months
remain before exhibitors will begin to
move out their displays and the work
OF tearing down the White City will
begin. After that time Jackson Park
will belong to the people again, to
enter and leave as they please, and the
greatest exposition the world has ever
known will be over and gone Many
people who have missed the opportun-
ity OF seeing it win be sorry that it is
over, but among the officers out at
Jackson Park there will be but few
regrets.
THE biggest, the cleverest aud the
most INSCRIPTIONS band Of thieves that
were ever inside an enclosure are here"
says an exhibitor. "You ask me who
they are2 The walters in all the
restaurants. Some OF the slickest
walters in the world are here. In odd
Vienna the other night paid 1890
for dinner for two with two bottles of
wine. The waiter stole &c. He did it
by ordering for two and charging for
four. The Exposition company lost
its twenty-five per cent. on that Sc.
In the German village paid dinner
bill with $40 note and the waiter
gave me the change in small silver.
They always do that. He held $3.50
out of that $40. My restaurant expert
ence is not much different from that
OF the director general, but he dimes
la table hote now. He did that after
paying 1852 for small dinner for ten.
The restaurant system is all wrong. II
ought never to be tolerated. The walt
ers are thieves. The owners of the
restaurants know it, OF they would not
make the walters pay in advance OF
getting their ordersh
Representatives Of foreign nations,
state commissioners, chiefs Of depart
ments, headed by the director general
and the Associated American exhibit
ors, have been received by the Worlds
Colum bian commission. The assem-
bly, was an imposing and representa-
tive one. Mayor Pangborn, who is a
quick and forcible speaker, was invited
to address the commission. He did SO
in more forcible language than the
commissioners expected, much as they
feel sorely against the local administra-
ton Of the fair Among other things
Mayor Pangborn said:
ut Is a White City full Of buried
hopes, 1t Is center of discomfort.
You cannot find one per cent, Of the
American or foreign exhibitors who are
satisfied. When the grounds are filled
with people the buildings are great
barren wastes. There are acres of glass
on the sides and roofs of the buildings,
but they afford no ventilation for visit
ors and exhibitors. They were put
there by the architectural boss for or
ramentation only. Who is Germany
competing with at this exposition
With the street in Cairo. Who is
France competing with9 The dancing
girls, the scum Of the brothels of the
Orient. (Applause.) 1t is cold fact
that the exhibitors are forced to CON-
pete with that conglomeration of fakes
on the Midway Plaisance. We must
do something and the Associated
American exhibitors may suggest a
remedy. Does Chicago want these
exhibitors to go away sore, with moth
ing kind to say Of their reception at the
Worlds Fair? Chicago's reputation
and fair name are at stake. We come
to you, gentlemen. to ask you to help
US iu this matter. The association ]
represent believes that if guides were
stationed at the entrances of the exhibit
buildings they could escort or direct
visitors to the buildings. We have
another proposition to make. We ask
you TO help us obtain permission from
the exposition managers to rur
Carriages TO take visitors from the
gates to tho departmental buildings o.
the fair. That may conflict with tn.
extorlionate rolling chair monopoly,
but why should not such vehicles be
allowed to carry visitors for Ave cents
when the association Of rich families i.
allowed to ride around the grounds Al
will in their own carriages without
charging"
The committee organizing series Of
excursions OF colored people from the
south to Chicago issued a circular tc
the public showing the territories by
stations over which the excursion will
come. The excursion will start from
Nashville on Aug. 81 and run through
Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio and
Indiana. The tickets, which will be
good to Aug. 81, are sold along the
route.
The secretary OF the committee states
that one difficulty which had to be
overcome was to disabuse the people Of
the idea that the excursions were an
exodus scheme, or jubilee, when the
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