New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-29
THE GATES WIDE OPEN.
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE THOU
SAND PEOPLE ON THE FAIR GROUNDS.
THE NEW ORDER PUT IN FORCE AT THE Ex.
POsITION-MUsIC OF THE DAY-STATE BUILD.
INGs AND THE BRITISH SECTIONS 4,
CLOSED-A DISPUTE OVER HIGH ART

AND THE BRITISH SECTIONS \
CLOsED-A DISPUTE OVER HIGH ART.
Chicago. May 2s.-One hundred and twenty
five thousand people, after week Of toll came
to the Worlds Fair grounds to-day, and with
souls freed from care drank in Inspiring MUSIC
and feasted their eyes upon the artistic ana
natural beauties CT the ~ White City, while
their minds were improved by studying the works
Of genius and industry Ii was the first open
Sunday, and 1t success.
1he Sabbath sun was but two hours old when
the people began to come into the grounds. All
modes of transportation brought their quotas, and
from the steamer piers and the railroads came
long lines of people But the did not begin
to arrive until afternoon. Beginning about o'clock
the multitudes fockcd into the grounds at every
gate and by o'clock 10000 people were inside
the enclosure The people kept on coming the
entire afternoon and ovcrfowed into Midway
Plaisance, where every show crowded, until
the attendance mark had been elevated to
1000 900. After dark the grounds were lighted
I'D and this together with other features OK
illumination attracted still more, and when the
crowds were about ready TO go home conserva-
tive estimate placed their number for the day
and evening at $4,000. Ii was an orderly,
well-drcssed crowd which evidently was OF the
opinion that il had already been kept away
from its property altogether too long, ana 'ney
took possession in the name of "tollers day.
The music during the dag of an elevatins
character and the bandstands were surrounded
by large crowds, which grew enthusiastic over
Schubelts Serenade and a selection from Lohen-
grin" Gounod's sacred song. There Is green
hill far away; the "Meditation,' on Bachs
prelude by Gounod: Handcls Iiallelujah'
chorus Wagner's Hail bright abode the good
old hymn, Nearer my God to Ihec,' and tho
coronation march from Meyerbeer's lie Prophet"
The music, which continuous from half past
| in the afternoon. furnished by Sousas, the
Chicago and Cincinnati bands.
MANY STATE BUILDINGS CLOSED.
Sunday opening was frowned upon, however,
in the north end of the Park, where the American
State buildings are grouped to suggest happy
and united family. he members of the great
American Union were estrdnged on the day when
the gospel OF peace and goodwill is preached
from the Christian pulpit The multitude OF
visitors did not tlrong the State circle, and the
few thousand who passed that way were not
disappointcd apI arenty, to find many OF the
bindings closed There was so much else to see
that was more attractive than the inside OF the
State buildings, most of which are made up only
of 50 many reception rooms, the exhibits being
in the zig buildings that were thrown open
few OF tine State commissioners We're lett nc
alternative but to close the doors of the buildings,
as legislatures had ordered, but the great major
tv of State boards acted on their authority in
refusing admission to visitors. The doors or
fifteen State and Territorial buildings We're
locked for this day only, and visitors were gen.
orally informed TO that effect by cards. Ihs
Missouri, Delaware, New-fork, West Virginia,
PENNSYLVANIA, North Dakota, New-lIampshire.
! Mar ".
land and Massachusetts were among the buildings
Of which the people obtained only an OUTSIDE view.
Utah had the closed sign its door and North
Dakota added TO its announcement the invita-
ton. Come on Monday" On the doors Of the
Bay state" house was the following typewriter
legend:
BY order of the Great and General Court Of
Massachusetts, this building is closed on the
Lords Day.
e. c. HOVER. Executive COMMISSIONS"
On the elevated lawn in front of this build
/ ing gardener worked all day planting beds of
beautiful pansics. When asked if he was employed
by the Worlds Fair Board of Massachusetts 10
labor on Sunday at the State bhdng the old
man said he was working for a Massachusetts,
florist who was exhibiting the pansy beds. and
that commissioner IIovey had not told him to
stop lie added the information that there
work going on inside the building, and being of
European birth he exclaimed This Sunday
closing business is all wrong. Its fraud
The Maine Commissioners had a sign outside
their building which read: open TO Maine visi-
tors and their friends only but everybody who
p, ased entered, ignoring the attempt at eXclu-
siveness without absolute closing.
THE BRITISH OBSERVE THE DAY.
The influence of the Anglican Church was seen
I tl,. ht..rI
erected by Great Britain and Her Mljcsty's
colonies. All were closed tight and no person
even could be- seen inside. which was not the
with the closed" state buildings. The great
carved doors of Victoria House Shut al
though the union jack ioated from the roof.
Canada, flag was flying also, but the doors were
closed and not even sign was put out for visi-
tors to read New South Wales supplemented
the closed to-day" sign with the following I'M
necessary words: Keep out. This means you"
Even at the India Building which is chiefly
private commercial enterprise the Closed" sign
was hung out
Machinery Hall was a remar kably quiet plaoc
Two or three hgh-speed. but only one big engine
ran during the day to furnish tne power necessary
To run the Fair, and their ham conld scarcely
lc heard 100 feet away. rnc crowd in this
building was not very Large, but every other
departmental structure was damned. Columbia
ave. in the Manufactures Building and the main
aisle in Transportation ana Fisheries We're crowded
all day, and it with much dilhcury a spec.
tator could force passage. As Indicative of
the crowd, it may he stated that the nc Arts
Building held the greatest multitude. Every
salon was packed, and the foyers were jam.ncd
by quiet and orderly crowd Of p;Cture-lovcrs.
The officials in charge Of the Governments
Buildings and tho btttleshp Illinois did all
in their power to show the thousands OF vis-
itors who passed by that Cncle Sam officially
did not approve OF allowing American citizens
or foreigners 10 view Sunday the panorama of
art and genius the industrial works of the
nations. The big painted signs Closed which
were used ordinarily when the Government Build
ing was not finished. were pS,ced in front Of
the doors. and guards were stationed there to
keep people from breaking and disturbing Uncle
Sans peaceful Observance of the sabbath Even
odd Glory" hauled down from every flag
pole the hig-domed buildings. The other struct
ures which form part of the United States Gov