Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1893-10-17
CHICAGO CORRESPONDENTS.
Chicago, Ou,. Slh., 1893.

campment or village of Esqulmaux,
almost at the very doors of tae 9th
street entrance to the big fair
| grounds, that ought to be down with
the various attractions on the Mid
way. There are really two of these
Villages at the fair but only this one
is inhabited. The other is over near
the Authropological building. There
are only a few totem poles there and
some abandoned barns in which the
| Alaskans erstwhile dwelt. In the
inhabited precinct are a number of
very decent cabins, occupied by sew
eral families of the indians. A
squad of little, fat Esquiyomigsters
romp around in the enclosure all day.
| spoke to one tot of about three
years and she said eta IA da boom
de aye"with such animal ferocity that
| was quite taken unawares.
That expression seemed to be a
prime favorite among the unlettered
herever any one is found.
One of the chief amusements in
the village is to watch the men whip
coin out of the hard earth. Wis
itors stamp a nickle or dime edge
ways into the soil and the men,
about six in number, assail it with
long heavy whips which crack sharply
as the ends snap out a chunk of dirt
near the object
The fellows are very accurate with
their whips and soon lift the coin in
to the air The man who snaps it
out gets it. They take their turns
honestly and do hot rush, push and
cheat like our Americans do, in quest
of wealth. There are many fine dogs
with the natives and some that look
NANCY and tired. One team is
hitched to a sled on wheels and for
nickel they haul you a short dis
lance and back. These look like
starved, half-covered coyotes. They
slump YEARLY down at the end of
each trip and betray every evidence
Of a ''feelng' which has been much
advertised,
A worthy exhibition on The Plais-
ance is the Javanese Village and
theatre. The village itself is only
novel in the construction of the
bamboo houses with roofs matched
WI long grass and tules. These
COZ ain bazaars wherein tea is served
and bamboo articles are sold. Some
of the bamboo musical instruments
are quite unique, One IS very like
our tin whist, having peculiar
mouehpiece, but being provided with
six holes exactly as The tin whistle is
l got one and discovered that a tune
upon it is within the range of posi-
bllity. Since the discovery I'm which
business old Columbus is nay only
successful riraD I have kept the
whole house awake and have imper-
He'd my life endeavoring to demon
strate that the possibility is not i'm
possible-to me.
As for the Javanese theatre (and
Javanese must not be confounded
with Japanese) 1t is really fascinat-
ing. To begin with these people
have very large orchestra that is
quite different from the Chinese var
iety- They use gongs, xzlyophones
and bells The bells are arranged
like the xzylophones and are struck
with sticks. They give forth mel
low, pleasant sound. The gongs
have deep full tones, never harsh or
discordant. A violin is often used
and the xzylophones are constantly
operated upon. The whole effect is
wierd, entertaining aud very agree
able. The show opens with the APP
pearance or tour little maids VINO are
actually lovely. Their faces are
smiling and sweet; their dresses are
bright stuffs forming waists with rib
bons and draperies pendant, stock
ings to their knees and trousers to
their waists; and their forms are
charming in their rounded plumpness
and graceful curves. All that | saw
we're plump and pretty. These four
little DANES execute dance or rath-
er series of poses, With their
hands they make queer, awkward,
gestures, resembling the stiff pictures
left by the Aztecs, otherwise they
are quite artistic. After they have
posed and displayed their pretty
limbs thew sine and then depart