The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-22
SIDE SHOWS OF THE FAIR.
This Surely is the Greatest Show on
Earth.

The Bewilderments of the Midway
Plaisance-Turks Who Pray and
Nautch Girls Who Danoe-The Big
Wheel, the Chinese Theater That is
Wound Up For the Summer, Daho-
mey's Women Warriors and Lady
Aberdeen's Colleens 49, Buffalo Bill
and the Spectacular.
(Copyright)
Chicago, May cot has long been
known what the character of the great
exhibition buildings would be and the
fair proper is simply a realization of the
promises But what the side shows were
to be nobody knew until the last moment,
and even now all of these side shows are
not in working order.
The great side show region of the fair
is the mile long section running between
Jackson and Washington parks, and called
the Midway plaisance.
There was never before such an Gag
gregation," as the circus men say, of side
show wonders as in the Midway plaisance,
which being 600 feet wide as well as q
mile long, gives plenty Of elbow room for
the display, and the result is like city
by itself. The most conspicuous object
here is the great wheel, which is truly
yankee affair, the biggest wheel on
record in which you are swung to a
hight of 264 feet and get fine bird 's-eye
view of the fair, and particularly of
Midway. Everybody who ever exhibits
a passion for swings, tall towers or the
like will wish TO try the Wheel which
will cause a SILVER to the nervous old
ladies from the country, but which is
said to be absolutely safe
People who prefer something exhilier-
ating on the solid ground will find it in the
geological arena, which is wild animal
show of a new and entertaining kind. In
other wild animal shows the lions are
Gagged and the people roam free. In
Hagenbeck's show the people are Gagged
and the lions have sporting room. The
novelty of sitting in barred seating sec
tion and watching the unfettered wild
beasts in the arena is worth the money TO
every lover Of sensations.
For more of the barbaric you may look
up the women warriors Of DahOmey.
Sixty-eight of the dusky feminine fight
ers and their masculine escorts have shiv-
cred here in a Chicago May are slowly
getting down TO fighting condition. The
Dahomeyans have village by themselves,
which is TO be mostly warlil1e. The
spears are polished and the women are
going to stand guard all summer, pursu-
ant to their determination 10 convince
everybody that they are the genuine arti-
Gle And, of course, it will pay too
OF Indians that are merely American
there is pretty fair showing. These are
rugged out as gayly as possible TO tickle
the foreign visitor, who wonders all the
way from New York where all the Amer
lean redmen are keeping themselves.
In picturesqueness the Turks and AL
gerians come out strong. The Turks have
a veritable mosque that is really one of
the distinctive sights Of the fair In this
mosque, in defeating which the Ancient
Arabic Order Of the Mystic Shrine joined
with so much dignity, is devoted TO wor-
ship as well as TO the purposes of CONNER
ciaf and international interests. 1t is
hung with gorgeous and costly rugs. So
is the Turkish bazar, the pavilion and the
harom The Ottoman theater Is wound
up for the summer and Is going 10 be very
popular
Next 10 the Turkish theater Is the pan
Drama Of the Bornese Alps; and next 10
THIS Is the natatOrium, or, II you ike, a
blg bath. Then comes the Vienna cafe