The state chronicle., 1893-04-18
STRANGE RACES AT THE FAIR.
Curious Visitors from Foreign Lands
Some Early Arrivals.


CHICAGO, April Is, 1898 = It is
estimated that there are already
100000 people in Chicago in con-
nection with, or because of, the
Worlds Fair. Some of them are
visitors from the surrounding coun-
try, simply come to see how the
buildings are progressing, large
number are the workmen in the |
grounds. and a good many are the |
various people attached to the ex-
hibits. How many there are of the |
last named class can be realized
when it is known that the German
Commissioners alone have applied
for 5000 passes. Passes, it may be
remarked, are given only to those
persons having legitimate connec-
tion with the fair, go that there will
be connected with the various ex-
hibits of the German Empire g.
600 people. But there is a conspic-
uous group of the new population
of the city which is not so numer-
Gus, but which has awakened more
interest than any other. It is COM
posed of strange barbarians and
people from out-of-the-way coun-
tries. These have been pouring in
during the past week, and one Of
the first things they do is to take a
walk about the streets of the city,
followed by a joyous crowd of Chi
cago boys. The latter are as dirty
as most street boys, and probably
little more impudent, but the dis
tinguished strangers only under
stand the dirt, to which they are &C
customed at home, and which they
consequently like, and mistake the
juvenile gibes for compliments ut
tered in an unknown tongue.
Early in the week there arrived
Isl men and IL women, followed
later by few others, who will, to-
gether with 20 csmels, II donkeys,
and lot of monkeys and snakes,
make up the population of a "street
in Cairo" which will be one of the
attractions of the midway plais-
ance." The people belong to the
three principal races that one meets
in the land of the Nile-Egyptians,
Arabs, and Nubians Among them
are number ef dancing girls, no,
very attractive in appearance in the
, light of day, it must be admitted
, but it is said their dancing is fal
more electrifying than anything G
skirt-dancers or serpentine move
ment dancers can do. These girls
have not had the liberty that the
$ men enjoy, but were hurried from
, the train to their quarters in thu
! Exposition grounds, where the,
have been kept in strict seclusio,
: ever since. There is an old con
2 iurer in the party, Malil NADIA b,
9 name, who is said to do any of tn
9 wonderful tricks Of the East 81
J, will be only one of several of thes
8 wonderful wizards. Their tricks o
e sleight of hand are said to be no
q dissimilar to those of American an,
d European prestidigitators, but il
d mysterious disappearance, optica
y delusions, and suspension of bodie
y in mid-air they are able to produc
J. such startling effects IS Wester
|. wizards have thus far endeavored i
D vain to emulate. Indeed. many G
: these tricks remain complete mys
l. teries. Of course no "Stree
t, of Cairo" would be a correct re
( production without children, ,and tn
l. party just arrived includes nun
a ber of them. The boys will driv
,e donkeys, but the donkeys that hav
[. been brought over are represente
D. to be less lazy than Egyptian dor
,e keeps, or donkeys anywhere else fc
As that matter, usually are. The part
IS brought with them an immers
p quantity of luggage, all of whic
u contains merchandise and brio,
b. brac which will be sold as thing
ID are sold in Cairo. Of the snak,
h there are reported to be forty-seve,
I'd all warranted to be charmed by tx
Egyptians whose property they ar
Some are little serpents of s.
inches in length, which resist tt
charmer's influence at first, bein
3 of frivolous and fractious dispos
CT tions and others are big old fellow
IL which take life as they find it, i
le Guiding the bore of being charme
u for the benefit of crowd of peopl
y There is one tremendous hoode
IL cobra in the party which, it is to
~ hoped, will not forget to be charme
g. g. at the right time.
~ Another band of strange peop
is found near the South Park Ga,
90 where it has been domesticated f
y, some time. The "Esquimau v
n iage" is complete piece Of the
ha north ira splanted in Jackson Par
a. The Esquimaux sit in stolid SAT-
hs faction and smoke and loaf ali d;
~ long. They a,e lazy race at hon
y. and they are particularly lazy hei
-. They have pen of their natl
o1 dogs, and a pretty lively pan it b
.rs comes at times too, for the do
no fight constantly. There are nati
canoes on their little lake, and in
these the Esquimau boys inst
th mselves, and paddle about he
ever visitor asks them to do
az The children and boys are ratt
bright faced, but the men a
,an women look stupid to say the lea
. All Of them wes.r native costumes