St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-06-09
First Visit of the Infanta to
the Worlds Columbian
Exposition.
People Of All Nations Do
Homage to the Demo-
cratic Princess.
She Is AStOnished at the Mag
nitude of the Great
Fair.
Grand Pypoteehnic Display
in the Evening in Her
Honor.

CHICAGO, June S.-NO woman ever
was honored with grander greeting or
more cordial welcome than that accord
ed Maria Eulalia, the infanta of Spain,
upon her arrival at the Worlds Column
bian exposition today. No less than
10000 people were ON the grounds,
and this mighty host were repre-
sentative of every nation and every
people from the Arctic regions to the
equator. and all did homage to the little
woman from Spain, and from the time
of her arrival until she left the White
City this democratic member of SPANS
royal house showed by her every act
that she fully appreciated the honorS
showered upon her and the grandeur
of the sights she saw. 1t was
the first visit of the infanta to the fair.
The grandeur of the glistening white
palaces, temples of art and science,
stored with wonders of human ingenu-
ity, and the wondrous size of these
beautiful structures were such that
from the time the royal guest entered
the gates until she arrived at the ad-
ministration building her face wore the
expression of one
Lost in Amusement
The carriages bearing the infanta and
the party accompanying her arrived at
the west end of the Midway Plaisance
shortly before II o'clock. In the first
carriage were Princess Eulalia. her
royal cOnsOrt, Prince Antoine, and
Mayor Carter b. Harrison. The car
rage was drawn by four chestnut sor-
rel horses, the same which drew Presi-
dent Cleveland to and from the fair on
the opening day. The harness was sill
yer mounted. A liveried coachman
held the reins and liveried
footman sat by his side. In the
second carriage were the Duke of
Tamames. Marquis Arco-Hermosa, COM
mander Davis and Don Pedro Jovary;
in the third carriage Don Julio Vargas.
Mrs. Davis and Miss Davis. A mounted
platoon of park police preceded the car
riages. and the Chicago HussarS acted
as escort. As the procession entered
the plaisance mighty cheer rent
the air from the tens of thousands
of human Threats that fairly made
the building tremble. while the bands
in the various paYilons, with one
accord. began to play. AS the royal
party and the escort entered The PlaiS-
ance, they were met by the joint com
mittee OH ceremonies. The procession
then started down the Midway Plais-
ance, the cadets from the Michigan
military academy closing up the rear.
Saw Strange Sights.
There were strange sights seen along
the Midway. The savages Of the Da-
homeyan village. the barbarians from
the Chinese theaters, the street of
Cairo and other strange scenes were
there. As the party moved along each
of the different natiOnalitieS repre-
scented did homage to her royal high
ness after the manner of their country,
and at each group of heathens and bar
bariansl the princess was greeted by
music that was quite as fantastic as the
costumes Of the heather and barbarans.
The procession moved east on the Plat
sance to the fair grounds proper. Here
it turned south along the east side of
the woman's building, the festival hall,
Horticultural building, to the golden
gate of the transportation building.
Turning eastward here, the pro-
cession moved to the streets, pass
ing between the electricity and
mining buildings. when it turned south
to the administration building. On
reaching the administration building
the guests were escorted to President
PalmeI's reception room. The entire
company then repaired to the breakfast
room In Pavilion &C." The walls of
the breakfast room were
deliberately Decorated
with banks of flowers and the Spanish
opd coiOrc ipfartyUipad Tho
whole scene was enhanced by hundreds
of incandeseent lamps, which threw
their mellow lights through multi
colored bulbs.
WheO the royal party entered little
flower girls preceded the princess and
paved her way with 25,000 pansies. Her
royal highness was escorted by Presi-
dent Palmer, followed closely by Mrs.
Bertha H. Palmer and Prince Antoine,
Mayor Harrison and President Higin-
botham and the other guests. A man
dolin orchestra furnished music during
the breakfast, which lasted about an
hour. At its conclusion the royal party
left the administration building and
was escorted to Mrs. Palmer's reception
room IN the woman's building, where
they were received by the committee on
ceremonies OF the board of lady mana
gers. After short time the princess
Signified desire to see the Spanish
display. AT the conclusion of the visit
at the woman's building the party took
carriages and were driven to the admin
istration plaza, where stop was made
to allow view of the MacMonies stat
ute and the grand basin. The carriages
were then driven north by the manu-
features and government building,
through the city of state buildings, TO
the Eifty-Seveuth street entrance,
thence back to the princess apartments
a the palmer house