The Press., 1893-08-03
AT THE EXPOSITION.

June 36, 1893. CHARLES c. PAINTER"
 AT THE EXPOSITION.
 ADown-E Easter writes home as follows: "The first day I went to the exposition grounds was landed on the woodentres- tlework of the Illinois Central Railway across the Midway Plaisance by one of the worlds fair express trains. This is the Sixtieth Street station. fell in with 8 crowd of five hundred or more people that came on the same train, bent on the same errand that was, that of seeing the exposition. It is only about block from this station to the entrance to the grounds, but there are fakirs enough along this block to satisfy half a million people. Their wares and curious cries swept all unpleasant things of life out of my mind and prepared me to be philosophical and not to be astonished at anything I saw.
 "I passed through the gates and almost fell against @ sedan chair carried by couple of baggy- y-trousered Turks, but they did not mind me, and shambled along, swinging their chair between them. Whether to turn to the right or the left or to go straight ahead was matter that I could hardly decide, for at the right were the horticulture and children's build ings, ahead was the woman's building, while at the left was the bureau of public comfort and the California buildings. But the two Turks helped me out of my di- lemma. I followed them into what look ed like dark hole at the left, but which proved to be passageway under via duct, and it leads into the Midway Plais- ance. Up the broad avenue as far as I could see were thousands of people, tur- rets, minarets, flags of oriental and other styles, while through the air foated the dulcet strains of bagpipes and grand con- glomerations of all sorts of musical in- struments, from heather tom-toms to civilized bass drums.
 'I cannot begin to tell all that saw
 but when gnawing hunger finally assert ed itself realized that it was two o'clock in the afternoon, and that I had spent five hours of my first day and had not been in- side of building in the exposition grounds. But had seen sights never to be forgot ten. Having dropped the Turks and fol- lowed wheeled chair, which the people here call gospel chariots,' because most of the young men who push them are said to be divinity students, followed the chair to the gateway on the Street of Cairo, and, as had never been in Cairo, | fol- lowed the chair, paid ten cents, and went in. AS we entered and went around a corner of the Street in Cairo we came up- | on group of camels and donkeys sitting in meek submission around a placard con- taining the startling announcenfent : Camel ride, 30 cents; donkey ride, 25 l cents.'
 Among the many people standing about
 was man and his wife, who evidently had 8 strong hankering to enjoy the ex- perience of camel riding. They made a | bargain with the driver of an animal that
 was resting on a mattress, with his long
 bony legs doubled up under him. The
 two took their seats upon the creature
 with confident air. The driver jerked
 at the reins and prodded the camel to in-
 duce him to rise. With aS sepulchral
 groan, the poor thing began to obey by
 putting the different sections of his legs
 in place, at the same time tossing the pas
 sengers and nearly throwing them off.
 Once on it's feet, the camel strode off with
 a swaying gait that would do credit to the
 surface of the Atlantic Ocean just outside
 of Cape Cod. Whoever undertook to ride
 on the back of camel furnished amuse.
 ment for the whole street full of people.
 "I was next cognizant of roar and commotion down the Plaisance whence
 had come, and following up in the trail o
 the roar, found it proceeded from Ha genbeck's animal show, where five lioni
 in cage were displayed immediately ove
 the entrance to the building. A traine
 was in the cage, showing to the publi, without cost the influence of mind ove beast. It was a temptation to look furth CT into this subject, so deposited 75 cent
 in the ticket office, and found myself witt many others in an arena filled with cage {. of most remarkable animals in great va riety and many birds. To me the mos attractive animal was the little elephant | Miss Lilly, who stands 36 inches high. "The animal performances are yer
 wonderful, and the entertainment give 3 in this building shows what remarkabl f results can be be accomplished In trainin : wild animals. Here are full grown lion . apparently as tame and docile as the littl : donkeys in the Street of Cairo. The D performed variety of tricks, and tn 9 trainer was as familiar with them as thoug 8 they were the most harmless creatures Were 1t not for an occasional roar, and h lion now and then showing the audienc t his full set of teeth, there would be notl 9 ing terrifying or startling about the e, ol hibit.
 ,- "After having spent so much of my da n in Cairo, Constantinople and the Africa v jungle among the lions, thought 1t onl Q patriotic to return to America, at least ft h a time; so strolled across the street il # to the factory of the Lbbey glass work l. Here the whole operation of glass makir l. is presented to, the view. T. saw vase