The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-06-11
A VISIT TO THE WHITE CITY
The Cost Of Living in Chicago Very
Moderate.
HOTEL COMPETITION IS BRISK
The Crowds Not SO Great as Anticipated
"A Few Good Yp,aS forihe Oregon
Fisheries Exhibit.

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Correspondence of The Astoran,)
Chicago, June 6th.--A considerable
number of people have deferred visit
ing Chicago on account of reported ex-
tortionate charges for food and lodging
For the information of such persons
l will state that comfortable rooms al
convenient distance from the falI
grounds can readily be had from 81 &C
50 per day. AS for restaurant charges
they are about as usual. The accom-.
panying bill Of fare will show that
the cost of living is not above so pei
cent more than It is in Astoria Al
the chop houses convenient to the
grounds good plain meal may be
had for 25 cents, although II one hunts
for expensive hotels they can be found
in Chicago as well as elsewhere. In the
fair grounds the charges are somewhat
higher, being about equal to those OF
railroad restaurants and church socials
Any person coming here with the idea
| Of cutting a figure or doing the
fair can dispose Of considerable
money, but the cost of months resi-
dence in Chicago need not exceed the
very moderate sum Of $1OO. divided as
| follows:
Sleeping accommodations. !. $4,000
Admission to the fair ....... 1900
Meals. S.................... ...32,bO
Admission to side shows. .22,5O
Total. ...:.. ...............,...... $4,000
There is quite a lively competition
among the hotels and restaurants,
owing to the fact that the crowds are
much smaller than anticipated, and
until these conditions are changed no
one need fear extortions in any par
ticular.
Entering the White City your cor
respondent began a tour around the
world in two hours, as the old piano.
rama posters used to state. Those Of
your readers who consider dancing
the poetry Of motion would receive a
liberal education in poesy by taking
in some OF the side shows in Midway
plaisance. Sonnets in "double-shufIle"
meter. doggerel in hop, skip iambcs
and newspaper ponies with the rhythm
Of the st. Viius dance.
The Dahomeyans. out Of respect to
the American prejudice regarding
clothes, have added little 10 their
usual costume Of lion strings Fll va
can't smiles. Their dancing consists
in taking a short step with the right
foot and drawing the left after II
They do this till they stub their toes
against the orchestra; then they
swarm back and go through the diff
cult feat again. Their leading man is
from "Old Virginey," and has studied
under Ward. as is evident from his
dancing. He begins with shuttle a
la Billy Rice He has attired himself
In blue overalls cut decollette at the
knees. over this he wears shirt. On
his face he carries a mask fashioned
after one of his distinguished ances-
tors, the gorilla.
The orchestra consists Of gourd
fiddle tom tom, and several pieces of
scrap iron. One Of the musicians fell
asleep during a performance, but the
audience did not mind. as It reduced
the discord about 10 per cent.
In the Turkish theatre wedding Is
followed by a wedding dance. The
bride is clothed in blue bloomers and q
red bodice, and moves about on her
tip-toes In a do-ce-do manner.
The Irish village In the Midway
Plaisance contains a miniature BIarney
Castle. Inside the castle are rooms
where Irish work is exhibited. An old
man whose face. to quote the words
OF Col. Pat Donan. lis almost an exact
Typographical twin Of the map Of ire
land" plays the Irish bagpipes. This
is an Improvement on the Scotch, II
such an internal machine can be said
to be improved. Instead Of blowing
through a tube in the manner Of a
(the Hibernian countenance
was decorated with a short pipe which |
looked black against a fringe Of red
chin whiskers) 'The BIRTH" TO quote
The musician. "came from the little |
beIlus beneath me left arrum.''
Entering the fair grounds proper the
visitor skirts the Offices and arrives
At a bridge. Here he pauses to watch
The fairy scene--the lagoon stretching |
10 the lower end, where the statue Of
the republic stands upon pedestal |
n-the waters. Back of,the pedestal are
d number Of Greek columns. and be-
yond stretches the great Lake Michl-
gan. The lagoon is sIfirted by great
white palaces. while fairy gondolas ana
slectrfc launches dart hlther and thIth- |
r amid the shadows. or pause an in
slant at the marble landing
crrr-.1g TIC bridge you enter ibe