The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-08-13
SCENES ON THE MIDWAY.
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What a Helena Woman Found There
That Pleased Her In Par
ticuiar.
The Most Cosmopolitan Ecene
That the World Has Ever
Produced.
Social Notes Of the Week In Helena Wis
iting n Receiving visttors-Per-
sOnnI and General. r

tt10g ana 1SoC0lvIu9 VIettOEh-TGfs
sonaI and General.
The Midway plnisanoa il probably moro
written about than any OF the other attrsc-
Sions of the Worlds fair. But no matter
how much Is written tho subject mover
seems to be exhausted, perhaps because IL 10
impossible to exhaust oil the curiositics OF
the world. and 1t certainly would ssem as II
been brought here. II Ia a place which has
It's distinct fascinations. a placc 10 idle and
dream away the time, and to which one re-
turns again after seeing the orderly array
In the fair proper. Indeed. tho midway
habit" 10 the easiest thing in the world to
acquire. and 10 limited only by tho extent
anil depth of ones pocketbook. One does
NO. take tho Midway systematically; II IL
impossible to do that. She enters under the
Intramural railway. and such a minglinR OF
nationalitie r-Arabs. Turks. Japanese. jaw
nnese. Cingalcse. and people In the Enrop-
can costume. whose country cannot be de-
misunderstanding WIS never seen before.
The attention ID nttrnctsd by a tightly
woven fence. which upon examination 10
found to be Of bamboo and through whose
intetstices can be caught a glimpse OF the
little Javanese village; the glimpse only
makes one tho moro enger to see
the interior. 10 meek'y paying
the entrance fec, one il admitted to
tho queer little collection Of bamboo huts.
matched with the dried leaves Of tho same
plant. and with movable sides for the ad-
.u;o.,oo - III. o..S thO ol,u$Airv ont NJ thu
sun. These little huts look exactly like
the pictures in the Biographies and books
OF trnvel. and SO seam strangely familiar.
Each hns its group OF little brown people,
the women in their quaint native garh-or
lack of it-and who arc equally curious ~
TO the attire of their visitors. seem very
amiable md ~ 10 sell their little ourios
md trinlets.
future. these littlo women seem happy and
c%ontented. They have the daintiest hands,
brown, small. with beautifully taperino
fingers, and these hands are used with
graceful effect In their dnnoing; in fact
their dancing 10 not done with the fset. but
consists OF graceful posing and swaying.
with innumerable turns and twists aud
dropping of the pretty brown hands.
Lenving the Iavansse. one drifts along
aud for the sake of contrast goes Into the
German village. Here is soon sn ancient
castle, with its moat and drawbridge. and
containing old pictnres, suits OF armo',
quaint flaRons and drinking pups. weapons
from ancient times down to the present,
and wax figures Of German notables. This
castle 10 surrounded by the cottages OF ito
ietainers. some of them built like q Swiss
chalet. with wido projecting roofs. In
them are booths. attended BY oomely Ger
man machens. each having something to
sell. One goes up and wants some OF the
tempting fruit, grapes. peaches. or plums,
and finds it TO he only soap! p.
A few steps further on Ia hoard the sound
Of music. aud approaching q gate. a charm
lights and shadows upon MANY tables and
chairs. Il Ia the celebrated German gar
den. oh. the fluctuations of that garden
One feels MS n had suddenly
been TRANSPORTED to Berlin OF
Dresden, or Munich. or my other German
of the fatherlnnd; the faces are German. the
lunches are essentially German, and the
beer is German. And tho music! There IL
nothing equal to it anywhere in the Rreat
White city. There are two large pavilions,
each holding its own bnnd. They play
the Royal Military band. here by the express
permission Of the kaiser. a the music 1.
simply sublime. Wagner. Mendelssohn
Flotow, Bach, all Of the greatest composers
are heard. Dhe silence oyer tho whole gar
den during the performance shows the an
dience's appreciation. II any one doe
speak. it il never a German; perhaps som,
chatterinG American, who is Immediately
frownel into silence by his nsiahbors,
After the concert, Is ended, q regretfu
glance around the shady SPOT. and a rssolu'
ton to come back the next day, and ther
on to some other attractions of the Midway
Bv the way. by tscit consent the tern
MIDWAY is used almost exclusively by IT.
habitucs; to say Plaisance. or Midwa,
Pla.snnce, stamps ono at once as infre
quent visitor, or q new come.
Thursday evening the house OF DR.. Sal
val! was tho scene of n ve.y pleasant event
being q genuine surprise party upon Mis-
Brady, who hns lived in the family TO
some .ime and who departs for Mont'ea
this mo ming for n few months visit
Some of her friends. knowing OF her in
intended departure. met at the house Q
Mrs. La Sale al then snllied forth in
body to surprise Miss Brady. The sutpris
. was comrlete and o pleasant timo was on
joycd with music. dancing md DISCUSSING
the contents of various packages and boxe
which had been brought thither by th'
party. Those present were: Mesdames u
Salle, Bendle. Caasidv. Calvin; Misses Glsn
non. Fox. Olson. Wall. Hessinn, Dunn
Durham. Grover, DeGan; Messrs. Gnlcn
Golden. Walsh. J. 7. Moriaritr. Wall
Clark, j. NJ. Moriarity. Fortune, Cruse.
Personal and General.
Peter Winuo returned from Denver Tues
day.
G. H. Griffith Was in Great Falls Thurs
day.
f. A. Richolt is spending Sunday i