The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-14
WORLDS FAIR SIDE LIGHTS.
Glass Cloth More Beau tiful Than Silk.
a Turkish Theater.

languages, says the Chicago Inter Ocean.
| Yesterday morning in showing his visitors
around he was obliged to use eight of
them There's no place in all the great
| fair where the sightseers are more
/ cosmopolitan than in the glass works.
| People of all nations seem to have the
! same wonder and curiosity about the
! formation of crystal Arabs, Syrians,
! Turks, Swedes, Italians, Nubians, Ger
mans, and goodness knows who not,
| wander into the factory and watch the
! different processes with the greatest in
! terest. A strange part of it is that the
| widest Arab appears to understand bet
! ter the art beauty and the value of the
| work or the result of the work than does
! the average American.
The process of glass cutting should be
! of particular interest to the American
| housewife, but she is very apt to elevate
! her nose because it is made in America"
! She can see no difference between this
| and her own lovely collection, but this
can not be genuine because here it IS
| being made at home. A woman stood
watching for some time yesterday a
skilled workman. She finally said:
1T is all very beautiful, but after all it
| is nothing but the American make. All
my cut glass is imported"
Another great feature of the glass OK
hibit is the glass cloth. 1t has a silk
warp with spun-glass filing. From it are
made all the delicate lamp shades which
can be made in silk.
1t is much handsomer than silk and cor
respOndingly more expensive. The lamp
! shades are valued at from $50 to $500.
The same material at about S35 yard is
made into screens and table mats. There
will be a craze some day for the beautiful
material and then it can be made cheaper.
Just now only small quantities are made
and the old-fashioned handlOoms are used,
which necessitates high prices and only
| the making of samples.
THE TURKISH THEATER.
| At the door of the Turkish theater sat
! two men making music-as they supposed
to attract the visitors to the afternoon
! performance. One of them was humping
! something which can, with a reckless
stretch of the imagination, be called a
/ drum. The other was playing flute.
The humping and unearthly shrieks
| did not turn many footsteps to the door,
! but thought l would like to see what
! performance could be like that which was
being heralded with such music. | asked
at the ticket Office what time the play be-
gan, and was told it would commence in
half an hour if enough people came; if
not it would be an hour. ! decided l
would split the difference and return in
| forty-five minutes. In the meantime
| sauntered up the plaisance and met
some Nubians. Myl but they are
a tough-looking lot. 1t is said that no
two historians agree on the precise mean
ing in Arabic terms of the Nubia. / do
not wonder at it if these people are repre-
sentative of the Nubian race. They are
different from any race under the sun,
and yet seem to be mixture of them all
! There were six or seven of them strutting
about with an interpreter. One of the
men had his hair cut to stand up and out
and around the upper part of his head and
to hang in crinkly lots down around the
neck. The effect was decidedly startling.
All of them seem to make a speciality of
dressing the hair. 1t was held in some
kind of fantastic shape by grease and
strings and coins.
WITH THE NUBIANs.
They wore trinkets they called jewelry
| and white dresses and mantles of coarse
cotton cloth. They would have looked
like barbarians if they had not had a COM
pletely subdued manner produced by the
| cold weather. They shiVered so with
each watt of Chicago air that the most
timid could only feel that whatever race
they were it was a conquered one. And
you do not feel that way with all these
strangers who are coming to town. One
of the women had dull green underlip.
1t was most hideOus She saw me shud-
der. She tried to tell me that twas done
with needles.
The interpreter explained for her that
it was tattOoed and that it was considered
very beautiful among the Nubians With
them was little toddler about , years
old. | gave him or her some pennies. He
took them quickly and then held out his
hand for more--I thought. When / did
not give him more he commenced to
scream and still held out his hand He
finally reached up for my hand. l held ii
out to him and that little savage kissed
it! That was what he wanted all the
time-to thank me for the pennies They
were a constant surprise as a race. They
looked hideous with their grease and dirt
and tattooing. Yet their expressions and
manners seemed more intelligent and civ
ilized than many of the others.
NO LIGHTS FOR CoNcEssIoNAIREs.
The concessionaires in Midway plais-
ance were without light tonight, says the
New York Suns correspondent. Long
before the concessionaires brought their
people to Midway they were compelled To
make a substantial payment on theil
electric lighting contracts to the exposi
ton officials.
In return for this money, amounting tc
nearly $4,000, the officers gave THEN
pledge that the villages would be sup
piled with light on May /. 1t is now ter
days since the gates of the fair were
thrown open. The concessionaires have
been without artificial light all this time
When the sun goes down they are com,
PEELED to shut their doors and grOpt
through the darkness.
Fourteen days ago Carl Hagenback pait
TO the worlds fair commissioners IS. 00t
for electric lights in his geological arena
Owing to this breach of contract he has
not been able to give night performances
d Mr. Hagenback said that he would hold
the exposition officials liable for the losse,
he was suffering, which he estimates a
$500 a day.
The panorama Of the Swiss Alps wa'
wrapped in the same sombre mantle tina
hung over the matched roofs Of tn
Javanese village. The manager paid $50
/ for ten arc lights, but his village is il
! darkness.
The cyclOrama Of the volcano Of kilaue
was closed after the sun went down,
Manager Levy was In a towering rage
| Over week ago he paid $500 for fourteen
arc lamps 10 light the Turkish village. n
{ has not seen an electrician since he wrot
/ tho check
s II shall sue these people, he SAID, so
I the losses / am sustaining every day the
fail 10 carry out their contract. ] hav
, been treated like dog. ] have $4,000