Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-05-01
FAIR SIGHTS.
On the Grounds Of the
Great White City.
THE EXPOSITION OPENED.
Crowds View the Me.
IlIUIIdl vi CUiunIUuS.
WHAT WAS SEEN IN THE
VARIOUS BUILDINGS.
An Undertaking That Has Cost
100000.
THE EXHIBITIONS AT PHILADEL-
WHAT WAS SEEN IN THE
VARIOUS BUILDINGS.
An Undertaking That Has Cost
$4,000, 1000.
THE EXHIBITIONS AT PHILADEL-
PHIA AND PARIS SURPASSED.

CHICAGO, May 1.-Representatives Of all ma
lions elboyed one another in the broad avenues
OF the great white city today. Swarthy Turks
FROM the shores of the Bosphorus walked side
b. side with their traditional enemies, the fierce
Cossacks Of the Don; sooty NuDians jostled
yellow Lascars; subjects of the shah hobnobbed
with denizens of the land of the white elephant:
the Esquimaux-children of the frozen north
sauntered through the long reach Of roadway.
gazing curiously at the Javanese. whose home
il near the equator. 1t was a congress of ma
tions.
OF course Great Britain and continental Eu-
rope were the most strongly represented.
There was a glitter OF foreign uniforms and
gold and lace In every corner. and every third
man wore decoration. There were Germans
Frenchmen, Russians. Austrians. Spain, which
claims the chief glo-y of the Columbian era in
right of Ferdinand and Isabella, who sent the
great admiral forth on his quest, divided the
honOrs with Italy. which claims his birthplace
Above the heads of the throng ioated the
flags of all nations. The Union Jack of old
England swung side by side with the tri-color
of France; the red and yellow OF Spain was
everywhere, and the Austrian eagles flew
on the breeze along with those of Russia.
Chinas yellow dragon pennant. the sun flag OF
Uruguay, the Geneva cross of the Swiss repub-
lie. the star and crescent of the sublime porte,
the lion of Persia. the island banner of Hawaii,
soon. perhaps, to disappear forever. all these
were there; and floating above them all tine
standard of the great republic. the stars and
stripes. snapped in the breeze, a symbol of lib
erty and asylum to the oppressed of the whole
earth.
BRIEF EXERCISES ESJoYED.
The wisdom of the committee on ceremonies
IN making the opening exercises brief
possible was evident No one was in a humor
to listen 90 long speeches or fowery disserta-
ttJas- That sort o. thing was well enough at
the dedication exercises last October. but today
every one was anxious to begin the inspection
of the great exposition, and the crowds that
ebbed and flowed through the buildings and
avenues was an earnest of the multitudes vet to
come when the pilgrimage to the Mecca OF civ
ilization should have been fairly begun.
Of course. every one who could do so listened
with attention and respect to President Cleye-
land. but there was evident disposition to
Commence sightseeing a. soon a. possible The
foreign norables who bObbed uP in every direc
tiOH were therefore not moiested by curious
crowds. although here and there a knot OF peo-
pie would be attracted by an unusually fantas-
VIC Costume or gorgeous uniform
NOT YET COMPLETE.
In the presence of the aggregation Of stately
structures that lined the lake shore and clus-
tered around the iagoons. however, no one
cared to look at an Outlundish dress or a strange
lace Tor longer than a moment There was too
much to be seen in the buildings. 1t is true
that The exhibits are not vet by any means
Complete They have not arrived 80 rapidly as
was expec-ed. and the work of classification
mas been somewhat delayed Still, with all
THESE drawbacks. the attractions are said to be
almost equal to those of any previous exposi-
non IN It's completed state. Satisfactory "a
This condition of affairs is vet contrasted with
which viii he 70
DAYS hence. that Of today will be remembered
Only a. prologue to of the most instruct
I've and oe"lldering spectacles in the history of
III l. safe to say, however that none OF the
Visitors today we're dissatisfied with what they
saw From the forestry building on the south
TO the Montana building at the extreme north
ern limit OF the grounds there was n succession
of strange and novel sights moving multItudes
and a display of the resources and products of
civilization such as has never before been col
lected in one place.
A Goop-SaTURED CROWD.
The crowd was a gOOd-natured one. There Was
OF Course. some OF the Inconvenience and dis
comfort inseFara5e from large gathering. and
III some curiosity TO see all that WAS In he
seen Overcame good manners; but a. mic
there was q deposition to give all an eqrIaI
Chance. and there was no disorderly rushing
Elto forbidden quarters or ill-natured COM
plants at the trlflng inconvenience which
were undergone.
Aside from the foreigners who. after all.
formed only small fraction OF the crowd the
bulk Of the multitude made up Of Chics-
goans- This was to be expected considering
the partially unfinished condition of the great
show and the further fact that most OF the
prospective visitors from other states and ter
rltorics had long ago made their arrangements
10 reach Chicago after the exposition shall be
fully opened Chicago. however. had evidently
resolved to take day OFF in honor of the event
AM the Attendance was highly gratifying. not
ONLY as TO numbers. but also in makeup.
NeIShboring cities and states were not by any
means unrspresented, however. Special trains
Brought into the city thousands OF sightseers,