The herald., 1893-07-02
THE ATTENDANCE INCREASING,
Great Interest Shown in the
Worlds Fair.
The Hour Of the Chimes the Most
Attractive Time to Visitors.
The White Buildings Hard ON the Eyes.
A Reception to McKinIey-Hayti's
Pavilion-The Leather
Building.

! Special Correspondence to the HERALD
CHICAGO, June 26.
The daily attendance at the fair shows
satisfactory increase. Thursday the
paid admissions were 127, ,372, being .
greater number than any previously re-
corded, except the opening day. The
average attendance is already surprising
that of the Paris exposition, and 1t is re-
ported that more people have visited
Chicago this year than ever visited one
place in this country before in a like
period. The fair will be open every
night now until the closing.
Thursday evening was the finest Of
any this week at the fair. The electric
fountains were at their best, and hum
dreds of skyrockets filled the air with
glowing colors. There will be no more
fireworks in the grand basin, on account
OF the insurance. but the management
will provide a more elaborate display in
the lake just off the manufactures build
ing, between the government and steam
boat piers.
1t is in the first presages of twilight
that the worlds fair panorama is most
stately and quiet and it ia in the same
hazy hour, toe, that one of the numerous
little charms, which to many are lost in
the big display, is to be experienced.
For the fair boasts of two sets of chimes,
and these are rung early in the evening,
when the bands have stopped playing
and most people have gone nome. The
soft melody floating out over the White
City soothes the the tired visitor as
nothing else can do. OF course they are
out of tune, most all chimes are. but
what one wants from the helfry is not
tunes, but the sound of bells, that sound
which in some subtle way is inevitably
connected with memories, either ex-
allied, saddening or poetic. 1t is well
worth the fare to be on the grounds at
dusk, just to get the effect of these bell
peals ringing over the Silent city. In
few weeks the White City will be filled
with goggle.eyed humanity. This tall
white buildings are very hard on the
eyes.
For while the sight-seers scoff at the
celored glasses and EseP on their way
with eyes screwed and wrlpkled up until
incipient Inflammation threatens, and
then they submit and buy pair of the
ter of the white sand under foot and
white buildings all around is very try
ing to the eyes. especially as one is for
the greater part of the time looking up.
One thing is noticeable at the fair, that
is, that no one 10 ever called green or
gawky on the grounds. Everyone is
Gaping with their mouths open part OF
the time at the many wonders, and as
everyone else seems to be doing the
same thing 1t is not.noticed.
Ohio rendered q reception to Governor
Mckinley in their beautiful building at
the grounds Thursday. Over 1000 Ohio
people from that state shook handa with
their distinguished governor. There
with Dc fcsc uGys fsn1 o,afn ..---i<
ent state buildings ell along during the
summer. The fair will hardly be more
interesting one week than another, II we
except the week OF the Fourth. Prep
arations on grand scale are being made
to have the grandeet Fourth OF July that
this country has ever seen. One hun
dred thousand dollars worth of fire.
works will be displayed on the lake in
front OF the "white city" All who can
ought TO visit tho exposition during the
first week in July.
At IL O'Clock the Haytian pavilion,
which was formally dedicated last New
Years day. was opened to the public.
| Frederick Douglass, the late minister to
| Hayti, delivered the opening address,
and was followed by several OF the Hay
tian commissioners and Charles A. Pres
ton, former secretary of the Haytian le-
CATION at Washington. Hayti shows "a
different kinds of coffee, various quail
| ties OF cotton, cocoa and all the cereals.
| In the industrial section is fine dis
play OF saddlery and horse equipments
| anu raw and tanned feathers, from the
rougheat shoe leather to the finest Rus
sian. Several large cases are filled with
the women's exhibit of fine laces and
| dresses. The metals, minerals, woven
textures and fabrics displayed show that
| Hayti ie rich in material resources, and
the finished product demonstrates de.
cided advance in the industrial arts dur
ing the last decade.
One place at the fair should be visited
by all means. That is the leather build
| ing. There are some very interesting
exhibits TO De seen there. The hide OF
the biggest horse in the world, tanned
with the hair and heavy name and tail,
is exhibited. There is q tanned wslrus
hide, an inch thick, and large enough
to make good sized tent. There is
pair Of shoes which weighs two ounces
apiece and have tinkling bell con-
cesled in the high heel. Leather for
decorating purposes has an important
place in the display. There are tanned
snake skins, alligator hides and morocco
leather exhibited.
In the gallery the machinery is> run
ming. In one exhibit, young women
make shoes while you wait. One can
watch the piece of leather from the time
it is cut out of the hide until the last
pirl puts the buttons on it and hands 1t
ont to the crowd for inspection. 1t makes
a good object lesson for the girls and
boys to watch these things made before
their eyes. EVELYN MINIS.