Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-08-17

q the female form, and tAa1 n the
scssaric climax Of the dAnss da lagss the
leading danse1ss kicks Oh ths hat c1 q
male perforsner. IA those performances
where the American females appear In the
alleged costume OF their country, thedrcss
Is finished in the rear with drag which
Is shockinxiy suggestive Of street sweep
ing. We iasiss that the dancers be clad In
pulled trousers and that their tergiverSa-
lions Be confined to motions ss leaSs with
IN The bounds Of nature"
80
The Sunday opsning b nov nothing
more in effect than the opsning OF the
Midway plAisa1ce In thssxpostston proper
most Of the buildinQ are closed. the gon-
doiiers are Oh for . resk thsre are no res
taurants open, no fountains running, no
bands playing. and in short there is moth
ing to see bus the buildings. And as
natural result no one b there. In miles
walking, from the Indiana building TO the
peristyls and down 10 the southeast cor.
ner saw only five persons. and every one
OF the few thousand visiton OF that day
were in the p,aisanee. Even there very
little was going on The Dahomeyans
alone maintained their cheerful racket.
IOF Sftcy dlt ~ scIy h2hNa AZ AS'V "Aha
their performance that they keep IL up
right along regardless OF the presence or
absence of spectators. Queer people, these
bahomsyans. Snake worshippers and all
tha. sort Of thing. According TO Captain
Barton they have one temple, n vast open
shed, where every beam and rafter is
coiled about with monstrous serpenss who
know the priests 80 well that they squirrn
-. .,.I in nj
when the latter bring in their daily sup
ply of fresh milk, and in their joy emit an
oior which makes all the environment
smell snaky. l am pleased to add that
they left their snakes at home, for though
we can endure their almost naked anna
xons and barharous music, We could not
abide their obscene temple and its Shiny
godS
The Esquimaux In the northwestern
part Of the fair proper ! was at nrst In
eiined to set down as humbugs, but
gueas they are the real thing or very near
it. have seen the Esquimaux rs near
their native habitat as Lake Winnipeg, for
parties of them sometimes come down
there to spend the winter. The circum-
stauces were not favorable, from my
standpoint, as the brandy (no mention is
ulaue OF tne mercury tnefct HihfAcu ~ oe-
grees below zero, but the hyperboreans
looked natural and those here certainly
have the same shape and general features
The change in them must be the result OF
this climate and their new mode Of life.
They don't worship snakes, for they have
none at home, they don't wear airy trous-
ers, they don't sing and they don't dance,
their only performance consists in run
ling their queer little boats around on the
pond in their village. and they don't aska
visitor to buy anything, so i conclude they
must be real Esquimaux.
OF course the whole country has by this
,ime had its laugh about the Sunday
s,ening fiasco. and equally, of course,
everybody now knows that the fair is
financially failure. Few now expect
big crowd in the near future and Chicago
good natured'y considers her sll ,oo.0U or
20 in it as an absolutely dead investment.
Many reasons are offered and many per-
sons are blamed, but I guess the real rea-
sons are those for which no one Is to be
blamed. Farm produce is 50 low that
farmers can't afford to come and other
people have similar and equally good rea-
sons.