The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-10
WORLDS FAIR SIDE LIGHTS.
why Russian Exhibitor is Unhappy.
Some Kicks and Kiokers.


New York Suns Chicago correspondent,
fnds himself breakfasting with Prussian
offcers in full panoply of steel and fe ath-
orc He is apt to take luncheon among
turks. Chinese, or Russians, and to rub
I'm against a motley crowd, either in
SbicaOo or its exposition annex. Egypt
ians in fees and trousers like divided
sIirts. or else in long night gowns of gay
coIored silk. are as common as rag men in
M York. Esquimaux in sealskin suits
Strange oriental women with their face
Iandaced. Indians from Buffalo Bills
chow. and JavaneSe a-plenty are wher-
ever the crowds are thickest. Even ia
vanese and Ceylonese are growing TO be
everyday objects.
Thev are not all happy. Witness the
n9int of Dimitri Iyanof. To start it cor
rrartIv it should be said that Ivanof is
SINGING and dancing at the TrOcadero
variety hall with his engaging wife and
Twelve beautiful blonde Russian girls
These are clever performers who have
bpon praised by the Prince of Wales and
hear letters to our President.
In BerliniI have seen many Americans"
saws TyanOff They are big, splendid
fne. large men with great stomachs and
strong arms. All! think, what coun-
trv for good food. Every American is
strong in stomach, in his arms, in his
y
came with my twelve lady and my wife
We live in Vobbosh avenue. In the morn
mo at II O'Clock we get coffee-good, two
prGs-oOo1 bre0d-gOod; at II 80 O'Clock
Inch. but we have just eaten. AT 6 O'Clock
dinner-O, so bad-horrible. l am sick
like a dog. My wife is sick. Our stomachs
90 round NV twelve girls-their stom-
schs are as if they were back on a steam
shin in a storm. At midnight | 20 home
There is supper. What YOU think it isl
Pork. cucumbers, pickles and milk. Ter
rible. am more sick My wife she is
terrible i'll. My twelve girls-O, my
God grow worse and worse.
Look at US. We were Russians, strong
and hearty. Now our stomachs are up
side down, our checks come together, our
bodies are weak. We will surely die if
something is not done. o, Chicago is not
for good eating Cucumbers, milk and
pork. Think of it. l am no farmer to
eat such things. ] am under contract and
the manager provides my food. l say to
myself: Where did those Americans |
saw in Berlin get such energy and big
stomachs?' l ask my friends. They say
the strong Americans with fine stomachs
are in New York. Very well, | hope |
shall live to get to New York"
To tell the truth, Ivanof doesn't look
his misery. He looks as big and hearty
as a giant.
THE KICKS AND THE KICKERs.
Complaints are beginning to come in to
the worlds fair management, says the
New York Times correspondent. 1t
would be marvellous if none materialized,
but in one case, at least, the "kicking''
seems to be warranted. There are two
kinds of complaints, generally speaking.
One kind is by the public; the other is by
the cOncessiOnaires. 1t is the former
which seems to have the most excuse.
The grounds of the pubic's objection
are the prices charged for every
thing and the miserable accomO-
datons for satisfying hunger cray
ings. 1t may be asserted without fear of
successful contradiction that the food
served in the grounds is abOminable con-
si1ering the prices asked, For example,
man having developed a tremendous
hunger by tramp of six hours in air
which puts an edge on the appetite like
that of razor honed by the most sl1illful
barrier thinks he viii not satisfy it with a
ham sandwich, three doughnuts and a cup
Of coffee So he enters the Spanish, the
French, the Polish, or some other res
taurant and he pays 81 p or 81 Is for
tlet de buuf, Lyonnaise potatoes and
bottle Of beer. The same lunch duplicated
fol his wife calls, with his, for - 50 or $3.50,
and when he ARISES he is only tribe less
hungry than when he sat down.
The same man the next day decides that
tongue sandwich and a cup of coffee will
do him at prevailing prices, ana is dumb
founded to receive check for 60 cents-25
cents each for sandwich and cup of
coffee, and 10 cents for service The man
who would complain about these prices at
tirst-cldSs eating house, with perfect
service and clean linen, would not be ex-
actly justified DUt when there is no serv-
Ice al all, when the linen is eXecrable, and
his check IS likely to be increased 80 cents
II he asks for glass of water, he is mad.
Then, again. il he must by force of cir
cumstanccs eat three meals a day or even
two at this restaurant regularly, and his
bin is ST. he would appear 10 be warranted
III denouncing Chicago, the worlds fair,
and particularly the waiter. This is what
he does and is doing but hunger is more
persistent on the shore of Lake Michigan
than any where else in the world, and his
condition is to be piJied.
AZ the lunch counters the prices are
uoublc those anywhere else, but that
would rot be so bad if it were not that
one can get only stale sandwiches, tough
Qo"%hnutS and indifferent coffee
n Hence II was that to-day, of the thou
sands who spent eight hours at the
grounds, two-thirds took their lunches
and ate them wherever they could find a
pace 10 do so. Those who have scruples
aeout being mistaken for one of the staff
WORKERS on the buildings must go hungry,
60 home or pay the prices, and there are
enough OF them to have made concerted
KICK" to the world fair directory, with
demand that they bring the edible rob-
bcrs 10 time.
Those who are conversant with the
enormous rake off, demanded by the
directors from the lunch, popcorn steam
BOAT, steam launch, rolling chair, gondola,
catalogue and other concessions can appre-
cate the humor of such a request These
prices will doubtless prevail until some of
Ihe concessionaires make a voluntary as
signment.
This condition makes the heart grow
nard to concessionaires' complaints. They
are Kicking because there is no crowd,
because the people are bringing their
lunches, because they do not pay so cents
Tor launch ride, but walk; nor 25 cents
ior catalogue, but inquire; nor 81 an hour
Tor rolling chairs. Those in the Midway
PlalSance are denouncing the management
because they (the concessionaires) are at
enormous expense to keep up their shows,
winch nobody can reach even in their I'M
sel4sh state, because the management
VIII not scrape the mud and gravel the
woe roadway through Midway, which is
now mud slough. They are dissatisfied,
disappointed and sore because two of 181
uaNS have elapsed and a few dollars ONLY