The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-06-20

usuti anu there was plenty oil room in the
aisles of every building Witch was open to
the public. 1t was an amusement loving
crowd which blocked the Plaisance and one
which usually is bent on worldly enjoy
ment on Sunday, fair or no fair.
A woman and her little son Ind n close
shave from being seriously if not fatally in
injured by falling glass in the Illinois
building. The mother was wheeling
chair in which the boy sat along the main
aisle of the east end when whole pane of
roof glass came crashing to the floor, part
of it striking the boy and woman Both
were bndly frightened and boys hand was
slightly cut. Several other visitors were
touched by the falling glass but not hurt.
The uncertainty as to whether the gates
would be open kept the crowd down, as it
gave the people no time TO prepare for II
visit. There was no time to arrange for
reiiSiouS services as proposed by the expo
Sltlon directors, bnt the usual musical pro-
gramme WAS carried out on the bandstands
One of the institutions of the fair now
Is the parade once a week by the foreign
population. The first was a great success
There passed along the broad avenues of
jackson park procession the like of which
was never seen before by man. 1t was the
parade of the Midway plasance folk, who,
on the request of the Worlds fair authori-
ties, consented to take part in an event
that only the enterprise creating the expo
sition, and with il the now famous Oriental
thoroughfare, could have made possible in
this or any other country. The parade of
the nations proved great attraction and
was witnessed by thousands of persons
who crowded the long line of march
There were men of al! nations, costllmed
according to their custom, dancing girls
from the eastern lands, warriors male and
fan. IL. Ill
magicians, soothsayers and tricksters,
merchants, tradcsmen and slaves, and the
animals they have brought across the sea,
all marching to the sound of the tom-tom,
the changing of scrap iron, and the sad
melody of lmrbarouS music and the airs of
brass bands.
The procession was IL grand triumphal
march from the Midway, through the park
and back again. 1t caught the people i'm
mediately and determined beyond Il doubt
that ii WAS destined To become one of the
popular attractions OF the grounds this
summer. The line was led by one of the
exposition bands and the United States
regulars. Then came old Chief Bull and
his fur covered associates of the l.apland
village. accompanied by their DOGS and
reindeer. Then there was Il showing by
the Hungarian orphcum and the ostrich
farm, followed by sailors from the captive
balloon. Next the AmaZuns from Dahomcy
III full war regalia, exposing their black
and scared legs. The Java folks brought
with them their long bow hearers and the
orchestra from their thcater With the
Turkish Villagers were the members of the
Bedouin cncampment, women of the
harcm, the theatrical troupe. Sedan chair
men, merchants. swordlightcrs, and II
band of horses, soothsaycrs. dancin. wo-
men, and slaves, - strong, represented
the Algerian concession.
Cairo street had It's wedding procession.
camels, donkeys, laboon, dancing girls
and entire population in line From the
Moorish palace came the native band and
II body of attaches. The Vienna bakery
sent its band and the st. Peters cathedral
its four Swiss guards in full regala by
no means the least attractive body was
that of the South Sea Islanders in war cos
tune. The ladies' from the beauty show
occupied carriages. The Libby and Ven
etian glassblowers marched with the rest,
and The Persian pavilion sent its quota
Herr Hagenbeck's animal show was well
represented. An elephant followed the
marchers, and various species of the ami
NAL kingdom were put on parade. More
than ] 600 persons were in line.