The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-07-28
THE KING OF GOURDS
Washington Watermelon Day
at the Worlds Fair.
n PROMISES TO De GLORIOUS.


oceR, like the enchanted fabrics OF the
stage. which Mr. Frederick Law Oimssed
and his associates OF many arts have
educed from the marsh, viii b seen by
many hundred thousands Of people in the
next three mouths: and whatever has
been mean and trivial or crudsiy CONNER
eiai or simply unfortunate about the fair
will BE- forgiven In the enthusiasm with
which these beautiful illusions, called
forth BY . happy combination Of artists
working in unison. will b welcomed
and applauded. There have bsen many
interesting and memorable days in
he history Of the fair even in
its early ENHANCEMENT and ircom-
pletion; and there will be many more such
days before those miles Of wood are
given TO the saw and the lumber yard.
Many nations, states and cities have ceie-
brated themselves with speech and song
and wine and apollinaris. and there has
bsen. or 10 now. sitting. in the halls OF
council Z congress Of every art, science.
mystery. trade and crank known 20 man.
II speech il silver the amount Of silver
used in Chicago since the month OF May
must be large enoughto explain the down.
fall Of that lovely but busted" metal.
Some there Be. however, who don't regard
the wagging Of tongue - the most sooth-
ing means Of sliding along the present or
of inducing the millennium TO make up for
lost time. There II . balm for these per-
sons if they will but wait. II comes from
the eyslids OF the West: it drips from the
gathering Of the sunset From the Snake
and the Spokane it comes. like sherhet in
the desert, like soda cocktail to him who
hath woe.
Listen! Twenty thousand watermelons
are to Be sent to Chicago from the state Of
Washington. They will so by special fast
train. and they will be just ripe enough 10
kill when the Washington state building
il dedicated in September, and . flagstaff,
compared with which in height the Wash
ington monument is Tom Thumb, will
b poked into the clouds. IL will be
great day for Washington, and il will b .
still greater day for lovers Of the water
melon. The Washington mathematicians
estimate that the melons will 'scut M"
into ,000. 600 pieces. each weighing moro
than half = pound. Five hundred thou
sand pounds Of watermelon, of which
everybody In sight will Be asked to par
take. Why. its . free lunch from the
Arabian Nights!"
We shall not name the day. because
there would be . multitude innumerable
II the day were known; but those who do
60 to zee and take part in the cutting Of
those Rourds will see great sight and eat
of great feast The watermelon habit 10
gregarious The solitary and furtivs wat
ermelon. even IL you are . little wanton
boy and prigged II from tho vine, hath
not the JOY which comes from the water
melon absorbed in company. A certain
shamelessness 10 begotten in you o. you
see that every body .Slss's. face 10
smeared: and then the melon 10 eaten,
not decorously and to slow music, bat
with dithyrambic rush and fervor, the
divine juice pouring out at the corners.
A watermelon - not . ham or mutton
chop, . mere stoiid, uninteresting. undedi-
Gated article Of food to be fired into tho
human interior like coal into q stoke
hole. 1t is . poem full Of sweetness
and Of passion. and so recited best In
chorus. Many men are unit to eat water
melons. They have not the temperament.
We can imagine William III. drinking
Jamaica ginger to get . martial taste in
his palate. but he could never eat water.
melon. The Hon. Jean Jacques Ingalls,
will not touch . watermelon because the
watermelon is not acetic. Tom Reed, on
the other hand, says that the happiest days
of his life we're when the old peripatetic.
one-ring. one-horse circus used to set M
its tent on the green. and he could get Q
quorum Of red. Hsky. nectareous melon
from the fakirs outside. Time and feed
ing have expanded that once romantic
form" as they expanded Mr. Tracy Tup-
mans but we, venture to say that Mr..
Reed could eat no inconsiderable part of
his weight in melons even at his present
age.
Watermelon experts will take due note
Of Washington's day at Chicago. It would
be a mighty fine thing for Georgia 10 send
few hundred thousand pounds OF her
favorite fruit to Chicago, and Join with
Washington in great melon congress.
Potsdam Stanhope Sans. Pod Dismuke.
Jack Lunk and Hoke Smith could he
counted on; and We dare say that even the
Sage Of Dahlonega might be induced to
emerge from the retreat to which ne has
been followed by the afiectionate soiicita-
ton Of tho democrats Of Georgia, and TO
do honor TO the melons Of his native land.
Let's have q melon congress, and q Jury of
experts. with Tom Reed a. chairman. To
determine whether the Washington or tho
Georgia melon is the more dulcet and
delectable .--New York Sun.