New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-30
INTERSTATE FAIR M>xrFAcrrREs AND LIBERAL

, Tacoma and Judge Wlckersham. city attorney.
| have sent their large collections Of Indian curlos
and there are several others from various parts Of
the Sound states. Two great war canoes. . and ~
! feet long. OF which belonged TO the celebrated
ample. Of native workmansSin These canoes arr Won
derlu affairs. They cut and burned out Of giant
the stone age; the beam widening Is accomplished
By steaming with water and r'l-hot stones, and the
! boat is painted with Il mixture OF SCOT. charcoal
and OIL Nothing could be more graceful In design
Sr 2re prrfe rgg 9n , a rgTtaS sS 0i
| photographs of representatives OF almost every
| tribe cover the walls; many examples OF native
skill In weaving basket work, tanning and beading
In the collection anu dozen or more cases OF
mcnts complete a most interesting display The
department Is presided over by Jack" simmons.
Jacks department Is Chcstertellan. and nothing
could b. more edfyng than 10 watch him do the
horn dish covered with Toemic carvings grotesque
enough 70 give iimid person nervous attack,
make him. 1t hard work, bat he make him all
same
AN INDIAN PRINCESS.
4 feature Of one days proceedings was the re-
ception given In these rooms to Angeine. daughter
OF chief Seattle Jack was much concerned for his
aged clans womans comfort the occasion. and
offers rather gloomy predictions TO the effect OF
tn" unwontel excitement the old ady's health.
Any account OF Washington -na!rs would be in
Angelina she Is person who must be- taken very
seriously indeed. unless wishes 20 incur the dis
pleasure OF all loyal Seattle people Her portrait
Is sold to tourists with pictures Of Mount Rainier
and other famous landscapes. Trade marks and ad-
vcrtisemcnts by the loz n bear her very striking
countenan'". AMI 81! souvenir spoons and the like
are made more or less IN her image.
Her usefulness to the newspaper CORE spondent .s
perennial. Whenever the native paragrapher Is
short OF other material ne writes up Aneeline for
the Eastern press So many iridescent romances
have been woven around her maine that man
can lay his finger on a single well-authenticated
fact in her history. The point of agreement
beauty There Is nothing In her present appearance
10 warrant the claim. but century diet OF clans
and dried salmon. with the abundant soakings OF
hundred rainy seasons, Is known TO bee Il bad pre-
server Of physical charms and If the legend can
be established. there L. living who
can truthfuly dispute IT, The oldest inhabitant
members her as an elderly woman. and there is
doubt that she IS close 70 hundred years OF age.
Bent nearly double Trnkled and hleached with
time rheumatic. trembling and pathetic. her ancient
feet carry her tOllfully through the streets
spect and even sort OF reverence. The city takes
care that she wants FOR nothing, and merchant
who withheld anything In his shop on which her
feminine fancy dWelt would speedily find himself
too unpopular for his own profit THE last leaf
the tree" when she finally ceases TO cling there
Will be- genuine sorrow Puget Sound
The United states gained a large and rather ques-
tonable population by the establishment OF the
Midway Plaisance at Chicago last summer. Since
then every fair. exposition and public market has
ben inf@sted with a strong flavor Of fakir The
The Interstate Fair made heroic efforts to exclude
the parasite but without success. Sandalwood and
altar OF roses booths cheery numerous. and the
Streets OF Cairo b9guile the rural visitor with camel
This is the only unpleasant thing TO be said OF the
fair. aside from the fact that the exhibits have been
rather slow in arriving. The fair will close on
November |. IL Is expected 10 be financial
but the citizens of Tacoma and Seattle are
enterprsing enough to make up whatever deficit is
liable to occur.