Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1894-04-12
IT STILL LlNGERS.

The Memory Of the Midway PIaisance a
Prominent Feature in the Recollections
of all Who Visited the Worlds Fair
The sights and Wonders that Were to be
Seen in this Remarkable Congress of
Nations
No matter what may he said to the con
trary, nature is the thing that people most
admire. The artists whose pictures are
truest to nature is tine one who wins he
highest honors and makes the most lasting
reputation.
This is the secret of the tremendous popu-
laritr Of the evcr-famous Midway Plaisance
Of the Worlds Fair. We allude of course
to its genuine features. and not to the frauds
and fakirs that infested that popular sec
ton.
The writer straved one day into the tent
of the Hindoo Jugglcrs and there he beheld
a man tied and put into a sack. the sack also
| tied, rolled up into small compass and
| thrown into basket The basket was then
! fattened out on the floor Of the little stage.
tramped upon by large man. and held up
| to the view of the audience TO show that
there was no mau in it, The sack was there,
but the man had disappeared. Meanwhile
his voice vas heard outside the tent. calling
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latter united the sack. shook it. and out
came the man bound with cords just as he
was at the beginning. Now here was an
exhibition Of genuine Hindoo iusglery. per
formed by two lIindoos of tia purost blood,
and while we knew it was Il mere trick Of
hand, yet it va, Wonderfully interesting
and ali the more so because the performers
were what they claimed to be There was
no prptpn@p sham phOut them.
Then there were the South Sea Islanders.
the people of Java China and Japan trans
planted into America, modern and ancient
Egypt, Old Vienna Germany, Ireland and
our own aboriginal American Indians, all
dwelling together in peace, but each race
living after the manner of its own people.
Here was nature, truth, reality. from one
end to the other of this great thorOu9hfare
of nations, and no wonder it attracted and
fascinated all who came to see the great
Fair. 1t was the world IN miniature. With
few steps you could pass from America,
the home Of the free and the land of the
brave, to the heart of heather China and
then few more steps would take you into
the midst of as cruel and barhorous a race
of cannibals as Livingstone or Stanley ever
encountered.
1t is gratifying to know that the Midway
and all its genuine characters have been
preserved and are on permanent exhibition
in the bright and beautiful pages of ON
great serial THE Magic city" Here they
are photographed and described. Just rs they
were, and you can visit the Midway and
study its peculiar inhabitants any hour in
the day, almost without expense, for Sc arr
presenting these grand portfolios to oul
readers for less than the cost of production
and distribution. Those who are tax
ing the serial numbers OF this beautiful and
interesting work ought to speak to their
nei2hbors and friends about it, 50 they also
may enjoy its benefits and pleasures. W.
have now reached No. rs, hut back nun
bers can be supplied. We furnish with one
coupon all the back numbers. Come to oul
Office and get a sample copy, or send II
cents and 1t will be maled to you free OF
postage Anywhere in the United States
Don't mis-, the Magic city, for it is the
only complete reproduction of the World
Fair, the Midway Plassance, and thei
myriads of wonders. If you want it, get i
now all complete.