Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1894-02-02
THE MIDWINTER FAIR.
A Description OF a Few OF the
Many Grand Sights to be Seen
In San Francisco.

the good fortune to attend the open
ing ceremonies of the Midwinter
fair The day was perfect and the at
tendance consequently large, about
20, 600 persons being admitted dur
ing the day. Everything went oil
according to the elaborate program,
without a hitch worth mention. All
were jolly and out for a good time.
The buildings that have been erected
and other work during the past three
months is simply marvellous. All of
the fair buildings proper are COM
Melted. but it will be some weeks be-
fore all of the exhibits are placed.
One however at the present time can
spend several days on the grounds
without exhausting the points OF in
terest and when the fair is completed
| it will take ten days to see every
thing as one should. The Forty
Nine" camp is considered by all Of
the Eastern visitors, and many OF
the present residents of this coast, as
the greatest attraction In the way OF
a shoe show on the grounds, and
many say it excels anything in the
show line at the Worlds fair. 1t re-
presents the eavly days of California
when everything went and there was
no law to interfere with sport of any
kind.
There is a genuine faro game going
on in the camp as well as a wheel
game and other things that We're
common in early days. No camp
would be complete without hurdy
purdy house and that runs in full
blast. The girls are all good dancers
and the male sex in the dancing J."
comprise a lot of miners, "y",I .s,
sports, and others made up for the
occasion. 1t is a great drawing feat
ture which costs - cents to get IN,
as it IS IA side show to the camp.
About once an hour shooting scrape
takes and the dead are carried out.
There are mauy novel things on the
Midway Plaisance that are well
worth visiting. The Haunted Swing
is one of the best and no one should
attend the fair and miss that. Then
comes the streets Of Cairo in which
! you will see, if you care to invest an
other quarter after you get inside
| the. celebrated MUSCLE dance which
was the talk of the Worlds fair.
Some say that great many OF the
Objectionable features of the dance
have been eliminated since 1t was
brought to this coast-if SO it must
have been a corker when first pro-
duced. As the young fellow say:
who stands in front of the show ano
tries to yell his lungs out in expla-
nation of the dance, although no
immoral it is very peculiar and has
to be seen to be appreciated Al
, illusion known as Pharaoh's daugh-
tiers where marble figure is turned
to flesh and cast again into marble
before you is well worth the price o
admission, The scenic railway Is ont
of the best patronized things on tn
grounds and will net its stockholders
a fortune. The Firth wheel, which
is on the principle of the Ferrl
wheel at Chicago, is and odd thini
and is kept busy all the while.
The Mystic Maze, a room hlleo
with looking glasses set at angles
! is the most amusing feature on tn
o ground. As soon as one passes tn
r entrance he becomes lost and i
= many cases has to ask for guide t.
9 get out and the building is only z
) feet square.
o The fireworks on the openln
: night was the grandest and mos
+, elaborate thing of the kind ever be
fore attempted any where west
the Missouri river. The displa,
continued for two hours and duTin
:, that time the heavens was one vas
illumination of all calors. Taking !
all around the fair is now grea
A., success and win be still greater as
progresses, and one of the stranges
things is the manner in which TIL
people Of San Francisco try to be
little it, that Is, great many Of them
. They call it the "Mudwinter far
while on the opening day there wa
: not speck Of mud anywhere on tn
grounds, Hotel rates are the sam
= as usual and no one who can atfor
to take the trip should miss it.