The morning call., 1894-04-22

THE PROGRAMME FOR TODAY.
1880 p. Al. Farewell concert by
Sousa's band In music pavilion, near
Administration building.
1P. M.-ChimiDg of the bells in Liberal
Arts tower.
p. M.-Baseban game between Ala
media and Reliance teams recreation
grounds.
3P. M.-Concert by Cassasa's Midwin-
ter Exposition band in music pavilion,
near Administration building.
6 p. M.-EveninG chimes bells.
Up. M.-Grand illumination of central
court, incl I'D ing tower and Firth wheel.
1880 Z. M.-Concert by Midwinter Ex-
position band in music pavilion, near
Administration building.
and $50 p. M.-PIayinR of the cleo
trio fountain.
Roars of anger and chagrin have been
unpleasantly audible around the Manufac-
lures building at the MIdwlnter Fair dur
ing the past few days.
The causes of this dissatisfaction, as eX-
pressed by the roarerS. lie in the mainten-
auce of schemes to trap the unwary and
which many victims do not hesitate to de-
nounce as buneo games. Two sections of
the building have gained unenviable noto-
r1ety in this respect. People who have
lost their money are not particularly eager
in recommending their friends to visit
Sunset City, aud for the credit of the fair
some of the mulcied ones have been re-
lating Their dismal experiences, in the
hope that the games in question will be
suppressed by the management
The most notorious of these enterprises
is doing Furnishing business in the south
end of the Manufactures building. II
bears the exposition stamp aud is labeled
&c 100" this being the numb OF the con-
ceSsion on the books of the executive COM
mittee. In the front of the section is little
stand, where a woman, believed 10 be
decoy, gives an exhibition OF blowing glass
at intervals during the day.
Behind this stand is a screened inclO-
sure, within which the game is carried on,
with a watch posted to guard against an
pleasant surprises. Numbers of cappers
for the game are In and about the build
ing. The experience of all the victims is
identicAlly the same. A visitor. usually
well-tn-do man of rural appearance, is ap-
preached by plausible attache of the
game, who engages him in conversation.
The capper first points out IN terestng
features OF the adjacent exhibits and then
suggests a tour of the building. With his
prey he always winds uD with the quiet
corner behind the stand of the female
glass blower. There the capDer is invited
to bet on a com bination Of mum bers drawn
from a box. He Invariably wins. Than
ne offers TO back the stranger. The latter
guesses and loses. He Is asked to take
chances on his own account and loses
again.
No bets are booked less than So and SO
is the favorfte amount. The loser usu-
ally tries to retrieve his fortune. until he
is robbed OF his last dollar. Yesterday
among the victims who ackDow ledged
their folly was San Bern rdinO man,
whose experience cost him $50. A Van
cOuver newspaper man dropped SIS of his
hard-earned savings and a San Mateo
farm labnrer was relieved of $50. The
latter made such a row, that the people
running the game gave him back So 10 go
away.
An odd feature of the affair is that the
section is numbered as a regular conces-
sion and the managers of the game point
20 the chaperonage of The executive COM
mittee as a reference. The Mldwinter
guards stationed in the building. although
some com plants from the victims were
made to them have taken no action re-
garding the games. nor have exercised any
special surve lance in the matter.
Another cOntrivancr, conducted on a
more modest scale. has caused the reapi1g
of a large harvest Of regrets. 1t is called
a "barrel game" and is located on the
ground floor, in the Belgian section. The
barrel is filled with tubes, each containing
n ticket TWENTY-FIVE cents gives the
visitor the privilege of picking one out.
Most tickets are blank, but some are said
to be good for amounts ranging from 90
cents TO S1O0
These amounts are not payable in coin,
but in goods at the various sections of the
building. Unfortunately several of the
stalls refused to honor these priZe-winnlng
tickets, and their holders were loud in
their denunciatioDs in consequence. The
manager of the barrel stated Yesterday
that the chief of concessions supplied hlm
with tickets and admitted that 90 per cent
were blank. He thought that as the expo
sition reaped a share If his profits the bust
ness was legitimate. lie said that he sold
$50 tickets yesterday, his third day Of bust
ness.
Within the next few DAYS all the fruit on
display in the Southern California build
ing will be replaced. The five coun-
ties in the buiiding-San Diego. Ventura,
San BernardiDo, Riverside aud Los An
geles-have all received sufficient fresh
oranges and lemons to renew their ex-
hibits.
The work OF renewal will be just about
coia.p leted in time to install the orange
blossom display which is TO be made by
the Southern counties Saturday and Sun
day next.
The cars containing the blossoms Will
arrive at the fair early Friday morning, and
Superintendent Virgins expects 10 have
all The features of tie display Installed
when the building opens Saturday morn
ing.
San Diego County is making itself pop
MAR by giving away small clusters OF
Tangerines as souvenirs.
All the exhibits in the Southern CalifOr-
MIA building are decorated with Gala lilies,
which were received yesterday.
A test of the popularity of the Midwin-
ter Fair is derived from the opinions OF
the visitors from the interior towns of the
Stae. The number of these visitors to
Sunset City is increasing daily. The ID
variable opinion of interior residents is
highly flattering to tie exposition.
All are agreeably disappointed. Where
they expected to see a fair they find an
international exposition. These opinions
will prove of the greatest value TO Sunset
City. Every country visitor is mlssioIi-
ary and npon his return home will surely
give such an account of the exposition as
will induce his Delghbors TO come bther
also. The influence will be particularly