The herald., 1894-03-04
ABOUT THE MIDWINTER FAIR
The Attendance Increasing
Each Day.
The Display is Now Complete and
Worth Seeing.
Some OF the ThinEs to Be ssen-The
Startling KOuta KouSa Dancs-LOs
Angeles People Seen on
the Grounds.
special eorrespondence . tne HrnAIp.

Special correspondence to the HERALD.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 2S.-The mid
winter fair now is sill aglow. All the ex.
hibits are in their respective positions
in fact nothing now remains to be done.
Any one visiting it will see no more
three months later than now. The last
10 days the attendance has been astound
ing and il now looks that on any day tbs
show is good for 10000 TO 10000 people
a day. On special DAYS the attendance
will be more than triple that number.
Los Angeles county added to her ex.
hibit the model of the representative
cruiser Charleston. This is an excellent
piece of work and is . great attraction in
the Southern California building.
Steckel, the Los Angeles photographer,
makes q very fine display of his re-
nowned pictures. Some of the Los An
geles celebrities are among his collec-
tions.
Shoemaker has also an elegant exhibit
here.
In the manufacturer building there
are many grand displays. In fact it can
be said safely that the Columbian ex-
position was not in every way superior,
for instance, in the machinery and the
mining exhibit. As for the latter the
midwinter exposition has made better
showing in the way of ores and minerals
than the Columbian exposition did at
Chicago.
The grsndest of all electrical schiev-
ments will be seen when the 5000 incan-
descent lights in the tower are illumi-
mated, together with the electrical foun-
tain, which is located about $50 yards to
the east OF the electrical tower.
At the extreme end of the grounds. in
the southerly direction, an immense
skating rink is being completed. The
proprietors intend to outdo Jack Frost,
and have arranged to have an area of
300x900 feet frozen over with ice, which
will accommodate 1000 people skating.
On the outside OF the grounds few
fake shows are daily going on. These
are simply swindles, and running for
the purpose of swindling the visiting
interior public.
The '49 camp gets good sized portion
OF the patronage. Every one has read
go much about the '49 camp that, out of
curiosity, it muet be visited.
Colonel Boone's arena ia decidedly the
place where one gets ones moneys
worth. AT any time one can enjoy him
self at this place.
The Los Angeles influx of visitors has
not as yet put in an appearance. Occa-
sionally the book registers 3 lone one,
but as rule the people from Southern
California are slow in coming forward.
The kouta kouta dance is still going
on and is more suggestive than aver be-
fore. The new dancer, Fredia, from
Chicago, is the finest ever seen and fairly
stops at nothing, no matter how i'm
moral it may seem. A man Kane, OF
the suppression OF vice, surely, by the
way, who made such terrific kick at
the DANCES frat introduction, has paid
little attention to what has been going
on lately
Every way they please and as un-
derstand it, they intend to eclipse their
performance given at the Columbian
exposition. Everything goes at the
midwinter fair, no matter how vulgar it
may be.
The 9th Of March will see the great
angling contest among the local fisher
men. 1t will be fly casting tourna-
ment, and the thing ia looked for with q
great deal of interest by the local sports.
Mr.. Frank Virgins desires it to be
growers, who, ne seems to think, have
some grievances coming in regard to the
selection OF the citrus judges, that the
judges were selected by the repre-
sentatives of the growers themselves.
Neither he nor any OF his stsff had any
thing to do with their selection. Mr..
Wiggins requests this statement to be
made, 30 that harmony might prevail.
A Ha
deal of interest is being taken in regard
to the balloting for the respective tro.
phies offered by the leading dealers.
am OF the opinion, outside of the fact
that Los Angeles county has by far the
best display, that it does not stand a
ghost of show in securing either of the
prizes, for the reason that it has mar
rowed down to one or more of the bay
counties, who largely contributed to the
success of the fair, and who have thou
sands of supporters interested in the
trophy fight.
There are on exhibition 10 huge st.
Bernard dogs and puppies of blooded
stock; some OF them are very handsome,
their coat being as white as snow.
A somewhat realistic encounter took
place in the '49 camp today one of
White Clouds Indians wasn't feeling
good, so be started to visit the camp to
have good time. OF course, the Indi-
ans curiosity was at its height, and
he decided to see the camp without pay
ing The fret rebuke at the gate ex-
cited him, 30. after walking back about
~ yards, he decided to gain an entrance
by strategy; coming like the wind at a
terrible pace, before the gate-keeper
could realize what was up, the Indian,
with war-whoop yell and a terrific
leap, bolted inside the 40 camp gate and
commenced to have time. An effort was
made to eject him, but to no avail.
Finally a trusty lieutenant in the camp
tried the collar and elbow style, in which
Mr.. tedman was victorious. They then
agreed to resort to the manly art, when
the Indian proved to be a second Cor
bett. Ali who tackled him were igno-
defeated. After he had more
than load aboard, big stalwart miner
sneaked up behind him and tapped him
on the head with pick handle with
blow that would have hoored an OK.
The last of Mr.. Indian was his going out
IN the ambulance wagon to the receiving
hospital near by, for repairs.
Senator John r. Mathews was seen
here today. The senator is highly pleased
over the showing made.
Mr.. Gaty Pallen, another Los An
gelef1o, in company with Senator Math-
ews, was taking in the sights.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. A. Richardson are
spending their honaVmoOu here