The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-29
THE FAIR NOT FULLY READY.
THE COMPLAINTS OF THE LOCAL
NEWSPAPERS.

Rather sfardIfn=-F.speciaIi " hen
seen on the Old Red Hills OF
Georgia.
Atlanta. Ca. Sept 2s-The local news
papers have been complaining good
deal this week on account of the fact that
there anpears 20 be an impression abroad
that the exposition is stiu in a chaotic
state This is not as il should be- In the
hrst place. Atlanta has no excuse for
playing the baby act in connection Win
the exposition. in any sense, or under ans
Circumstance. After all Is said, u IS sun
the greatest show ever attempted by any
city OF 10000 people in the world In the
next place. the local press, IN this phaze
OF The case, seems to be too anxious 10
have Atlanta pose as a martyr TO the
jealousy OF other cities of the state II is
certainly a reelection upon the hundreds OF
good people who have come to see the laif
10 accuse them of going about beittling
and bgrating il wantonly. In pursuance
OF this sort of policy IL would not be sur
Drising to see the Atlanta papers charge
upon the jealousy of the statc-thal part
OF the commonw ealth lying beyond Fulton
county-the failure OF the great show, n,
by any incOnCeiNa BILE mischanCe II snoulQ
be a failure in point of crowds.
The truth is the local press has misled
the public not little in regard 10 lhe con
dition of the exposition. ana because those
who came here this week expecting TO
see, as the papers announced, practically
completed exposition. have complained
they are intOlerant and accuses THESE MS
appointed visitors of malicious mischief
Il would have been much better al the
outset had the press pictured tllAbs 80
they were. 1t would have saved ruined
feelings all around. As for Out-OI-toWn
papers, the least intimation from them
that the show was yet incomplete Would
bring out the clap-trap cry Of a desire TO
hurt Atlanta, which itself has undoubtedly
done the town more harm than good.
whatever those who keep it a-going may
think 10 the contrary.
As TO the present condition OF the expo
sition, while there is no denying the fact
that people who come here TINS week
expecting to see II completed mad ground
for complaint. yet il viii begin next week
in a condition that ought to give salts
faction 10 any reasonable person. The
grounds are perfectly complete, as well as
sll the main buildings and some of the
state buildings. me eNmblts are an IN
the government, fine arts and forestry,
bur there is still a good deal to be done
on eXhlblts IN the electricity, transporta-
ton, machinery, manufactures and agri-
cultural buildings, the latter, however,
being more nearly finished than the others.
Machinery hall is more behind than any
Of the others. Because work is still be-
ing done in these buildings. however. il
worth seeing. On the contrary, there Is
enough in any one of them to satisfy a
reasonable mind ana repay one for the
visit. II VIII, however, be another week
or ten days before the workmen are OUT
of all the buildings
But the Midway and amusement feature
except the japanese ana Mexican VII
lages. are all complete. furnishing enter
tainment enough to cover a couple of days
OF persistent indulgence.
Tomorrow afternoon the woman's build
ing, which has been closed to visitors since
the fair began, Will be formally opened.
Inc event VIII De appropriately celebrated,
and promises to be one of the most in
teresting things of the week
The opening OF the Creole kitchen yester-
oil h.
public has had of the inside
Of the woman's building. The Kitchen
Wnich Is designed to be a source of
considerable revenue to the wOmen's
board, occupies a commodious place in the
building, admitting of the construction of
a quaint-looking log structure where the
kitchen is situated. with a roof garden
above TO tempt the sluggish dollars from
lhe pockets OF visitors the daintiest Of
DAINTY menus Will be served, with the
kind of coffee that travellers to New or
leans never tire of telling about In fact
tne caterers and cooks have been brought
from the Crescent City. The tables are
spread with the finest linens the china
HaNllands best, and the tableware solid
slNsr,e Win TINS sort Of equipment il Is
readily seen that the ladies in charge have
an eye to the creme de la creme of the
restaurant patronage of the fair. and If
they do not make the creole kitchen a
fault
Another feature Of the women's DEPART
ment that was set in operation Yesterday
Is the kindergarten. which is designed to
show the most approved methods of
teachlng the young idea how to shoot
MISS thili OF the Louisville Free Kinder
garter Association, has been put i'm charge
OF the ladies', and a class of twenty chill
9ren obtained from the Home for the
LIiehIitss supplies the necessary mate
rial for the daily demonstration. The
school Is in operation daily from 10 in the
morning until l in the afternoon The
children are brought all i'm a crowd from
the house in a bus and returned after
ssenool the same way; 1t is a picnic for
them, and, as far as it has gone they are
delighted with their contribution to the
big fair. NV
Last night the Midway presented a
scene worth a trip all the way from
savannah TO see. 1t was the first Midway
parade. All the freaks were ont ana
win the tom-toms of the Dahomeyans
ana the denizens of Cairo streets the
unspeakable things that the Chinese call
musical instruments, the German band
OF the camel drivers and hoarse clatter of
the spielers," the fantastic costumes
OF all the nations blended under the thou
SANDS OF lights along the street. ii was
something awful in grotesdueness The
dancing girls of the Egyptian theater. the
beauties OF the beauty shows, the seniortas
OF the Mexican village with the pictur-
esque matadores and toreadores were an
there- great crowd viewed the ma da
anna an uproar that none who saw il had
sense enough left to describe When il
was over there was a wild rush for the
ticket office and the Midway did the big-
gest business in it's history I'M till ne
breaking OF Sunday morn put a stop to the
mad reVelry.
The Midway is running away ahead of
the whole show. 1t is fast. To use a home
~ expression il needs taking down a neg
or TWO. Unless it is toned down a little
there are breakers ahead for the man
agement. There viii be a loud reDort
some day and the exposition people will
wonder what caused it. Atlanta is not As
Dig a town as New York or Chicago and
the free and easy customs of those places
are rather startling when transDia med
of it, - iS''S'
Mr.. 6. W. G. Ferris, the man Of Ferris
wheel fame has closed a deal with the
exposition company for the exhibition Of
the latest product of his genius a fac
smile in miniature of the worlds fair
which has been in course of construc
ton since the fair closed. The scale of
the model is TO be one inch to every
twelve feet, and Mr.. Ferris. who is now
mere making arrangements for the cree
ton of special building and the placing
OF the exhibit, states that it viii be an
absolutely accurate reproduction of the
wonderful White City. Every statue on
the grounds, the lights and walks as we'll
as the buildings themselves will be CON
led Just as they were in jackson mark
The electric lights of the model win be
made TO work, and the whole CITY will
be shown Illuminated. as well as 1lpdsr
no 1fr.T,~