Omaha daily bee., 1895-12-12

about for the wild beasts OF Kipling's Jungle
stories. Not very different in their move
ments and voices are these darkies, who
have lived all their lives amid civilization,
from those wild creatures in the Dahomey
village. AT one side OF the stage a ntgro
song-and-dance chap is doing his makeup
for an old man by picking cotton from out
OF bush and sticking II on with mucilage
for hair and beard, the admiring throng Of
"coons"--of the Alabama and other varie-
ties-watching the performance and making
suggestions.
From the Old Plantation we wander across
the way to where a vast crowe stands spell
bound by the eloquence of the supremest and
most farc!cal fakir on the Midway. lie is
tall, blond, muscular man, and he stands
on two dry goods boxes in front of dance
house. Beside him are three oriental sirens,
whom he apostrophzes thus:
"See these beautiful creaturesl Come
closer gentlemen, and listen. These are the
ladies who give the most unique dance ever
seen in any country. Is IL a moral dance,
did you ask? No, no, my friends; a neral
dance is not what you come here to see l.
is a wicked a lawess dance-but beautiful,
wonderful. How can | describe 1t to you?'
At this climax the young girls with thsir
sweethearts move on abashed, and the old
ladies raise their hands in horror at those
who are moving into the hall.
Opposite there is the Chinese theater and
on platform outside five little Cinnamon,
gorgeousy apparelled, are disorderng them
selves, as Micawber would say by per-
sonal 'contortions," in order to attract a
crowd. Two Mexican Indans-pcturesq
figures in flannel and orange-coored gar
ments-are twanging a jingle box between
the Chinese theater and "The Illusions
where Pharaohs daughter, like Galatea
blooms from cold marble into a papitant
life. aud the mermaid, in blue six blouse
and short green tail, chews gum and firts
with the populace
All! it is great place, this Midway, and
1t grows more wonderful as the darkness
deepens and the fakir9 begin to cry their at
fractions in louder and bolder key. The
Semte-Turk at the entrance of Cairo tells
the passarby that there is special dance
reserved for midnight, and the man from the
Mexican village, in his sombrero and jngling
bells, announces that the greatest bull fight
in the world is about to begin.
In the midst of all these offers OF intel
lectual advertisement the inner man is not
forgotten. The announcement of Aunt Je-
NINA pancakes Is abroad in the land, hot
tamales are vended at every turn, and the
girls in the German village come out on the
steps, and with foaming mugs of beer In
their hands beckon the bucolic wayfarer;
with the cry of the hot roast beef sandwich,
which was popular on Coney island is
united the inviting refrain of "hot waffies
served with honey"
The people pour out with puzzled faces
from the door of the Haunted Swing, and
little children left over from the days jaunt
clutch their mothsIs' skirts with timorous
hands as they step from the waXwork show.
Like human Jewels set in the garment of the
night appear Turks, Armenians and East In
dians, their robes glowing with scarlet and
gold, their eyes pensvely resting upon the
argent waters of the lake nearby as though it
were basin filled with good American dol
lars.
Here in the Midway do the stars truly
shine upon the just and the unjust, and for
the time being, at least, providence seems
equally kind to them all.
AN INDIAN ARTIST.
One of the greatest celebrities at the At
lanta exhibition Is Timoteo Panduro little
bright-faced Mexican Indian who is famous
in his own country for his wonderful model
ing in clay. This man comes from San Pedro
Tlaquepaque, and when at home in addition
to his artistic work, administers picturesque
justice to his fellow townsmen judge of
the village. He has had no art training
whatever, but, like Giotto, began to show his
genius in his daily play with the village chill
dren Panduro is but 26 years old, and al
ready many works of his have places of honor
in his nation. Among others there is bust
of President Diaz, in the National Museum
of Mexico, considered the finsst portrait ever
made of him. Another of General Carona, the
famous Mexican soldier, equally good, is in
the national hall of congress. In speaking
that he has made many busts of
celebrated American literary people, adding:
81 very much like the American people, he
pay well"' With the most am lsingly cru 5e
little toy instruments, this man will in two
days complete really wonderful work. Since |
coming to Atlanta he has made from pho |
tograph what is pronounced by those who |
knew him to be the most remarkable like |
ness of Henry Grady ever made. AS Panduro |
sits in little booth in the Mexican village, he |
anti hafnr him at 70 1icto,
from the careless handling of the crowd |
he work he has done while in Atlanta. There |
are busts of President Cleveland, of ex- |
President Harrison and other public men of |
our country, besides the local work he has |
finished, and other work just begun. Many
adiss connected with the exposition are about |
% give him sittings for buss and hands. and |
when December comes the jolly, brown, little
irtist will have no occasion to feel that he
has not been appreciated in the southern ex-
position.