The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-23
SUNDAY AT THE FAIR.
a GREAT MANY ADMITTED To THE
GROUNDS YESTERDAY.

The Means for Reaching the Expo
sitiOn-The sunday Opening Ques-
tiOn soon TO he settled One Way or
the Others
Atlanta, Ca, Sept. 2.-Nominally the
exposition was closed to-day. but the fact
that the management had issued orders
to keep the gates shut against visitors
did not prevent a crowd Of very respecta-
BILE proportions from passing through
Thousands of workingmen's passes are
outstanding on account of the unfinished
state of the exhibits in some Of the build
ings, and great many holders of these
who have been kept so closely buckled
down to business since the fair began to
shape up, took advantage of the Sunday
lull to see as much Of the sights as the
regulations allowed. Work was not sus-
pended, however, but was kept up with
almost as much energy as upon a week
day. Others were admitted upon various
missions, everybody in fact. who had a
pass or possessed the price, coupled with
a desire to get on the inside being ad-
mitted.
| What is to be the policy of the man
agement with regard to Sunday opening
or closing is as yet one Of the unsettled
! seriously yet, but by the time another
week passes it will have to be settled one
way or the other. Chuch people. Of
course, object to the Sunday opening,
and if that policy should be adopted their
viii undoubtedly be a vigorous protest
by the ministers and others of their way
of thinking. The local ministers are on
the alert Some weeks ago. through their
association, they discussed the matter
and constituted themselves a committee
to keep sharp eye on the management.
There is, however, a strong sentiment
in favor of opening the grounds, and at
least the fine arts building on Sunday, at
an admission price of 25 cents for the BEN
eft of the working classes who nave little
or not time TO spare during the week. IL IS
urged by this side that some of the mid
way amusements should be allowed TO
operate, such as the Phoenix. wheel, the
though these attractions have done busi-
ness on Sundays up to the present the
exposition not being officially open, the
| plan Of permitting part or the conces-
| sions to operate and refusing the privi-
! lege to others would hardly work. There
would be no more harm in visit to Pied
mont park and a ride in the Launches, or
| the scenic railway there, than there Is IN
| same amusements at Grant park or other
resorts, which is regular Sunday Gus
! tom, but II would be shock, TO say the
/ least Of it to see the Midway in full blast
| on the Sabbath day.
This IS said advisedly, for the Midway
| is just about as naughty place as Mid
ways usually get to be. 1t Is risque
| enough in some features for the most
bfaZe. If the management does not put
\ the thumb-screws on in some cases before
/ the exposition is many more days older
| IL will be a surprise. In the streets OF
| Cairo, for instance, the notorious muscle
| dance that gave Chicago a fit of nervous
| prostration is the chief attraction. The
| camels and other side lines are there, and
| altogether Cairo is said to be as good
as it was al Chicago, but the dance du
| ventre is the card that is drawing the
| crowds-stag crowds principally. The
| dance which is given in true native style,
! fair, may flourish because IL is foreign
/ production, or rather the characteristic
dance OF a nation, put the chances are a
| hundred TO one that the preachers ana
| self-constituted protectors of the coun-
/ trys morals will be jumping onto 1t with
both feet before a great while.
There are other things on the Midway
| that are Just about or inappropriate for
| Sunday amusement as. the dancing girls
| in the streets of Cairo, the beer gardens,
the beauty show and the variety theaters,
| for instance, but the concessionaires or
| these take the position that they are az
| much entitled to do a continuous business
/ day in and day out as are the managers
| of the ostrich farm or the other things
| that might De put in the list of harmless
| amusements, and if there is any chance
| of Sunday opening they will be sure 10
| insist upon no discrimination, which
means, of course, that the dentZens or
| the Midway, at least, must rest one day
| out of seven, for the directors could never
| gain their consent TO run the whole thing
| wide open on Sunday
The amusement of the Midway is sug-
| gestive of the fact that the visitors who
| come to the pig show will not suffer for
a lack Of good dramatic entertainment at
| the regular theaters in the city, Three
new theaters have been put up in town,
on account of the exposition One of the
| three, the "Trocadero built by Nenable
| Brothers, on the ste of the old capitol, was
| opened up simultaneously with the exposi-
| ton, on Wednesday, with hrst-class
| vaudeville performance. The place is un-
der the management of otto Weyl, late OF
the New York Casino, and with a large
seating capacity and an excellent COM
pany Of speciality artists, it is already one
of the most popular places in town.
Neither of the other two new houses
| have yet been opened, but Will be within
the coming fortnight. Harry Frank, well
known all over the south as a ticket
broker is proprietor of one of them, which
is located on Decatur street, few steps
from the Kimball house. The house will
include a big roof garden and win be de-
| voted to vaudeville.
The third new house is upon North
Broad street, between the old Deceive thea
ter on Marietta, which has been remod-
eled and chriStened "The Columbia" !" and
the Grand on Peachtree. 1t is a variety
hall, built especially for that purpose, by
w. G. Healey The opening is being ar
ranged for now.
With the New Lyceum. the Columbia and
the Grand, all ffrst-class play houses,
equal to the Broadway theater, Atlanta
now has six amusement houses, four in
operation, with splendid booking for the
entire season.
Besides these houses, two we'll appointed
music halls for concert purposes have been
opened down town, and to counteract the
spirit of levity, the churches have gone to
work to erect a mammoth permanent tab
ernacle to be dedicated by Evangelist
Moody in October, and run by him for
| protracted season, in opposition to the
worldly attractions of the fair.
One Of the subjects of interesting spec
ulation is whether bull-hghts will form
a feature of the Mexican village or not
When the concession was sold to the COM
Pary controlling the Mexican village bull
fights were on the programme and not
only the concessiOnaires, but the exposi-
ton directors took some pains to adver-
tise the spectacle as one of the special at
fractions of the fair The architects of
the village, which is a plant that must
have cost a good deal of money, at least
more than any other amusement conces-
sion ON the grounds, went ahead and built
an arena for the bull-hghts, making it
the central idea of their work Then.
| two weeks before the exposition opened
the directors met and in Difference to the
protests from the public declared that no
bull-fghts should take place This pro-
hibition was not, however needed by the
management of the Mexican village who
proceeded to finish up the amphitheater
and purchased their bulls for the spec
tacle. The matodores and toreadores are
now here, ready for the bugle blast and