New-York tribune., 1896-01-24
ruE CRUSH CONTINUES.
Ems OF ENTHUSIASTS LOOKING FOR
rc,E SOUVENIRS AT THE GARDEN.

IN ONE OF THE BooTHs-INTEREsTs OF
n MEN IN JEOPARDY-THE SHOW
wrr1 BRING IMMENSE PROFITS TO THE
no.np OF TRADE-soME OF THE
PEOPLE IN THE VAST THRoNG.
ovce show approaches its conclusion the
As instead of waning. appears to be greatly
NV" increase. The crowd OF yesterday was a
on '.,,,on M Of that Of Wednesday. Even during the
rep, hours which reserved for the trade
wss countless number Of people swarmlng
'nes me-, the aisles. The dealers and manufacturers
'n'vs little army themselves. That such tre-
me" tbrongs should turn out to witness simply
n.acbsnical exhibit of inanmate objects-for 1t Is
',a,nIy nothing else-will astonish that part of
-. thinking public which has not as yet become
'.s,aved TO bicycle enthusiasm.
Tha, an average attendance of over 1900 people
So, ehould go TO the Madison Square Garden
.,v 70 look al a lot of wheels and wheeling ac-
sories speaks we'll for the wonderful interest in
.,ters pertaining 10 cycling. This statement Of
.,.rdance is not exaggerated, for during the first
.r davs of the show the actual attendance was
rres Wednesdays crowd was larger than that of
w., ~ the preceding days, the actual count being
s,oa The attendants at the Garden having a
u,s,v time OF IT, counting up these tickets every
a.v For this reason actual count be
.ured Of the attendance yesterday, but those who
savs been in the Garden all the week seem to think
,na, II will average up we'll as it has done in
preceding days.
SOUVENIRS BY THE CARLOAD.
While the general public has had four days in
-b,ch 10 collect all of the interesting
.ouvenirs which have been given away by the
manufacturers the craze for these little trinkets
has not abated. Around the stands where the par
,cularly costly or handsome souvenirs given
out there is continual crush all the afternoon
and evening While wagon loads of these little
trnkets have been disposed of. the demand Is as
-ea, as ever one stand located in the centre of
,hs Garden has been dlsposng of little silver SOU
ven-s during -he week, and 1t must have cost this
particular manufacturer small fortune for this
cor, Of advertisement. These souvenirs are given
only TO women. and the chances are that nine out
NJ ten Of the fair who have visited the Garden
dr,,ne the week have either secured Of these
tr,nkets or have practically used up all their nery-
ous and physical force in the enort. The indian.
the Chinaman, the pretty little girl In white the
fat boy and the rather audacious young miss In
velyeteen boomers continue TO attract considerable
attention from visitors to the Garden. They endure
the searching gaze OF the 'housa"us Win ieina'"
able unconcern.
While II is impossible TO give any accurate esti-
mate of the number of people who will visit the
show during the week many well-posted people In
such matters believe that the total attendance Will
foo, up close to 100000 The profits of course. will
for the Board of Trade. With so much money In
sight II is only natural that some individuals should
want 10 know what is to become of IT all
The Board Of Trade pays no dividends, and an
estimate Of its surplus places the figure at over
$4,000 There are those among the Board Of Trade
whose ideas are possibly not lofty as those of
their fellows, who are beginning to cast covetous
slances at this handsome surplus. Their right
hands have begun TO itch TO speak. If the alli-
ance between the Board of Trade and the League
OF American Wheemen can continue as II Is al
present this surplus he used so tnat IL VIII
Be OF vast benefit to the wheelmen OF the country
The objects of the two organizations are similar
In their scope, and each must depend on tne en-
fhusiasm of the riders of the wheel for their con-
tnued prosperity. There will be meeting OF the
racing committees of these two organizations TO-
morrow and IL the result of that conference is as
satisfactory as 1t ought be- the chances that
the racing conditions of the country Will be In
much more Tangible shape than they nave Deen IN
the last two or three years.
scene occurred in the Garden al $50 O'Clock last
night when every aisle stairway and inch OF space
IN the vast amphitheatre was fairly packed with
humanity which speaks volumes for the GOODNESS
rlch a thing should happen in such throng ana
cause no excitement whatever must be considered
remarkable coli cdence.
A BLAZE ON THE MAIN FLOOR
One Of the stands on the Twenty-sixth-st side OF
the Garden. on the main floor near the Madison
ave entrance caught fire. and bright b.aze flashed
up several feet in the air. Those in the immediate
vicinity simply pushed back. and then every one
,...5 90 re1ain sslf-control in an Instant The
chief electrician Of the building, who happened
~ he in the neghborhood seeing the danger rushed
oer IN the stand and unhitched the electric connec
lions which are used for illuminating the sign over
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