The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-08-15
CROWDS IN AMERICA.
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In Russia, In struggle for free food
furnished by the car on the occasion OF
his coronation, makes pertinent .
startling comparison between the moral
and social condition Of the common
people" in Russia, ruled by the sword.
and the same class in the United States,
ruled by themselveA
At the dedication ceremonies OF the
worlds fair in Chicago, in 1898. q free
lunch" was spread in the Electricity
building, sufficient to feed 100000. Near
" 100000 people entered the fair
grounds on dedication day, and half
that number were seated in the Manu-
facturers building. witnessing the cere-
monies. After the ceremonies, the
Electricity building was thrown open.
the crowd was admitted. it helped itself
to food and departed. There was no
extra police precaution, nobody was
hurt, no property was destroyed, and
much of the food and ell Of the dishes
were left on the tables. OF course, no
comment was made on these facts. 1t
was nothing but the ordinary. It was
what naturally should be.
A few weeks later met in Chicago
a German-a man Of wealth and educa-
ton, who was on his first trip abroad.
He talked of the wonders he ha.1 seen
in America, and said: 1.-THE most inter-
esting and instructive experience have
had was at the dedication ceremonies
of the fair. had just arrived from Ber-
lin, and this was my first stencounter with
an American crowd. On dedication day
I went to the grounds early. Passing
the Electricity building, I saw such a
vast spread of linen and dishes and
stacks of cold food that inquired OF an
attendant what it meant. l was in
formed that free lunch would be
served to 100000 people after the cere-
monies. 1 inquired how it would be
served, and wus astonished to learn
that the crowd would be admitted with
out restriction, and that everyone would
help himself. My experience with the
populace was confined to Berlin, and
made up my mind that the free lunch.
under such conditions, would be the
feature of the day. and I determined to
get into q safe place and see the riot
when the people were admitted.
81 did not see the ceremony at the
main building. waited near the door
of the Electricity building and slipped
in at the first opportunity. l stayed
there for over an hour, and until was
thoroughly disappointed and aston
ished. The people thronged in smiling
and begging pardon Of dpe another for
being compelled to crowd and push at
the entrance. They took what food
they wanted. and got out OF the way OF
the crowd behind. I saw men who were
certainly workmen take . handful of
bread and meat and retire, allowing
other men to take their places at the
tables.
''It was the greatest object lesson in
the advance Of Christianity I had ever
experienced. It gave me q glimpse of
q social condition I did not think ex-
listed. Why, in Berlin, under the same
conditions, the first rush Of humanity
would have swept those tables clean OF
food, cloths and dishes."
1 met this same gentleman in the
rotunda of the Administrations building
on Chicago day at the fair, when the
greatest multitude in the history of the
world assembled, when 100000 people
Gafhered together, restrained only by
their desires, and not one was seriously
injured through the selhshness or ig-
norance of the others. Ny German
friend was interested to the point of
excitement. He had been watching in
wonder the great mass Of humanity.
"What sight!" he exclaimed. "You say
there are above half q million of people
here, and there must be more than that.
And they come and 60 as they please.
and do a. they please. and not soldier
visible. But / expect the secret of it is
that every man out there il soldier in
the sense Of preserving order. You are
. great people in America. This day
has been q mighty sermon to me. 1t
proves that mankind Is getting better
and higher morally, end that your peo-
pie, more than any other, have arrived
at an understanding Of the great truth
that the only way to be happy is to make
everybody around you happy. never
thought that commercial community
like this could, even for day, so uni
yersally obey the law Of love your
ueighbor a. yourself but this crowd
Is wonderful proof Of it. Here il the
lion protecting the lamb, and believe
the millennium IL beginning in America." !"
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