Omaha daily bee., 1898-07-28
HALF-PRICE TONIGHT
Admission to the Exposition Grounds Again
Reduced to twenty-five Gents.
POPULAR MUSICAL PROGRAM PREPARED
Phinney's Band and the Exposition Chorus
Will Play and Sing Together.
TO CELEBRATE PEACHES AND GRAPES
TO CELEBRATE PEACHES AND GRAPES
Western States Will Contribute Of Their
Plenty for the Occasion
MAY GET SOME OF THE LlQUEFlEO AIR
Prof. owens Hopes to he Able to
Exhibit Some Experiments with
the Latest Triumph of Science
Before Long.

The second Grand Court concert and a rs
cent admission to the grounds after I o'clock
are the Inducements that are expected to
bring the big crowd of the week I. the eX-
position grounds tonight. The previous
court concert was a distinct success and
p~rofting by the experience that was gained
on that occasion a number of changes will
be made that will materially add to the en-
joyment of the audience. Last week there
was some complaint that the music was
scarcely audible in some parts of the court,
but tonight the position of the musicians
will be changed and everyone between the
bridge and Sherman avenue will be able to
hear distinctly. The band will occupy the
third boat landing on one side of the lagoon
and the Exposition chorus will be stationed
on the opposite landing. Superintendent
Kelly made a thorough test of this location
TUESDAY night.
' AS the 25-cent admission is counted on to
secure a large attendance of the people who
cannot afford to pay half a dollar for an
evenings attendance the program will be
largely composed of the more familiar music
that everyone can appreciate. The chorus
will sing Keppels well known Scotch song,
robin Adair," for its first number. The
other chorus numbers will be the pretty
serenade, The Soldiers Farewell" by male
voices and the jubilee song, Swing Low,
Sweet Chariot" Among other selections
the band will play a fantasia Of British folk
songs, including "Garryowen," Annie
Laurie Last Rose of Summer etc, and
the descriptive piece, THE Forge in the
Forest
Yesterday the clouds that lowered
ominously over the White City during the
afternoon relieved the eyes of the visitors
from the glare of the sun on the buildings
and mnIp the nttnOSDhprp moro dp1iphtflfl
than 1t has been for a number of days.
There was a fair crowd for an off day, which
included a large party Of South Dakota edt-
tors and their wives, and the people enjoyed
the convenience of being able to see the eX-
position in perfect comfort.
General Manager GARRISON has announced
two additional special days Tor the first part
of September and the celebrations on these
occasions will be Of a nature highly con-
ducive to the prosperity of the dispensers Of
various collie compounds. Friday, Septem-
Der 2, will be Peach day and enough Of the
fruit will be distributed to satisfy the capac-
ity of everyone on the grounds. The peaches
will come from all over Nebraska, Colorado
and Iowa and several carloads have already
been pledged. Friday, September 16, will
be Grape day which will be marked by a
similar distribution Of m quantities
OF grapes from various southern vineyards.
Prof. Owens of the electrical department
is corresponding with a view to securing a
demonstration of the recently invented
liquidifed air process in his building. This
is one of the most interesting of recent
scientific experiments and II satisfactory ar
engagements can be made it will be made a
{, feature of the exposition. The liquidihed air
is produced by the intense compression OF
Nair combined with continuous freezing and
the product can be made the medium OF
many novel and interesting experiments
When the air is reduced to the liquidlhed
state 1t is at a temperature of 300 degrees
below zero or so cold that a piece of metal
immersed in it becomes so brittle that il
can be broken like n lump of clay.