The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-06
A CONGRESS OF NATIONS
MIDWAY PLAIsANCE TO BE REPRO
DUCED AT TOMLINsON HALL.
A Novel Entertainment This Week for
Benefit of the Girls Indus
trial school.

The Congress of Nations, or, if you
please, the Midway Plaisance, is the at
traction that will occupy Tomlnson Hall
beginning Wednesday of this week and
continuing for six days. The ladies of the
Girls Industrial School have the enter
prise in hand, and they expect to make a
good round sum out of it, for they are
counting on enough to secure a home for
the school, I'VE have been knocked about
from pillar to post for eight years." said
one of the managers last night, land don't
you think it is about time we were getting
settled down somewhere
But the good women do not propose to
take anything for nothing. They have, Sc
cured, lat great expense, one of the most
realistic reproductions of the Midway that
has as yet been witnessed. and for the
comparatively insignificant fee of rs cents
the public will be admitted to all the mys-
teries and wonders of the whole exhibit
There will be pretty dancing girls clad in
gaudy and picturesque costumes of the
Orient, faxen-haired maidens from the
Fatherland, great gaunt Moors with volu-
minouS trousers and the unspeakabIe Turk
with his swarthy countenance The hall
will be lined with booths or villages all
gayly decorated and fitted out in conformity
genbecks arena will occupy a prominent
place, and the ladies say they will have
real live animals to make it sufficiently
startling. A congress of beauties bids fair
to be a great drawing card. although it is
limited that it will not be just what some
people may expect. The Moorish palace
will contain the yelled ladies and the Bey
to depict the glories of the Alhambra
There will also be an Irish village. Turk
lsh village and a German village Old vi
emma will be represented where refresh
Japanese will also have booths, but one of
the best of all will be that of the famous
streets of Cairo where d Bedouin wed
ding ceremony will be given at intervals.
A Ferris wheel is also promised. One of
the best bands in the city will furnish
the music, and all in all the Congress Of Ma
tions bids fair to prove a very enjoyable
event.
The ladies' having the exhibition in charge
gathered in Tomlinson Hall last night and
made final arrangements. They will imme-
diately make preparations for arranging the
booths, and on Tuesday afternoon the heads
of departments are expected to be at the
hall to decorate On Tuesday evening there
Will be a grand dress rehearsal, at which
the attendance of all those concerned in the
enterprise is imperative.
The costuming will be furnished by J. AL
len Whyte, of Chicago, who is directing the
show. Mr.. Whyte recently conducted a.
very successful Midway in Chicago, and has
had much experience in theatrical matters
He is now iii the city and will give his en-
tire time to experimenting the work. The
Girls Industrial School consists of about 100
teachers and $50 children The teachers all
serve without remuneration, and the school
has been practically conducted without cost
Whenever Tomlinson Hall is not in use on
Saturday afternoon, the little girls taken
from all the byways of the city have con-
gregated there and received instruction in
sewing, singing and various other arts.
Whenever the hall has been in use, the
courtrooms of the courthouse have been
rrfxr hon Inv arik
does not exist in the city and the friends
of the school will see that the Midway is
we'll patronized. Mrs. f. A. Blanchard the
president of the school, has been called to
Cleveland on account of the death Of
Mrs. NJ. c. Smith has taken her place for
the fair
The following is a list of few of the
patrons and patsr99n one, OF the congress OF
Mrs. William A. Apologize, Judge II. c.
Allen Mr. and Mrs. c. Aneshaensel, Miss
Emma Anesha ansel, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Bags, The. Bowen-Merrill Company, Mr.
and Mrs. John a. Bradshaw Judge Vinson
Carter, Mr.. and Mrs. James 3. Curtis Mr.
and Mrs C. S. Denny, Mr.. and Mrs A. NJ
Fletcher Mr.. S. A. Fletcher, Mr.. and Mrs
John p. Frenzel, Mr.. and Mrs. John L.
L. w. Harvey, DR.. and Mrs E. F, Hodges,
Mr. and Mrs Louis Hollweg, Rev. NJ. l.
Haines, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lilly, Eli
Lilly & Co.. Mr.. and Mrs. Bement Lyman,
Judge j. L. McMaster, Mr. and Mrs. ". T.
Malott Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Mayer, Mr..
and Mrs Ferd Mayer, Mr.. and Mrs. z. 3.
Porter Mr.. and Mrs. "A. f. Potts. Mr.. and
Mrs George w. Sloan, Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
Mr.. and Mrs. John c. Wright, DR.. and Mrs.
+ H WOODBURY., the Board of County
Commissioners, the Board of Public Works.