The Red Cloud chief., 1898-08-05
EXPOSITION LETTER


Exposition Grounds, Omaha, Neb.,
August 4. 1S9s.-New attractions are
being added every day to the amuse.
ment features Of the Midways. The
Partisan dancing girls and the X-Ray
illusion, besides three other new feat.
ures will have a place among the lat
est attractions OF west Midway. Geo.
Morer, a master In the collecticn of
FIRST class amusements, Is In the east
and will return Immediately with a
large invoice Of star performers, some.
thing entirely new and up to date.
Helen Conger's company at the
Dragon Head In Orange Blossoms"
has created a sensation which has
doubled the attendance at this popular
resort. This is one Of the great attrac-
tons for lovers OF amusements.
A new feature which has been added
to the west Midway, directly opposite
the Old Plantation, Is called Heaven
and He'll" a feature reaching from the
sublime to the ridiculous, an attraction
which every one must see to appre.
ciate the inventive mind of~lamusement
makers. II will be an exact reproduc
ton Of "Cataret de 10 Morte" at Paris.
Maidens In widows weeds, yet beauti.
full, serve refreshments IN skulls to
patrons seated at %cotiius, which serve
as tables. DOre aud Dante's Inferno
Is reproduced 80 wildly that one thinks
through some misfortune he has stun
bled into his satanic majesty's recep.
ton room. The resort will be among
the most patronized for the reason
that it will contain that which cannot
be seen In any other attraction on the
exposition grounds.
Pabst on the Midway Is so original
in every detail that you hear the oft
repeated words Of inject me at Pabst's
on the Midway" Always something
new presented from Its stage. The
managem ent of Pabst's Is wide awake
and always secures the artists for its
stage who stand high in their line Of
fine vaudeville performers.
The Old Plantation, not wishing t.
be outdone has doubled its attractive
programme, until 10Y they have ont
Of the largest and most complete places
OF amusement on west Midway. This
ia q place where anyone can pass a hal
hour which will be both pleasant and
instructive as they show many feature
which remind you Of the good old day
gone by.
A new amusement which has beef
placed upon the East Midway within
the past few days is the Venetian Con
dola. This works similar to u merry
%go.round except in the place of horse
being used you ride in a gondola forr
OF boat which runs ON a circular trac
and has the billow or wave motion a
il goes round. 1t is one of the mos
handsomely constructed features o
the grounds, Talk about Your circu
parade band wagons for its fancy d.
sign and r.t and gold decoration
why, the baud wagon is not in it for
minute. The Nrnriiau Gnndola is Il
most expensive and from an artist
point of view, the finest apparatus ev,
invented, Everybody takes = whirl
IL.
Another attraction added to the en-
Midway is the genuine nam no,
whale, So feet in length and weighir
80, ZOO pounds. This turns the heads
the oldest fishermen green with en-
TO think that they were not on hal
when this fish was caught, also as it
a trihe bigger than the last brook tro
they caught.
Also King Solomon's Temple has
attraction and its loud toned org
calls the attention of visitors to
doors when they are a quarter o
mile away.
Among the many places that "
please the visitor there is none m'
refined aud pleasing than Clifor'
Casino on the east Midway. This II
vaudeville theatre and there is
place in the country where a more
fined entertainment Is given and q
one who visits this grand place
amusement will come away with !