The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-09-26
ExPosITIoN's SECOND WEEK.
The Denfzens OF the Esplanade Visit
the Exhibits-Some Amusing Ex-
periences-Machtnery
in Motf0u

In Motion.
Philadelphia, Sept. 19.-The early
morning visitor at the exposition
grounds on the first day of the second
week found the great white buildings
enveloped in a dense fog, but the
workmen and the denizens of the Els
planade astir and busy. The sun,
however, quickly broke through the
veil Of mist and cheerful, bright day
was inaugurated.
The earliest and most curious among
the visitors to the exposition buildings
were the Oriental inhabitants of the
Chinese village, who wandered about
amid the ponderous machinery and in
spected the small curiosities with
childlike wonder and delight They
passed about in groups before the
crowds began to thicken, shrinking
from contact with the native sight
seePs. who finally pushed upon them
in such numbers as to drive them back
into the Esplanade and the seclusion
of their homes in the Chinese village.
A very curious spinning top and
revolving atlas divided the wrapped
attention of a score of the inquisitive
people of the east, but it was observed
that wherever the most color or the
most cuMously continued and delicate
mechanism was to be found were the
localities most eagerly sought by them.
1t has been remarked that they soon
discovered that they were themselves
as great objects of curiosity to the
crowds which began to arrive dur
ing their inspection of the big show,
and their timidity under the keen in
spectien of the natives was amusing.
They were like little herds of start
led fawns surprised by the appearance
of the hunter. One party, accompanied
by an interpreter, found much enter
tainment in inspecting an immense
globe bearing representations of vari-
GUS types of the nations OF the earth
There were lifelike figures of Indians.
Europeans, Japanese, Moors, Esqui-
maux, Turks and Tartars, but not the
figure of Chinese, solitary or grouped.
Two of the almond eyed visitors walk
ed around this globe several times, in
specting it closely, after which they
Joined their companions and INDUCED
in gestures of indignation and dis
gust. Curiosity impelled bystander
to ask the reason for the display of
SO much feeling over the peculiar ex-
hibit.
"They failed to find anything that
looked like Chinese and were an
noyed that Jap had seen selected to
represent the far east" was the reply.
Other inhabitants of the EspIanade
made an early morning round of the
Main Building, but none of them were
either as curious or interested as the
Chinese. They, however, added pic
turesque spice to the scene. Two of
the inhabitants of the negro planta-
ton occupied the attention of num-
Der of young men, who insisted that
they had been imported from a near
by street rather than from Kentucky.
The grizzly old fellows, whose man
ner, vocabulary and dialect, to say
nothing Of their ancient appearance,
bore out the truth of their claim to
have been ante-bellum slaves on a
Kentucky plantation, finally became
highly Indignant. Look here, honey"
said one Of them, Use been done tend
ed to gentlemen afore you and your
white trash people hab been born. l
was owned by gentleman. My old
masser was a Clay. You neber see no
real slave Niger afore. yon didn't, " and
the highly exercised old men walked
out of the building and retreated be-
hind the walls Of the plantation