Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-22
SEEN ALONG THE MIDWAY
Big Attractions that Are to be Feu-
lures of Greater America
Exposition,

In building and conducting eNposlIo"s
in these days it has become apparent that
the Midway is just as necessary as the Dig
buildmas in which the exhibits are shown.
Realizing this the promoters Of the Greater
America Exposition have secured the coun-
try for attractions and at this time 1t looks
as though many Of the concessions will out
rank anything ever before seen, at least so .
far as furnishing amusement is concerned. F
This wear one OF the biggest attractions
ou the Midway will be the Streets OF Cairo, /
conducted by that veteran Snowman, lsilo |
Ninci The location is the same as that oc-
cupied by the Streets of Cairo last season, |
on the East Midway, just south Of the via
duct connecting the two tracts. For this
attraction, forty special artists have been
secured The buildings have been enlarged
and repaired. They have been painted
bright colors, giving them strictly Tien-
/ tai appearance New booths have been
erected, where refreshments will be served
and where oriental articles, which will be
! manufactured on the grounds, will be sold.
| As new features there will be a Turkish
! cafe. where all of the Turkish delcacies will
! be cooked and served.
! The amusement features Of the Streets OF
! Cairo promise to be of high order as Man
ager Ninci intends to make 1t society re-
sort In the theater there will be large
| The Cleopatra dance will be put on for the
first time in this country. 1t is described as
| very fascinating, the dancer impersonating
the queen who is said to have allowed an
asp to sting her, producing death. This
woman will dance upon the stage and will
| carry serpents in her arms and about her
person as she performs her wild gyrations.
Queen Madeline, who is described as one
of the most beautiful women of Egypt, will
be here and will be seen in Egyptian dances
and song She is in New York now and will
arrive with the other people early next
week. Another feature that will be new to
this country will be the Bedoun dance,
given by women who have been engaged
for this show.
Another dance that has attracted a great
deal Of attention when seen is the Cau-
casus, which will be given by Persian girls
This is said to have plenty OF action, but
not of the kind that will shock the most
fastdious.
This year the street features which will
be seen before the theater will be entirely
, new and will consist in part of the Syrian
war dance, conflicts between Soudanese war
, riors, Morocco tumblers and Mount Leb-
anon sword fighters. There will be Moham-
: medan priests who will perform their religi-
7 Gus rites, magcians, oriental clowns, for
Y tune tellers and a score of other attrac-
tions. AS a side attraction, there will be
v a spectacular representation OF the death of
e Cleopatra and panorama of oriental cities
4 Manager Ninci has his camels, His Maj
n esty," Kiss Me Quick" Sweetness" my
: Darling" Baby" and "Aguinaldo," in per
a feet condition and as a special feature t
q aid in promoting the exposition will race
A them on the track on the north part of tn,
grounds. During the first part of the expo
: stion they will be ridden by orientals, bu
r. later on he will invite boys and girls to rid
v the animals, which are perfectly gentle ant
n as docile as lambs.
A The Hagenback wild animal show tha
;s made such a hit last year Is here this sea
= son with many of the old and any numbe
of new and rare animals. The animals ar
in strong iron cages and daily they are take
e into the arena and trained. One animal tina
l. is Of special interest is sloth II is a eros
between the ant eater and the black beal
The creature is very ferocious and can b
handled only by its keeper, who has manage
TO teach 1t to play the mouth organ. Th
animal was captured in the north of Asi
and is said to be the only one Of its kind
-, the United States.
~, AZ Work upon the Filipino village is pre-
- crossing at a rapid rate and with goo
-, weather the attraction will be ready to ope
80 promptly upon the arrival OF the native
"a from the Philippine islands. The buifdini
~ will occupy space of more than two acTt
49, | west of the Cyclorama, extending well
~. toward the old Transportation building tt
-, buildings are OF wood covered with spl
~, bamboo and matched with cane leaves ar
- grass. The natives will live in huts whiC
,.o will be erected in the northwest corner
33gSyy the grounds where they will adopt II
$50 modes and customs OF their country. The
80. they will keep their ponies, cows, dog
800 water buffalo and other animals. There
453 a Filipino theater where natives OF Il
-, islands will sing their native songs and p
''' on the plays as seen in Manila and &
* other cities. Then there will be the Filipil
Oie dances, the sword and lance fights. Throut
ply the center of the village there will be
la' Filipino street with palms growing on eth
:. side
sA Work upon the Cuban village is progres
or ing at a rapid rate and half hundr
-H N men are at work putting things in readine
ny for the opening day. This attraction occ
~ pies the space on which the Streets
y! Nations were reared last summer. The
or will be a typical street Of a Cuban tow
Jus which will be peopled by forty Cubans, W
have already sailed from the island. Th
VI win live in huts on the east side of t
IL grounds while in the streets and theat
they will give correct representations
!" city and rural life in Cuba. The front OF
Cuban village will be solid row OF bui
ings with barred windows, behind which v
sit beautiful Cuban women, who will fl
with the passersby, as is the custom
oi Havana and the other cities Of the isla
ICE Inside of these buildings the girls will 81
at Cuban songs, serve tea and sell cigars.
10" This year the Old Plantation promises
am be bigger and better than ever before Nj
leu ager Mcconnell has secured some seven
hey five colored people from the Mississippi pli
IMP tations, who will be here next week AmC
rce' them will be many song and dance arts
who will perform in the new theater that
as been erected on the site OF the old buildin
The Old log huts have been moved back {
nee will be occupied by the darkies as during
nee exposition last year.
rate Colonel HogeIand's Open Air Meeii
ming Colonel Hogeland the newsboys frie
1t spoke to an open air meeting at Fiteel
min and Douglas streets last evening and
,ba a large attendance. In making some co
'He parsons the colonel stated that the pol
OF the government Of attempting 10
heir off the Indians had been changed and I
II is the more successful policy OF educat
lttee their children was being pursued
he