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AN HOUR ON THE ESPLANADE.
Things Curious, Interesting andAmus-
Ing on the Broad Path or
tho Exposition

Ing on the Broad Path OF
the Exposition.
Philadelphia, Sept. 19.-Visitors at
the exposition become quickly famil-
lar with the Esplanade. 1t is the first
thing which they see, and the first
thing which they hear of the expo
sition-for the Esplanade is vociferous
as well as picturesque: 1t is the wide
pathway to the main entrance of the
exposition buildings, and the home of
the lighter amusements of the exhibit
ton. Here the languid beauties Of the
east mingle with the dark skinned
"Mammys" born on the old plantations
OF the American south. in the days be-
fore slavery was abolished in the Uni
ted States, and the costumes of the
European Turk walk comfortably side
by side with the simple dress of the
reservation Indian.
The noise of the Esplanade is the
confusion of various tongues, the
beating OF drums, the shrill cries of
animals from the far chimes and toot-
Ing OF instruments which torture the
ear and call the attention to the varie-
gated attractions that skirt the broad
paths TO the main buildings.
Occasionally the trumpeting of an
elephant may be heard from one of
the long low structures to the south.
This is said to be cry for a new
supply of peanuts. On Saturday this
elephant wandered from his home.
broke of the sheeting and boards from
the brick Esplanade restaurant and
devoured two bushels of choice peach
"a hsalf no.. 81
This episode did not, however. create
so great a sensation as the appear
anee amidst the Esplanade throng of
the smallest woman in the world, who
was In constant danger of being tramp
led TO death by the crowd. This was
Chiquita, the human midget, who is
no higher than a child's knee She
had taken a fancy to go out into the
street. ChiQuita is one of the sights
or the Esplanade whom the public is
not expected to see without the ex-
penditure OF their dime. She and the
elephant are not. however, the only
yelled exhibits which appear OCCASION
ally beyond the walls of the theaters
and enliven the scene on the Esplan-
ade. The inhabitants of the Chinese
village and the women of luxuriant
ease and eastern loneliness, who in
spire the admiration of the visitors
at the Oriental coffee room. and the
gaily bedecked sword fighters from the
Arabian Theater flash in and out
among the crowds at rare intervals,
and then whisk back again into their
seclusion, where TO follow them one
must lose some of his small change.
The eloquence with which the young
man at the old plantation building an
nounces the varied attractions within
fills the Esplanade with a swell and
is answered by the more piercing cry
OF the lecturer who in the distance
recites the wonders to be seen In the
famous Hagenback show. A constant
succession of rifle shots announce that
the shooting galleries are busy, and the
occasional cutlery of a Navajo Indian is
heard from the interior of their viii
lage. The Cairo Theater and Oriental
Coffee Parior boasts of a great array
of dancing girls. score of sword
fighters, gun spinners and an Egyptian
wedding. as we'll as the attendants of
a troop OF bewitching Arabian girls,
whose smiles and graces give an adj
ditional flavor to the Mocha and Gig
arettes which they serve to those who
are inclined to such eastern Injuries.
III the stroller on the Esplanade
wishes milder amusements than those
he visits such places as the photo
graph gallery and has his picture
taken; looks in upon the wonderful per-
torrance of Jim Key" the famous
educated horse. or visits the hall
where is displayed a fine representa-
ton of the birth of the American flag.
When man has passed the rounds
of the Esplanade he finally manages to
discover that he is both hungry and
thirsty, il he does not, he is reminded
OF 1t by enticing odors from an OPEN
air kitchen, in which Finnin Michel is
preparing for his deiectation redhot
beef sandwiches. hot coffee and other
things good for man in his state of
stomach; or he has not far to go to
find the wide open doors of the
Esplanade restaurant, managed under
the same direction as that of the Betz
building restaurant on Broad street.
Ice water is the mildest, but coffee is
not the strongest beverage served here.
There is ample range for a hungry
mans choice in prices and products.
No one need go away from the Esplan-
ade with an empty stomach or without
new ideas.
At night the broad path is brilliantly
Illuminated by double system of gas
and electric lamps arranged in a uni
form line down the middle of the Es-
planade- There are also some very
pleasing electrical effects upon the ia
cades OF the Esplanade building.