The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-03
JUVENILES At SALT PALACE
CHILDREN THRoNGED TIKI
GROUNDS AND MIDWAY.
Came In Droves' to View the Won
ders Of Fairy Land-Rival Mid
way Managers Cause Excitement.

The little children who think of the
Salt Palace as a dream of wonderland
and the Midway Plaisance as the home
| of curiosities and monstrosities, throng-
ed about the Salt Palace grounds yes
| terday afternoon and evening. ThouS-
ands of them came; thousands of little
feet tramped about over the paths,
over the grass, everywhere gazing with
wide open eyes at what to them seemed
bit of fairyland, with boogiernen and
| sprites in real life. For it was chill
dren's day at the grounds. There was
no admission fee and that brought
them in droves.
They came with their parents, their
uncles, their aunts, and their elder Sis
! tiers, or they ran away from home and
came alone. The small boys didn't
! have guardians with them; they didn't
/ want to be bossed on such an occasion,
but they wanted freedom to come and
| go to run and jump as their fancy
| pleased. Each one whose parents could
afford it had a 25-cent piece tied in
| knot of his handkerchief. That was
for soda water, popcorn and crispettes
and for admission to the mysterious in
Some of them didn't have 20 cents. but
almost every one had a coin tied away
in his handkerchief.
That was the only thing for which
they had regard. Salt Palace police
men didn't brighten them. The fierce
spiders did not scare them and even
Jimmy" the untamed cinnamon bear
was not unkind, but he did not permit
familiarity. Had the attendants of
front ever watchful, some of the small
hopefuls might have been injured.
Center of Attraction.
All the shows made money. But the
delight of the young ones was the
miniature railroad. To them it was a
toy fashioned by master mind, such
as they had read about in the story
books. They waited about in droves
and crowds lined up beside the track
to ride and each time a load was de-
posted they scrambled in in all shapes
and methods. As the tiny engine with
it's tiny passengers footed, they shouted
in delight and when the turn of the
circle had been made they alighted I'M
willingly. When Dandy, the little
white dog. jumped down from his high
ladder they clapped their hands in glee.
They petted him until he was suffo-
Gated with caresses. Then Captain Holt
UNI. the cannon ball catcher came over
in his soldierly uniform ringing his bell
Like herd of sheep they followed him
back to his tent and he gathered in
many dimes.
Baby Estelle of the palace of varie-
ties, sat out in front and danced for
the children, sang songs to them. and
played with them and they swarmed
inside to see the remainder of the show
They looked at the magical tricks of
the Jap Muzino in awe and the antics
of the red uniformed Turks were won
derful to them.
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But there was other excitement at
the grounds last evening. Wilson, who
owns the congress Of nations, where
the Japs do curious feats and De Kreko
of the Streets of Cairo got into hot
argument in the Midway beer hall. De
Kreko was blowing about his couchee-
couchee dancer and Wilson had some
thing to say about his Japs.
Here, I'll bet you $1,000 to 800 that
I can put on one act that is better than
your whole show. Will leave it to
500 on the proposition" said Wilson,
and he handed that amount over to
newspaper man.
When the talk was explained to Mu-
zinc, the Jap, who was present. he went
over to his tent and came back with a
big sackful of money, which he laid on
the table. The Turk took water
During the evening one of De Krekos
Turks came near breaking his neck
'Mulla Hussein or Priest Hussein, was
upon the minaret at the left of the
entrance repeating a Mohammedan
prayer. 1t was his part of the bally-
hoo. In walking about the pinnacle of
the minaret, which is twenty-five feet
high. he became dizzy and losing his
balance fell to the ground. There was
no bones broken, but he was laid up
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