The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-06-20
THE ElKS STREET FAIR
Next Week Now Attracting General
Attention y Nightly d Meetings of
z Wheeling Lodge to Arrange for the

Next Week Now Attracting General
Attention = Nightly Meetings of
Wheeling Lodge to Arrange for the
Big Show.
Wheeling lodge Of Elks held well
attended meeting last night, Mt which
4 further arrangements for the Oriental
street carnival next week were made.
There are thousand and one details
connected with the conduct OF an enter
prise Of such magnitude. and 1t Is like
! ly that meetings will be held every
night this week. There have been u
great many inquiries concerning the
features OF the Midway exhibit. and
considerable misunderstanding has
arisen from the fake Midway shows in
Pennsylvania and Ohio towns. The
genuine Oriental exhibit was made In
Findlay. Ohio. last week, and attracted
immense crowds. It was iinttering
success. The entertainment consists OF
the following attractions:
streets Of Cairo, on which appear
camels. donkcys, native performers,
bowling dervshes. sword fighters, gun
spinners, Bashu Bazook tunblers and
acrobnts. Refreshments. consisting OF
Turkish coffee. Turkish nargila and
shnbook will be served. One Of the
principal features Of the exhibition will
be Turkish marriage ceremony and
dance Among the animals Is the small
est baby camel ever exhibited In this
| country.
| hn t,l t.. ,iaI,
pear La Belle Rosa and her company
| Of Oriental dancers In all the leading
| Oriental dances. La Belle Rosa was
crowned queen of Turkish dancers by
the Sultan and Princess Eulalie, before
whom she danced.
Hagenbacks trained animal show,
consisting Of lions, tigers. leopards.
PARTNERS. knnBaroos, ETC., Is considered
! one Of the best features Of the Midway
and the performance Is thrilling In the
extreme.
The Indian village represents Roddy's
tribe of White Buffalo Indians, In their
| tepces. living exactly as they do on
their native plains. The women execute
| the finest of bead work and the entire
tribe perform the native dances In
most realistic manner.
The German village. including the
Waldorf Astoria quintette OF Tyrolcnn
singers and warblers. Prof. Knowl and
| Miss Mamie Mcneil. the two greatest
cornet sololsts Of the aye. This village.
which Is located at the northwest corr
ner of the Midway. next to the en-
trance. Is Elk headquarters, md the To-
cal lodge will have charge Of the sale
of all refreshments. lunch. etc.
| The Mexican and Porto Rican theatre
comes next. Here will be found Eat
Fan, the greatest artistic knife-thrower
In the world. together with his entire
family. who assiai in his performances.
I.atepEn. late Of Ponce. Porto Rico will
also appear NJ each performance In her
Porto Ricnn dances. The music will be
| furnished by the celebrated Hungarian
| band,
The trained dog and goat show is
good attraction. Colonel Shult2 and his
troop of Bismarck Danes. fourteen In
number. and valued at SIZE, 900. form the
principal attraction of this show. al
though Professor Gilbert and his strain
ed mountain goats run him o close sec
ond. and Mile. Yucca. the strong wo-
man. comes in for a fair share of the
applause. She has challenged the word
for lifting contest. and In her exIlbi-
tions she lifts twelve men at one time.
She also lifts with ease an elephant.
horse. or other animal WHICH the audi
ence selects
| The japanese theatre is another in
| terestfng feature of the Midway. A
company of eight performers gives ex-
hibitions of barrel-kicEing. wire-walk-
ing and other equilibrist feats. They
are said to be the best performers In
their respective lines that ever left the
Mikado's kingdom
In the museum. Mile. Garrett and her
trained. cockatoos. Hermaneti Bros. the
Shadows of America, Prof. and MADAME
Vernello. magicians and jugglers. and
the mechanical wNistling bird. the only
one Of Its kind in America. furnish an
entertainment that Is both interesting
| and amusing.
| in the living picture show are to be
seer reproductions OF the most famous
| French paintings and the Temptation
Of st. Anthony
The entertainments on the Midway.
| are ali Of a high order and there Is not
one Objectionable feature to be men-
| toned.