Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-17
GREAT.

with DEMOCRAT reporter, Mr.. Gas
kill said: 1T looks as though Akron
was going to have an exceedingly
good fair. Everything is arranged
so well that failure would almost be
| impossible. l like the grounds very
much, and think they are laid out
admirably for the handling of big
crowd
! On the Midway are the Japanese
and Oriental theaters, with their un-
limited number of feats, dances and
various other attractions. In the
japanese theater are Alcimotos and
Royal Yeddo troupe, also Diakceshe,
the three-year-old acrobat. The XII
ouri Sisters will also appear in the
! theater in some fine stage work. Alb
! dul Nov, who claims to be the only
! Syrian Elk in the world. is at the
head of the Oriental theater, and
among the dancers are Mime. Maud
de Leon, Little Egypt, La Bella Rosa
Fatima, sensational dancer. In the
theater Abraham and Mike Lin
coin give an exhibition of a Moorish
sword fight.
Dancing Girls.
The National Wild Animal show
the Congress of National dancing
girls, in which will perform Bebe,
the sensational contortionist and ac-
rObatic dancer; Nine. Beatrice,
French dancer; Floriene, Native
Arabian dancer; Bertie Campbell,
American dancer; Julio, the Hungar-
ian, and Fora, the Prussian dancer
the American the Philippine islanes,
Cuban troubadours, including the
La Sartonia sisters, female broad
sword fencers and fighters, and Le-
vata, an Egyptian queen; the Moor
ish theatre with its troupe of aero
batic and athletic performers, and
La Freda, the only HindOo dancing
girl in America, will be seen, are all
among the attractions on the Mid
way.
Trained Amin ais.
i In the animal show are to be seen
the boxing kangaroo, the dancing
bear, performing pumas, lions,
monkeys and also the show called
"Gay Paree." Wallace, the only un-
tamable lion, that killed his keeper,
not long ago, is also on exhibition.
In the Streets of India will be seen
Babe and Jess, the elephants, each
weighing seven tons; Holy Moses
and Lillian Russell, the camels; four
sacred donkeys, an elk and Hanson
Ben Ais troupe of A Athletes, besides
Turks, Egyptians and Arabs.
The Venetian Gondolier is ma
chine exhibited on the southern part
of the grounds, which will be greatly
enjoyed for its peculiar feature of
entertainment.
Exhibition Of Freaks.
An exhibition of freaks and curios,
under the management of M. F. An
derson, in a museum near the Streets
of India, is popular place with the
crowds.
Spiral Tower.
The other tower is on the Midway.
1t will be used by Achille Philion in
his wonderful feat of ascending the
spiral tower by rolling himself up
ward, balanced on hollow wooden
ball. Gaining the top of the tower,
he also descends in the same man
ner. He gives performances in the
afternoon and evening. This is one
of the most remarkable feats ever
exhibited to the public. During
Mr. Philion's evening performance,
he explodes beautiful collection of
fireworks from the top of the tower.
Enter the Grounds.
But you are impatient to enter the
fair grounds. Well, here you go!
Passing through the main entrance
on the north side of Market street,
you are right on Exhibit street, and
the scene is almost bewildering in
its dazzling effect. Several lines of
gaily-decOrated booths stretch off to
the northern end of the grounds.
Pou find yourself in veritable shop
per's paradise, the galaxy of twinkle
revolving into worlds of delight. The
wares lie invitingly exposed to the