Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-27
SOON A THING OF THE PAST
Last Day of the B1positions Beauties
Rapidly Approaching.
OMAHA DAY TO BE A FITTING CLIMAX
ADVANCE Sale of Tickets Meeting with
"nuisinE success-Rniironds
Aiding In Gathering In che
Thousands from Afnr.

Inc last day OF the exposition Ia =, hand
ana the evening OF October 81 will usher
out OF existence two fairs that have made
oiuana ana the Transmississippi country
ioniliIar 10 the minds of thousands ubo
"Ouiu utherwise have had but dim concep-
t,o"S Oh tnem Among all the special days
Vi thls season 1t has been ordered tba,
oinaha Day be the last and that It fall ON
tne last day before the beautiful structures
are given over to the despoilers to be pulIed
10 pieces and carted away.
ne directors OF the exposition are bend =
ihs every energy to the task of making Oma.
ia Day such one as the exposition has
not yet seen. To encourage attendance tho
ADVANCE sale of tickets is being pushed and
mas ALREADY met with gratifying success II
e'iuent thet as the people of Omaha and
,ne spi piFounulng towns realize that this will
ne their last opportunity to see the fair that
so many nave admired they will let nothing
ueter them from spending large norton
OF the day within the gates Efforts will
pe made to secure the attendance OF large
delegations of visitors from every city and
town within 500 miles and to this end the
railroads have granted rate of one fare
tor the round trip. beginning Saturday OF
TINS week and holding good for return
Wednesday of next week
lhe work of demolition will begin imme-
diately after the closing day, the contract be-
tween the exposition company and the
wrecking company which has bought the
buildings providing for delivery November
!. For a time the grounds will look like n
populous city laid waste and 1t will be then
that the impressions OF the last day will be-
treasured In the memory
scandinavian Day.
Thursday was Scandinavian day at the
exposition and the descendants Of the
Vikings of old thronged the grounds all
day. but especially in the evening The
main attraction was the musical festival
held in the auditorium which was attended
by generous outpouring OF people from
the city and surrounding towns. President
Miller was on the program for the welcome
address and he had warm word OF cheer
Tor the visitors Governor Poynter was
also down for short talk. The band. for
once, occupied seats in the orchestra chairs
and the big stage was filled with a chorus
of $50 people
Bandmaster Belstedt was the conductor
for the evening, he having under his baton
his own organization and the singers as well.
and the concert was fairly successful one.
The chorus work was good, the voices re-
spending readily to the beck OF the director
and the band making fine background.
The soldiers chorus from Faust" was
especially good. The opening chorus num-
Der was an original composition by Adolph
Edgren and was entitled "Omaha's We'll
come" The concert closed with Jubilee
Cantata" by the came composer, the latter
being OF rather ambitious nature and con-
tanning some really creditable passages and
phrases.
One of the big numbers on the program
was the duet and trio from the Creation -
Miss Emma Moeller and Mr. Jacobson sang
the first part and Mr.. Edgren joined in the
trio with his tenor. The number went very
well and received generous applause The
band was most literally hpplauded during
the evening and Mr.. Bellstedt was forced
to announce that owing to the length OF
the program he could not grant encores.
The especially fine number was the "Peer
Gynt" suite, which was played faultlessy.
Saturday night has been set aside as Elke'
night and that organization will be at the
evening concert in full force with all the
enthusiasm that usually characterizes their
gatherings. Bandmaster Bellstedt will ar
range a program with especial reference to
the occasion and there will be much fun on
tap.
The management has decided to allow
children in free again Saturday and all un-
der 12 years of age will have the freedom
of the swiftly passing white city all day.
Thursday night the employees Of the
Agriculture building made merry at the
Public Comfort building. About forty were
present and enjoyed refreshments, music
and dancing During the evening Miss e.
Nunnecke, who Is practically in charge
of the building, was presented half dozen
silver souvenir spoons.
Program for Today.