The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-05-03
THE STREET FAIR
Committees are Preparing for the
Coming Months Affair.
SPECIALFEATURES COMMITTEE
Has Completed the, Programmc for
Each Day ofthc Week, and the At
fractions now Announced will Draw
Thousands to the Big Show Over on
the Island-A Marriage and u Baby
Show Two of the Features.

The special features committee OF the
coming Oriental street fair and Industrial
exhibition has completed the pro-
gramme Of attractions for each day
during the week. AS q matter of fact,
the programme has only been outlined
and there will be many more features
added before the arrival Of the date for
what gives every promise Of being the
biggest. show In the history Of Wheel
Ing. or this section Of the country.
Z On Monday, June &C. the fair will be
formally opened with q monster street
parade, in which not only merchants
will participate. but the one hundred
people from the Orient, who take part
In the Midway shows-the Turks. Japs,
Arabians, etc. The elephants and
camels from the Streets of Cairo"
VIII form 4 novel and interesting ex-
hiblt In themselves. After the parade
there will be q special brass band con-
cert. In fact, there will be an nbund-
ance OF music throughout the entire
week, and brass band concerts after
moons and nights.
Tuesday will be ladies' day. AMI a
baby show will be the special attrac-
ton. Prizes of Il valuable and suitable
character will be awarded to the
plumpest and handsomest babies, and
1t Is expected that no less than one hun.
dred infants will take part I'M the COM
petition. AT night there will be con-
cert by the Opera House band.
Wednesday will be Elks Day. Thou
sands of members of the order from all
parts OF West Virginia and adjoining
states are expected to be present, and
the exalted ruler OF the order will prob
abaly make speech. At Q p. m. there
viii be u public marriage. The couple
has not yet been secured. but as the
committee offers handsome bed room
suite as wedding present. 1t Is likely
that the members will be flooded with
applications. This announcement Is
expected to prove more effective in
bringing bashful sultors to the pop
ping" point than all the hints which
anxious malders have dropped within
year.
Friday will be Merchants Day. There
will be a half holiday in all the bust
ness houses In the city to enable clerks
and other employees to see the elephant.
AleTClantS from Out-Ol-tOWn VIII De cS-
pecially Interested In the programme
which will be prepared for this enter
tainment At night, under the direc
ton Of Prof. C. Resley Tracy. there
will be marvellous kaleidoscope exhibit
ton OF the battles of Manila and San
tlaGo, with accompanying martial mu-
sic.
Friday will be Chlldren's Day. and
Young America will fairly revel In the
sightseeing. and sport which will be
provided. One feature will be child
ren's cake-walk. by Prof. Delbrugge's
class, In which two handsome prizes
will be given. AT night there will be n
band concert and grand pyrotechnical
display.
Saturday will be Everybody's Day.
and everybody will be expected to at
tend. with his sisters. and his cousins
and his nunts There will probably be
q cake walk upon, an original plan.
There will be balloon ascensions, brass
band concert, and the week will be
wound up In n blaze Of glory with q
costly fire works display.