The Saint Paul globe., 1900-06-30
CARNIVAL CLOSES TONIGHT
MIDWAY WILL TOMORROW BE A
THING OF THE DEAD
PAST
HAS BEEN A GRAND SUCCESS
ElISs Have Reason to Be Proud OF
Their Most Ambitious Venture
as Public Enter
t01ners.

After II o'clock tonight the Elks' car
n1val will be memory, or a collection
of memories, for after that hour Carnt-
val street will be Cedar street again, and
the Midway, the aIluring, bewildering,
entertaining and convincing Midway, will
have passed into oblivion. The memo
ries, however, will be pleasant ones gen
orally. Pleasant to the Elks, for their
enterprise has been a most successful
one; pleasant to the visitors for they have
been vastly amused throughout the fort
night of the carnivals continuance, and
pleasant to the merchants of the city,
for they are the richer by many dollars
because of the influx of visitors that the
carnival has brought to ST. Paul.
The fact that yesterday was the next
to the last day TO doubt accounted for
the fact that the afternoon visitors
thronged into Carnival street in even
greater numbers than usual. Then, too,
it was st. Cloud day. and Stearns coun-
ty was well represented, not only by
st. Cloud citizens, but by others from
neighbOring towns.
The visitors did yesterday exactly what
they have been doing throughout the
past two weeks They inspected the
watched the fire eaters OF Japan de-
YOUR the flames and smack their lips
and marveled more at this most unusual
diet. Boscos feats in the gastronic line
claimed wondering and respectful atten-
ton. La Belle Rosa and her sister dane
ers had theirasmiles returned with inter
est and their grace applauded. In short,
it was the same Old sights same old
crowd, but with an apparently new zest.
An old lady nearer seventy than six
ty was the heroine of the Midway for,
perhaps, half an hour yesterday, a long
time in Midway annals. She had nice
white hair and wore glasses. She was
not very tall and of pleasing plumpness.
She carried an umbrella and was out
for pleasure and she met the camel. The
camel had a pleasant face, and plat
form, nicely upholstered, bridged the
chasm between it's two humps. The
camel was in charge of a keeper, strik
ingly arrayed in ruff1ed skirts and fez.
Lady take a nice ride. Take all
round ze grounds" persuasively urged
the keeper.
The old lady shook her head doubt
fully, her eyes on the camel.
Plenty easy ride. No fall Off" con-
vincingly argued the keeper.
The old lady shook her head even more
doubtfully.
MANY ladies take ze ride Ze ride, it is
delightful" with fnality urged the keep
er.
The old lady hesitated and-was lost.
The camel knelt obligingly, the aged
4 passenger was strapped on and caution
ed to hold tight to the ropes, and then
the Iong-necked beast began to get up
in that curious installing fashion peculiar
to the species. The passenger looked
troubled and her glasses came off, but
very soon she began to enjoy her ride,
and the crowd, who had eyed her expert
ment rather obviously at first, clapped
heartily when she was brought safely and
triumphantly to the ground.
The rubber ball man is one of the fea-
lures of the Midway. There are many
of him, and he has a playful fashion of
urging his wares by throwing out his
balls and hitting visitors lightly in order
to attract their attention A visitor of
the feminine persuasion, and uncertain
years, resented what she was pleased to
call his freshness late yesterday aft
ernoon. 1t was when Carnival street
was crowded with visitors returning from
the Midway. All the way down the
street the rubber ball man cried his
wares and tossed the small white
spheres at everybody. The visitor who
resented the familiarity revenged herself
in an original fashion. She deftly caught
each bail as it was tossed at her and,
the string swapping, she walked cOmpos-
edly on in spite of the entTeaties of the
vender and the smiles and jeers of the
crowd She must have had a nice little
collection by the time she reached the
great arch.
Paid admissions Thursday, 4,6S5.