Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-01
AND CONCESSIONAIRES CLAMOR
FOR MORE TIME.
TICKETS AT SIX CENTS EACH
Six Thousand Restaurants Mostly in
Straits-Closing May be Delayed
Till Early in December-Mrs. Bel
lamy Storer Wins a Prize-Ameri-
can Crew Victorious.
Special CORRESPONDENCE.


Is gaining in strength. A few days ago
large number of concessonaires, in
Guiding the keepers of restaurants,
sldeshoWs, etc., petitioned the French
authorities to keep the fair open a
month longer than was originally in
tended, which would bring the date Of
closing in the early part of December.
In their petition the concessionaires
say that the attendance is always
greatest towards the close and that a
month more of business would save a
good many from the total ruin with
which they are now threatened as a
result OF slack trade during the first
few months of the fair. Besides this
extension of time the concessionaires
are looking for another concession.
They want the price of their privileges
or licenses reduced. In most cases half
Of the price of the concession was paid
before the opening of the exposition,
the other half to be paid in the month
Of June. The concessiOnaires have put
off the second payment and now want
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nothing like having nerve. It has not
yet been decided to postpone the date
Of closing but the general opinion
seems to be that it. will probably be
done.
In connection with this petition it is
interesting to note the financial condi-
ton of some of the restaurants and
sideshoWs. To begin with there are
about 5000 eating places in or con-
nected with the exposition and it is
easy to see that all of these can not
flourish. The fact is that most of
them are on their last legs. The
restaurant under the United States
pavilion has not been making money
and it is said that the butcher and the
baker and all the rest of them are
getting ready to swoop down and take
possession of the place. A great many
others are in the same fix and the GUS
toners are so few and far between
that those who do happen around are
not And when some of these restau-
rants fail it will not be any small af-
fair. One of the smaller restaurants
paid 100000 francs for the space alone.
The sideshows as rule are losing
money and some of them have already
quit business. 1t is evident that the
exposition crowds are not money
spending ones and the low price of
tickets is alleged as a reason for this.
Tickets are now selling for cents and
they will probably go lower, as there
are about 40,000,000 yet to be sold in
the next two months.
A Lilliputian Guard.
The guard force has a new mascot
in the person of the son of Captain Day
Who is in charge of the Standard Oil
Co.'s exhibit. This little boy who is
six years old, has been equipped with
complete guard uniform and is the
object of marked attention from every
body but especially from the guards
themselves. He is soldierly in appear
ance and has a stiff military salute
which is always ready for action. The
other day he visited the exposition
and created sensation among the
guards of the other nations whom he
saluted in his best style.
World Beaten Again.
The Americans have made still an
other conquest, and this time it is in
the line of aquatic sports. In the in
ternational regatta for oarsmen the
eight of the Vesper Rowing club of
Philadelphia took first place from the
crews of all other nations. The re-
gatta was held in the basin of Asnieres.
This is a stretch of the Seine river near
a suburb of Paris called Asnieres. The
course is 1 mile 1873 yards and it is
used for all races from diamond SOULS
to SCARED shells. All countries except
England were we'll represented, there
bling French, American, Belgian, Dutch
and German crews entered The only
event in which the Americans con-
tested was the senior SCARED race. The
preliminaries took place Saturday,
Aug. Is, and the finals occurred the next
day, Sunday. In their preliminary the
Vesper club won with ease and in the
final won again by comfortable mar
gin. There were four crews in the
final and at the pistol the Americans
went to the front with a few quick
strokes and kept increasing their lead
until the finish where they were about
six lengths ahead.
The foreign ideas OF rowing are con-
American college ideas. The
matter of form does not receive so
much attention and the endurance OF
the crews is certainly nothing remark
able. The races are for short distances
like a mile or two and some of the
crews are not able to finish that much. |
IN the finals one 4-oared crew de-
liberately quit rowing after having
gone about a third of mile. Such |
rank laying down as that has never
been seen on an American course. In |
the 4-Oared races all the shells were