The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-06-01

opening In Baltimore on Monday next will
be an amusement enterprise of great interest
as to the method Of its preparation, It's scope,
the character of the enterprise itself, and the
auspices under waich it will seek to secure
money for charitable purposes. TIE affair
Will be an Industrial exposition and its pro-
moters are members of the Baltimore Ledge
OF Elks, No. z. Already nearly all of the
b)oth space has been sod and the exhibitors
Include the leading merchants and manufac-
irers OF the State as we'll as the city. The
usement features will be furnished by the
Frank e. Bostock Mighty Midway Carnival
Company, the proprietor of which was
director-general of the Zoo, in Baltimore last
winter, and the attractions are OF intimate
variety and number.
That the getting up of such an n'erprbe
and carrying it through to the moment of the
opening ceremonies, is a gigantic task, can
well be believed from the huge amount of
preparation, and the Eiks have embraced the
arduous work with great cr:thusiasm.
The location Of the. grounde is a most
favorable one and comprises North Avenue,
htNbuSf hlittl,
Twenty first Street, Cromwell Sheet and
Boone Street. with the main entrance at the
corner Of Greenmnunt and North Avenues
This particular point was selected because OF
the easy access to all parts CT the city afforded
the thousands of prospective pstrons.
When the Exposition opens, the streets In
the evening will be brilliantly lighted, thus
giving the manufacturers anil merchants an ex-
celient opportunity to display their wares,
Everything has been done to make the in
dustrial section attractive and interesting md
the exhibitors will display good naturtd RI val
ry in decorating their booths and introducing
novelties. The booths f.r exhibitors are
erected on each siie Of the streets.
Foremost among the amusement features
Of the Midway, Is the Bostock Traiaci Wild
Animal Show, where IN mammoth steel cage,
Atty feet In diameter, presented under canvas
for the first time, will he some marvellous ex-
hibtions of animal intelligence. Twelve dar-
ing trainers some of whom were great
favorites at the Baltimore Zoo last winter,
have been retained regardless OF expense to
present their bewlldering achievements to the
visitors.
The Streets OF Cairo, which formed the
greatest attraction at the Worlds Fair in
Chicago, will be presented in all their inter
esttng variety. The street will be $40 feet
long and is entered from one eud Of the Mid
way. The Industries, costumes and The
amnsements of the Oriental people ara shown,
including typical buildings aud native buts.
Th-Ie will be found over 100 perfUrmers meu,
women and children, Turks and Japanese,
Bedouins, Arab gun spinners, Defvish@s Of
the Desert, swords ghter5. cames, elephants,
sacred donkeys ard many other features of
tho land OF the far East.
Among the oth=r attractions are the Ger
man Village, the Cinemategraphe, tle Moorish
Palace, the Turkish theatre, the Streets Of
All Nations, the IIndoo theatre aud a score
or more OF minor amusement features.
The Executive Committee Of the EIks' Ex-
position is composed of John j. Banuan,
chairman; Phil Peterson, secretary; G. Ross
EIosternsn, treasurer; J. Albert Cessedy,
Thomas F. McNulty and Frank G. Lehnert.