Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-06-14
STREETS oE ALL NATIONS.
An Interesting Feature of the Midway al
the Etlys, Carnival


ID the ElIssg Carnival.
Ono Of tho most Interesting features
Of the midway at the Elka Carnival,
next week, has been appropriately
styled Tho Streets CT All Nations. .
tts inagnitqde surpasses human power
OF description, as il represents truth
fully and graphically the people Of the
world, brought together in o mighty
midway congress- to delight and in
struct the multitudes; spectacle Of
brought togethac by Director General
poliian Freedom OF action mingle tho
turhan Turk, direct from the land Of
the Sultan; the tall and swarthy Arab,
iii he picturesque garb Of The desert;
the dnrk skinned Egyptian, with a face
as stoid as The Sphinx OF his nativa
land; the piratical Malay, direct from
the China seas the oi.sy- going Mon
9olian from the FlowcIy Kingdom; the
digniiied and cultured Japanese from
the Mikado's empire; the sturdy
Britton, In his dazzling red uniform,
and his present enemy, The loor Of
Com Paults army, both Of whom were
recently fighting each other on the
burning sand OF the Transvaal; the
Lnskar, with his queer wares from
India; the Kalir and the Zulu, in oil
their savage South African glory; the
South Soa and Fiei Islanders, who
until brought to America by Director
General Bostock devoted their time
exclusively 10 war and cannibalism;
the Tueton, with his long pipe and
c,llmbacher Of the Fatherland; the
Highlander with his bagpipe and
kills: the Russian in his great coat Of
bearskin Just relieved from the service
Of the Gear ; the Mexican, with his
velvet clothes, gaudy sash and silver
braided ;sulnbrero; the Brazilian,
sworthy and sunburned in the garb OF
the South American Republic; the
fair-haired Norwegian and Swede,
from the land of the midnight sun;
Laplander aud Esquimaux, from the
icebound regions OF the Arctic; the
American Indian, the last of shat
tered nation; the Spaniard. with his
ino?itable cigarette and profound
polreness: the Cuban and Porto Rican
the Hawaiian. the CHILEAN, Peruvian
and Argentinan.
This great aggregation of Nil nations
has been gotten together by Director
General Bostock at an expense greater
than the entire value of dozen ordi
nary shows. His agents secured the
entire globe In search OF the people
which comprise il. The burning sands
OF India, the forests and jungle of
Africa, the deserts of Egypt ard Arabia,
the cannibal islands of the South Sea,
the ice-bound regions of the Arctic
Circles, the mountain businesses of
South America were all invaded by his
intrepid agents, that they might con-
tribute to this mighty midway congress.
In many places they visited, almost
insurmountable difficulties were experi-
enced and life and limb was daily
risked to secure representatives of the
earth's stIangest inhabitants. No
danger was too great, no price too high,
no difficulty too disheartening to daunt
Bostock g men in their search for living
contributions to the world OF wonders
of the Streets Of All Nations.
1t teaches a practical lesson which is
never forgotten and enlightsns one as
to the worlds inhabitants in a manner
alongside which even the greatest in
situations Of learning pale into insig-
nificanee. With ite instructive fea-
lures it combines the highest class of
amusement and entertainment,
Jonathan w. Aydon. superintendent
Of the police and fire alarm telegf aph,
is having a fro alarm box, to be
known as No. 1854, placed at the entrance
to the grounds, Mt Eighteenth street
and the Boulevard. 1t will be in service
this evening.
The following special officers. for
duty on the grounds during the carni-
val, were sworn in last night by the
Board of POLICE Commissioners: II. e.
Stetser, Amos EastEurn, Charles Evans,
John Mcclure, John Leahy, W. L.
Woodward, Walter Brown, Harry Prim-
rose, William 4. Ruff, James Sewell
and Nicholas Ellwood. The men will
bo in charge of Director of Public Safety
Charles q. Brown and his assistant,
Homer @. Simmons
Teachers from 20 schools Tuesday
afternoon conferred with DR.. Swithin
Chandler at No. School, relative to
the arrangements for the floral parade
on Wednesday, and it was decided to
have six men as aids. for each school.
DR.. Chandler appointed Major Il. A.
Blackboard and Capt W. II. blackboard
as his aids.
About 40 members of the police force
will he in the parade on Tuesday and
on military day Wilmington Co., u.
f., X. Of F., will turn out about a5
men,