The sun., 1900-06-22
RED LETTER DAY
At HkS' CARNIVAL
and Street FA|R
TwentY-eight Thousand People
Crowded the Exposition
Yesterday.
JAM ON THE GREAT MIDWAY
Frank G. Bostock Gives Percentage
to the Hospitals. Miss Green
wood to Get Medal on
Saturday Night.
Last Nights
JAM ON THE GREAT MIDWAY

lcSbctudy was lcQ lctpSI Qdy lOl VIC
great Elks' Street Fair and Carnival. In
the afternoon the attendance was very
good, but last night the crowd was tre-
mendous. In fact the carnival was liter
ally packed with seething mass OF
people from this city and surrounding
country.
The projectors Of the carnival have
every reason to feel proud and much
encouraged az the pleasing success that it
has turned out to be.
Nearly Is, 900 people attended the fair
yesterday, and last night the crowd was
so large that the Bostock people were
unable to handle it, and for a time many
of the shows had to be suspended as
there was not enough men to handle the
tickets. Nearly all of the members of the
committee were called in TO assist before
they could reopen.
Frank @. Bostock, of the Bostock show
said that he had handled many large
crowds but that this was the most stu
pendous OF all.
Bostock's Generosity.
One of the most pleasing events of the
carnival took place yesterday afternoon
when Frank Q. Bostock presented the
Delaware and Homeopathic Hospitals
with ten per cent. OF the entire receipts
CT the Midway for Wednesday, amount.
ing to S9006, which being unexpected,
was most thoroughly appreciated.
The Confetti Battle.
Both tonight and tomorrow night a
confetti battle will be given on industrial
street. This will be one OF the most
novel and amusing features of the carni-
val. Everybody should witness it,.
Last Nights Parade.
Large crowds of people again lined the
streets last night to view the parade
! scheduled for s o'clock.
Wilmington Lodge of Elks, headed By
the First Regiment band aud attired in
3 silk bats and frock coats, attracted marked
4 attention.
St Johns Commandery, knights
!. Templar, bedeeked in their Respondent
( uniforms, received much commendatior
y for their splendid marching.
Delaware Concave, No Z Heptasoph'
or Seven Wise Men, made very fine
o appearance.
h Special Features Today.
d Frank G. Bostock will present specia
= military features today, which will in
s clude the sensational sword and spea
3 fights given by the Wata-Nabe Roya
:, japanese troupe, illustrating the bar
J baric and cruel methods OF warfare
which furnish the blood curdling stories
OF barbaric treatment and slaughter o
the Christians in Oriental countries.
Special attractions will also be added
IF to the German village, and Mile. Morelli
n with hertrained animals will introduc,
e several new acts.
J, Presentation of Medal.
/ One OF the most attaactiye features o
the carnival will take place Saturda.
e evening. On that evening Miss Berthi
Greenwood, the young lady who opened
g the carnival and wished it the success
u which it has been, will be presentet
with gold medal on the fair grounds b.
10 Wilmington Lodge of Elks. Miss Green
g wood will arrive at the grounds in a car
riage, accompanied by Mr.. Jonathan w
= Aydon. The medal will be on exhibi
i tion this afternoon and tomorrow il
Samuel H, Bsynard's jewely store, FIT
and Market streets.
= The Great Midway.
!" The Midway, with its wonders, mar
Il, wells and curious people, are the feature
.n of the Elks' Street Fair and Carnival.
III Thousands of people throng. the Mid
way every afternoon and evening. Th
,r drawing cards. 1t never fails to clea
IL up the walks and receive all the visitor
N who pass near its doors. An immens
pedestrian is at the right of the eI
trance. It's music charms.
q 1t was the wise Solomon who sal
- there was nothing new under the sur
and until the advent of the wild anims
show, the staid old theory had many b.
levers among the amusement lover
who are so exacting OF the purveyors
amusemen here, that no truth, no ma
q. ter how mighty it was claimed in az
- vance, was accepted until after the a
40. traction had come OF itself and passe
ii. criticism.
10 GIoriousiy Sensational.
Ir. The performance consists of series
acts given with wilds animals, of whic
lci the daring entrance into the cage Co
tanning the wild and untamable ma
he eating lion "Wallacen by Senior |
,us kenso, is a crowning feature. 1t
ort found so gloriously sensational that ey'
ones blood almost freezes who watch
re. this veritabe fight for life between Il
on lion and the man.
lcil There is almost fascination in Il
e scene that holds the observer spe
vas bound until the man escapes. Then
the round of applause is always given I
EN- courageous young man and ne seeming
feels more i'll at ease when it is over ti
ort while lie is in the cage
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