Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-07-27
THE FAKE CARNIVAL.

The respectable people OF this city
viii breathe more freely after tonight.
Not because Of any very great change
in the temperature, but because the
Street Fan" viii be at an end We
know that we express their opinion In
stating that the entire affair has been
disappointment Some features of 1t
have been mach worse than that The
so-called Midway was a fair pro-
duction Of "Pandemonium,' The noise,
confusion. crowding, rbwdylsm. discord-
ant sounds and fake shows were thor
oughy reprehenslble, Some Of the
parades were worth seeing, and were
conducted with order and decency But
the side shows brought here to gull the
public were OF the rankest kind aud de
serve to be denounced by the press as
well as by the public
We have to speak. not by experience,
but by the testimony Of numerous re-
liable persons who took in the whole
business with all its tracy" vulgar and
licentious details. The latter were TOO
vile TO be described In print The fact
that they had 20 be suppressed by the
police during the time that Juveniles
made their special visit Is sufficient
evidence that they were unfit for gen
eral exhibition With two or three ex-
ceptlOns they were TO be utterly con-
demned; and VIC must confess surprise
that after their real character had be-
come known, so many persons flocked
In crowds to witness their disgusting
performances, or to pay their money
FOR what they might have known were
simply humbugs,
The free entertainment was the best
feature Of the Fair, apart from the
appearance OF the Carnival Queen and
her attendants, We are sorry that they
were in any way connected with the
shameful exhibitions made part OF the
Fair Nothing that we have to say on
this subject should be construed as
casting upon them the slightest refec-
ton, for they were in every way above
all that was Objectionable In the affair.
II may be thought that our words OF
condemnation ought TO have been ut
tered at the beginning, rather than al
the ending of these alleged festivities.
But II will be found that in the first
report OF them given by the Deseret
News they We're exposed in their real
character, and dlsapproyal was ex-
pressed In such terms as to occasion
considerable comment, And II is 20 be
observed that the more the worst fea-
lures Of the shows were denounced, the
greater were the crowds Of the curious
who wanted TO take them all In. We
speak Of them now that It may be
known TO all who are interested in the
matter, that the decent people OF salt
Lake are opposed TO such low down
exhibitions. and IN their behalf we
raise a protest so that In future this
city may not be degraded by their re-
petition.
We do not believe that any real good
will result from this so-called "carni-
val" Thousands Of people from the
rountry have come Into the city and
gone away IN wonder whether such
things are countenanoed by the author
tiles Of Salt Lake. Ii has lowered the
IN the estimation Of de-
cent visitors. 1t has tended 20 damage
The reputation Of the city. II has
helped To swell the tide Of immortality
which has set in and that Is yisibly ar
'ecting portion OF our population. It
has had an evil effect upon young peo-
pie The comments that will be made |
VIII not be OF a complimentary kind |
md the effects that will follow, win be |
n the direction Of depravity, rather |
than In that Of eleyating the moral |
one OF the community
II will, doubtless. Go some extent have
damaging effect upon other celebra-
ions that are expected 10 follow Peo-
BE will fear that they are TO be again
We believe. however. it win
rove a warning 20 the managers of
'ther entertainments Of a public char
cter. and that they will be careful az
o the kind OF entertainments which
hey bring here or TO which they lend
heir encouragement. We hope we have
cen the last Of such fakes" and debas.
ng recreations as those that have at
ended the Midway feature Of the Salt
AXE Street Fair.