The Yale expositor., 1901-07-05
YAIE ST. Clair County Mch FRIDAY 8, 1901
SEVEN DAYS OF PLEASURE
Were Enjoyed the Fullest Extent by Members OF the
Michigan Press Association Party on Their Pill
erimaee to BuffaloThe Steamer City of
Holland Afforded Most Pleasing
Accommodations

drew one the nearer to the throne.
Never were: there surroundings more
enhancing.
AS the visitor approaches the grounds
at eventide he sees few electric lights
arranged in modest order. Just suffi-
cient light is given to meet require
ments. Once inside, the broad pass
ageway Is found to be illuminated by
avenues Of incandescent bulbs, stretch
ing ahead like strings of diamonds,
and accentuated here and there by
clusters held by poles. AS one ap-
proaches the grand court, the lights
multiply, not glaringly, but with in
creasing beauty, until one is confront
ed, finally, by the magnificent central
tower, blazing hundreds Of feet in the
air with thousands Of vari-colored
globes.
That Monday evening we sat raptur-
Gus, and blinked blankly when the
lights were turned out and we, too,
were turned out with them.
say there say there say there !!
Howled the barkers as we started "to
do" the midway" in a systematic man
ner Tuesday morning; nor Is this greet
ing for the ears of Reubens only.
The midway Is not vice-breeding.
There are inverted houses and fan
tastic tramways and alleged trips to
the moon; they are all within the
bounds of legitimate amusement.
Then, too, there are the cycloramas Of
Jerusalem, and Missionary Ridge and
the portrayal Of the Johnstown Flood
and Land of the Midnight Sun of his
torical value, the Baby Incubators ap-
peal to ones human instincts and the
Philippine, Hawaiian and Japanese
villages are of geographical good.
The Pan-American Midway is truly
excellent.
The newspaper aggregation made a
good start by first accepting the hospi.
tality of Frank G. Bostock the Animal
King. Bostock's animal arena is one
of the greatest amusement features of
the Midway. The exhibit presents one
of the finest collections of trained wild
animals ever before shown, more than
1000 Gagged beasts appearing in the
arena. Continuous performances are
given in the cage erected in the center
of the building, and the trained ami
mails, birds and reptiles from every
CLINE are made to do their trainers
biddings. The crowning feature is the
challenge act of Capt. Bonavita, with
25 performing forest-bred animals.
The next building south of the ami
NAL show is the home of Chiquita.
This sprightly little midget was born
on the island of Cuba, little over 81
years ago. Her height is but 26 inches,
though she Is proportionally developed
and possesses a very pretty face. Her
parlors in which she receives visitors
are daintily furnished in keeping with
fha ,fp,rtsxa nr0pnrfiano ~ tho y,,io-
tress, who is fluent conversationalist
in seven different languages and, there
fore, a most interesting hostess. This
living doll is a Bostock attraction.
Another of Director Bostock's feat
ures is Esau, the Man Monkey, the
greatest specimen of the ape-humau
race ever seen. Esau possesses more
brain than any creature ever captured
and has been easily taught to live just
like the man he so closely resembles.
He wears clothing, sleeps in bed, eats
at table with knife and fork, and has
been easily taught to smoke cigars, ride
bicycle, look intently at the pictures
in book, play on musical instruments,
pose in living pictures of characters of
city life, such as the fireman, police
man, etc., and he otherwise demon
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most wonderful forest representative
the world has ever seen.
The golden chariot in which the As
sociation members giddily rode consti-
tute another magnificent Bostock con-
cession. Since the early days Of the
childish old merry-go-round men the
world around have been striving for
something new and many wonderful
contrivances have been invented, but
nothing has been seen in this country
to approach this $4,000 mechanical in
vention.
Roltair's Palace of Illusions, the
House Upside Down, is the oldest at
traction on the grounds and represents
real house standing on its roof and
chimneys. The visitor enters through
the roof and after passing through the
various apartments, all appearing in
topsy-turvy arrangement, reaches the
grand palace of illusion where twenty
beautiful young women are shown
cleverly arranged with splendid sett-
ings. On the stage are shown four
transformation illusions, one dissolv-
| ing into the other and eliminating in
Roltair's masterpiece, Niagara Falls"
Perhaps more pleasing than any
other amusement feature Of the mid
way was Manager Swift's Johnstown
Flood. For this concession large
building has been constructed and in It
is presented graphic illustration of
the storm leading up to the breaking
of the artificial lake and the awful
flood of the Conemaugh river, which
overwhelmed the city of Johnstown in
1889. The exhibition was interesting
to all lovers of the artistic, which OF
course included every member of the
editorial party, and was indeed, a phe-
nomenon of color effects. On the
ground floor has been provided par
Tors to be used as educational head
quarters for teachers.
The members were enabled to make
the tour of the stars and planets and
really dart through space on a trip to
the moon. The tourist to the earths
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