The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-09-11
SCENES ON THF MIDWAY AT
 THE EXPOSITION
Interesting Article k Sent to the Daily Alaskan By
 A. C. Macne of White Horse

ty having the remotcst connection with
 America For over three hours thr JIzl- lne pageant wendcd Its way between
 d,nsey packed hives of spectators with bands of music 1t short Intervals while am luJcsCr.h1hlc bahhic of sounds came
 from thc proc,ss.onIsts With stately step and u good military orlcr came Che Ha-
 wI.urs. who Wurr. u point of physique Che finest m the crowd playing uu lu kinds oI stuurad musical instruments and singing ther native sonrs m eN- csI.ut harmony Mounted uu .tDods which few would coyet appeared mcm- b.rs of thc "mia1 Congress ra4d.y Jraned and with faces painted Uu ooiors of thc rainbow. 40 thc head rode thc handsome WinonJ. champion shot of Che Indnus. followed by grlyc oll chl,l Gcr- ouimo. the silver tonrucJ orator who hls expressed in public 70 de-.rr tn kiss and dlucc with au Che ladies ot Buffalo. This. ul course. accounts for 1u the mar yeuout amount of patronage given Co the ..nlur Cungr..s hy members ot thc f.r e.N A sel1te looking ostrich from .hr "Ds,rc Farm. drawing auiky pbl..r. seemed UI at clse iu Che so called "rle.aut of nations. and young uuu 70. D.e le good sized dog sitting on Che bure of Mr. ED-tuck. m1de many 90
 futile snrug for liberty Ouc of thc prctu,st scenes lu Che procession was that .f several baby Hons in cler amon. whom utur daughter of thc proc pr.tur nnocouuy hut demurclv sL
 tr....H ....r ...........I.. ....r.f....s Tad. u't1s. o1mo th. dusky Philippines from th. .rhuUuuu NuIugc. followed hy Oriental drummeu and pipou playing th,.r own time and uuys and hcvy of f.miuIu. h.autIu. from thc heuutirm "Or- .ut.- uur uf tne IDHI.uG shows of tho midway Local newspapers rovc been so ,Ntrllaclnt Iu thpIr praise of thDsc mIid- .us th1t they might well blush No doubt th.s accounted for Che roddcncd hue which uuus,l thc,r checks although som. cruelty .usgcstoJ chat it d.d not seem altogether the tInt of health. Next cam, handsome ennduucrs "VeuIcc iu America and Gesh1 girls from "FaIr Japan Gult curiosity was shown n Che ebony natives of thc African Vu- hre" who came ou baro footed. bare breasted. only their woody heads shIold- ue u.m from Che sum. singing laughing. and payInc on tom toms and other sup- nos.d musical instruments. AS tho sounds emitted rss,mbi,d those of 70 e1w-shlrp- ouer and Che shr.ck of a locomotive come biucd oue can readily realize tho sweet ness of Che harmony produced.
 After Che procession came 70 succession of games at Che Stadium. whica was crowded 10 may Interest Skagway people Co know that n "a canoe race between Inc dmus U1wai.1ns. Philippines and Esgui- meluN. the lattor came in first. A uce { between Che elephant. camel and cyclist was won by thc cyclIst
 Hur1Io GWs entry Into Che Exposition suluds was simply % repetition Of Mid way Day without Che extraordinary crowd | which natron.zod thc latter Lately thc i attendance has shown gratifying Improve ment Tho great fair is now In full swing
 Almost every day unu its close is Co be | occupied with some important events | President Mckinley haspromised tocoms | The Duke and Duchess of York win prob-
 ably visit tho exposition when at Niagara Fails Everything now seems Co indicate | that it has entered Che Hood eide of sue cess. A. c. MACRAE.