Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-09-21
TRAVELLING MEMS
DAY AT The FAIR.
Knights of the Grip Made Fine Display on
the Streets This Morning Carr
nival Attendance.

The second day Of the Elks carnival
has come ara met the approval oil 'he
h,gh expectations awakened by the
orst A sort of rolllcking humor seem
ed TO peryade the carnival enclosure
and was manifest in the attractive
,to.t parade this morning 1t Is Com
merclal Travellers day and no DOUBT
that is reason for IT, The Jolly knights
of the grip mede fine appearance as
they marched UP and down East Tenn
nile Stree, receiving and answering good
naturedly The tests Of the crowd and
eyincing a characteristic Interest IN
their surroundings that was contagious.
The people Of Salt Lake seem to rea-
lza thai they have something unusual
in their midst for the public interest
that is being manifest In the Elks show
IL very marked Director General Stoll
stated today that he was much more
than gratifed over the attendance OF
the first day. There were over 5000 paid
admissions yesterday, Exalted Ruler
Freed expressed himself In a similar
manner and added that the carnival
was already an assured success and
that il could only be defeated by bad
weather or some grave and unforeseen
cause
II certainly seems as II the director
General and exalted ruler are right for
II does look as though everybody In
Utah wants to see the carnival The
prevailing condition on the grounds is
d jam and the perplexing question is,
how are the crowds going to be ac-
comodated. Barnums cynical express
sion that the American people Ike to
be humbugged may be generally ac-
cepted as being true, but so far as the
present carnival is concerned those who
have visited Ii know that they have not
been humbugged thus far which
IN this instance is perhaps
equally as pleasing as though
they were actually being duped, The
show largely partakes of the nature Of
the Elks themselves; II Is fresh new,
and free from that insufferabe tired
feeling which Is so palpable In nearly
every travelling aggregation OF perform
ers. The whole thing goes through
with a zest and spirit that is refresh
ing.
A message was received today from
Grand Exalted Ruler Charles r. Pickett
OF Waterloo, Iowa congratulating the
Elks on the suspicious opening Of their
carnival and their graceful act in post
ponlng the opening for one week out of
Difference to the memory Of the late
President Mckinley Mr. Pickett fur
ther said that the eyes Of all the Elks
were centered upon Salt Lake because
OF the grand convention next year.
Word has been received from the
lodges In Colorado, Montana and
Wyoming that they will be here with
their great p1tlers and bright regalia
swinging to the breezes. So about Mon
day morning 1t Is expected that several
hundred happy Elks will be unloaded in
this city and the activity that viii be
kept up TO the end Of the week will be
something dizzy TO behold.
SO far as has been observed there is
nothing on the midway or about the
carnival 20 assault the finer sensibill-
ties Of either sex. All the Elks have
put themselves on record the manage
ment asserts. as positively prohibiting
anything Of an unseemly character on
the grounds.