The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-22
THE MIDWAY AT BUFFALO
TRIP THROUGH IT CALLED "FLYlNG
THE GOOSE
Some of the Interesting and Attractive
Exhibits Seen on This Trip--ohoin
Of Midway.

i'an exposition enjoying It's Incompatible
beauties. Let us enter the midway and
"6y the goose" ! don't know the origin
Of this bit Of slang, but It is In common
use at the exposition and has evidently
come TO stay. Flying the goose" turned
into plain English mcans a trip through
the midway.
This Is wonderful midway. with Its
great variety of shows and confusion OF
tongues ana dlseordance Of music. 40 one
who has ears to hear VIII fall asleep on the
midway. 1t is a very noisy place; various
devices are used to attract the attention
| of people TO the concessions. There are
| brass bands, reed bands, fog horns music
boxes, bells and other nose-producers, all
going at the same time and creating babel
the like OF which has seldom been heard
| before. These arc situated on platforms
| where also the free performances or bal
| lyhos," are given. The term "ballyho,"
though an old one, was not In vogue ut
| Chicago, Omaha or Atlanta, but was resur-
rected for use at Buffalo. The purpose of
the "ballyho" is TO attract crowd
! Stronglunged, glib-tongued men stand
In front Of the concessions and dllate upon
the wonders within. They are called
spleler5. AT Chicago they were bark
ers. The man who has only a few. wOrus
TO say, but says them over and over ugail
throughout the dry, is called a grinder
1t Is interesting to listen 10 the spiel
erS. - Their variety of talk * almost iu.
nnite.
The midway of the Pan-American is su.
perlor 10 former ones In several respects
me attractions have been selected with
great care. They arc new and clean. The
conces5ionnlrcs are men who nave won bril-
IlNul success and good populations In the
amusement world. AZ ne beginning thG
rbc0l fakrS who dockcd to Buffalo 10 rem,
ground space on the midway learned thai
Z on 4
20 10 with them. They ware shut out
completely The architecture, decoration
n I3oi, gir99upingo OF th2 buildings are com
lnehulbIe. The buildings are close to
stlhcr. and In making trip through the
u'pWhy one passes quickly from ConCes-
II has been slid in some quarters that
tuC exposition officials hgye been FOO crit.
iehl OF the character Of some of the shows
lhe midway censurs caused additions TO be
lnnue 10 the raiment of some of I'M, nrturs
Qpenring In free exhibitions la front Of an
fCrchl concessions representing life In far
ii14lluo' ne ohJcctlon made to this was
| that with the changes made as ieuuirr1
tne purpose of the concessonaircs was sci
~ nuught and they were compelled 10 .rivr
MISREPRESENTATION. The point was maj wen
taken, as In giving exhibitions in The
SSirGet me coneessionaires were exceeding
There are some forty shows in the Pan.
american midway. Life In far lands IN
Meu re- Ttebresented IN tho Hawaiian villages,
Beautiful Orient, Streets OF McXlco Fiir
! Japan, Venice in America, All Nurnberg
tne ESqulmanN Village and the Royal CyIi-
There Is an animal show, ana indian
SonsrGss, lhIanI incubators, a gold NINE an
| oSuich rarm, sceneographic reproductlon
| OF the Johnstown flood n house unsidn
! down, a Moorish pnlacc. several costly
| phtntuhss ana moving picture machines a.
The newest novelty inaugurated ot tbr
nMn.Aui,eIicon Is = trip to the moon, the
! desigIed ma 81 or goI nc thompson, who also
s s,tint ~ the !eeter OF the omaha expo
~ ~ WIT immature of the Ferris wheel
| end 'Np''itl'h ahlNed to citAer
! Tbr co,cossio,.,,.a
I rau,GS GsHHn'esslonnlres nave an association
| s1cintlon of ne Ior onfesSionaires' As.
10, tue promotion OF their interests 4.
! GnrVie of tbn S %,E, louv, ar. H. II Nc.
| Lrsi president and Mr.. Frederic r6omn.
( tsrv =" o. IN. 70 the Moon thr first Score.
| 10 ry,Sra ~ u'y ,nuethlllp is restricted
ccsslons operotin,, sr I'll amusement col
I Initiation w., T. W. on tRe Midway The
| iy usefsstneDt S1 "a ~ ~ me resnai mourE-
! C'hlcngo fnlr H. "5'94st eNch memler,
of purpose wbIrh ch 'HghGu INC Immunity
emf onr "u'N' ch"f"cVerizes the pres.
irbn Co,.,,.i.t
ONLY brcn G"in,veu3i ~ association has not
has lghtcned He Io,o me iueihhnHrs hut II
v.ay % mmuer whose direction the Mia
have hecn confined ~ p'eiTtsttuou interests
ca,It spielets realize the benefits of or
fhe ,T S,iiiSn, anu {hey have recently formed
| Ancrica anu lecturers Association OF
thcir nj , ,ts 4"pJect neing the promotion OF
| sifiop IN SIS Ut me fan,American expo
1bn Nfi,i, ,noSe or me future.
| ton of to,@SS Hi IKE IKE international eXposl
sideshows Of tb rs t ths degGiopment OF the
| fatbrre, In w Town falf OF our grand
| pumntips v, 40 matter how many giant
| amal,nG SqHuNheS, corn stalks and other
| blhItede X "ttue,S ~ the farm We're eN
! commit 'n ,,vit tTuWH lalr was not considered
| rislng co,,""raniput slueshow. With the
| ernvinoA ff n. a,oh especially there was a
| their fbnn,,btsst essIaihment mat would turn
| farm lifn inta a sta Aue ora channel or
Indy ma r,"a inherent one. Punch and
ites anil tbanpS humply were the favor.
ones todoy Ivy "S Popuiar with the little
side atttaStto,iil ~ tne course of time these
sidersi}a c,.,l, BECAME the source Of CON
md fhe sbon.m ns Iot me far associations
ileses '""sH P'uu wen Tor their priv.
| 16e shnvn,o,,
win tbi "HVu went from fair to fair
harvest ~ altt"e}iQqS and rcaped rioh
csi1ed ssf i n uV,u, rms moving ahont was
nunbor iovS!'S@WnhE inc falrs Gradually the
lie mali n t"Al lonoWerS has increased aud
~, luHilS or their shows has steadily
ture rs eonsIdero"d" the sldeshow fen
tho TOWN oV ani necessary adjunct Of
tions giw"Vs AVE- Iin nuini lalr. Hud the assocla-
source III f9elr i nr,W tue revenues from this
Tho sidesb,,,,. ~ iulIlhat& estimates.
not contned ~, ~ the Old time fairs were
prounds I'M W. any particular parts of the !
odd snots lghSr, "T'u aSSlsned locations In |