The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-01
TIE MIDH AY CELEBRATION
Pan-American Concessi0naires to
Hold Fete Next SATURDAY..

4 Parade in which There VIII Re
Forty Hands Of Music and Repre-
Sentative> of All ADMINISTRATIVE
Of the Evening Entertainment.
BUFFALO, AuE. 1.-The midway con-
cessionair,s, who are preparing a Celchra-
ton for next Saturday. are adding fga-
lures 20 their programme. and the pros
pet Is for a big day at tn, Pan-Ameri-
can. Buffalo is taking q great interest i'm
the affair. IL will be municipal holiday
and already 500 of the largest business
houses of the city have agreed To close
their stores i'm order To afford their en-
ployes an opportunity TO attend the cN-
position and witness the spectacle.
ii has been decided 10 open the grounds
at $50 q. m. instead of S as usual and
keep the gates open until midnight. in
stead Of II o'clock IL Is announced that
the midway people have secured a man
TO do the sensational slide from the top
Of the tower TO tho stadium, which has
been planned as one Of the sensational
events Of the programme He is Naseo
Cameron. and he Will slide from the top
OF The tower 10 pond Of water in the
centre Of the stadium. distance Of near
" "a quarter OF a mile.
Carpenters and other mechanics are al
ready at work on the construction Of the
various floats which will be used in the
parade OF an nations They Will be drap-
ed with costly fabrics and viii rival the
creations Of the professions Of the Mystic
Memphi and the Mystic Crew Of Comas.
the two great organizations that make
the Mardi Gras famous as a holiday in
the Southland. II is expected that no less
than forty bands Will contribute the mu-
sic f0t the procession in which all nations
viii participate and the procession itself
will number several thousand people,
many Of whom viii be in fantastic cos
tunes.
The Pan-American affords a splendid
opportunity for achieving a night specta-
Gle SURPRISING FAR in briliancy and beau
ty anything ever attempted before on
such a scale. and the conCessiOnaires
have been fortunate in securing as the
elimination Of the climax Of the days
spectacles the ballet from Kiralfy's Con
stantinople" now running at the TeCk
Theatre. There viii be first the bouquet
ballet. which will be danced upon glass
stage located in the centre Of the Cascade
OF Fountains. underneath which a battery
OF calcium lights is to be placed. Upon
this glass platform fifteen dancers, clad in
costumes a Ia Luie Fuller. will perform
their graceful CREATIONS under the glare
OF the double battery of electric lights
thrown from the Electric Tower. These
dancers Will be clad in soft clinging
white mOusseline de sole. many hundreds
OF yards of which will be swirling in
graceful folds. Those have seen the beau
tiful effects produced by the searchlights
from the Tower on the Buildings and
grounds Of the exposition can form some
idea Of the exquisite beauty OF this pict-
ure The other ballet will be danced up
on a stage in the middle OF the North Bay
OF the Park Lake IN this several hum
dred dancers will take part. They WEI
dance a pretty movement from the spec
tacle OF COnStantinOple-
The Kiralfy ballet is said 10 be the most
EorgeoUsly costumed and equipped or
ganization in the world, and when group
ed upon a platform in the centre OF a
beautiful lake. presenting the opportunity
for the reflection Of thousands OF lights
III the water and for all kinds OF speCIa-
GUAR effects. ii can well be imagined that
the scene viii be entirely unique ana one
10 be remembered
The programme for the day includes
many other events, such as a dive from
the Electric TCwcr into the Grand Canal.
and q marriage in the Captive Balloon. at
q height Of Z,000 or 1900 feet The great
Chinese Dragon, brought in 1893 from Pc
kin. and which was used AT the chicago
fan festival Of that year. is expected 20
form one Of the features Of the Midway
parade
IL has been decided TO make the grand
finale Of the day display of nrew OrAs
and from one end 10 the other Ct the Mid
way, the Lane Of Laughter viii be one
grand spectacle Of imitation fire from the
Plaza 10 the Indian Congress near the
ElrnUood Gaze