The commonwealth., 1902-03-27
famous old Washington course Of the

great interest shown in the exciting con-
tests, the music of the band, the cheers
of the people and the rush of the horses
making one of the events of each day.
Taking in the circuit of the grounds Ia
miniature railway, which though tiny
makes speedy trip. Boarding the cars
at the race track we are soon whirled
through the Avenue Of States and Cities,
and with brief view of the Administra-
tion Building, Auditorium and Court Of
Palaces we are landed near the Midway,
that before we enter it's fun-hinged
gateS we may inspect the
WEST INDIAN BUILDING.
This is placed at the entrance to the
Midway and it contains a most inter-
esting exhibit from these islands about
which the war cloud so lately hovercd
and broke. Here the courteous and at
tentive representatives from Cuba and
Porto Rico have most intelligently ar
ranged the products and resources of
their island homes. The visitor will find
much to interest him here. as we'll as
vast amount of educa tional information
about Cuba and Porto Rico.
But the music, and the laughter. and
the cheers, and the shrill cries of strange
tongues calls US and we enter upon
THE EXPOSITION MIDWAY.
It's an imposing entrance that Archi-
tect Gilbert has designed for the Mid
way, and it is worthy of the fun and the
frolic and the knowledge that is to be
gained inside of it, for there is knowi-
edge as we'll as fun.
Though not the first to be reached one
of the best all round attractions on the
Midway is Jim Key" Do you know the
! horse? He is one of the most intelligent
animals in the world and you do not
want to miss Jim Key" Then there
is the ''Old MILL with it's splashing
wheel and rush of waters in caverns nov
dark, now bright. Know this, Oh you
who are filled with sentiment and have
your best beloved along, fail not to ride
! through the "'Old Mill'' in one of its jolly
little boats. You're loser if you do not.
But who can talk seriously when
there's a visit to the Midway aaoat?
Pexhaps you've been on it, at Atlanta,
or Chicago. or Omaha, or Nashville, or
Buffalo. If you have you are going
again and if not then Charleston has a
revelation for you,, fos its rich Mid
way in attractions.
The BARKER Or the "spieler" VITA
his foghorn voice is at work, the weird
music sounds out. the camel with it's
, Streets of Cairo are here. Over yonder
way is the Battle of Bull Rum" while
the Electric Beauty of the Cuban
Theatre attracts your rapt admiration
Here come the EsQimaux, sadly out of
their temperature in this land of summer
time. sunshine and flowers, while beyond
the quaint little Japs in their Fair
Japan are ready to entertain you in
feasts or acrobatic feats. Across the
street there is museum. some OF whose
exhibits surpass that of New Y0rk's
Eden Musee. Then comes Roltair's
Darkness and Dawn" Bostock's Great
Animal Arena, Gray's Wild West Cattle
Roping Show, The Moorish Palace, the
New England Kitchen, the Little Red
House. the Wayside Inn, the Flying
Chariot and ATTRACTION after attraction
that makes the Midway the delight of
young and old. of grave and gay.
Here in it's wide streets confetti battles
WALTER 6. GREEN, President.
B. F. MCLEOD. Vice President.
S. F. 1NNESS. Treasurer.
p. r. RIVERS. Secretary.
Directors-Walter G. Green. g. F. In
| ness, B. F. Mcleod, c.. Wulbern, p. r.
Rivers, Geo. L. Muckenfuss.
will be fought and at night fireworks viii,
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that only the Midway with it's people of
! all nations can produce for amusement
| seekers.
! OF course see the Midway. It's part
of the show, and it's part that will
bring the smiles and the laughter to your
| face. 1t is a jolly Midway show that the
| Exposition offers to it's visitors.
PLASTIC ART IN ivory CITY,"
| American art is as everything .Ameri-
can, it advances. In no department has
this advance been more rapid than in
sculpture, and as the South Carolina In
terstate and West Indian Exposition is
the latest Exposition, it has the advant-
| age of all the others.
| In all parts of the cart and "Natural
Sections of the Ivory City are to be
| seen beautiful statues, most OF which
| represent incidents allied to Southern
history.
| Artists with high ideals have con-
tributed from their talent, and in five
groups seen in the Court of Palaces this
| is evident. The Aztec Group, by Louis
(, A. Gudebrod, of New York, Exposition
Director of Sculpture. The piece bears it's
inspiration in the life of the Children
o: the Sun and is in two statues. one the
| great Inca. Atahuallpa, who with face
and hands uplifted to the rising sun
towers above a reverent figure of his
| race. and to Pizarro, who calls for his
! vassalage to the King of Spain and bids
him avow the error of his faith he de-
| clares his faith in his own god It is Il
strong grouping Of the advanced race
discovered in America.
Another is of the Indian Group, by
Carl Tefft, of New York. In it the Semi
mole chief, Osceola. is represented in
heroic pose, saying to his warriors,
| spare the women and the children y
Osceola, who fretted away his life in
captivity on Sullivan's Island, and whose
grave is just outside of Fort Moultrfe,
was a valiant leader in the second
Seminole war. His wife Morning Dew,
the child of an Indian chief by slave
MOTHER had been seized as slave by
tn owner of her mother. For this Os-
ceola swore revenge. He was imprisoned
five days for this and when released from
his irons lay in wait for his oppressors
aud killed five of them. For a year with
devoted followers he fought, but was am
bushed in the Florida Everglades and
captured by treachery or an act of re-
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