The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-12-02
Pleasure Seekers Take Last Id
at the Many Places Of
Amusement
EVERYBODY IN GOOD HUM0R.
Strong Guard of Police Prevents
Destruction to Property
Camel Taken From Train =,
er of Hagenbeck Shove

It was a rolIickins, merry-makins c.ova
| that brought the Louisiana Purchass ExL
I position to a close last night on the Pfka
! 1t was with longing looks and sorruw-
! full expressions that the 10000 pleasure
| seeking Pikers turned their backs on the
! scenes OF mirth and joyousness wiki
| have been a feature of the Worlds Fsir.
! Never in the history Of st. Louis festi-
! walls and bazaars have the police encom-
| tered such a frolicsorne crowd Their
happy xlressions and pranks turned tie
f! serious expressions of the great army Of
| officers into sunny disposition.
! Expecting disturbance, the Exposition
| officials had drawn together the largest
| band of special and uniformed officers
| ever assembled for one function In St
| Louis.
Up and down the Pike. IN every corner
and In front of every concession, stood
the uniformed guardians Of the law. In
tersected and carefully scrutiniztns every
! move of the vast assemblage, who roamed
at will in every direction, silently strolled
the plain-cIothes specials from Chief Des-
mond's office. and mingling with the
crowd and Joining in the merriment were
the Jefferson Guards. a
Days OF the celebration Of the Mardi
Gras and the Yelled Prophet were eciipsed
in the excitement of the closing hours OF
the Pike Few realized that 1t was their
last opportunity for the enjoyment Of the
Pike. but all were imbued with the holi-
day spirit.
There was no use in becoming angry
with the tricks and pranks Of the crowd
EQrxr We n IN q 1gaxx
for any length Of time. II they were
made the. victim Of one Of the tricks Of
the crowd. victim IN another crowd
bles and Join in the merriment The
crowd simply would not tolerate any an
cry expressions or even looks on the part
OF any of the visitors on the thorough
fare.
HIKE TO THE PIKE.
After the great buildings closed their
doors forever between the hours Of 5 and
S O'Clock, the crowd wended its way to
the lane of laughter. By o'clock the
Pike was packed with such crowd and
class OF visitors as 1t has not seen this
summer. Barkers and spieers appre-
ctated this and cut loose. many Of the con-
ceSsions: cutting their rates in half and
hllfnS their theaters and time again al
lowing crowds to tumble through ths
turnstiles without collecting money from
In some cases the crowd absolutely for1
got ABOUT the gateman who collects th&
stneckels and romped in without payinS
paying their last visits to all of the con-
cessions., and this they did. =
Several times some of the concessions
aires called on the police outside the gates
stiles and the pass gates, but the good
natured policemen, often convulsed with
laughter: made an effort and then resumed
Little Disturbances ve-e experienced nv
the police with the crowds in gaining ad-
mission to the concessions When q party
luctant about paying the customary toll
tney formed a flying wedge and were IN
side before the gateman or the oti1cer out
side the turnstile was aware Of It.
No one was hurt In the transactions and
the police were unwilling to arrest any
person unless he was intoxicated and
troublesome Up to 10 o'clock only four
arrests had been made Two Of these were
Administration building. Another was
charged with attempting to climb the
giant statue In the Plaza st. Louis and
placed against his name.
A hurry message came from Fair JapanJ(
shortly before s o'clock. saying that q
OF one OF the stands within the concessior1
Several policemen were detailed to 10
scene and succeeded In arresting one Of
the men The prisoner gave his name al
lice say they found i've valuable Jspenese
Many other incidents Of this character.
occurred during the early afternoon and
reported to the police. E
CLIMBED FESTIVAL DOME
One OF the most adventuresome and fool.
hardy pieces Of work Of the day was the
attempt Of two Jefferson Guards and four
young women who arc employed on the
grounds, to climb the rear frame work Of
the Festival Hall In the structure q q
ot and adasins uifa e. Il sh hs1s 4
presence OF perhaps 1000 persons It was :
limb climbed up the ladder. pulling one IAN. an
he building Just above the door. when tho
girls became frightened, and, calling for
Hioa sition. were a''eo out OF their periioa' po-
pany E. are James Veack and 8. W. TOD
and the girls. who are employed In the
Administration building. are Lillian Mon
seile. Gertrude Thomas and Bessie and
Helen Miller. The crowd cheered the
sirls, but they made their descent be-
'ore they had climbed far enough 70 at
ract any widespread attention.
In the Agriculture building late IN the
afternoon crowd OF young men and
Eomen made a raid on one Of the stands
4 the French exhibit. Just inside the
ioor. and before they could be stopped.
he police say. they made away with
many little trinkets. which they laugh
ngly called Souvenirs" Some Of the ar
icleS were expensive.
The last raid Of the souvenir fiend' on
he stands Of the merchants was prolific
me during the day. Some Of the stands
we're stripped Of their display wares and
he only redress to the despoiled rner-
liant was the laughing farewell OF the 1
;ay despoiler -
Early in fhe erenin,, tba p,s,. - -
.ouis began to fill and by O'Clock
II the benches adjoining the band stad
vere crowded with visitors awaiting
urnins out OF the lights on the Fair
Yer.
A great majority Of these were wome1
IN the Pike most Of the assemblage wer0
men.
MANY POLICEMEN ON DUTY.
The first thing which struck the visit0 (,
o the lane of laughter was the grea1 {
rowd Of police. Their presence in such 4
umbers tntimidatsd many of the visitors:
n the center OF the Pike, at intervals Of q
hirty feet. two mounted policemen ard
heir horses stood throughout the even
ng. 1t was impossible for them to move
When not making merry at the expense 4
f some OF the crowd, groups of the vis-
tors would pull at tine horses tails and
ome Of them crawied under the horse
'ody, despite the warning of the Officers n
IN the horses backs that the brute1
would kick "a
Every conceivable kind of dustsr, brush. ~
ickler and instrument to poke one another e:
q the face was brought into play by tne =.
rowd. Fans and horns of the most Sto- Il
esque shape were footing and blowing - b.
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