The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-08-27

I. LOUIS. August 2s.-(special.)-
@Y AT the fair you will be impressed
by the great number of bands.
There are bands Of many nationalities and
varying degrees of excellence. so that
after a stay of a few days at the big
show YOU. will begin to weary of the
superabundance OF mediocre music. From
the Igorrotes beating their gongs to the
finest musical organizations of this and
other countries is a far STEP but you
can take 1t in a day. On the Pike your
ear will be assaulted by many tunes,
conspicuous among them the plaintive,
wailing tones of the oriental musicians
which call up visions of dancing girls in
strange posturlngs. But almost any kind
of band is better than none at all. When
the horns blare out their stirring notes
and the voice of the "spieler" is raised
aloft 1t is hard to resist the tempta-
ton to draw closer in order to discover
what all this festlyity portends. The
bands at the fair are so numerous that
In the course of a very short. time you
become accustomed to music all the time,
and when you return home you will
be aSie to listen with the most base ex-
preston of countenance to the ambitious
efforts of your home organization. Presi-
dent Francis made no mistake in provid-
ing plenty of music for his big show, and
if he could only induce the people to turn
out in larger numbers he could we'll af-
ford to gaze with pride on his handiwork
Another privilege which Is enjoyed by
visitors to the fair at st. Louis Is the
pleasure of dining in as many different
fashions and at as many different places
as the most Bohemian nature could de-
sire You can dine after the manner of the
Germans, the French, the Asatics, the
Japanese. Chinese and almost any other
peoples whose viands you happen to IA
vor. 1t may be stated that dining this
way Is quite a novelty. a fad. maybe,
and Is also rather expensive. although the
German style is one that appeals to a man
with a slim pocket book provided he con-
tents himself with beer and a sandwich.
1t is one of the great pleasures of a
visit to the fair to dine about promis-
cuously-in Cairo one day, In Berlin the
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would enjoy to the full this species of
Bohemian gormandizing, you should take
along plenty of money.
The worlds fair girl is much in evil
dence at st. Louis. Sometimes she Is
pretty, at other times merely attract
i've. and again homely, but as c rule she
is a very pleasant person who stands
not upon the dignity Of a formal intro
duction and is always ready for a chat.
AS a result of the comraderie thus estab-
llshed between the young women and the
young men at the fair there Is a great
deal of flirting, In which the gaudy JEFF
ferson guards are not averse to taking
part, but it seldom goes further than
smiles and passing pleasantries. When
the weather is bright the worlds fair
girl affects white dresses and when 1t
rains she does not take the trouble to
change her attire, with the result that
she looks somewhat bedraggled on rainy
days, but does not permit a mere matter
of mud to dampen her enthusiasm. Just
now girl visitors to the fair seem to be in
a minority but they will probably be on
hand In large numbers when the weather
turns cooler. despite the fact that many