The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-10-06
INCIDENTS OF THE FAIR.
Little Anecdotes Observed in md
About the Grounds.


Tile power OF the big stick Was IL
Illustrated yesterday afternoon 10 the
sorrow of score OF youngsters who
were making 4 persistent effort to
putt into one OF the midway attrac-
lions by means of rear canvas. The
lads were sOrely tempted in the first
place because they were able TO see
just the top Of the ladder or loop-the-
loop wkereon F'raviola makes her
'death-defying. whirl' daily
Those on the outside-the younger
ones anyway-observed that the only
way 10 see the exhibit and not part
with money was 10 pull the canvas
aside on the east side and sneak in.
Things went on all right until an at
tache Of the premises got wise and
made hurry-up run with a danger
Gus looking lath None of the boys
telt the weight Of the big stick. One
Hsht was enough and there was no
more Dromiscuous "buttin'-in.'
To the Imminent danger Of their own
lives and of the car crews loss of tenn
per, a number of small boys ranging
from 10 y years, have been riding 10
and from the fair grounds by means
OF the platform On the closed side of
the First South street cars. One or
TWO inches Of daylight separate their
backs from the telegraph poles that
line the middle of the street as the cars
whiz along
Warning had no effect apparently
yesterday afternoon so several con
ductors and motormen organized vigi-
lance committees of one and gathered
the lads in as fast as they could catch
them without running more than a
block or two. Usually there was an
outburst OF tears following the trans
gressor's capture. followed by their re
lease. This latter came sooner or later.
varying directly with the speed with
which their captors wrath cooled.
The car employees wish TO warn par
ents that arrests viii follow if the dam
gerous habit is persisted i'm. The
Youths seem to enjoy the stolen ride
far more than the mere fact Of having
saved a nickel
He was a healthy specimen of young
Utah, but he was only years old. had
lived in the city all his life and didn't
know bees. IL was therefore with some
wonderment and satisfaction that he
viewed several hundred of the sticky
I little workers inside a couple of glass
front boxes in the main building. The
bees We're part of the exhibit Of a salt
Lake firm.
The youngster pressed his nose close
10 the honey manufacturers temporary
home and then something happened.
He attempted to pull himself up for a
closer inspection. AS q means to TIE
end he used one Of the big bee boxes.
lie gave a final triumphant squirm
and chad not the box been fastened
would have) knocked the crystal sided
case of the counter. And then theSair
was COR would have been if the box
had not been fastened) fun of bees.
Big brown bees buzzed here and
there and bit and bit and stung and
stung. They flew from department to
department and before them flew the
eager crowds-eager to get out of their
way Behind them rose the wailngs
of hundreds who had not escaped. Had
badly scared boy "been shown TO
the multitude whom the bees Lad ca
ressed In their flight some twenty min
Utes later he could have learned on the
spot what bees can do.
II was really too bad that the youth
should be robbed Of the object lesson
and it was all because TIE bee box
wouldn't tumble.