The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-07-07

going to take their proper place
u among the astonishing attractions of
sssEt q Fair they will have TO bestir them
selves and get out of the common
place trousers, bagsy shirt and one
ga1lus ouffit.%of the Southern planta-
ton tlarkey and don their own cos
tune, or modification of It if il is
TOO scant for our climate.
Il is whispered that they are can
rtibals, but if that is their lay they will
have TO prove ii, and no doubt the
Fair management. who says it is go
ing TO let them live just as they do at
home. win be overwhelmed with peo-
& 5#:I pie rendering superfuous relatives
exhibits have been dis
appearing but nc. doubt there win
now BE mysterious gaps here and
here on darl, nights in the ranks OF
the guards on duty.
Well, anyway, whatever drawing
card the oversrown pygmies are GO
6 ing to flash is still UP their hickory
shirt sleeve, but it is plainly not that
Of their general appearance, which is
that of Jolly. rollickiug good nature
v nsrsonified.
Their interpreter. a young black
from their own country, speaks Eng
.slish well and except for the tribal
mark of hole through the body OF
z@s the right ear would pass muster any
HI where as "a Pullman porter or kaki-
dressed ebony edition of Jefferson
guard. Even the hole in his ear
would pass for a bullet wound re-
ceiyed in the discharge of his duty
lfsay, y,rloa1ad rayp1yar
The captive balloon seems very
much pulled UP over the fourishing
business 1t is engaged in these days
From the time the balloon is brought
out of its stable in the morning until
tits led back at night it is busy talk
ling passengers for seven-minute
spin a thousand feet cloudIand for so
ST. cents Seach--in advance. A thousand
feet Will remain the >lmit, although if
A business continues good the price will
doubtless go higher. The tickets are
@sround-trip ones, and SO far no one has
offered to sell the return coupon to
any aerial sca1per. Every one seems
to enjoy the ride immensely, and, as
usual. after trips, seems glad to get
back again.
You may imagine that only a few
reckless ones here and there would
care to make the perilous-looking as
cent, but you find just the same
crowd. taking this air line car that
takes the terrestrial street car. There
II are staid old gentlemen, who are do
ing a lot of giddy things at the Fair
f.: they would not do at home, and port
l. All JioS-E ty-IN r0
pect to see sailing heavenward SO
soon There are mothers and fathers
who go up with their children, and
young men who go up with the girls
they are escorting, and a whole. raft
Ssof odds and ends of humanity who,
want to say they got off the earth
for once in their lives.
81. It apparently takes sand to run a
3 balloon business, the. same as any 9th
er. but the sand is in bags, and only
used when especial weight is wanted
e in the car. The balloon goes up from
small platform, in the center of
which is the pulley under which the
s. rope passes to a distant kerosene-run
engine Below the balloon, which is
.ssof strong silk and. fled with hydro
gen gas swings q web-guarded bas-
8SsiSef: in which the passengers stand:
Each day proves over again how
YeSy Interesting the public finds the
moving picture exhibits, for 70 mat
ter where they are given or on what
subject. they always have an atten-
audience. Som etinles the pic
TIRES are inclosed so that they must
q be viewed through peepholes, but al
ways there is an eye glued to every
lens, and beside it is a waiting list
of other eyes.
Sometimes they are given airless
little halls and crowd her
meticaIly. seals the doorway. Any one
fTof the larger buildings could depopu-
late the Fair if it daily gave on
Il monster screen moving pictures of
scenes in every part of the world;
2 Eskimcs spearins seals CT miners
= panning gold up under the Arctic cir
Gle; parrots fitting and monkeys
swinging in some wild tropical jung
n lie or long line of OK teams trekking
n across ve1dt.
s$ Yesterday woman with a fondness
Il for the beguiling biograph and fasci-
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