The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1904-04-30

noiseless was the vast throng. One
could easily imagine what was going
on al the other end of the wire at
the nations capitol. No one spoke or
moved. A minute passed by. Then a
few seconds more of stiffness. that
were in the right. place. and then, as
the tension was growing stronger
and more significant, the report of a
cannon was heard, the people jumped,
%applauded, shouted, frantically waved
their hats and handkerchiefs and
gave every other indication of rare
delight.
The band played. every n shook
hands with his neighbor, with nota-
bles present. and fairly mobbed Presi-
| dent Francis and the other officials
and directors who had made the scene
possible. Those who fingered abou
the speakers stand heard e the
kilograms of congratulation exchang-
ed between President Roosevelt and
President Francis. The majority OF
the multitude, however, were up and
gone, eager to see what the great
exposition looked like now that it
was really an accomplished fact.
:, Following the opening ceremonies
the denizens of "The Pike" had their
!, innings. There was a parade OF al
-.4ao ;,.t 70 roEa Hnnuyn the fact
: that the great amusement feature OF
5 the exposition was open to he world
and prepared to furnish entertain
ment to all corners for the next SIX
months. Every cline was represent
. ed in the picturesque pageant tha'
wound about the exposition grounds
i starting from the Administration pla
"a and marching and counte march
. ing through the principal n o
# the Ivory City. Japanese and Cos
sacks walked side by side, and sub
jects of the Shah h~obnobbed will
t denizens of the land of the white ele
plant. There were diminutive Flip
e nos and giant Patagonians, buxon
e matrons from the Alpine country an
e scantily clad South Sea islanders
@ whose home is near the equator
g There were people of all races. creed
# and colors. to say nothing of a mas
e ~nificent display of wild animals, Il
@ ons that ride horseback. elephant
e that stand on their heads and tigers
4 leopards and other beasts whose hal
t. itat is the jungle of India or Africa.
q This Pix parade was the event O
a. events for the children. But as a mai
Il ter of fact. the hole day was a grea
occasion for the rising generation.
IT. seemed almost incredible that so ma
is ny children could be got together eN
d en- in a city the size of St. Louis an
the Independent spirit of young Anne
lea was manifested in the fact tina
d. most of the youngsters SCENE to b
unaccompanied by their parents c
older persons. They swarmed throug
IN the big buildings, got themselves tai
I'd gled up in all sorts of unexpecte
re places md made the lives of the Je
I'd ferson Guards miserable from da.
a light till dark. They invaded the s;
ty cred precincts of the Mohammeda
Id mosque: they swarmed about h w;
h terways until it looked as though tn
United States life savers would hav
to to give more exhibitions than the
le had bargained for; and they ran Il
and down Art Hill and roamed thr'
as the forestry reservations until force
a to remain quiet by sheer exhaustion
a 1t appeared as though they were e
ne %erywhere at once. and no doubt the
lie saw twice as much of the interestin
features of the exposition as any {
the grown persons did.