Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-06-06
SIDE LIGHTS OF THE
ST. LOUIS EXPOSITION
Editor Foley, With the. American Press
Humorists, Observed 4 Few Interesting
Incidents in Connection With the Great
Show at ST. Louis. s.5

).
The managers are working tooth and
nail to finish things but there are hun
.dreds Of things to be done vet. Rail-
road cars loaded with delayed exhibits.
are shunted into the grounds. Big.
Missouri mules are hauling materials
of various kinds over the grounds.
The road workers are busy endeayor-
ing to- complete roads and walks. The
Pike seems to be about the most
finished thing IN the grounds, and
those fellows over there are artists ii.
their line. The Pike Ii . mile and a.
quarter long, covers two sides Of a
broad street and the attractions cost
four and a half million Of dollars, SO
the press manager for the Pike told
me. Il does not cost you quite that
much to see them all, but you can
blow in what You like and II you feel
liberal you can separate yourself from
your money as rapidly as in any place
n the country unless you 50 In for
establishing libaries They are large
" the same attractions as at the
World Fair at Chicago, except they
have improved in the art Of charging.
There are 9 few good things, like
Hagenbeck's Animal Show, number
OF panoramic scenic illusions, the
naval display in which miniature war
vessels have an encouter on the high
seas with land batteries and other
vessels, and which Is all very realistic.
ally done. Last night we ss had 4 q
banquet IN the Irish Village, as the
guests Of Z the Pike Press Manager.
He Is q clever fellow and afterward
dead headed us all through as many
Of the Pike attractions as we could
get around to see in one night.
We saw things from the Galveston
Flood to the place where Oriental
ladies hold forth for dancing and in
which the gentlemanly barker" as
slred us that Alice Roosevelt had re-
NAMED for two hours, which was
probably more Of less true. The
dances are much the same as formerly
except that the ladies Of this enlight-
tened age who do them wear more
clothing than they did at Chicago.
Thus perfect ladies may attend and
not blush any more than they feel like
doing. guess IT must be all right
Tor we, had Bob Burdette and his wife
AT the head of our aggregation, and
as Bob IS 4 preacher It lent enough
moral tone is the gang to save Us all.
I hope. hob IL q mighty clever gentle
man, full 81 life and activity and mag
;netism and he enjoys the sights with
the keen relish Of . boy.
Mrs. Bob is along also. and she oc-
jcasionally wears star as q special
representative Of the s. p. 6. A. How
ever, at the Igorrot village the other.
day, the amusement managers provid-
ed the sacrifice Of q yellow dog for our
sedihcation. The IgorTotes eat dog
With the keen relish Is . hungry u.
dian had no particular interest Ii
the killing and eating of ! dog. done
tor the edihcation Of q lot Of white
sayages OUTSIDE the enclosure. 4
them 4 Thought there were more
sayages outside the enclosure than IN
Il, which seemed 70 be the sentiment
;of i number. Mrs. Burdette consid-
jerately hid her star and rot out Of the
way. Then the Igor did i dance
which was more Or less amusing.
There WAS number of Igorrotes gem
.tlemen and ladies partic pating. The
.Igorrotes wear an cir 81 American
Independence and very little else.
You could put an of the clothes they
have On into q baking powder can !.
There ii only one garment between
tie mead and the feet and that = hard
,ly worth menu ioning. They wear q
sort q Attle basket hat On TIE head
winch q to serve q pocket cant
quite see whak N IsoE1ote needs q q
rocket The ladies wear II blanket