Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-08-11

is his wont, gave each a merry
round. This soon paled in the
light of "Mysterious Asia," where
the tum-tum music and the shark
er" used their best efforts to get
the crowd.
The most interesting thing as we
see it on the inside of Asia, is the
camels and the people who ride
them. You can ride the elephant,
if you like, but it is not half the
fun. When the camel unfolds aud
gives you three or four tosses, and
trots off with a gait that is warrant-
ed to cure indigestion and liver
trouble, you are possessed with a fit
of giggles or else you keep telling
the keeper to make him go faster.
1t is best to select a camel that
goes down in three folds, for then
you get the full benefit of the
ride. We wonder if the Editor
has had ride on Bedelia, the one
they told us was the largest of
them all. Some of the fellows
who keep the little shops along the
path of the elephant and camels,
have learned to say, "Hello, Miz-
zure," and they try their best to
get you to stop and buy some
thing.
The best concert of the season
was held in Festival Hall a few
evenings since. Massed bands
consisting of Boston Band, 60 per-
formers; Fanciulli's Band, 80 per-
formers and Wells Band, (St.
Louis) 40 performers, in conjunc-
ton with the great organ, at which
a st. Louis man presided, rendered
a very classical program. Each
band performed four numbers u1-
der it's own leader in succession,
and this was followed by the
massed bands, led alternately by
the different conductors. Echoes
from the Metropolitan Opera
House, (Tobani) containing ex-
crepts from "Qdeen of Sheba,"
"Tannhauser," "Cavalleria Rusti-
cana" and "Second Hungarian
Rhapsody" etc., seemed to delight
the audience. One of Franciulli's
own compositions, ''Patrol 'The
Glorious South " brought forth
enthusiastic applause. Men and
women stood and cheered, waving
handkerchiefs and flags. This
reached the patriotic heart-throbs
of the listeners. The "Lost Chord"
and "The Star Spangled Banner"
brought forth prolonged and en-
thusiastic cheers. The organ oc-
cupies the entire west end of the
building. 1t is of white and gold,
the yellow pipes glistening against
a canopy bedecked with stars.
The large echo organ is out in a
hall to the north Of the large hall.
The immense dome of, Festival
Hall, which is larger than that of
the Capitol, in fact, the largest in
the world, is illumined by rows of
electric lights, following the arched
outline. Four large flags are sus-
pended high, two of the Worlds
Fair, and two of our National Col
ors.
After the concert was over, many
people went up on the stage to get
a closer view of the organ. One
lady in describing her first impress
sion of it said, "If you can imag-
inc heavy thunder transformed in
to the sweetest, most harmonious
music, that is the way it appeals
to me-" But you get no concep-
ton of it until you have heard and
seen it, and then you have part
in it.
! We notice the Editor of the
REGISTER speaks of the Missouri
exhibit at the agricultural build
ing. He knows where to find the
best of the Fair; and | want to
whisper that it will do all Iron
county inhabitants good to go in
to the Missouri Building, and see
the files of the IRON COUNTY REG
IsTER. 1t is we'll worth your while.
We may have already told you
that we hunted them up the first
thing when we visited our state
! building. ESCALITE.