The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-27
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faklrs afneared With ashes. others dolng
psnnncr for their aina On beds n sharpened
spikes. while atill others torture themselves
IN the numerous ways characteristic ~ tho
Hindu fanatic. Turbaned caterers 10 tho
y ~ the inner man are ~plcnufully
sprinkhcd about, bargains are driven at the
edge ~ the sacred waters, and the noises 81
traffe minsls with the aroahs Of peni,ents
tho shouts ~ bands marching 10 the bathing,
the shunie of hundreds of thousands ~
moving bare and sandal covered feet,
There are thousands Of sightseeru, Of course.
many being travellers attracted 20 the spot
through desire to get u view o. q million
people. which Ia possible from the roofs OF
bulldings not very far distant.
India Ia. indeed, the land Of big crowds.
New York reads with wonder, the morn
ing after an important election. OF the lam
the night before along certain parts Of
Broadway and In newspaper row. Chicago
IL openly proud Of the pushing crowds that
sur &c in its State and other central streets
on special occasons. They are remarkably
large crowds-for Amerca-but they
would not secure even passing comment
in northern India. There the streets Of the
cities are jammed from house line to house
line. from early morning till late at night
In the mere transaction Of the days work.
A view Of one of these everyday crowds
going about it's business annot fail to in
spire one with q feeling Of ave at thought
Of the vast, compact population which
makes such crowds ommon
Northern midas real crowds collect on
the festival days. Then, in the words Of
an English officer who has grown weary
trying to convey some idea Of the size Of
these crowds. they are fundamentally
enormous The thousands Of every day
become tens Of thousands, side streets as
we'll as the principal thoroughfares are
jammed, and to an Decide ntal it would
seem hat all the swarthy Caucasians of the
universe have been brought together in
one SPOT.
One of the worlds record breaking crowds
was that which assembled at the Chicago
worlds fair on Chicago day, October 0,
1890. 1t was the largest crowd this country
has ever known, and this also holds true OF
Europe, at least as far back as the records
reach.
The crowd began forming long before
dawn, and by go O'Clock as many as a
thousand persons were packed about each
Of the gates to the grounds. BY in the
afternoon more than four hundred thousand
had passed through the gates, and those who
focked fairward after that hour brought
the attendance up to seven hundred thou
sand, round figures; In fact, every Chica-
goan who could crowded into the great en-
closure to help along the celebration OF
his city's greatness,
Tho Chicago worlds fair was notable for
its treat crowds. Illinois day brought out
nearly 244 600 persons; Independence day,
2ss, 900: transportation day, 23l 900; Polish
day, 222, 900; railroad day, 2O2 600.
Priorto Chicago day the greatest crowd
ever at an exposition numbered 397, 1850, to
a man, and it collected at that Paris exposi-
| ton made famous by the Effel Tower, The
! record breaking crowd at the Philadelphia
exposition numbered 2i7,52a.
The most famous Of all American crowds
assemblies once every four years. 1t is the
Presidential iaaugur alton crowd, and an
English writer who beheld the patriotic tens
Of thousands massed about the inaugural
stand and standing patiently in a down.
pouring rain during the ceremonies wrote
that IL ia "ore Of the most inspiring among
the events of the world" Many persons
who would fight shy Of a crowd at any other
time travel long distances to become COM
ponent parts Of thisc crowd, and the average
definite notion that before he dies he will
journey to Washington to witness an inau-
guration.
Our sea resort crowds ever grow larger.
1t is no longer uncommonfo for Coney 1slar to
have $50, 600. visitors on a hot summer day.
In midsummer the great Boardwalk ard the
mammoth beach Of Atlantic City are jam
med the whole day through. The annual
baby parade at Asbury Park always brings
out thousands Of spectators.
PnllaOelDnld rs diilOub iOT lIe tIOiicy ltiC
company's amusement park crowds. More
than a tenth Of the city population has been
known to collect on a holiday at beautiful
Willow Grove Park, ard as many as &C, 900
persons have squeezed into Woodside Park
on the Fourth.
All summer long great crowds flock to
Paramount Park for fresh air, but that
municipal institution 10 80 large that the
crowds are dissipated almost as soon as they
enter the rates.
T%hirty-fve thousand persons have con.
gregated in one plac e to witness a game Of
football. Indeed a championship game OF
football is sure to bring out a large crowd
OF Americans young and old. A football
game crowd is perhar s the best natured Of
all this oountry's crowds. 1t is certainly
the most oolorful, with the gay dresses Of
Thousands Of women and the college colors
in evidence in the shape of flags, banners,
bunting and r~osettes OF ribbon. And what
American crowd can make more noise and
keep at itlonger, seemingly without beoom-
ing ~fatigued?
The eombre appearance Of our baseball
crowds lie explained by the presence Of very
few women The baseball crowd is about
the only one OF cur pleasure seeking crowds
that is not made up In good part Of members
Of the c~olorful sex. It is strictly a ma SOU
line crowd, with a harsh, mas culine
way Of expressing it's pleasure or dis
pleasure. The least thing sways 1t; It Ia