The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-27

markable readiness to laugh at every
thing remotely suggestive of the hui
morous. Chartered away in their native
tongue or something equally as good.
The Warpath is a Babel. Many OF
the most striking appearing foreign
men and women, wearing the vast
ments of the Orient, of Persia and Tnrr
key and Egypt and India. when on
duty, express themselves in very vigor-
Gus English, with decided BoweryS
accent in most cases, when their turn
Is finished and they are relaxing them-l
selves over a cheese sandwich and ga
bottle of beer in the shade of rex
freshment tent. But the exposition peo-
pie say the great majority of the forn|
eign people who have shows or other|
Concessions on the grounds are gen.
uine sons and daughters OF the coun-|
tries from which they hall.
AT the hotel at which put UP fn|
Norfolk there Were a half-dozen So
called Egyptians. four or five boys
and girls, headed by their mother and
father. apparently. All of them had 81
decidedly Semitic cast of countenance,|
and their language was fluent French.
The Princess Rajah, Persia WAS
the name 1 found inscribed on the
register one afternoon. and 1 was con-
scious of some curiosity to see Her|
Royal Highness. l saw her the next
day in the lobby--a slender brunettSs
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a black gown covered with much. laceI
and shiny things, her hair piled vfntd1
a pompadour of most aggressixeI
height. have seen the princess often|
since. generally running across her tn|
the hallway as she was engaged fn|
whose ebon skin may suggest to Her|
Highness the Nubian slaves of her nal
tive land. But the language of the|
princess bears a striking resemblance
to the throaty dialect of the chorus,
and several expressions overheard,i n-I
dicate that she has made wonderful
strides in mastering American slang.1
II Is hardly fair to dwell upon fthe|
striking foreign and pseudo-fofeiIsfnI
characters the exposition has called|
together. The mass of the exposftionl|
followers, or eXpositon-makers, ifSyouI
will, are native TO the soil. So numer-|
Gus have been the American eXposi7|
tons in the past fourteen years that
they have developed distinct class
of the population--profess eXp0-.|
sition people--a class which depends|
upon expeditions for living, making
enough at one to live until the next
one---siX months or less of work In
the course of two or tire years. ChtE|
cago Charleston. Buffalo. st. Louis.
Portland and now Jainestown--siS|
chances to reap a harvest inside of|
fifteen years. is not bad tg
Many Adjectives.
And what do they do? Recall tla|
Midway. the Pike, tho Trail. Every
form OF cheap amusement, good anu
poor-clcan, doubtful, and more or less
pronounced on the wrong side of the
line-was found. 1t seems to be the
same case on the Warpath, though
this amusement thoroughfare is not
yet sufficiently developed to justify
clear Judgment
New. Newell! Sensational!!!" arc
the chief adjectives employed on the
bill boards at the entrance to many
of the attractions and the ones 'tle
hardest worked by the barker = at
the door. 49,
Whether the visitor comes away sat-
ished depends upon the visitor. Tho
man who likes that sort of thing likes
| that sort of thing | cannot imagine
| staid and formal dame from Lynch-
burg, for instance. who devotes har
surplus energies at home to her sew
| ing circle and general church work.
| bping entertained by the dancing ct
| the Nautch girls in the streets OF tia
| Orient however pleasing such terp-
| sichorean performance might be to tho
| husbands of the steady going matronS
mentioned. Neithed is it Imaginable
| that sporty young chaps, or old ones.
| are going to grow enthusiastic over
| incubator babies, and throw fits OF de-
| light on being shown reproductions OF
the Halls of the Ancients. or the
mummy of Thothmes the Great, The
| Warpath simply offers the fool UNI
| limited opportunity to follow his nat
| ural benti Bot the man who offers
him the opportunity need not be called
| fool 5N55A