The sun., 1907-08-19

tho sabbath as they do not on other days. when
other sights and sounds distract the mind and eye"
From his point of view there In too
much doing on week days, too much
that Is secular and profane. The edu-
cational value of the show is lost on
visitors. Looking over the programme
Of attractions, they are prone to for
get that they have come to take part
in a great historical celebration The
gates are open AZ early an 790 A. NJ.
Every hour there 10 an exhibition Of
the Weather Bureau earthquake re-
corder. At II o'clock, on most days,
some State has it's exercises in the audi
torium, and there Ia parade Of notables
at the head of tramping troops flying
State and national flags and accompanied
by resplendent bands blowing through
brass and pounding drums. From IL to IL
the exposition band gives a concert. At
l o'clock the Interior Department flashes
Indian life on a screen and a professor
lectures. Between and the exposi-
ton band plays again-rag time and
national airs. II is a crowded hour, for
scenes in Yosemite Valley may DO viewed
in Government building A; PHINNEY's
United States band is heard in the
auditorium; and the United States Life
Saving Service drill may be seen at the
station.
At the Interior Department has an
other inning with an illustrated lecture,
"Reclaiming the Desert" Nile. Bo0ERT
double somersaults in an automobile
on the Warpath at 4:sO. Half an hour
later there is a piano recital by a well
known virtuoso. About the same time
the Fish Jubilee singers give plantation
melodies at the negro building and there
is an organ recital. Dress parade of the
Twenty-third Infantry, Colonel PHILIP
READE commanding. occurs at 5. IL is
followed immediately by the Mexican
national band concert at the reviewing
stand. At Q comes q drill by Battery d,
Third Regiment Field Artillery. A chorus
OF three hundred children renders Fire
side to Battlefield" at 73O. Later in the
evening there are more concerts, an organ
recital, fireworks, dancing from to II in
the convention hall, and Mile. BoGKRT
somersaults again on the Wsrpath. Twice
during the day, when wind and weather
permit, LINCOLN BEAcHY, the boy aero
naut, goes up in his airship. Such pro-
gramme drew a crowd Of 10000 on North
Carolina day, when Governor GLENN gave
the railroads fits in patriotic speech.
What Director General BARR would
cut out of the secular programme to
attract visitors on Sunday might be a
nice question. Mile. BooERT and LINCOLN
BEAcHY would not be seen, OF course, in
their aerial roles, but there could be
no objection to the Interior Depart
ment lecturing with its stereopticon.
The Warpath would have to close. The
United States Army should have a rest.
Sacred concerts by the rival bands might
be permitted. The clergy would not
hear Of dancing and fireworks would be
profane. 1t would be a subdued and
decorous exposition.
The situation is awkward for both the
Government and the exposition mana
gers. The MANAGEMENT wants to make
more money and proposes a refined, in
structive and elevating entertainment
with the purely secular and distracting
features cut out--"a moral show" as
ARTEMUs WARD called his waxworks.
The Government demands payment OF
money advanced-the peoples money
and would not be averse TO Sunday open
ing were it not for the condition in the
bond and its fear of the Sabbatarians be-
hind that condition. Those of them in
the South who formerly approved of it
are now worried because the educational
value of the exposition is lost in the maze
Of worldly attractions on week days.
Looking at the letter of the contract,
we see no hope for BARR and the amended
Sabbatarian sentiment, but there is a
glimmer in the thought that the spirit
of the contract would not be violated by
the aesthetic Sunday opening which the
anxious exposition managers propose.
1t remains for BARR to fan success out
of the spark il he can.