The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-10-10
THE PEOPLE FURNISH
BEST EXHIBITS
THOSE ATTENDING EXPOSITION
AT SEATTLE FURNISH THE
MOST AMUSEMENT.

Seattle. Oct. 9.-Many and varied
as ar. the exhibits Of all kinds ut the
Alaska Yukon Pacific exposition. the
most fascinating single exhibit Of all
is the people. New York city and san
Francisco have vigorously disputed
SeattIe's claim to the distinction Of be-
ing the most cosmopolitan city i'm the
new world. The skeptic from Gotham
or the Golden state should he but visit
Seattle this summer. and should he
possess al least the modicum of candor
that all good Americans boast. would
at last have to grudgingis admit that
the Exposition city is more nearly the
American cosmos than any other me-
tropoils. First avenue on Saturday
evening. or the famous Pay Streak"
in the fair grounds on Sunday after
noon would readily lead one to be-
lieyc that congress of nations had
just adjourned. Black and white. yell
low and red. the observer will see
every race. every cline under the sun.
represented. The prosperous side
whiskered banker will alight from his
auto. and in the nondsscript crowd,
grouped negligentiy about on the side
walk, and watching him with lansuia
curiosity. will be seen the bronze lace
and heavy sombrero of the Mexican:
the waxed mustache. patent-leather
boots and black chapeau of the
Frenchman. the sllken robe and glossy
queue Of the chinaman, and the
crinkfy hair. muiti-colored sash and
giant turban of the Hindoo. And yet
no race. no class. will predominant SUI
ficiently to disturb the general inn
preston of Americanism in the crowds.
OF Cosmopolitan Character.
a band which holds forth at one Of
the amusement parks in the exposition
boasts Ii nationalities. although II has
but - pieces. A policeman on the cor
ner Will tell you that good politics de-
mands that no less than seven nation
aiities be recognized on tho force. OF
a Sunday. no visitor I'm Seattle can
excuse non-attendance ut church, for
there are churches OF every demons
nation that has ever been heard of,
and even two or three In the foreign
quarter that have not, outside the Pa
azincs are published in two more for
eign languages i'm Seattle than In New
York city. III there are palaces IN
Terry avenue and Boren avenue that
would not disgrace Spruce or Walnut
s.r.ets-and there are-there can also
be found In the tide-flats OF South
Seattle ~wretched dwellings that re-
mind one naignantly Of New Yofk's
bowery or Five Points. or Of chicago's
packingfown rs depicted IN Upton sin
Chairs Jungle"
Endless Moving Picture Film.
isut IL Seattle. under ordinary cir
cumstances is yariegated and interest
Ing. at exposition time IL is douhly so.
Viewed from an angle OF the tourist
or OF the exhibitor. the humanity on
display Is one perpetual "shuw" in it
seif-as changing as a kaleidoscope.
rs broad in Its horizon as a panorama,
rs gripping in the way 1t commands
the interest M masing-picture show.
In fact. the fair might he regarded as
n mammoth, never ending moving pic
lure film. with pictures changing mo-
mentarily. and with each aa absorbing
rs the last.
The exhibitors themselves form an
interesting community. Eighty per
cent of them are from back east. and
rs back east means anywhere from
Montana To Florida. or from Texas Ia
Maine. 1t Is plain to see that the term
Fastener Is too loose 10 mean any
thing. Dapper young clerks from New
York or Philadelphia occupy booths
next door. perhaps, to dark-eyed
southern beauties representing Sa-
sannah or New orleans firm. On
one side of the corridor may be seen
a raw bnned rangy Canadian. earnest
~ demonstrating the superiority of
canadlan-made machinery: across the
aisle one will see "A trim Chicago girl.
in immaculate shirtwaist and blue
serge skirt. showing how easy 1t Is to
darn stockings and do fancy work on
IL sewing machine.
College Men Predon,inate.
Ii Is estimated that 40 per cent of
the male employees Of the Alaska fu-
kon- Pacific corporation are college
men. Certainly the great bulk Of the
positions requiring endurance, iustiness
of threat and unlimited nerve have
gone To the university crowd as
they are called. Pennsylvania, Prince
ton. Cornell, Michigan, Yale. Columbia.
Wisconsin. Minnesota, Illinois.
Syracuse. stanford. California, George
town and the University af Washing
ton all have substantial delegations.
Tile men hold every manner of position.
responsible AMI routine. hard and easy,
from boosters Tor cafes and chan,feurs
and demonstrators to star reporters on