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difficulty of getting about; but having re
moved to Hyde Park, a beautiful suburb,
and from the agreeable quiet, to be sud
denly awakened to the fact that Chicago
proper had all moved out for quiet and
fresh air, too, was to realize that people
were coming to the World’s Fair in earn
est.
For the past week our shady streets, and
the door yards and steps of residences,
have been black with people. Sunday A.
M., the Bth of October, I was awakened
from my sleep by the steady tramp, tramp,
tramp of human beings, the murmur of
voices, and the constant roll of wheels. It
was so unusual at that hour, and especially
on the Sabbath morning, that, hastily
arising, I looked from my window in
amazement. People I people ! people!
Carriages rolling by, hacks following
in close succession, and butchers’ wag
ons, milk wagons, bakery wagons, etc.,
etc., went whirling along, only stopping
long enough to deliver goods, and on
again, for to-morrow, Monday, October
the 9th, was Chicago Day, and all stores
and business houses, possible, would be
closed. Nearly all the prominent busi
ness firms had purchased thousands of
souvenir tickets for their employees,
and the day was to be the holiday of
holidays for them. The gates were all
opened at six o’clock, Monday morning,
and soon after, the citizens of the world be
gan to enter them in honor of Chicago
Day. If Sunday had been a day of people
and noise, think what this Monday meant!
Knowing the limit of my powers of en
durance, I did not leave home until after
ten o’clock in the morning. Before leav
ing, I made an attempt at several baker
ies and other places where eatables were
sold, to buy something for a lunch. It
was an impossibility. Actually, the shelves
and counters were bare, and the usual
fruit stands along the way, bare and de
serted. Some of the stores announced to
keep open until ten o’clock, and it was to
these I had repaired. They were entirely
sold out of everything that could be masti
cated and swallowed. I finally found two
little buns and a slice of cake, for which I
was obliged to pay three prices, but which
I was only too glad to get, and make do
duty for a light lunch.
Arriving at the street car track, I saw
at once that there was no possible chance
of even hanging on to the window ledges
from the outside. Thinking I would walk
to the Elevated Station, I started to do so,
but the thronging, surging, crowding,
pushing mass of humanity, made it so irk
some, I hailed a wagonette returning from
the grounds, and was at least seated, if
making slow progress. Several times the
wheels of the vehicle in which I was seat
ed were caught in those of another pass
ing, and several times we were “in one”
of being dashed to pieces by the electric
cars directly behind us; but at length, in
safety, we drove up to the 61st entrance,
and finally got into the grounds, breathing
great sighs of relief interlarded by words
of self-congratulation. It was useless to
make an attempt to get inside of the build
ings, but the blue sky, mild breezes, and
warm October sunshine, all fettering down
upon the magnificent white structures,
were duly appreciated. Go where you
would, do what you would, it was a mass
of moving humanity,all on pleasure bent,in
honor of Chicago Day. And Chicago was
honored as no other city ever was, or
scarcely ever will be. Hundreds of thou
sands of guests paid tribute to her glory.
And it is'safe to say that only Chicago
could have done this thing. The history
of the day was the people. Crowds and
multitudes have been there before, but nev
er such a crowd, or such a good-natured,
well-behaved crowd.
Even Paris, situated in the very heart
of populous Europe, made her boast of but
387,150 paid admissions on her great mu
nicipal day, and Paris is 1,000 years old.
Chicago, but 50 years old, on her day, had
713,646 paid admissions; including passes
751,026.
The World’s Columbian Exposition has
paid the last penny of its indebtedness. A
check calling for $1,565,310.76 was signed
by A. F. Seeberger, Treasurer, and coun
tersigned by William K. Ackerman, Au
ditor,in the office of the new Service build
ing of the World’s Fair yesterday, while
without, the swaying crowds surged here
and there, listened to the music, watched
the vessels upon the lake, or visited the
wonderful exhibits. The great White
City never shone in more beauty, nor un
der grander auspices than upon Chicago
Day. 20,000 men were two years, with
many losses of life, in erecting this White
City ‘‘by the sea,” which seems almost di
vine in its gleaming statuary, stately obe
lisks, and electrical fountains.
As far as the eye could reach, north,
south, east and west, every foot of solid
ground was covered by people. The court
of honor surrounding the grand basin,
with the McMonnies fountain flashing in
the sunlight, the exquisite beauty of the
ship of State, the master-figure of the stat
ue of the Republic, and, beyond, the no
ble peristyle, was a scene never to be for
gotten, and to come again in dreams alone.
Glimpses of the Wooded Island, not
only in its array of trees and flowers, but
in fanciful decorations of holiday garb,
was a mystic picture. When the great
chorus of 800 voices sang the “Star-span
gled Banner,” and “Home, Sweet Home,”
the vast crowd within hearing, near the
Administration plaza, shouted itselfhoarse.
At 12 o’clock, amid the cheers of thous
ands, Mayor Harrison, of Chicago, rang
the Liberty bell, after an almost impassa
ble entrance to the Fair grounds; but he
was on time, and the waiting people duly
appreciated it. When everything was
ready, the Mayor was formally presented
with the original deed to the city of Chi
cago by Miss Sickles, given by Chief Po
kagon, whose people composed the tribe
which sold, for $3 an acre, the original site
of Chicago. John Young, a son of the
man who named the city, was seated near
the bell when the presentation was made.
Miss Sickles’ speech was received with ap
plause, as she handed the Mayor the valu
able paper, and then the Mayor responded
by the following. (I overlooked to state
that Simon Pokagon, the old Pottawato
mie chief, who sold Chicago to the white
people, opened the exercises of the day, by
ringing the Liberty bell and making a
speech.)
MAYOR HARRISON’S SPEECH.
“I accept your priceless gift in the name of the
city of Chicago, from the original possessors to
the only people who merit it—the people of Chi
cago. Ages ago the Indian came to this plaoe on
the lakes and pitched his tent, and thence he
went to the Des Plaines country and the head
waters of the Mississippi. That Chicago has
thriven as no other city had ever thriven,is a fact
which cannot be disputed. It is known to all
the world. Twenty- two years ago our city was
devastated by fire,and the story of her sufferings
had gone to the uttermost quarters of the globe.
The world, like Niobe, was all tears. But soon
our people asserted their sturdiness in the face
of death, of starvation; they rose to the mo
ment, and here to-day you see the result. There
is Indian blood in my veins; I trace it back to
the days of Pocahontas, and I'm proud. This
Sluck, this phoenix-like leap from the ashes of
espair, has given Chicago its fame throughout
the world, and it is with poets that we can
dream of our city’s wonderful construction as
the product of magic rather than of man’s inge
nuity. Chicago will keep its site untarnished;
the lawless can find no home here, for the peo
ple love law and order, and this law will become
more impressive, more beloved, as we grow old
er. I most heartily join with the people of Chi
cago in acknowledging this most precious gift,
and give thanks to the Giver of all good for the
glorious day He has granted us in carrying out
these ceremonies. Two days ago I thought that
the clouds would weep, but kind Providence
has given us a genial sun, and to-day we have
the biggest gathering of human beings ever as
sembled on one spot on earth. We have beaten
Paris and her exposition 1 lam told there are
not less than 500,000 people here at this hour.
I believe there are more.
“Again I thank the descendants of that tribe
which to-day gives to Chicago the original deed
to its site—the site of one of the greatest cities in
the universe.”
Everything that could be done to en
hance the beauty and magnificence of the
Fair was done yesterday. There was light,
and color and shade, trumpets, bands, voi
ces. Extra decorations floating every
where. Pageants and caravels and pa
rades. Free rides on the “John Bull”
train. Steam yachts, electric launches,
and gondolas all filled to the gunwales with
merry crowds. The Midway Plaisance
was in its glory; the restaurants and
booths could not supply the appetites of
the people, and some neglecting to bring
lunches—went hungry.
Chicago Day ended in a blaze of glory
—a most superb and unequaled display of
fire works.
Concessionaires welcomed the multitude
with delight. Money flowed like water.
Considering the number of people, and
numerous things entirely unavoidable in
a crowd of such immense proportions,
there were few accidents or deaths. Four
persons were killed, all men. There were
118 ambulance calls, mostly for fainting
and exhausted women; 80 children were
lost, but all eventually restored to their
parents or friends ; quite a number of per
sons were bruised and maimed in the
crush, but for all the shadow and sorrow
which accompanied Chicago Day, there
never was, nor ever will be in the history
of the living, a day like unto it, ending
so satisfactorily.
The set piece, the “Burning of Chicago,”
awakened anew the old memories of that
terrible time in the hearts of those who
witnessed both scenes, and made more im
pressive the Chicago of to-day, that, phee
nix-like, —out of the ashes of the old—has
arisen to greater power and glory.
Mrs. S. C. Hazlett-Bevis.
Chicago, Ills., Oct. 10th., 1893.
N. B.—Florida celebrated also on Chi
cago Day. Gen. A. W. Gilchrist, Dr. L.
C. Washburn, and others, delivered speech
es, and a reception was held in Fort Mari
on (the State building)from 3 until 6 P. M.
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WHY NOT?
OWADAYB women seem to be in
ever y tr *de and profession, but I
have never seen or beard of a
0 woman having a photograph gal
lery, or having a travelling car or wagon,
going from place to place taking interior
or exterior views of homes, grounds, and
landscapes.
Women often venture out in developing
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There are two young women in Boston
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This was over three years ago; when
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Women, as a general thing, h ave a more
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Now, a little about the traveling busi
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tures —so few photographers are willing to
take less than a dozen.
I have often heard a person say: I would
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much trouble and expense to get a photog
rapher to come, especially if one lives in
the village and he has to come from the
city.
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I know it was so in my case until I got
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is only a small one, but dees good work
and gives satisfaction to those I work for.
There cannot be too much care taken to
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can never look well. Why not profes
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