THE M(DWINTER FAIR. Items fronijOiir regular Corres- Tho seml-oniclnt opening of tho California Cali-fornia Midwinter International Exposition Exposi-tion tookplacoon tho 1st of January, according to tlio orlgnal niinounceinciit. Owing lo thoMclnv caused in shipping foreign exhibits from Chicago, It was understood, of course, that everything would bo In roTulIncs-fon that dato, but tho bulldlngl oro computed, n great many of tho concessional fcalurcs were In full operation, and tho Kxpoiltlon wns practlcatfy started on the road lo success. i The day coulJ not havo been more beautiful If It bad beni mado to order, r.aslcrn peoplofvlsitliruCallfornin for the first tlmo weni Into ecstnclci over n New Years Day gcThiuch 4iko tho grandest Apnl day in (.other parts of the world Thero wero flowcraloomlng on every hand, nnd tho'&ccp grcorfolieg formed n striking background for tho gala day rostumcfl ol Iho thousands of ladies who thronged Golden Gnto park until the sun wentdown. Early on this beautiful midwinter mid-winter morning flags were hoisted on cnchnndovorymagstllToii the buildings and in and about Exposition grounds; thero wco concerts during the day by tho great Midwinter Fair baud, nnd ' thousands of people mailed themselves of tho opportunity to view the building and to witness tlio special attractions which woroofforcd, Notwithstanding f ha fact '.hat ther e wero no special attractions of n general unturo provided for this somi-olllci n opening day, "there wero obaut 10,000 pcoplo who paid for admission to the grounds, tho price et admission is only 25 cents as yet, tho 50 cent rate will not bo established until tho ollk-lal ceremonial ceremon-ial opening. Thodnte when the opening tviemonles will tako placo has not yet been delfidtoly fixed. Itvvillpiob.ibly be nbout tho 5tli or 20th of this month, it will depend largely upon tho rapidity with which exhibits nrrlvoind nro installed. in-stalled. All tho buildings nro loaily, nml a great many exhibits are niw being nrralnged, but it will be fully the middle of the month beforo everything w. 11 be In readlnesi. When IhaJgrand day of crcmouisl opeiilug couy Uhere w ill be an elaborate IfiWll-C&rdses f''J,r1L'!'0, tiro makingl I prell.IM,onH to decorate thcU lini(IU, r,.,,,,,,,, nn,i tho Kxpolsillo. I av(J ,i,8 grnmiMt 'end oB"-eveT I"- , untor. prise in this pit I ,10WOrU. Monday, the) of Jnn Ja Jie l1av that has been Bet , ........ ,.., Day," and Hmt , bc tnkell advantage ol for Ufl mMlg of ftgpiK.,ai ciTor I" tl") WV ' a general entertainment entertain-ment in which tin nilwftlan concessionaires concession-aires will play tlart0, ,109i A pttlt of tho program wllc0I1B,8t0, ft 1)nrod(J by the entire o colllI(,onti llotulod by tho Hatlonnl band of forty pclccf, which vformi,iy tl0 n0.n band of Honolulu s --4i!