Show FREE TO THE PEOPLE NOW selic hunters pour into jackson park to get souvenirs jackson nark once moro belongs to tre the people its opening wm waa bunat donld by ceremony no blace of smpat s w wlm bierd ancl no na banners waved and ami with no formality forum lity the famous sito site of the departed dopart od but glorious whito white city reverted to its ita owners henceforth will bo be free to all the dood deed was done on now years morn and at 7 60 50 people waited at tho the entrance to midway plate ance As the first glint of the sun gilded tho the top of morris ferris wheel tho solitary clou Cloum m bian guard at the lie t cottage grovo grove entrance threw open the gate and forsook his post at the instant thirty other guards did liko likewise their positions wore gone and the park was free to the tha people the people appreciated the condition and crowds passed into the park at I 1 when the crowd was lar largest gost it seemed much like the scones scenes ol of summer enacted anew they came cam on foot and in carriages and those who did not know that carriages would be admitted ed returned home for their rigs the plaisance attracted the he greatest number crowds took delight in exploring cho che nooks and corners of the former abodes of the concession aries the desolation of the place affected many the people looked in vain vain for old vienna and for the streets of cario every ono was hungry for 1 i rs relic hunters were in their glory vandalism was rampant and everything was seized upon as precious trophies tile the first real plundering began at japanese vill village nize wells gates and houses were masod and denuded by nightfall the bamboos and wicker canes captivated all and of them were carried away awat and vehicle loaded down with thorn them in the af afternoon hernoon tho the park was covered with buggies and the 0 ther other carriages biages the people taking dolight delight in 7 driving their own yeh vehicles icleF in the thedith bith orto arto forbidden shad dows of the whito white city the big buildings were ivero taboo ed on account oi 0 the exhibits which hate hare not yet beon been removed and over these tho remnant of the guard stood watch after the midway had bad been vie visited sited the hungry hunters after souvenirs turned towards toward B the japanese temple booden on the wooded island and would have laid covetous hands on that also aksoy but two stern columbian guards guardi barred their progress pr omesa the japanese tea house west of the fisheries had been despoiled before the relic hunters got to it first matting was removed then theil the bamboo braces tho the thatch roof followed and by sunset there was hardly a skeleton of the house remaining the contents fans and japanese articles were pilfered however and aad may give rise to complications cat ions as ais the government held this building as bonded pro property porty two men climbed on oil the maccon mea fountain and were preparing to chip noses and fingers and perhaps heads off the figures when a guard swooped down and arrested them they explained that they simply wanted u n relic with a history and after severe devore reprimand were released it wont went to show the mania for souvenirs and the exposition people will keep heep all the goods still with them under lock and strict amriet guard patrol the ahe relic fiends aro remor remorseless selmi in 10 their hunt for anything that will increase in crease the value of their collection over poopoo took advantage of the first free day in the park and beomond to bor be heartily hoar tily glad lad to got it back S salt lako lake moraul k |