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Show lllh MIDWINTER FAIR. Items from our -regular Correspondent. Corres-pondent. The nttendanco of( the Midwinter Exposition Ex-position continues ,to avorngo between 8,000 and 10,000 per day, and everybody Is correspondingly encouraged In the belief that this fair will resllzo tho most sangulno expectlon In regard to its financial success. In proportion to the 'imount ot money invested, tho attend-fine attend-fine thus far has greatly surpassed that accorded the Columbian Exposition during dur-ing the first month of its existence, and at tho same rntlo of increase which was noticablo at Chicago, there wilt bo an attendance at tho Ml mlnter Exposition before Its close which will surpass the foudfUt dreams of It's inoit enthusiastic boomers. Ono enthusiastic traveler came into tlio office of tho Department of Publicity it nd Promotion tho other day and told tho following story: "I could hardly get to tho railway station in my town for tlio snow drifts. Tlio stieet cats wcro not running, nnd the horses of a hack on wheels could scarcely plunge along fast cnough-Ior me to make my train. Onco on board tho train I read In adnlly paper, for thli wns Jnn. 28, that the California Midwinter Exposition Exposi-tion had been formally opened on tho preceding day with thousands ot people seated on a grand staiid In tho open air with heads uncovered under a broiling sun, and with the green folingo of n beautiful park forming a background to tho scene At different places along the railway whoro we stopped for 11 few moments, I noticed bulletins of 'Midwinter 'Mid-winter Exposition Weather,' and the thought struck me that this was about the most striking picco of advertising that could be done In connection with California's exposition. Whe 11 one stands in nu atmosphoro in tho neighborhood neighbor-hood ot xcro, and reads thnt the thei-mometer thei-mometer registers 75 degrees in San Fransico, ono wishes to ho there, nnd ns for myself I was gtnd to fcol that 1 wns on my way. At Chicago I was dclnycd several hours waiting for it to become possible for trains to start on wcstwaid and wo dragged along across tho plains, but when wo began to decend the slopes of the Sierras we left tho snows behind us and found thegrcen fields ai our feet, for wo were, Indeed, In the land of sunshine, sun-shine, fruit nnd flowers, and I intend to stay hero JiistiuncWg'ns' fiVcl I'b.111 afford A scries of days which are to ho celebrated cele-brated under ths auspices of tho different differ-ent fraternal organizations wus inaugurated inaug-urated on Feb, 12 by the Independent Order of Good Templars. On this occasion oc-casion Festival Hall was first brought into service, and a largo audience assembled as-sembled thero to witness tho exercises of tho unnual convention and nnnivcr-uary nnnivcr-uary of tlio organization of that body A pleasing feature of tho day was the parade through tho grounds of thu orphans or-phans from tho Good Tcmplnrs' Home for orphans, nnd whoso enjoyment ot the concessional features to whlcli they wcro inado welcoino was accepted as .he forerunner ot many similarly joyful oc casions in tho near luture. Thero is to bo a general "Orphans' Day" before long, when every child from the charitable chari-table Institutions In San Fransico anil vicinity will be given the run of tho Exposition. Ex-position. There is also to be a public school children's day, for which the people of San Fianslco are making great preparations, and such a duy the achaoi children of Sail Fransico have never seen before. This school children's day .has been set for Feb. 23, and coming an It does between the national holiday and Saturday it is a school holiday of itself, but it will bo mado in this connection con-nection an Exposition holiday in which every person connected with tho management man-agement or with the exposition in any way will vio with every other amusement amuse-ment maker to add to tlio thildreu's pleasure. |
