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Show THIS MIDWINTER FAIR. Items from our regular Correspondent. Corres-pondent. It always happens m connection with expositions of every sort tlint 11 wo nro n few laggards hi the line ot preparnllon who postpone tho possibility of n truthful truth-ful statement to tl ccffe.'t that the opposition oppo-sition la perfectly complete nnd ready for the inspection of the public. So it hna been in tho enae of the Midwinter Exposition. When It wn formally opened ope-ned on the 27th of January It wits nearer ready than nny largo exposition ever wns in tho history of the world, and grcnt hnsto waa made in pushing tho preparation forward. In two big build I i:-. however, vacant spaces remained torn long tlmouno oupled.nnd ltlsonly during tho past week tlint these hnvo been open to tho public. Tho largest of nil tho spaces set aside for any one nntlon wns that nsslgned lo Kunsln, In tho depnrtment of Mnnuf.iclurcs nnd Liberal Ails, nnd it wns this epneo tho filling of which wns so long dolnyed. Tho ennvns screens which separated It from tho completed nnd busy portions of this grcnt building wero cbeerleas to look upon, nnd had lulampening clfrcton the rest of thocxhlbitors. Hut now nil thnt la n thing of the past, and on this grand epaeo under the Liberal Ann roof is pn Imps the lineal of nil the nnllqual exhibits. ex-hibits. Boone, the lion tamer, is projecting a special featuio in llio form of n wresting wrest-ing match between tlio great mnu-ent-Ing Hon l'timcll nnd n gritxly bear. Tickets for this entertnlinnoiit nro readily read-ily selling nt $20 each. Tho greatest of all the recently raided attractions to tho exposition is the np penrnrco of Soujn'a great bsnd. This band has been secured by the exposition management of n period of llvo weeks. It could not bo secured for n long time owing to Its engagements in the past, but it bldafalrtobeoneotthe senwitiom of the exposition during ita stay here. Its first concert will bo given on Sunday evening in the iiiuhIo pavilion near the Administration building, nnd nn Im-monso Im-monso crowd stood wilhlu enrshotof the bandstand during tho entire program. |