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Show . THliMIDWINTKRl'AIK. Tho Mil camp gavo nil tho hoys a frco rldo to tho cnmji iUolf nnd only charged 10 cents for everything insldo tliu en-cloKiirc. en-cloKiirc. At 0110 tiino tliore were 102 boyspile.1 In nnd on that carry-all. Never did n vehlclo Fovfully justify its namo. Next tolic MO Camp Iho Houth Sen Isliiudets sccincd to ofrer tliCBtrong-cst tliCBtrong-cst nttrnctlon lo tho juvenilis. When the dinky, lightly clad warriors came put for their noonday airing around the central court thcro was n crowd of children chil-dren in their wake, such as had never been seen following any procession on tho exposition grouudd before. Tho FouthSen Islanders, canulbnlls'Jc though they may bo ut homo, nru. shnwinen Billion puro hero, mid when a uig,bmwny chief would innko it grnb ut some line, f.it urchin who was almost within rencli, the rest of tho inlanders would smack their lips nnd roll up theircjes just as if ihcy roa'ly did want a mouthful of boy, thongh'of courso U was only In fun, nnd tho lys knew it in 11 moment. Flic big grand ftatid which was built to iiccoiniiildato 7,000 people, was full for otiee In its history during the May festival festi-val ccercieeHouthohlgdniicIng platform which had been built directly opposite thu center of the stand. Children sat twoaud threoiu u chair, nndthcirclders fltood up in tlio uitles or along tho edges of tlio slnnd and held on to ltlllo ones win) wcro'lu constant danger of fal)lng over tliEiedgt. Thadny was us beautiful as if it bad been mndo loonier, nnd c cry-thing cry-thing went off without n hitch In tho proceedings, nnd in tlio mUUtof inoro eiithutdam than bad been innnifcHlcd in coniieeliou witli nny demonstration previously held in that part of tho exposition ex-position grounds. Vor thuddeoiation of this multitude nf humanity in ivery stagoof deveiop-ment, deveiop-ment, o00 prettily coiduincd children marched on to tho recitation grounds fi.Mii lifctlin! I.fill ivlilrli li.l liAtf. mined into nn iiuiiieii!o drebbiug room for lliisot-caston. A platoon of exposition exposi-tion guaids marched at tho bead of thu line' mid bcbliid Ibcm ciiiuo iho Midwinter Mid-winter l'TpuHllimi band, playing 0110 of tliLSonxii mnrcliCH, to which the child ren slrpil gnici' fully mid b'loyaully. Tlicso uhllo mUd jiuuiiih'H lunged from graceful grace-ful gfrlosof 1 1 and 15 j curs of age down ti 1 11 1 lo lots of Cor 7, nil beautifully duKHod luwliitctind withfnees wrc.ithtd in happy unlles They inarched nnd cniintei inarched In front of tho grandstand, grand-stand, ami then paired with fancy iiiiHi'blng figures In levicw. Then thu miisiu t'liaiiged to n dlU'eieut march nml the little oihh pawed up eialnvay to nil.-M'd scutes, which luid been nrrnngtd ill. -unit tin1 thiono wherelln.-M.iytJuten .mil I er tuni'l" of honor were to tit. 'I lie I:t (Jacen, Miss JcMtio McNab a 1 ttlo lady of ltye.irs.of age, armed upon llie gioundii in n littlo pony cairiae, diiveu by n footman in lively, willi poHllluHis lit llieliond i ftln llltlo liiniK-m tram. She carried hcrtolf with all thu dignity and grace of n vi-ii'nMe ijueon and graciously accepted tho homage, of thftipccliiturH. Then followed 11 pretty program of Mny dancp?. Thcro weie llireo Miiypol'JD, nnd there wero fancy dauccHOfuvery sort, nnd in tho uiidHtof all a beautiful crown ofioscs 1111 placed upon the bend of the herolnu of Iho oc-cuslun, oc-cuslun, w hilc teus of thoiisancs of voices shouted npprovul and twice as maiiy hnnds uiauifesled their pleasure with l.eirty applause. This part of It vmis all nvrrat In'i'lriclr, Nobody bad time to ijpt worn our, nnd overylndy had n good tunc. It was conoeded 011 eveiy hand ih. t this was one of tho tnoit intciosllug of nil the special days, hii1 the verdict nns iinainiiious ttint 111 number of Uiildrtm who paid locomoln on thin occasion oc-casion w no iiumltUkabio evldciico of a widespread nppreidulinn of the fonncr com tesles extended to the llttlu ones in connection uiih the expneltioii. |