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Show THE MIDWINTER PAIR. Tho mistaken Impression seems to have gout abroad that tho California Midwinter Exposition has reduced its charge for admission and Its attractions m well. This impression is erroneous in both particulars. T!:e charge of admission admis-sion to thu grounds is still B0 cents, except on Sunday, when it has decided to make it u popular price thow. An experiment ex-periment is alo being made with a 25-cent 25-cent rate on 6 evenings in the week after & p. m. The reason for this choHgo Is that no one in tl.e stnto of California, and paitlculaily in tho city of SanFrnn-' SanFrnn-' cisco, Bhall lack on opportunity to visit '.lie exposition beforo ita close. The uianugcmout rtcoguizlng that the financial finan-cial success of tho ciiterprlso has always exceeded Ihelr most sanguine expectations, expecta-tions, Is now willincto make concession!!1 to the public which had heretofore been deemed unnecessary. The exKslt!on I has not only paid cxpcnfca to date, bet It has wippd out a debt of nearly 00, 000 wjiieh hung over it ut the start, and whatever tho attendance piny bo during ' the few remaining weeks, there is suro to be n satisfactory fund on hand for tl.e winding up of ilsall'airs. The attractions ut tho exposition bae been constantly on tho Increase, und I none of these who wero with tho enterprise enter-prise at the beginning havu withdiawu from the arena. Among tho most re Icently added attractions is the company lot South Sea lslundeis, who came here I only alwut u fortnight ago und nro still I all the ruge. Thesa dusky hulf-chid I warriors from the Southern Sens parade I around tl.e ground tuverul times during I the day and n wondering ciowd eacl i id, m follows th'M.i to the big Fran: Joseph hi 11 In the Vienna Prater, whcio they sing their weird songs and danco their unique dances. Tho Mexican band haslulsp made a meat ht. It lias n tambourine tam-bourine plaver who aits its a soloist and who I n nmslc.ll entertainment in liim-elf. liim-elf. The chiiructeiiftio music cceuis to liuvo found wide uppieciation lu this cosmopolitan community, nml the seats in front of the music slund duilug the concert hours nre lull ot people of all nationalities, but with peiliapsiistialn ot the Spanish element in tho majority. Jean Weitzman, tho Wizard of the Air, has been walking on n high wlieftom the electric toner to the lop of tha l.lb-urnl l.lb-urnl Arts building forn number of dais now, and so far has tatltd to break his neckoranyotheipor.innof hiMnn-itomy, Tho riiU that ho runs it. tills direction, however, Is proving Brent drawing cord ut the exposition, und Wcilzniiin may justly bo said to bo one of the liens . ol the (air, |