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Show THIi MIDWINTER FAIR. The California Mid winter International Kxposition is now open tho last month of its existence. The grand closing demonstration will tako placu on Wednesday, Wed-nesday, July -t, when Ihoclly and county of San Francisco will unito with the exposition ex-position management In tho co!cbrntlou of the national holiday, such as has never before liccn seen 011 the Pacillc Coast, thero will be nl least 20,000 people hi the procession Hint will march through tho streets of San Francisco, nnd that will wend its way out through the beautiful Uolden (lata Park Into the grounds ot tho wonderful exposition which hns been tho scenes of so many grnnd dcmonstrii-lionsiluringthe dcmonstrii-lionsiluringthe pastsix months. There willbi'ti grand program of out door exercises ex-ercises at the Itecrcation grounds. As has been slated In this correspondence, correspond-ence, there was some doubt iibout tho ilnlo of the olllciiil closing of tho exposition. exposi-tion. Tho six months from the dale of t lie actual opening will not expire until July SS, hut since tho six months legal duration of IhcxposUlon expires on the HrstofJuly, it has been thought best to lot tho Fourth of July celebration be the closing ollicial demonstration, though I he gates will bo kept up, mid a M-cent admission will probably be charged during dur-ing tlio month of July, even though the 'moving of tlie'cxhlbiu und tho tearing down of some of tho buildings will, then bo in progress. Home of tho concccsion-aires concccsion-aires have uianifcstid their dctcrmlna-'Jofci.t'J dctcrmlna-'Jofci.t'J elty 011 tin gtonndans tony an thsf' are likely to bo any pcoplo at nil, arufyciurybody will concede that there w'hA bo something of an exposition as long 'iis the sideshows remain. An oiler has been nude in this connection con-nection for Hie preservation of the Liberal Lib-eral Aits building as u place for tho holding of big convent ions, as a place for tho baud to piny in 011 inclement occasions, oc-casions, bud as an immense ballroom or assembly hall for gatherings which aro frequent in cities 11s largo as San Francisco, Fran-cisco, and yet for which there has been 110 placq available. The offer ol tho Director General of tho Fine Arts building build-ing mid of tho Administration building provides that they shall bo given to the park commission!, ra freo of expense, but in order that tho Liberal Arts building shall be secured to the elty and county, under thu directions of the park commissioners, com-missioners, it will be necessary to ralso a fund, Inasmuch ns the accrued prollts w ill not nurrent the executive committee is making ho niiiiiiflcant a gift. There still remain between now and thu iloie of the exoaitioii 11 number of very interesting days of celebration , The present wick has been paitlculurly l.rolillo in this regard. It began with Italian day 011 Sunday, with Monterey lonnty day 011 Monday, colored American Ameri-can day 011 Tuesday, state of Maine day on Wednesday, On Friday, June 8, horticultural day was celebrated by tLo planting of a tree on tlio east side of the Liberal Arts building, tho treo being n Mission Olive of thu old San Diego stock, nnd tho park commissioners have undertaken under-taken to pereirvoitns memorial of this .lay at thu exposition. On Saturday nil Sacramento county contracted to visit the exposition Inn body, mid the same day and eveniug "a day and night in Japan" was celebrated under the aus pices of the Japanese concessionaires and the Japanese residents of San Francisco Fran-cisco This celebration included a fenst of lanfernsln which nearly ten thousand Jiipamso creations of light played a prominent put, mid in which theentlre population of San Francisco revelled by virtue of the custom then ar"' thero popularized of carrying lanten t in the hand. |