CHAPTER VI.

END OF THE EXPOSITION.

Official Closing Day of the Great Fair — Impressive Termination of the Most Magnificent Creation of
Any Age —A Vast Throng Present — The Illuminated Fountains Play for the Last Time — The
Great Search Lights Blaze Out the Close — Electric Switches Turn Off Their Tens of Thousands
of Arcs and Incandescents Forever — The Terrible Death of Carter H. Harrison, the World's Fair
Mayor, by the Bullet of an Assassin, Precludes the Possibility of Carrying Out a Program of
Oratory, Music and Pyrotechnics — The Mayor's Day — Mayor Harrison's Last Speech — His Last
Signature was at the Tiffany Pavilion — Symposium of Reports and Addresses in the Woman's
Building — Lady Managers Kiss and Say Good Bye — Destruction of the Exposition Commences
on Wooded Island— Some Interesting Facts and Figures — Paid Admissions Reach Nearly 22,000,-
000!— The Exposition Pays All Its Bills and Has Nearly $3,000,000 in Bank.

HE official closing of the great Exposition took place on
Monday, October 30, 1893, and the most magnificent event of
any time ceased to exist. The day and evening were radiant
and beautiful, and .the White City was as fair to look upon as
ever, except that severe frosts during preceding nights had
dealt unkindly with the dahlias and cannas, and some other
plants, and the beauty of their foliage and blossom had been
extinguished forever. The Wooded Island, which has been
the home of so many millions of shrubs and flowers, had not
only lost its most infinitesimal charm and sweetness, but the
hand of destruction had been raised against it by Colum-
bian workmen on the 26th of the closing month, and enough was done to impress
itself sadly upon one that it was the forerunner of the mighty spirit of devastation
that already overwhelms Jackson Park. Yes; it was on that fairest and most peace-
ful spot in the Exposition that the first shadow of death fell. A little group of
workmen entered the Wooded Island early in the afternoon. They carried ham-
mers, saws and baskets. Their work was to tear away all the gay trappings that
have made the long festival so bright and attractive. The men went about their work
listlessly, slowly, as if it grieved them to mar the beautiful picture they had helped to
make. Little groups of people gathered along the paths to watch them. Those who
noticed the workmen and thought of the meaning of the work seemed fascinated.
They stood for several minutes watching them arid made many comments. "Too
bad, too bad," said one man, and the people around him echoed his words.

The workmen began with the band stand in the center of the Wooded Island.
First they removed the long strings of glass lamps that have been used in the night
decoration of the groves. Hundreds of the lamps were removed from the wooden

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framework and wires, the water and burned tapers being thrown out, and the
pretty bits of glass packed in boxes and baskets. Then a few planks were knocked
away from the band-stand, some of the faded, tattered flags were torn down, and
the great work of destruction had begun. Itwas afittingday for the beginning of the
end. The sun was hidden all day. The dawn came amid rain and fog that shed
their chill over the whole throng. The clouds hung low, the wind was cold, and
the air full of dreariness of approaching winter. The removal of the faded decora-
tions and the e mpty lamps was even more impressive than if some massive pillar
or statue had been the first to suffer. It dispelled all the happy illusions that have
made the place so pleasant and left only the somber and unclad grandeur of heroic
architecture in which, under the cloudy autumn sky, there was nothing bright nor
cheerful.

On the 28th there took place in the Woman's Building the last meeting of
the World's Fair ladies and others who have been identified with woman's work.

The women who in the past have made the plaint that they have not been
allowed to talk can, in justice, do 59 no longer, as this day was given over to them. In
the assembly-room of the Woman's Building every known organization of woman
was represented, and through its representatives spoke of its aim and work.

Long before n o'clock the assembly-room was crowded and people were
standing on the seats to catch a glimpse of Mrs. Potter Palmer and the Board of
Lady Managers and around them the representative women from every State in
the Union and every country on t he globe all gathered on the platform. A solemn
organ prelude by Miss Henry preceded the opening prayer, made by Mrs. Adams.

Mrs. Palmer made an impromptu opening address, in which she stated the
object of the meeting and gracefully welcomed the organizations. She referred to
the work of the Board of Lady Managers at the Fair in the interest of women and
women's work. The different organizations, she said, set the pace, but if the board
had not been represented in the different societies muchlesswould have been done.

Through this board efficient government representation was secured from
foreign governments. Mrs. Palmer concluded by expressing her pleasure in wel-
coming the different organizations.

Miss Susan B. Anthony followed as the representative of the Woman's Na-
tional Suffrage association, which she characterized as the center around which all
the others are floating. She related the trials of the last forty-five years, since a
small band of women first demanded the right of suffrage. The woman suffragists
have been reviled and despised, she said, but the association's exhibit has done
much good, and in a few years all women will march into its headquarters for shelter.

The Woman's Christian Temperance union was represented by Mrs J. E.
Nichols and Mme. Demorest, of New York, who briefly outlined the work of the
organization which has "belted the earth with its white ribbon and done its work
not alone in the cause of temperance, but social purity."

Mrs. Laura de Force Gordon, one of the brightest lawyers on the Pacific
coast, read a paper written by Clara B. Colby relative to the women's tribune. The

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speakers immediately following her were Mrs. Leander Stone, of the International
Board of Women and "Young Woman's Christian association; Miss Blaney, of the
Ladies' Catholic Benevolent association, and Mrs. John B. Fowler, Jr., represent-
ing the Young Woman's Christian association. For the general federation of
women's clubs, Mrs. Linden Bates spoke, showing the ideals of women's clubs in
literature and art.

"Man," she said, "in leaving to woman the control of the heart, left to her
the destiny of the nations; for so long as woman rules the homes she rules the
world. The federation of clubs, recognizing this, has drawn its membership from
the home. Of the American home, its beauty and its love, we would make the fed-
eration a symbol.'

Dr. Sarah Hackett Stevenson spoke for the Woman's club of Chicago, tell-
ing of its hospitality during the past summer and mentioning with pride the nume-
rous visitors who have pulled the latch-string always hanging out. Of one visitor,
"beautiful Lucy Stone," she spoke with love as well as pride.

To the Fortnightly club was left the pleasant task of paying to Mrs. Palmer
eulogy greater than any woman ever received before. It was in the form of a res-
olution signed by officers of the club and read by Dr. Julia Holmes Smith.
Mrs. Palmer responded briefly.

Mrs. Mary Lowe Dickinson, representing the King's Daughters, wished for
more time, longing with infinite longing for the happy land wherein a day is as a
thousand years and where minutes allowed for women's speeches will be twenty-
seven years. Though her time fell far short of that limit, Mrs. Dickinson managed
to give a fine resume of the work of her order.

Mrs. Becker spoke in behalf of the, Daughters of the American Revolution.
Miss Dennis, of New York, outlined the work of the Women's Industrial and
Educational Union. The Grand Army of the Republic Women's Relief Corps was
represented by Mrs. Frank L. Hubbard.

The National Council of Women, through Mrs. May Wright Sewall made
itself gloriously heard as became an organization composed of over a million
women. The present important work of the council was outlined as being an ef-
fort to get through Congress two bills, one to insure to women workers for Uncle
Sam equal pay, and the other to secure in all States uniform marriage and divorce
laws.

The Woman's Press clubs were represented by Mrs. Laura de Force Gordon
and Miss Mary H. Krout. Both ladies made speeches to the point, Miss Krout in
particular taking up the gauntlet for the sisters, who have borne the burden
through the heat of the day, and to whom no reward has come. Other speakers
were:

Mrs. Lucy Rider Meyer, of the Home and Foreign Missionary Society
of the M. E. Church; Mrs. L. Dickinson of the South End Flower Missions; Miss
Cole, the Girl's Friendly society; Mrs. H. M. Ingram, Non-Partisan W. C. T. U.;
Loraine J. Pitkin, Eastern Star; Mrs. Isabella-King Lake, Women's Work; Mrs.

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E. W. Adams, Philanthropic Organizations of Oregon; Mrs. Mary Newbury
Adams, Emma Willard Association; Miss Cobb, Shut-in Society; Miss Katherine
Hodges, Protective American Society of Authors; Mrs. Eugene Bank, Keeley
Rescue Cure; Mrs. Francis Ten Eycke, Folklore; Miss Frantz, Loyal Women of
America; Mrs. H. M. Wilmarth, Mrs. Mary C. Reynolds, Ethel Baker and Mrs.
Sallie M. Moses.

Mrs. Palmer closed the meeting with some words of farewell, half pathetic,
half humorous. After the meeting Paul du Chaillu delivered a lecture on women
in foreign lands.

The closing ceremony|of the day was a grand public reception given in the Court
of Honor, beautifully decorated for the occasion with flags of all nations. Then
Mrs. Palmer, assisted by ihe board, received the thousands who flocked within the
doors to catch a farewell glance of her. Later a recital was given by Miss Ade-
laide Detchno, assisted by Mr.W. C. E. Seeboeck, Mr. Karleton Hackett, and Miss
Marschall.

There occurred on the 28th a remarkable gathering of the mayors of many
cities, whose presence made the grounds as sunshiny as the prettiest day in June.
They came from all points of the compass, and represented nearly all the States of
the Union.

There also occurred on the 28th a tragedy so unexpected and so dreadful as
not only to fatally mar much of the pleasure and the glory of that day, and the
closing one, but to shock the world — for Hon. Carter Henry Harrison, the Chief
Magistrate of the City of Chicago, a short time after he had addressed his col-
leagues from all over the United States, was shot three times in his own house by an
assassin named Eugene Patrick Prendergast, and died in twenty minutes.

In welcoming the visiting mayors Mr. Harrison made his last public speech
in Music Hall, at Jackson Park, as follows. He was in the best of humor, and after
rising, stood dramatically for a moment and bowed to the audience, which greeted
him tumultuously. Then he smiled and, being formally introduced by Aid. Madden,
began to speak. His voice was strong and resonant, his delivery brilliant, and his
manner enthusiastic, at times witty. He gloried in the Columbian Exposition.
He praised the greatness of Chicago and made the following prophecy regarding"
himself:

"I, myself, have taken a new lease of life and I believe I shall see the day
when Chicago will be the biggest city in America, and the third city on the face of
the globe." Then he said:

Mayors of the Various Cities Who are our Guests, and You, Officials of Chi-
cago, and of Other Cities: It is my pleasing duty to welcome you to Chicago to wit-
ness the dying scene of this magnificent Exposition. It is a little chilly in weather,
but the sun is coming out, and you have a warm beat from the heart of our people.
Thus it is that at the dying scene, while these beauties are passing away, this World's
Fair is showing itself in its most majestic proportions, as the moment approaches
for it to pass away forever. Mr. Madden has said to you words of praise of the

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efforts of our sister cities in helping to make this thing a success. All who have
visited the World's Fair are glad of the opportunity they have had to see such a
scene of grandeur, and I myself deeply pity any American who has lost the oppor-
tunity of coming here.

I have sometimes said what I would do if I were President of the United States.
If I were to-day Grover Cleveland I would send a message to Congress and would
say in that message that the World's Columbian Exposition has been a success,
aye, beyond the expectation of any man living. It was fitting for us to celebrate
the greatest event of the world, the discovery of two continents. Six months has
been altogether too short a time for this greatest of all world's fairs. The Presi-
dent should say that it has beaten itself, and the American people should to-day
make an appropriation through its Congress to preserve these buildings until next
year and notify all the world to come here. At the end of this week we shall have
had 22,000,000 admissions to these grounds. No doubt many of them have been
duplicated many times. There have probably been 10,000,000 or 12,000,000 of
Americans inside these grounds. We have in the United States 65,000,000, aye,
nearly 70,000,000 inhabitants, and the Congress should declare that another year be
given us that all Americans could have an opportunity to come here. The Expo-
sition, the directory, has not the means to continue it. It is a national enterprise
and the Nation should breathe new life into it and let us^have the Fair for another
year, and next year we would have an average attendance of 250,000 a day.

This World's Fair has been the greatest educator of the nineteenth century,
the greatest this century has seen. It has been the greatest educator the world has
ever known. Come out and look upon these grounds, upon this beiutiful White
City. The past has nothing for its model; the future will be utterly incapable of
competing with it, aye, for hundreds of years to come. This great White City has
sprung from the morass. Only two years ago this was the home of the muskrat.
Two years ago this thousand acres, which is now covered by these palaces, lay but
a little above water and much beneath it. Look at it now! These buildings, this
hall, this dream of poets of centuries is the wild aspiration of crazy architects alone.
None but a crazy architect could have supposed that this scene could be created.
In two years it has sprung up from the morass and has risen, all that you see here,
crystallized in staff, looking like marble. It has been my good fortune to have seen
all the cities of the world, or nearly all. It has been my good fortune to have been
among the ruins of the great cities of the Old World. I have stood upon the seven
hills of Rome; from Capitoline 1 have looked over and tried to repeopleold Rome.
I have been in Athens. Around me were ruins. I had enough imagination to re-
habilitate them. I have stood among the ruins of all the old cities, but no imagin-
ation could recall any of those ruins and make them compare with this White City.
A man said to me yesterday in walking around these grounds: "Who could have
conceived this? What brain brought it forth? What genius instigated the idea of
these magnificent buildings and their groupings?" I.said to him: " There is an old
adage: ' Fools enter where angels dare not tread.' Our people were wild, crazy, if

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you choose. They conceived all that the madness of genius could conceive. There
have been great men who have said that genius was insanity. Genius is but au-
dacity, and the audacity of the 'wild and woolly West' and of Chicago has chosen
a star and has looked upward to it and knows nothing that it will not attempt, and
thus far has found nothing that it cannot accomplish. It was the audacity of genius
that imagined this thing. It was the pluck of the people congregrated from all the
cities of this Union, from all the nationalities of the world, speaking all languages,
drawing their inspiration from 3,000 miles of territory from east to west, from
yonder green lake on the north to the gulf on the south, our people who have never
yet found failure.'

When the fire swept over our city and laid it in ashes in twenty-four hours,
then the world said: "Chicago and its boasting is now gone forever." But Chicago
said: "We will rebuild the city better than ever," and Chicago has done it. The
World's Fair is a mighty object lesson, but, my friends, come out of this White City,
come out of these walls into our black city. When we get there we will find that there
is an object lesson even greater than is the World's Fair itself. There is a citytthat
was a morass when I came into the world sixty-eight and one-half years ago. It
was a village of but a few hundreds when I had attained the age of 12 years in 1837.
What is it now? The second city in America! And you people of the East look
well to your laurels. I told Mayor Gilroy the other day: " Look well to your
laurels." For the man is now born, and I myself have taken a new lease of life,
and I believe I shall see the day when Chicago will be the biggest city in America,
and the third city on the face of the globe. I once heard Tom Corwin tell a story
of a man who was on the witness stand, over near the eastern shores of Maryland.
They asked him his age. He said he was 36.

"Why," said Mr. Corwin, "you look 50."

"Well," the witness answered, "during fourteen years of my life I lived in
Maryland, and. I don't count that."

I don't coifnt the past from the year 1892, the four hundredth anniversary of
the discovery of America. I intend to live for more than half a century, and at the
end of that half century London will be trembling lest Chicago shall surpass it, and
New York will say, " Let it go to the metropolis of America." It is but a little
while when I expect to get on a magnificent steamer at Chicago's wharf and go to
a suburb, New Orleans, the Crescent City of the globe. Mr. Mayor, of Omaha, we
will take you in as a suburb. We are not narrow-minded. Our heart is as broad
as the prairies that surround us.

But we are here, gentlemen, to receive the mayors and the officials of our
American cities. The day is propitious. I hope Congress will see this day and
continue the Columbian Exposition for another year. The people of the world
did not know what we had here. Some envious newspapers have misrepresented
us. Philadelphia has always been kind to us. I recollect the maiden speech I
made in Congress. It was for the Centennial appropriation at Philadelphia. We
Democrats were always for the appropriation, and I, as a Chicagoan, was for Phila-

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delphia and the appropriation. If, however, Congress should fail in its duty, then
what is our position? The birth of the World's Columbian Exposition was a mar-
velous one. Its building was also marvelous. But in a few days something more
marvelous sprang up. These buildings were filled with marvelous exhibits. Look
at this hall. There are but few in the wide world that equal it. The New York
building has a hall that should be crystallized and covered over with glass. Brazil
has a building— one that we would not think could emanate from South American
genius. Japan, Sweden, Germany, England, Siam, and far-off Ceylon have -build-
ings which are marvels of beauty, but in a few days they will be gone forever.

It almost sickens me when I look at this great Exposition to think that it will
be allowed to crumble into dust. In a few days the building wrecker will take
hold of it and it will be torn down, and all of this wonderful beauty will be scattered
to the winds of heaven. Mr. Burnham, the architect and partner of Mr. Root, who
is really the designer of this thing — poor Root is dead, gone forever; but it is a
pleasing thought that probably at the yonder side he may look down and see what
has been done; it must be with a feeling of great pleasure and great pride when he
looks down on what he has designed. Mr. Burnham said the other day:

" Let it go; it has to go, so let it go. Let us put the torch to it and burn it
down."

I believe with him. If we cannot preserve it for another year I would be in
favor of putting a torch to it and burning it down and let it go up into the bright
sky to eternal heaven.

But I am detaining you too long. I did not expect to make a speech of any
length. But when I speak I never know what I shall say. There is an inspiration
at this place and I could go on talking from now until nightfall about the glories of
the Fair. We welcome you here and tell you no statistics. We Chicagoans have
put millions in these buildings. Chicago has $5,000,000 in them. It will get nothing
back, but you won't find a Chicagoan that has come here that regrets the expendi-
ture of that $5,000,000. The man that says Chicago has wasted money is a lunatic.
It has not been wasted. This Fair need not have a history to record it. Its beauty
has gone forth among the people, the men, the women, aye, the child has looked
upon it and they have all been well repaid for this wonderful education.

No royal King ordered it, but the American people, with the greatest of
pluck, with the pluck born under the freedom of those Stars and Stripes, made
this thing possible — possible to a free people. It is an educator of the world. The
world will be wiser for it. No King can ever rule the American heart. We have
the Monroe doctrine. America extends an invitation to the best of the world, and
its Stars and Stripes will wave from now on to eternity. That is one of the lessons
we have taught.

But I must stop. If I go on another moment I will get on to some new idea.
I thank you all for coming to us. I welcome you all here, in the name of Chicago.
I welcome you to see this dying effort of Chicago — Chicago that never could con-

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ceive what it wouldn't attempt, and yet has found nothing that it could not achieve.
I thank you all."

Carter Henry Harrison had been in active political life for twenty-three
years, and was one of the most widely known public characters in the country. Mr.
Harrison was born in Fayette County, Ky., Feb. 25, 1825. Richard A. Harrison,
Cromwell's Lieutenant-General, who led Charles I. to the block, is his earliest an-
cestor of whom a record is preserved in the family archives. The name was con-
spicuous in Virginia during the colonial period, and Carter H. Harrison, his great-
grandfather, and his brother, Benjamin Harrison, the signer of the Declaration of
Independence and father of President William Henry Harrison, are enrolled in the
annals of the infancy of the United States of America. Early intermarriages linked
the Harrison family with the Randolphs, Cabells and Carters — three prominent
Virginia families. Through the former Thomas Jefferson and John Randolph were
near of kin; through the latter, the Reeves of Virginia and the Breckinridges of
Kentucky. Robert Carter Harrison, grandfather of the dead Mayor, located in
Kentucky in 1812. His father and grandfather were graduates of William and
Mary College, and he himself a graduate of Yale.

The social duties of the Mayor in connection with the World's Fair during
the entire summer had been many a'nd exacting, but through them all Mr. Harrison
carried himself with a dignity and frankness of spirit and action which won him
the respect of Chicago's guests from abroad and the approval of her citizens. One
of the first of these was the reception of and entertainment for some days of the
Duke of Veragua and his suite. At public functions as well as in the privacy of
his own beautiful home on Ashland boulevard Mayor Harrison did his share to
make the visit of the descendant of Columbus at the World's Fair a pleasant one.

On another notable occasion the Mayor also did the honors as the head of a
great city in a way which left no cause for complaint. This was on the occasion of
the reception and entertainment of the Spanish Infanta. Mayor Harrison's gal-
lantry was given full expression on all of the public and private functions at which
he appeared as the representative of the city which was entertaining the Princess.

In connection with the receptions of prominent people and special days at
the World's Fair, Mayor Harrison was called upon to make some forty speeches,
and was always in the best of humor, and his speeches were uniformly well received.

Monday, October 30, 1993, the official closing day of the Exposition notwith-
standing the dreadful tragedy and the announcement that much of the program,
including all music, oratory and pyrotechnical displays, would be abandoned out of
respect to the deceased Mayor, there were 208,173 paying people on the grounds
who saw the great Fair come to an official close. These saw the flags hauled down
and they also beheld the fountains play for the last time and the monster search
lights go out forever.

The following shows the total admissions, paid admissions and best days of
paid admissions at the Centennial. Paris of 1889, and Columbian Exposition:

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1876— Total admissions, Philadelphia 9,010,966

1889— Total admissions, Paris 28,149,353

1893— Total admissions, Chicago 27,529,400

Best month of paid admissions, Philadelphia 2,334,530

Best month of paid admissions, Paris 5,246,704

Best month of paid admissions, Chicago 6,816,435

Best day of paid admissions, Philadelphia 274,919

Best day of paid admissions, Paris 397,000

Best day of paid admissions, Chicago 716,881

By the error of a Congressional engrossing clerk the Exposition was robbed
of one day of official existence, as the act of Congress cut short its life at midnight,
Oct. 30, 1893. Had the official period extended until Nov. i, and had an overwhelm-
ing sorrow not caused the canceling of the elaborate program prepared for Colum-
bus day, the Chicago Exposition would have been a record-breaker in aggregate
attendance, as it had been in everything else. With a 5<>cent admission fee for
adults at the Chicago Exposition, as against a franc at the Paris Exposition, Chi-
cago falls less than a million behind in total attendance. The record at the Cen-
tennial at Philadelphia is totally eclipsed.

On the opening day of the Exposition, May i, there was a paid attendance of
128,965. The paid attendance did not again approach the 100,000 mark until May 30,
when it reached 1 15,578. By months there were two days in May, eight days in June,
eight days in July, twenty-one days in August, twenty-six days in September, and
twenty-seven days in October when paid admissions numbered over 100,000. The
200,000 limit was reached for the first time July 4, and was again scored once in
August, four times in September, and eighteen times in October. The paid admis-
sions exceeded 300,000 on four days only, Chicago day, Monday, Oct. 9; Tuesday,
Oct. 10; Wednesday, Oct. u; and Thursday, Oct. 19. The greatest week in Expo-
sition history appears as follows:

Paid attendance.

Sunday, Oct. 8 88,050

Monday, Oct. 9 '. 716,881

Tuesday, Oct. 10 309,294

Wednesday. Oct. 11 309,277

Thursday, Oct. 12 275,217

Friday, Oct. 13 216,343

Saturday, Oct. 14 200,891

Total 2,114,953

In contrast with the above appears the best week of attendance at the Centen-
nial Exposition, the week ending Saturday, Sept. 30, when 679,498 paid admissions
were recorded. At the Centennial Exposition seven Saturdays were set apart on
which the price of admission was reduced from 50 to 25 cents. At the World's
Columbian Exposition the only cut rate was for the week ending Saturday, Oct. 21,
when Chicago public school children were given a holiday week and the price of
admission forajl children under 18 years old was reduced to 10 cents. The average
children's attendance had, immediately before, not averaged over 8,000 to 10,000
a day, but for children's week they attained to the following proportions:

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Sunday, Oct. 15 5,622

Monday, Oct. 16 39,260

Tuesday, Oct. 17 .48,869

Wednesday, Oct. 18 57,357

Thursday, Oct. 19 65,199

Friday, Oct. 20 50,972

Saturday, Oct. 21 48,787

With -the exception of the paid admissions above noted, which are t'-» be
counted at 10 cents each, all other adult admissions were at the rate of 50 cents
each, and all children's admissions at the rate of 25 cents each.

The Exposition paid admission gates since May i were closed four Sundays
and open twenty-two Sundays and 157 week days. The smallest Sunday paid attend-
ance was Aug. 6, 16,181, and the largest Sunday Oct. 29, 153,238. The total Sunday
paid attendance was 1,216,861, an average of 55,312. The average paid attendance
for 157 week days was 127,712. It is a curious coincidence that on May 17 and 18
there was a difference of only two adults in the number of tickets sold.

It is almost impossible to make comparisons with the Paris Exposition on
anything like an equitable basis, for the reason that at Paris the prices of admission
varied with the days of the week and other conditions. On Sundays and
evenings an extra ticket of admission was required. By buying a quantity of tickets
or investing in a lottery scheme, tickets of admission could be secured for as little as
10 cents in United States money. The highest price of admission was one franc-
A comparative statement by months is as follows:

Chicago. *Paris.

May 1,531,984 2,610,813

June 3,577,834 4,338,869

July 3,977,502 4,544,196

August 4,687,708 4,977,092

September 5,808,942 5,246,705

October 7,945,430 4,820,869

November ... 1,610,810

*The Paris Exposition opened May 10, and continued until Nov. 10. The figures given are scheduled
in the report as visitors, whether paid or total is not known.

An interesting feature is the table of all passes, which is as follows, from and
including May T, to and including October 30:

Complimentary cards 244,988

Full-term photographic passes 1,950,885

Monthly

Special press

Workingmen's

Trip

Return (checks)

Musical Bureau

.1,679,931
. 66,060
. 347,811
7,068
.1,703,448
. 59,189

Total 6,059,380

Thus endeth the most brilliant and joyous educational entertainment of anjr
age — and the glory and magnificence of the "White City" has passed away-

iim

1CKMAN

DERY INC.

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS-URBANA

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