Receipts on the Midway are surprisingly high and in proportion greater
than at Nashville and Atlanta... Previous Expositions concessionaires
lost money... but at Omaha made money, almost without exception.
Aggregate receipts have exceed entire gate receipts...
The fish in the lagoon are starving. Bits of bread tossed in bring hundreds to fight over it... Picnic parties would perform a charitable act if they would throw left over bits into the lagoon to feed the fish.
Angus Morrison of Scotland, touring the U.S., visits the Expo and says it
is as good as any he has seen in the last 20 years... they are staying
several extra days to see it all.
Souvenir postcards are available from U.S. Post Card Co., 215 NY Life Bldg.
The small gasoline launch "Admiral Dewey" was launched yesterday. It was
made to order in Racine, Wisc... seats 30 people. Two more are coming,
the Admiral Schley and Admiral Sampson.
