THE SEDAN CHAIR CARRIERS.—There was a partial return to the ways of our forefathers at the Fair, though the fad was not introduced as the result of any spasmodic whim of society, but by fez-wearing men from the Orient. The concession for the Sedan chairs belonged to the Turkish Village people and near this, at one side of the Plaisance, the Sedan bearers, sturdy Turks as one could wish to see, stood soliciting custom and getting a great deal of it, for who, among those intent on “doing ” all the novel experiences thoroughly, would neglect such opportunity for a new experience? Ladies especially affected the Sedan chair, and when inside, frequently wished they hadn’t been so venturesome. The bearers were careful enough and the motion in the chair was not unpleasant when one became accustomed to it, but few became accustomed. A single experience for curiosity’s sake was about all the average person had with this type of conveyance. One could not see all about from its interior as well as when in one of the so-called “Gospel-chariots,” pushed about by theological students, and the sway of the chair, experienced as the bearers might be, was something not felt in the other conveyances, gliding evenly along over the smooth roadway. The bearers were about all that made the Sedan chair interesting. They were to an extent spectacular, while the chair itself was not a thing of beauty. They wore an assorted Turkish garb and ferocious moustaches and were, altogether, as delightfully piratical looking fellows as any lady could wish for to carry her off.

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