Fair play., 1889-08-03
NUMBER 10.
AN ELECTRIC CARNIVAL.

Pr"rarsfi"n> Under Way for the Hest An"
Most C"mpr-hsn>i~c Display "f Ei~c-
tricai Appliances Ever Nadc on Ih"
Continent; at the Great 1T. Louis ESP"s'-
tinu-it " IL he "a Mine of Wonders Z" tho
tuiuitiaird.
ST. LouiS, July .a.-Mr. Fred II. Whip
pie, -: Detroit. Mich. Que of the best
known and most influential men IL the
electrical world ~ III" United States and
who has been Invested by the Exposition
director with supreme control " tho
electrical exhibition. i i'll the city. Mr..
Nh'pple explaining at length his plans
and the preparations, says the lead
.uS features will he au illumi-
nation "f the exterior ot the Exposi-
tiou building. which will Surra-s in
splrndur any thing ever before seen i'll
this part ot the world. On the summit
Of ti' central highest point of the front
ut III" building. where the flagstaff
stands vlli he placed several great ocean
search lights, such as war->hips use
when exploring dangerous channels,
each a.! which will throw a beam ~ daZ-
ling Hight a distance of ten or twelYS
miles. ~ these search lights will 10
arranged ST. a. IL face MI points ot the
compass. they VIII serve tn illuminate all
The territory lying between the Illinois
bluffs on the east. the TOWN nf Webster
on the west, aud similarly distant points
GA the north and south.
In front ~ the building, and extrgdiug
the whole length Of the facade. will he ar
ranged series "f urc-lamps NJ tho
largest sILf, numbering over
hundred, the lights being strung
into mommoth lc,tcrs twenty-five or
thirty feet high. the whole SPELL
ing the word Electric" in signiii-
cation of the huge and varied electrical
display that Will occupy tho north base
mrut in"r Of the building Itself. some
idea uf iii" extent ot this general cleo
tricul display may be had when II is
stated that. already, over u hundred and
twenty applications for space have been
uIalr by the leading inventors and man
uiacturrr- "I electrical appliances in the
country, many ut whom will exhibit from
tw" Ia twenty different inventions. Re-
sides these, however, Mr.. Whippl" has u
laru' number nt other applications in
nh-ylEce, determination On the accept
auce uf which will hc deferred till he
meets the inventors aud manufacturers
at the electrical convention. which as
srmhies nj Niagara Falls August ).
Among the displays will Ice the Edison
phnuogrnph. which will b. used to re-
peat ON the stage Of Entertainment Hall
t. new audiences the matchlcsS concerts
which Gilmore aud his band will give in
Grand Music Hall. This will be the most
complete, extensive and valuable Illus
tratinu Of the powers aud uses
of the phonograph that has yet
been given since Mr.. Edison
gave his invention to the world.
Electrical pianos and organs also
viii be- shown. This invention. by which
planes and organs play perfect music Of
the highest order. the keys moving as il
with spiri, hands, was intended to be
shown at the Paris Exposition. but tho
details could not be perfected in time for
that event and the 81. Louis Exposition,
foremost in every thing, will have the
honor "f being the first tp show this Won
der To- the world.
While in New York Mr. Whipple ar
ran':e,i also for another sort of electrical
music. SIG. LIbcraii, whose coruet play.
iu, has made him such favorite in ~.
Louis, viii oecuFy the stage of grand
Music Hall with a band of forty one
pieces and four iirst-class yocaiists dur
ing III" first week ~ the Exposition, COM
.nrucing the evening "f September ! and
closing the afternoon Of September II,
after which Gilmore and his sixty five
men viii hold the stage. LiherIti in con-
junction with an electrical inventor, has
auged complete drum corps to bo
played Icy electricity. the drums will be-
arranged n the stage with sticks in posi-
iiun, and thcrcupun, "I pressure OF a but
ton. iiu person being visible. the new
fashioned dram corps will begin to play,
beating al the points Of war and all
tavotitc ,l:um airs perfectly as il per-
formed by the best musicians in the
world.
As TO electric cars. four ar five Of these
viii be- on exhibition, repre- seaiinc all
ihr successful systems yet invented. a
standard ..u..e railroad track will he laid
in the br-rucut 3';i feet long. running
FROM Si. Charles street 10 Olive street,
along the west wall of iie building. The
different car systcu.s sill be shown alter
nat ly. aai thi- ,ill give street railway
Irppriciprs aud municipal authorities in
al, parts of the country full opportunity
to compare the different systems and
select the one whose merits seem to them
tie greatest.
Ia a similar way the aut horties Of all
the towns and cities in this part os the
vorli VIII have an opportunity tn exam-
Inc aud compare all the different systems
OF fire aud police alarm appliances.
Every thing that has been invented in this
way will - shown in fall operation. IT. tb.
way Of street lighting. Que great firm Will
install! an! have in operation "A completes
lighting station. sufficient TOR the needs
% - good >iz-d country town. The north
basement viii be divided into streets,
along wiici. a~c lamp iron posts of tho
L FL.
arc !auu- ON their sHm'ni's will be light
ed .r,I IN ;he centre; station above II imeI,
tug- shown: all the mean, and appii-
n-.rr- fpr li.att1i; cities or towns or dis
tr:c of Iur,s- cities.
another important invention that has
iietrfnre heca deemed an inpossibiiity
viii be- ~h"gn .ur tn" first time in the
world in cpIneciiun with a mining ma
chine IN operation. II short, the elec-
tricai display will not only be the most
eXt"u-T- in the country. bat il viii in
ctul" crrry variety If invention appli-
cable either {, thr arts, 10 mechanics or
I, rmEscrlsn.s. The applications of Igs
electrical exhibitors hav. been already
accepted. They represent almost every
section of the United Staies
.
y Hartford man. wh.n asked 10
give hl; consent 10 the marriage Of one
Of his daughters. turned with BEAM
Ing face to the applicant. and answered
frankly. les. yes, and don't you
know some likely young man VINO will
take the othcr?'-St- Louis Magazine.
You are late this afternoon?'
said the music teacher 20 his banged