Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-07-05

levers, within easy reach of the operator,
were to be seen twenty-five electrical but
tons, which, under the fingers of our English
Neptune, were presently converted into q
magic keyboard On the right hand side
was manometer, while dial plates and cleo
trio chimes in various positions complete the
apparatus.
The mode of operation is simple enough
Soon as the little gray bearded man, who
plays such conspicuous part in the nights
entertainment at the exhibition, had pulled
forward three or four of the levers. caught
sight-through the glass partition of the
'sshanty'-of the effect produced outside on
the spectators. Several jets of colorless water
spurted up into the air, which were at once
converted into splendid crimson when the
operator touched one Of the electric buttons.
By similar operation the water works were
successfully dyed rich blue, yellow, green,
purple, or combination of those colors when
several of the buttons were manipulated 81
multaneously.
The operator, when through with his dis
play, went on to explain to me that circular
chambers in masonry were constructed be-
meath each basin, the roofs of which were
pierced with a number of openings to re-
ceive series Of vertical cylinders, each
placed below jet In each cylinder was ar
ranged series of thick plates of colored
glass, which are made to move to and fro BY
means of cords connected with the levers he
had manipulated; the rays from very pow-
erful arc lamp were thus directed up the
cylinders by means of parabolic reflector,
mirrors and condensers. In this way the
light is obliged to traverse one or more
thicknesses of colored glass before it reaches
the fountain, and thus many combinations
of colors and varied effects can be produced.
The stream Of water running from the
upper to the lower basin at the Trocadero is
also Illuminated, as we'll as the jets placed
along each side. AS it is impossible for the
operators in the underground chambers to
judge of the effects produced, their manipu-
lations are controlled from the pavilion in
which stood, and kept in electrical COM
munication with the operating rooms Sig
mails are transmitted so that the combine
tions of colors and effects can be modified at
the option of the little gray bearded English
man in control When the broad beam of
electric light at the top Of the Elffel tower is
brought to bear on the statuary of this fine
monumental fountain the effect is truly mag
nificent.
It is estimated that about 100000 persons
can circulate through the grounds at night
time without overcrowdlng. Many of the
shows are great attractions. The children,s
palace, for instance, is much patronized by
the little ones and their no less delighted
parents. 1t Is big pavilion with weird
towers and flying streamers in the southwest
corner of the Champ de Mars. Jack the
Giant Killer and Blue Beard are among the
heroes brought forward on the three stages
erected inside the building. Almost every
conceivable object Of juvenile amusement.
toys Of all kinds, articles of Paris books.
costumes, all the endless things which the
precocious taste Of the present day demands
and commercial ingenuity eagerly supplies,
has been collected beneath its roof, wholly
for the delectation of the young.
In the garden belonging to the children,s
palace is gigantic blue elephant, more than
forty feet high, built of hammered sheet iron.
by M. Chennevieres, after the manner of the
plaster model described by Victor Hugo in
LES Miserables," and which for many years
stood on the Place de La Bastille ere the July
column was erected on its SITE Another e..
tablishment much patronized by evening
visitors is the Folies Paridennes cafe concert.
where Challier, the well known hunchback.
sings his comic songs to ever appreciative
listeners.
But of all the night attractions at the exhi.
bition the Rue du Caire stands foremost and
supreme. Here poor Gerard de Neryal. the
French poet, who was SO passionately fond of
Egypt and the Orient, would have been quite
at home. The Rue du Caire, as its name i'm
plies, is the reconstruction Of q street in old
Cairo, and will be found midway between
machinery hall and the Avenue de Suffren,
It is to be regretted that it is located in such
q remote, out of the way corner. The pa
vilions of Persia, Siam, Morocco, japan and
Egypt cluster round about it, It is full Of
fantastically shaped houses, with Moorish
cafes, concert halls, shops and casinos, where
Egyptian dancing girls sing and perform to
the thrum thrum OF native instruments, The
shops are tenanted by $50 Egyptian men and
women from the banks Of the Nile, who sell
goods, trinkets, and all kinds of sweetmeats
like those made in their country.
Some of the houses are provided with gen.
uine moucharabies, kind Of bay window in
trellis wood work, behind which in Epypt
and the east generally the ladies congreeate,
as they can then see what goes on outside
without being themselves seen The Epvn-
tian ammars, or donkey boys, with each his
blue gandoorah garment, come and 20 among
the crowd, but the fifty white asses. with
which they do roaring trade in the day
time, are stabbed at night
s sort of Japanese village, where scenes
from daily life, trades, tortures and execu-
tions, are graphically represented by means
of Life sire lay figures, has been opened next
door to the Japanese pavilion. Two little
girls from Yokohama are seen at the door In
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