The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-08-15
ST. LOUIS FESTIVITIES.

| The Fail Festival season In the Future
Great" to be the Grandest Ever Given
The Yelled Prophet and the Great II
Elimination.
ST. Louis, Aug. 11.-On the evening
or Wednesday, September :, the tenth
season of the autumnal festivity in ST
Louis will be formally inaugrrated.
This year will be the first of three sue
ccssive years Of grand street illumina-
tions, for which almost si,O09, 900 has
been subscribed by the wiae-awake bus
mess men of the city The fund will be
increased to $1,000, 600 Miles and miles
of St Louis streets will be illuminated
with hundreds of thousands of gas and
electric jets, making the grandcst il
Elimination ever seen in America, and
perhaps in the world. The illumination
features, particularly ths electric pris-
matte fountain and a colossal statue of
Liberty Enlightcning the World placed
opposite the Grant statue at the cS-
trcmlty of vista of variegated incan-
descent lamps. The Grant monument
Will be surrounded by an illuminated
allegorical arch, of which figure of
Peace will be the keystone.
The doors of the exposition will be
thrown open on the evening of Scptcm-
Der :, continuing for forty days and
nights, and there will bc shown one of
the grandest collections of the indus
tries and arts ever exhibited in America
This exposition = the pride of St
Louis, because it is always success
Not failure has been recorded. This
grand, solid structure of brick and
stone, with acres and acres of floor
space, illuminated with thousands of
electric lights, will be filed with the
products all known lands. Thousands
of dollars have been expended on new
features, and tine visitor can feast his
eyes for days and days and NOT see il
all. Then, in the grand Music hall,
will be found the great GILMORE
and his world-renOwned band, giving
several concerts each dIy. all free to
vI.itOrs of the exposition. The exits to
Music hall are wide and numerous, and
the visitors can stroll out and in at
pleasure and then wander away in the
raves of the grand building, viewing
the Treasures of the earth collected
there for inspection, whils the grand
strains OF this woTid-rcnowned band
are waited to the ear--now from this
direction, then moment later from
another, one grand echo over there, an
other there. Is it any wonder that St
Louis exposition is !; success? Is it any
wonder that the visitor who comes once
comes again?
To lovers of art the exposition has a
grand treat in store. When it is stated
that the exposition association must
secure an insurance of S400 900 on the
pictures to be exhibited. their value can
be somewhat appreciated. Among the
features secured are Bierdstat, an Are
tic scene by Bradford and Pilotis
Wise and Foolish Virgins" A strong
effort il being made to secure the cele-
bratcd Gobclin tapestry, representing
Napoleon at jaffa," whieh was pre-
scntcd by the French government To the
French benevolent association OF New
York. II the tapestry can be procured
it Will bc placed on exhibition in Enter
tainment hall. There will he large
of oriental curiuS and articles
of vertu, quaint carvings in jade and
ivory, aud large assortment of Chi
neSc and Japanese Ihusical Instruments.
About dark on the evening of Mon
day, October !, his august majesty, the
Yelled Prophet. accompanied by a her
aid, and his chamberlain, and who will
have in charge the royal baggage which
runor hath said consists of gorgeous
robes and diamonds, and rubics, and
carbuncles and specimens of every
known precious stone-their value
ransom enough for Il million kings, will
come to the city by river-the place of
his embarkation being kept Il Sc
cret-and Will be escorted 10 the
exposition by a strong guard. There
the mayor will deliver the keys of
the city to the Prophet This Myste-
rious Parsonage iwho he is no one has
ever known or will l;nown) will then re-
tire until the following evening. when,
by hIs numerous retiHue, he |
will reveal himself to his loyal subjects |
Of st. Louis in all the pomp and pagean-
try of his royal entry. After parading |
through the principal streets, which
will be grandly illuminated, the Prophet
and his ret;nuc viii repair to the Mer-
chants exchange and entertain his sub
iects at his grand annual ball.