The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-05-10
WORLDS FAIRS OF The PAST.
HISTORY OF ALL THE GREAT
Industrial Expeditions Since the Idea
Was Launched over Forty Years Ago.

Credit for being the originator OF worlds
fairs must be awarded TO The late Prince
Albert consuit of Queen Vic ora OF Great
Britain. The first vorld's fair was held IN
the Crystal Palace. London. in 1881. and 1t
wns Prince Albert who suggested the enter
prise and helped largely 10 MAKE II sue
cess The total number OF exhibitors was
lsO37, OF whom 400 were Americans. Tie
receipts at the gates amounted TO 81, CCO
nni the net profits were $3.50, 900.
in 1853 international exhibitions were
held OF Dublin and New York. There were
400 exhibitors at the latter, more than
hall OF whom were foreigners The receipts
were only $4,000 and there was loss OF
1900 600 Horace Greeley, who was one OF
the directors, while on visit 10 lnris, was
arrested by one OF the French exhibitors for
damages incurred to his exhibit, In 1879
Paris held an exhibition, in which there
were 90 954 exhibitors only la OF whom
were Americana, The receipts were s64i, ~
and cost 81, 2jI 900.
mainly OF local interest were held in sever.
al cities among them being those at Mel
bourne and Munich in 1854, at Brussels in
1856, at Lausanne and Manchester in 1857,
at Turn ia 1883, at Hanover and Athens in
1859 and at Dublin, Edinburgh and Florence
In 1861. In 1862 a great exhibition was held
a. LSndQn-the receipts OF yhch. were
Si,e60,Co1 aaa expenses q $4,000. The
next Worlds Fair, that of Paris was the
most splendid the world had yet seen; II
was held in the Champ de Mars. There
were 30 23G exhibitors, OF whom $50 were
from the United States. lr 1879 the Vienna
Exposition took place. There were 10000
exhibitor G5i being from the United
States. The cost OF the buildings was esti.
mattel at 1850 0)1.
Then came the famous Centennial Exhi-
bition nj Philadelphia in 1876. The build
b.,, snr snl "a ma hnill-
ing. covering sn area ofS1O 46I square feet;
q machinery hall, covering an area OF 5Oi,-
100 square feet; an art building covering
1880 50. feet OF floor space and SssG9 50.
feet of wall srace; "a horticultural hall 800
feet long no feet broad and IS icet high,
an agricultural building covering ll7,7G0
square feet and womens department.
building 20s feet lor- and 2Us broad. The
fair was oIene' 10 Muv TO- 1875 and re-
:nained oiCn tor sI2 months Du ng that
, tim, it was visited bv @ 9iO H16 persons, of
whom zoos Ht pa.u admission fees
en- ounting 4. fafl~,@i 40 The largest
2 Tti,.f,pf s.'n p, on any one day was 27I-
fIs The .otal number OF exhibitors is est!-
nateu NJ 40. S6i. oi whom s,l75 were Ameri'
cans, 1892 natives of Spain and her colonies
and 1854 subjects of Queen Victoria. The
total numb Der at awards was IL. lO4. Of which
53t4 were granted 10 American exhibitors
and 7.740 to foreign exhibitors. The United
States Go, eminent manifested special in
terest in the Fair by appointing commit
tee TO see that the condition OF the different
Government departments was well repre-.
sented. for which purpose 1t appropriated
the sum of S12S. 500.
Pars again came to the front in 1878 and
showed Europe that an imperial form of
government WAS not necessary tor the sue
cessfu establishment ola Worlds Fair.
The Champ de Mars was again selected us a
Bite. 100 acres being appropriated, of which
the main building covered % acres. The
to'ni number of exhibitors was 10, 366, of
whom 8. "a came from Great Britain, 900
from the United States and lO412 from
France. The Fair was open from May |,
1873 TO October 10 of the same year, and
during that time the number OF admissions
-W 1909" -2j. The total receipts from
visitors were estimated at 81. $50.
'N $50 nm cEU1sition was held at SYDNEY,
Np- south Wales II which there were
.N4-. Exhibitors. 30 of whom were from
The United States. The next year the Mel
bourne exposition was held, Mt which there
were 2,702 exhibitors, 3GO being from this
country.
In 1853 foreign worlds fair was held in
Boston. II was novel exhib ton. for two
reasons--frst, because II was only open TO
exhibits from foreign countries and second
because it contained exhibits from larger
member off0-eirn countries than were ever
..i.ur esented in any urcvious worlds fair
IheTe ws!c' exhibits, comprising 10000
articles
The latest and ereaest exhibition was
opened in l,aris on My ., 1889, and closed
on October 81 of the sine year. The total
cost of the exhibition vas s., 800 900 and the
total receipts were 80 900, 600. The number
OF exhibitions vas 81, 600, more than had
appeared Ht anv previous worlds fair and
of these about ], $50 hailed from the United
States. The awards to American exhibitors
comprised SO grand prizes lS9 gold medals,
273 silver medals, 900 bronze medals and
2O7 honorable mentions. The total numb Der
Of visitors has been estimated as high as
1900 600. and as low as 3 600, 600. The reeu.
lar price of admission was IT,, but owing 10
the lottery system many persons were en-
abled TO enter at half price. The number OF
admissions between May and Novembe
exceeded Is, ,000, 600. and il is estimated tha,
on the last day no fewer than 400, 600 persons
were admitted.
With regard To strangers II may be conf.
IDENTIFY said that fully 800, 900 visited Paris
during the fair, rs the registers kept in ho-
tells and apartment houses bear ample testi.
mony TO that effect The number OF en-.
tries to the fair certainly showed an in.
crease Of II ZOO. 900 over that of the fair in
IN and 10000 900 over that of the Phila-
a delpha fair in 1876
The chamr ie Mars was nceiH elected AS
Y he site for the fair the tOIsl space occurie,
ieing l75 acre., The Machinery Palace wa.
the largest building. being .37S feet long
fth feet wide and 100 feet high. It's cost
wns 81 500 600 and il covered IL acres. n,
object at the fair attracted so much atien
ti"n ~ the famous Eiffel Tower raised Il
the ,ieat height of i,S4 feet.
A FIERCE SnORM Tn ouyo