Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-09-07


amusement features alone are attract
ing great crowds. Prices OF admission
to all these shows has been placed at
low figure so that at the Interstate fair
more can be seen for the same price
than at either the San Francisco or
Chicago Fairs.
Single admission to the fair, including for
egn exhibits concerts and art gallery u
Cyclorama Battle of Missionary Ridge y
Palace of Illusions. ................. IL
Pharaoh's Daughter Illusion. ......... !,
Ride on the Scenic Railway -. ....-..-... IL
Streets of Cairo, including Theater =
Indian Village and Wild West Show %. 800 II
Wild Animal Show ...-..-...... ...-......-.- II
Mirror Maze ...... OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES =
Spirit Bridge. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ----...
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Did you ever see q Turkish VILLAGE
If not you have missed one OF the
sights OF the world. 1t is perform
ance always to be remembered. The
dance was first seen in the northwest
at tI,o d" private view" of the Interstate
Fair given the newspapermen of the
country the day before the opening
The Cairo village people on that day
helped entertain the newspapermer
and produced the dance for them. Il
at once became as popular as it was in
Chicago, where it attracted go much
attention.
There are four genuine Turkish
dancing girls in the Streets of Cairo
Theater. Of these La Belle Fatima il
the bright particular star. She is 9
beauty of the best Oriental type
graceful as fawn, perfect in figure
with clear complexion large languish.
ing black eyes and long eye lashes
When she shakes out her flowing
draperies and trips to the front of the
dancing platform the audience holds
its breath. She circles gracefully
about for few moments, body swaying
in time with the wild barbaric music
The drum beats faster; and faster
grow her swayings. Backward and
forward from side to side she bends
The sound of the drum softens, the
stringed instruments take up a low
plaintive melody, strain of passion
running through it; the dancers BODY
rises and falls in response to the music,
her torso seems as if it were homeless
so gracefully does it writhe and turn
about the stage, she whirls and circles,
the movement grows faster and faster
and with crash of music a series OF
most sensuous movements the danse
du uentre comes to a close. Almost
equally as attractive are the dancing OF
the three other Oriental beauties. In
the village are the sword fighters, mu.
sicians, fortune tellers, bazaars, camels,
donkeys, Nubian drivers, Egyptian
bakeries and other features OF a street
in Old Cairo.
A notable amusement enterprise on
the ground is the cyclorama of the
battle OF Missionary Ridge, IN histor-
ically accurate and artistic battle pic
ture, the painting of which cost $780,
600. Old soldiers are fiocking to the
large, beautiful building in which the
cyclorama is seen, to view the repro
duction of the great struggle and to
fight over again the famous battle.
The scenic gravity railway is an at
traction that seems irresistible to
people of all ages. One seats himself
on car, holds on to his hat with one
hand and the iron rail with the other
and signifies his readiness to "let er
Co." And how she does 60! Down,
down, down plcnges the car for q Sec
ond or SO, then rises with rush, sur
mounts hill, again plunges down and
80 on until the end is reached in the
forest an eighth OF a mile away.
There is rest for a few seconds and
then the car is started on the homeward
journey over another track. This
time it rushes through long tunnel,
the crowd aboard the car shrieking
with laughter meanwhile.
The illusion shows, as they did al
Chicago, continue to mystify many
Taking them in the order one first en-.
tiers the theatre of Pharo's daughter
A curtain rises disclosing the marble
statue of a woman. The sound oil
music is heard and very, very slowly
the eyes of the stone woman begin te
open, the blush of life comes to hel
cheeks and a smile to her lips. Soon
she is plainly seen. living, breathing
woman. She trips from her stanG
down to the audience, answers ques
tions and then returns to her position
She begans singing in low soft voict
and slowly an ashy pallor creeps ovel
her face, her moving lips seems Il
freeze to wilderness her song dies away
and soon she is once more nothing bu
q stone image.
The palace of illusions containing
five wonderful receptions, a noteworthy
one being boy seemingly suspended
in mid-air and moving and twininl
there as freely as if standing ON terri
frma.
The mirror maze IL contained in ,
pretty structure built in the shape o
q pyramid. One enters only to fine
himself bewildered by the countless re
Elections he sees of himself and the in
Vulnerable paths that seem to Leaf
away into the distance.
In this maze lie woman who can b.
plainly seen but no one can find he
though reward of one hundred dollar
is offered TO the lucky man.
The Spirits Bridge is an ILLUSION
where one seems to be standing on hi
head and the earth swinging abou
him. The law of gravity fails how
ever, to assert itself.
There is one feature of the Inter
state Fair that is of more than ordinar,
moment; it is the composite displa,
made by Seattle merchants and manu-
facturers. More than that, however, j
the interest Seattle people have ant
are taking in the whole enterprise
Seattle and Tacoma have buried tn
Ratchet, sunk all petty differences ant
jealousies and are working rs one Il
make this exposition rebound to tn
credit of the Pacific northwest. Ii
Seattle the Fair is looked upon almos
as il it was that city's project. o.
opening day Seattle people decorate'
their business houses in honor of tn,
occasion. The blue white and yellow
Interstate Fair colors are seen almos
as freely in the Queen City as in tn,
City of Destiny. The Seattle Cit,
Council has made an appropriation Il
assist in making the composite exhibi
. big one and merchants by privat
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