El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-04-19
THE OMAHA EXHIBITION.
Some of the Wonderful Things to be
Seen.

the Trans Mississippi and international
Exposition are not unmindful of the at
tractive powers of high class amuse-
ments and novel features, if made aux
iliary to the exposition proper, and
they are making ample provision there
for. Sherman avenue divides the
main exposition grounds from strip
of land lying east OF the avenue. This
piece of ground embraces about sixty
acres. 1t is about three quarters of
mile in length and is from 600 to 500
feet wide for nearly two-thirds of its
length, running Off to point at the
north end. The ground is nearly as
level as floor, with a few trees OF MT
ture growth scattered here and there.
1t ends abruptly on the east side in a
steep bluff, the descent being about
sixty feet. From every portion OF this
ground a beautiful view of the river
valley may be had, and the wisdom of
the exposition management in select
ing this particular portion of the expo
sition grounds for pleasure ground
becomes more apparent as the plan de-
velops.
This plateau, with its beautiful view
of the towering bluffs on the east side
of the river, from the summit of which
the copper-hued nomads OF former days
surveyed the surrounding country,
with the muddy water of the treacher-
Gus Missouri winding its sinuous way
in full view for fully ten miles, with
Cutoff lake directly to the east, Flor
ence lake a short distance to the north
and the crystal sheen of Lake Manawa
plainly visible to the south over the
beautiful city of Council Bluffs this
ground is to be- transformed into a
beautiful park, with a broad plaza
along the edge of the bluff aud embel-
lishmeuts in the highest line of the
landscape architects art
In this park will be grouped the
multitudinous features designed to
amuse the public in every conceivable
way. Here will be the foreign vii
lagos showing the general character
and style of the architecture of foreign
tions of the residents of those coun-
tries, and the articles of various kinds
man ufactured by them.
Prominent among the amusement5
will be the theatres of foreign nations,
whose customs and pastimes are of
such a radically different nature from
those to which the inhabitants of this
country are accustomed. Among
these will be Chinese and japanese
| theatres, and exhibitions of the nation
al and characteristic dances of other
| nations.
There will also be exhibitions of
| mechanical novelties on more eX-
tensive scale than has been seen at
| former eXpositions. A large number
of applications for space for exhibiting
devices of this nature have been
received.
A "Palace OF Illusions" will be one
of the attractions provided for the
amusement of the curious. In this all
| kinds of curious effects will be produced
| by means of mirrors and an endless
source of amusement will be provided.
The applicant for this concession pro-
poses to erect an attractive building in
| the .Grecian style of architecture, with
many rooms in which different il
lusions will be produced and where the
visitors may select his particular form
of nightmare and enjoy his horror to
| his hearts content.
| \ novel feature suggested is sub
marine theatre. 1t is proposed to
| construct lake representing the palm
bordered domain of wealthy Turk.
| with an historically correct represen-
tation of a Turkish harem on a float
| ing island in the center of the lake.
Visitors to the harem are ushered into
| q diving car which plunges beneath
| the surface OF the water, descending to
depth of thirty feet. During the de-
| scent the occupants of the car are Civ
| en- beautiful submarine view of fish
and plant life through the glass sides
of the car. When the bottom of the
lake is reached the visitors find them
selves transported to the most exclu-
| sive part of the harem. The bottom
of the lake is "a glittering grotto in
which are seen the most beautiful of
the sultan's favorite wives grouped in
artistic pictures, the whole being bril-
liautly lighted by submarine system
of electric lights.
| Among the applications for conces-
sions is one from well known China
| man who proposes to construct d most
realistic representation of the famous
walled cities of his native land. He
| submits series of sketches showing
| the general character of the ''village, )"
Il city enclosed by q stone wall built
after the manner of the walls surround
ing many of the inland cities of the
Mongolian empire. This wall is to be
| sixteen feet in height and eight feet
| wide on the top. Chinese soldiers in
the fantastic garb made familiar by
pictures in the public prints of recent
years patrol this wall and guard
against the approach of an imaginary
enemy. Within the walls of the city
| are the buildings to be seen in every
Chinese city. The architecture of the
entire VILLAGE" is distinctively Chi
nese in character.
| a large number of applications have
| been made for space for the exhibition
of mechanical novelties. The indica-
| tiOas are that the amusement feature
of the exposition will be an extensive
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