The herald., 1897-03-28
PARIS SHOW
Present Wonders Will
Seem insignificant
GREAT FEATURES PROBABLE
OVER $50 UNIQUE IDEAS HAVE
BEEN SUBMITTED
Records in Construction to Be Broken
During the Next Three Years.
New Schemes

of the world mas peSuH 10 grow, loi t'e
demolition of the buildings on the site
of the Exposition universale is under
way. The French have begun TO rear at
last, or begin to rear, the fabric OF what
they confidently assert will be the most
wonderful exposition in every detail in
which the nations OF the earth nave
loined in making a magnificent Whoie
Here is the first authentic news sent 10
America of just what the exposition
people are going to do, how they are
going to do it and the number of mar
wells we may expect to see, with some"
thing about what they are.
No city anywhere. not even in the
United States, contains in its center az
area of land equally available for expo
sition purposes. When you stop TO con-
slider that this wonderful show is to be
held not in the outskirts of this, one OF
the Oldest and most beautiful of the
European centers Of population, but in
the very heart thereof, you will be able
to form an adequate idea of the first
step toward the construction OF what
the Parisians claim will astonish all
mankind. The site for the exposition In
cludes the public grounds on both sides
= of the Seine from the Place de la Con-
cord that great monumental square IN
the city's center. to a. point beyond the
Font dJena. This includes in its sweep
of territory the Champs de Mars, the
Trocadero palace and park which war;
the site of the exposition of 1889, the Es-
planade des Invalides, the Quai d'Orsay
the Quai de la Conference, the Cour Ia
Refine, and a large section of the Champs
Elysees this latter including the site of
the Palace of Industry, which was the
International exposition of 1855, the first
of the series of French eXpositions.
Those who visited the Worlds Fair in
1898 came away firmly believing that
nowhere in the world could az site so
beautiful be found. The stately build
ing that reared their carved walls along
the shores of Lake Michigan seemed ar
tstic beyond compare. That any one
could equal them or could excel them in
beauty seemed as improbable as that
site that would even approach the Jack
son park location in charm could be
found. Yet, leaving aside the matter OF
convenience, the location of the Paris
exposition seems in its entirety to be
superior to the Worlds Fair a Chicago
Divided as 1t is throughout its entire
length by the Seine, winding between
magnificent quays and bordered b.
stately edifces and historic monuments
II lends itself admirably to the work of
decoration and establishment In these
latter the French people have no su-
the qualities indispensable 10 the carry
ing out of a project such as the one un-
der discussion.
1t seems as if the mind of every ge-
MUS the world over has been given to
making suggestions for striking feat
ufes for the exposition. There is the
marvellous city in the air to be sustained
by gigantic balloon. The city is to
drop o-the ground at convenient inter-
walls and take aboard such additions to
its population S may be inclined to thus
rise in the world, or to permit the de-
barkation of persons who are tired of re-
naming so long within one city's limits.
The woman's building. which has prac-
tically been decided upon. is likely to be
in the form of composite head this
head being made in accordance with
composite picture of the most beautiful
women in the world. The head is to
possess many unique features, besides
containing everything that can be
thought of as a comfort for the weaker
sex, from the rooms where they may
gossip in easy chairs. to the restaurant
where they will gain al the same time
new ideas and capital meals.
One of the most unique ideas submit
ted was THAI of a gigantic fountain to
be placed in the center of great basin
or lake. Tremendous force would be ap-
piled to the water when it was forced
through the pipes leading to the tubes
through which the Jets of the fountain
spout. The result of all this would be
the throwing in the air of streams of
water TO the height of $50 or 200 feet,
with as great a force as that with which
a fire engine impels a stream through
a long line of hose to the roof of burn
ing building. For this device, too. it is
planned that there shall be an adjunct
in the form of electric lights of various
po1Orc which shall ha r1anzd fo
produce the most charming effect imag-
able.
Another feature is the huge globe, rep
resenting the earth. About the sides of
this globe lines of railway circle to the
top so that the visitor may journey in
the most curious fashion from the base
to the apex of the giant ball. On this
sphere, too, the earth's surface is clev-
erly represented, hill and dale, noun
tain and valley. Nesting in various
spots, where nature seems to have made
arrangements therefor, will be minia-
ture villages, clever products of artistic
labor. Electric lights will be so placed
at night about this globe as to give the
effect as much as possible of the moon
and stars, while it is proposed to have
an occasional comet, and shooting stars
will be visible every night. In the day
II has been so arranged that huge ball.
emitting a bright light, something like
unto the sun, will move above the globe,
sa as to give the effect of the earth re-
volving around the sun, although the
reverse is the case, as the earth does not
move.
There will be one feature, it is prom
ised, which will not only be a demon
stration of the progress Of the century,
but so startling that those who enjoy
the opportunity it offers are likely to
hold their breath when they remember
what really happened to them. Two
towers it is proposed to erect. each If
which will be several hundred feet in
heighth, both exactly alike. From
tower to tower will stretch an aerial rail-
way. over this and just as upon the
railways which rest upon terra firma,
each tower will be a large depot for tse
arrival and departure of trolley cars.
which will speed along the aerial rail
way at a twenty-miles an hour rate
Imagine yourself riding on a railroai
through the air twenty miles an hour,
People who are looking for a sensation
that Is out of the ordinary will surely be
able to find it here.
There Will probably be one Worlds |
Fair feature. The Ferris wheel. which
astonished people of all countries at the
Worlds Fair, will, it is likely, revolye in
Paris for the edification of the thous-
ands who may viey-lt. The same cars
in which people viewed the White City
NJ thus enable others to gaze over the |