Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-04-02

of the craziest de-
scription-things which 1t would bank
rupt a nation to construct or which
would require the disregard Of such
unavoidable natural laws as that OF
gravitation, for instance, says the New
York Journal But the commission
having charge of the task Of selecting
the "clou" for the great fair has final
ly, after infinite pains and labor, sifted
from the tons of chaff these few grains
of ideas which follow, which they con-
slider good but not quite good enough.
They have caused them to be pub
lished broadcast In Paris, with the hope
that these ideas may suggest the right
one or that some bright mind may see
the way to combine few Of them and
make a feature which shall be astound-
irg. At the head Of the list is the cap
tive balloon. It is to be balloon
vapeur" (steam balloon) which shall
lift ITO people 1000 feet or 100 people
5000 feet. Two other people have also
suggested variations on this idea. "A
competition In color photography, the
dirigibility Of balloons, views from
high attitudes" is the way the next
paragraph Of the list reads. But just
what 1t means and what connection
there Is between the three is hard to
say. Movable platforms for the trans
portation of visitors to the exposition"
Four different kinds Of these are Of
fered. Some go by steam and others
by electricity, and the naive recon-
mendation of one of them is that
agile people can jump over it" The
next step, naturally, is to burrow in
the earth, and there are half dozen
suggestions for different sorts Of mines
and geological exhibits. Quite differ
ent is another set Of ideas; some of
them relate to reproduction In an ar
tifcial lake OF an armored man of war,
and one man suggests a duplicate of
La Touraine as more interesting. The
project of an immense telescope has
been frequently spoken Of, and the man
who suggested 1t seems to have no
rivals. He also offers the idea of a
monumental clock, to weigh 200 TONS
The next thing is reproduction Of the
various expositions since 1900, and
then comes painter, who thinks that
a panorama diorama Of the tour Of
the world" would be the greatest thing
that ever happened, which 1t undoubt-
eddy would be-for him. A wine vat
Of $4,000 gallons capacity is esteemed
interesting by one man, and repro
duction Of French village in the mid
die ages is suggested by another. In
the same line are reproductions Of
Paris and its environs from 1900 to
1900, and another idea of showing the
banks Of the Seine in the fifteenth CEN
fury with the ships OF various coun-
tries. An entirely different suggestion
Is the one for an exposition of banking
and minting methods and reproduc-
ton Of Lombard street and the Point
au Change. Paris Through the Ages"
Is the idea OF two men, which involves
the restoration and reproduction of
mass of ancient buildings which
shall illustrate the architectural
change. "An encyclical of the progress
of the twentieth century" has for its
plan and scope the publication of a
series of books "consecrated to prog
ress in different branches of human ac-
Mvity." The highest perfection yet at
aimed in the building and furnishing
f a modern house Is another idea.
1.-The Woman's Palace" is naturally a
feminine project. "An exposition show
ing the manner Of legislation in vari-
GUS countries" would probably be more
amusing than M. Pierre, its suggestor,
imagines. Luminous fountains or
cataracts 900 feet high, or a luminous
cataract falling from the third plat
form of the Eiffel tower" another man
thinks would be picturesque. A couple
of scientists wish to have a gigantic
reprodl ction Of the moon, with cap
tive balloon for venturesome travellers
floating around it. "An exposition of
infancy and youth" is another feminine
idea, which will be educational to the
eyes and recreative to the spirit" A
palace of jewels, showing the Jewels
through all the ages" sounds more
than fabulous. Two more panoramists
wish to construct an immense work
showing the scenes on voyage from
Paris to the street Of the centuries
in which shall be shown the history of
Paris and of France; the Blue Grotto
OF Capri, with theaters. Then come
ideas of an exposition of wax figures,
a gigantic electric gyroscope, luminous
projections, which shall surround the
Arc de Triomphe with luminous MIN
bus. Other ideas that are picturesque
are q palace of glass and ceramics,
which is much more vague than those
offered by some panorama painters,
one of whom wishes to "do" the cor
onation OF the car and another the
history of France. An artistic and geo.
graphic cyclopedia would have typical
street from each country. The Alpine
club thinks that chalet with panor-
amas would be about the thing; others