The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-11-03
MECCA OF MILLIONS.
SONS AUTHENTIC MAsVsLs OF The
PARIS EN-lslTloN,

Features Both Novel ana StrlhinS'
The Castle OF Waters-Ohjects OF
Interest for tbs Frivolous, the
Scientific and the Studious.
TAe7s hSS been - much Wild specu-
alton IS 70 the features II attraction
Il the forthcoming Paris ENhlhltlon'
hat i Is i Csl.ef 10 know from autnsn-
. 80 Sour,eS what marvelS will be dis
2oS,>i IL Us in May OF next year. As
niShs have been anticipated. ali the
Nild. hair-brSintd schemes of when
he papers have been - full are
doomed - end. IS they began. in the
,louGS; hut the exhibition will not lack
rany features. hofh novel ana Strlk-
liz.
one charming centre Of attraction
will be the Castle Of Waters. when
now being erected in front OF the
Palace Of Electric ~" From the sum-
nit al the castle. which is in reality
,uge Erotto. miniature Niagara OF
water VIII fall in 4 series Of imposing
cascades from one basin 10 another,
Until il forms a lake in which mighty
yeySerS will rise. At night these tiers
IF cascades will dash forth in all the
'olor> of The rainbow. projected eleotri-
,ally from inside and will form one OF
he most brilliant >pectacleS on which
he eye Of man has ever gazed.
In another part of the exhibition
mounds the Paris OF the Middle Ages
will live again in 4 maze of buildings
and narrow. tortuouS streets. which
will carry one back i've centuries. Here
J,
wine AMI flint with the tavern maids;
housewives will barter and haggle with
;hopkPeperS of the days of Louis Nj;
ninStrclS will sing old-time ballads.
md. in short the Paris Of the fifteenth
century will be trausplanted with all
Is quaint costumes. characters and
nodes of life into the Paris of the
md of the nineteenth century.
On the Seine will he moored boats
smothered in beautiful decoration of
lowers. where the Londoner or Paris
an can sip his tea to the singing and
lancing of Gei>haS and fancy himself
Tanslated 10 sunny Japan. In an
1ther part of the ground the visitor can
wander into an Egyptian village. and
witness performance in an Egyptian
heatre. and a few steps more will take
lin to Morocco and the many-colored
ife Of Algiers.
French India. too will be transported
% the exhibition grounds. with all the
/ quaint modes and costumes of the
/ East: and the visitor can explore at his
eisure the fomouS pagodas of Vishnu,
/ with it mysterious priests and its
/ .acred dancing girls.
Z t. ,l,4,
! without its water-chute hut the chute
! hat is being prepared on the Champ
! lie Mars is the longest stecpest and
most tortuous ever designed. and is
/ warranted to crowd more sensations
md risks into a few seconds than will
satisfy the most adventurous. There
will also be n large wheel. in compari.
;on with which existing wheels will be
oigmcs and the Eiffel Tower will take
III ali its pristine %lorieS. with new
paint and decorations.
AT the Champ de Mars the studiously
Inclined can revel in all the commercial
narvelS Of mines ana metallurgy,
chemical industries and civil engineer
ne. food-stuffs and electricity. letters
md sciences: and ut the Invalides here
will ne palaces devoted to industries.
1renCh and FOREIGN.
For the frivolous, there will be open
lir cafes chantantS. booths and kiosks;
md everywhere delightful cool corners.
ich in flowers and foliage, and illumin-
tied ut night by garlandS and festoons
If many-colored electric lights.
The Trocadero will be there to revive
memories of past exhibitions; and in
he beautiful gardens that surround it,
md slope gently to the river, will he
buildings and villages to represent all
he colonies of the world
A novel feature. which it will be both
.ostly and difficult to realize. will be
l large lake of sea water, with slop.
ne and sandy beach, in which the
thousands of visitors can enjoy all the
delights of the seaside The lake will
De eXcavated at Longchamps, and the
water will be pumped from the chan.
lel, 125 miles away, through a series OF
:hree pipes.
Although the exhibition. which will
open on May LIST. contains no features
'emarkahle in novelty or sensation, il
promises to be at least as full of at.
fractions and delight as any of its pre-
lecessors. and will, no doubt, be the
Mecca" of nillons next year.