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Queer Freaks of the show.

France.
Queer Freaks of the show.
OF course the crank has had and Is still
having his day in connection with the Paris
show. list of the wild schemes which
have been submitted to the managersof he
exposition would ill all the columns OF this
paper. the Eiffel tower and the great
wheel already stand on the exposition
grounds. Another plan which will prob
ably be carried out consists of an immense
umbrella, with It's stem or handle planted
firmly in the earth. To the end of each
of its ribs win be attached a car some-
what smaller than those in the Ferris
wheel When the steam engine opens the
umbrella, these cars Will of course, he
carried up into the air by the ribs. Just
where the fun of being slowly raised TO
a hight Of sixty or seventy feet at the end
of a big umbrella win come in, / leave
for the gentle reader to figure out alone.
The "Bottom of the Sea Aquarium and
Panorama" viii be really beautiful and
| highly educational In its enormous glass
sided tanks there will be- In the first place
the finest collection of strange fish and
submarine animals ever gathered in one
pace. Sections viii also be devoted to
rare marine plants. BY clever planning
it has been arranged to give visitors a
perfect view of what really goes on at
the deep bottoms of the sea. There will
be divers at work on the wrecks of ships
which Will show the plain effects of long
scjourning beneath the sea. A submarine
volcano will be In active eruption, and the
method of laying and repairing an ocean
cable will be illustrated. One plan IN con-
necIion with this part of the show failed
There are certain fish which can live only
in the deepest depths where the pressure
of the water from above is great. These
| fish have, of course, never been put on
show, and an effort was made to arrange
a tank for them by means of hydraulic
pressure The scheme was found to be
| impractcab,e.
Where Royalty VIII Lodge.
Not least among the shows will be the
! gathering of notables Royalty will be in
| Paris during 1900 as II has rarely been
anywhere except in London at the time OF
the Queens jubilee. The government long
| ago set aside The Pavilion de Flore as an
abiding place for the chosen ones during
the show, and IS now well along In its
preparations for their reception there. II
| Is not a particularly beautiful building
although the great architect, Lefeul, de-
signed It for the Prince Imperial. II was
| occupied by the state department for the
colonies and its alterations for royal use
| have been in charge of M. Redon, the
architect OF the Louvre.
| No one seems to know what will take
| the place of Chicago's Midway plaisance
at the Paris exposition. Many mysterious
| concessions have been given out for the
neighborhood OF the Eiffel tower, and an
''annex" has been arranged for in the
wood of Vincennes Inasmuch as this is
to be largely devoted to athletic games. q
seems likely that it viii draw the crowds
who would be amused by the sort of thing
| which went on in Chcagos Midway.
Nothing, however, Is being said and little
can be found out on this most fascinating
subject. IL is fair to suppose that Paris
the gayest of cities, wiA quite outstrIp
any previous efforts made by more staid
municipalities. 1t Is also and pleasantly
certain that the innate art OF the French
nature win prevent such garish exhibitions
OF bestial vulgarty as marked our own
worlds fair l have only heard OF one
American midway enterprise, and that one
IS, 70 say the least, fnoffensive. Capt. VIII
liam c. OIdrine Of Boston II has been an
nounced here, viii attempt to walk across
the ocean on enormous fve-foot cedar
Shoes, and afterwards place himself on
exhibition.
The biggest room in the world will also
be seature OF the Paris show. There are
larger buildings than machinery hall win
be, but according TO the claims made by
the Partisan promoters, none has ever had
go great single floor space-l2 544 meters
The amphitheater has been planned TO seat
1900 spectators, daylight being admitted
through an immense cupola Of glass,