The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-09-19


In the great auditorium advantage
will be taken OF the flood of light from
hundreds of incandescent electric bulbs
to show the latest design in fixtures
chandeliers and bulbs The Kitsor
light will illuminate the entire centra
pavilion, the south pavilion will b.
lighted by Welsbach burners and the
immense Main exposition by both ar,
and incandescent electric lamps.
There will be seen at glance foul
systems of artificial lighting, givins
three different illuminating mediums
and operated side by side. There has
never been presented so fine an oppor
tunity for a comparative study of ar
tificial lighting as will be afforded BY
this well conceived plan for illuminat
Ing the National Export exposition.
EXPOSITION MUSIC.
The musical features of the exposi
tiQn have been arranged on an eIabo
rate scale. with view to appealing
to the most aesthetic lover of music.
There will be chorus of 800 voices
which, with the United States Marin,
band, of Washington, will render ,
most brilliant musical program. Thil
immense choir has been organized
from the various church choirs ant
musical organizations in the city, an(
Is under the leadership of Professor A
H. Rosewig, who is we'll known a,
having been connected with some O.
the largest musical features which
have taken place in the eastern state.
within the past few years.
Following the United States Marin,
band. which will play during the open
ing week. will be Sousa's, for an en-
gagement of equal length, and after
ward the Banda Rosa, which, playins
from Oct. to T. will be succeeded By
the United States Marine band in a re-
turn engagement. Other prominent
musical organizations of the coun.
try which will assist in the enter
tainment of sightseers at the big show
will be the Damrosch orchestra. ths
First Regiment band of the Nationa
Guard of Pennsylvania. Dan Godfrey's
Coldstream Guards band, lines conceri
band and the Municipal band of Phil
adelphia
ExPOSITION'S AMUSEMENT FEAT
URE.
The Esplanade, which is destined tc
become as famous as the Midway OF
the Worlds fair, will afford amuse.
ments to instruct and delight. There
will be Chinese village of 450 per.
sons, brought direct from China es-
pecially for the exposition, with tenn.
pie, theater. stores, workshops an(
houses, the whole producing a realis.
tic effect. as though a street from
some populous Oriental city had beer
bodily transferred to the exposition
grounds. Adjoining is an Orienta
theater, coffee house, smoking room
where. after slipping delightful drinl
from a dainty cup one may smoke the
curious pipes of the Far East and view
the graceful dances of Oriental beau.
ties.
Beautiful Jim Key, the equine won.
der, the most intelligent horse in tht
world, will hold receptions and give
exhibitions of his knowledge durine
the period of the exposition. His en-.
tertainments will be given in an at.
tractive building erected for the pur.
pose on the Esplanade at a cost tt
his owner of $4,000, and will seat 500
people Jim Key knows more thar
was ever dreamed of In horse philoso.
ply. In spelling, reading, writing ant
arithmetic he surprises and entertainE
his large audiences. He can operate
cash register. ring up any number!
desired on street car machine. rint
UP a telephone and by movements o
his lips appear to be talking through
1t to the man or horse at the other ent
Of the line. and do innumerable thing
requiring degree of intelligence on
would never suspect a horses braiI
capable of developing. Jim was bre'
In old >Kentucy. of pure Arabian dam
and his sire is of Hambletonian stock
Chief among the many interesting
exhibits will be real live Indians from
the four leading tribes of New Mexico
Navajo, Zuni. Moki Cor Moquis) ant
the Pueblo. The chief Industries of tn,
tribes are working In gold, silver ant
copper. Grass weaving Is also one o
the important branches of their handi
craft. The Zuni and Moki tribes ar
noted for their work in linen and lac,
and also for their skill In clay pottery
Visitors from the north and south
the east and west. and, indeed, from
all the wide world will find keen en-
joyment In the "Old Plantation" TIL,
show is under the direction of Mrs
S. G. Dooley, who was brought witt
her the cabins and all the accessorie
necessarily for the reproduction of
genuine plantation scene in which
troupe of typical southern negroes, or
ganized in Georgia, will illustrate tn
most entertininfi phases of slave If
before the war, The troop will con
tain negro singers, dancers, cake
walkers and contortionists, the oil,
daddy, the old nanny and the pick
aninnies All the negro life, man
ners, customs, melodies and amuse
ments that were formerly practiced a
the negro quarters on the old planta
tions in the cotton belt will be seel
and heard true to life In slavery times
Visitors will undoubtedly take grea
interest In the little Hawaiian village
where the natives of the far ava,
natives isles of the Pacific will TAX
life easy and show the busy world hoy
smooth human existence may be mad
to run. In the Hawaiian village will b
all sorts Of things from what was ono
the little island kingdom, but which i
now a part and parcel of Uncle Sam
great domain. possession acquire
without war or through purchase
There will be the mountaineers o
Monau Loa. who make pretty thing
from lava: semi-wild men from tn
little islands of the northern part O
the group. and lovely girls from Homo
lulu.
HagenbackE aggregation Of traine,
animals. so popular at the worlds fair