Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-09
Plans and Preparations for the Paris
Exposition.
WATERFALL OF WONDERFUL BEAUTY
Some of the Wonders of the Pal
ace Of Electricity.
CATION AL EXHIBITS
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star
PARIS, December 1, 1892
Any one of the seven wonders of the
world that Paris cannot beg. buy or borrow
for her exposition she will seek to dupll-
cate.
Send US something whose majesty will
typify your great country. Send us your
pI oudest possession Send us Niagara
Falls said Director General Picard 20
United States Commissioner General Peck.
cant do it, replied the quick-witted
Chicagoan. I'VE must keep a sharp look
out for our own interests. The war in
Africa has raised the price of diamonds and
ourtaiIed engagements. and to lend You
Niagara Falls would paralyze the Ameri-
can matrimonial market. Thered DO no
place to go on a wedding tour
Then we'll build a brand-new cataract
Of our own that will make your old water
fall look like a tintype, was the playful
threat.
Perhaps this was the origin of the Cha
teau d'Eau. or Grand Waterfall of the
Paris exposition Perhaps not. At any
rate Partisan enterprise will supply cata-
raCt which for size. majesty and beauty
will be something stupendous.
Paris Niagara Falls.
Niagara's rival will be a sheet of water
thirty feet wide and ninety-five feet high,
rot left out in the rain where 1t will get
wet like the American wonder, but eiabor-
ateIy framed and set in a grotto-like cavity,
which forms the centerpiece or arch of an
Impressive structure in the Louis Quinze
stvle of architecture. The opening or pros
cenfun arch of the cavity will be 100 feet
wide with a depth OF thirty feet Twill
take a lot of water to operate this attrac-
ton and the River Seine will furnish 1t.
About a million gallons FER hour VIII be
drawn from the storage reservoir Just out
side of Paris. and piped to the apex o! lhe
arch of the Chateau d Eau. Its first tum-
bling act will be a sheer drop OF hfty Feet
this to make Niagara roar AFTER the
first leap 1t will gurgle in graceful cascaaes
through a series of basins, LAYING the f'et
OF numerous Maids, Tritons and other
aqueous genii in its downward course. until
finally IL drops into a receiving reservoir AT
the foot of some monumental balusters- In
the center of the cascade will be set an
categorical sculpture thirty feet high. rep
resenting Humanity guided by Progress
advancing toward the Future Al nisnt
eolored lights will play upon the falillS
waters. imparting to the grotto the sem
blance of a series of electric fountains
An Emerald Cataract.
To heighten the effect of this waterfall
an original and novel expedient Will De
adopted There exists a chemical product
called fiouresceine. which by scientific
manipulation yields reddish powder. that
has the singular property of such INFINITE
diffusion when dissolved that fragment
no larger than a pinhead will impart a
green tinge to forty cubic feet of water. A
barrel of it would almost color your Great
Lake system BY dissolving this powder in
springs and streams that disappear from
sight either by pouring into underground
cavities or by Secpage, engineers have
traced water courses to the place OF reap
pearauce miles away from the vanishing
point BY the use of fouresceine products
summer nights the Chateau d Eau wa
terfall will be transformed into emerald
cascade. whose poetic beauty will suggest
weird Arabian Night situation.
Elcctricity's Home.
Towering above the Chateau d Eau, with
the crowning statue Dds feet from the
ground. the visitors strolling along the