The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-03-25

than-colossal bicycle will never be
built
The selection of these popular feat
ures, which have 50 much to do with
the financial success of all fairs and
exhibitions, mast be. for the managers,
a pretty hard problem to solve They
are, perhaps. Gs it has been often said,
the least valuCablc parts intrinsically,
of all that is offered to the public
the side shows, So to speak, which are
rather dchaSinG to the whole under
taking. But their importance as adj
VertiSinG forces is now we'll demon
stratcd. they impinge the mind of the
intending visitor with much more pow
er than all the treasures Of science and
industry gathered together for his de-
light and instruction.
It is not true that in 1881, when
the Paris Exposition vas mentioned,
the one distinct image which present.
ed itself to most people was the Iiffel
Tower and most neOple desired more
violently than they did any other pleas
ue that could be found at the fair.
the opportunity to climb to the top
Of this highest of human constructions.
In lSGD the hook had been batcd
more generously. We We're tempted to
buy tickets to Chicago by the lagOuns
and the gondolas, by the largest wheel
ever built. ANA still more resistibly, by
the glamour OF the Midway.
All, the Midway, The report of what
was seen and done there tickled mems
fancy, excited curiosity Of women and
everywhere knded appettes for pleas
uros that az" foreign and different
even in the plOWmcn Of our most re-
mote farms.
The Midway! II was known far ana
wide within one week after the open
ing Of the Worlds Fair. And from that
time to the end it was the one pre-
occupation OF those who planned to go,
the only talk Of those who had re-
turned. 1t was the first place for which
everybody inquired, the place where
everybody took the last lingering stroll,
The Midway! The one thing rcmem-
bered in the village, the one thing
pleasurablv alluded to in draWing-room
conversation.
1t is the one feature Of the Fair of
| which the influence has remained most
palpably among Us. 1t has been copied
| in all the local fairs held in the United
| States since 1893, il is retuiled to this
| day in all the concert halls OF our cities
| it is still the most potent attraction Of
| all the summer Concys where the
masses Embarrassed and i'm quest of
| joy, flock on sundays.
So far nothing very definite is known
| OF what will constitute the most pOpu-
| lar advertising features Of the Paris
| Fair, except that nothing SO far hav-
! ing proved as valuable as this bring
| ing within the reach of all Of the SEN
| suousness of warm countries, a good
| deal OF announcement must be eN-
tended to the promoters of Midway
| business
There is going to be a large Egyptian
| village which promises to put in the
| shade anything ever experienced in
| Egypt by the fortunate few who have
| been there
| There viii also be a conglomeration
| OF colonial settlements where, it is inti-
mated by the managers the real man
| nels and customs of tropical nations
| will be allowed the freest sort of lib,
erty, because, it is said a visit through
! this part of the grounds should be
| equivalent, in every way, to a trip t.
| the picturesque lands where flowers
bloom gorgeously and maids are Ian
guorous.
Still in the same class of chronological
instruction to be furnished us may bt