The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-18

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The Post )--Besides the exposition proper.with
its thousands OF attractions. official and prI-
vats there will be countless annexes or coun-
ter attractions. many Of which will receive
full as much attention from the visitor as the
legitimate exhibits For many months the
promoters OF these freak exhibits have been
searching the world for IDEAS and when
these have been put into execution the result
win be collection OF architectural monstrosi-
| ties the like OF which the world has never
seen, II 10 difficult at this time TO decide Just
how many OF these strange propositions Will
turn out to be lmpracticablc, but each pro-
moter who has secured option on land 10 con-
tdent OF success and II all succeed there Is
scarcely law Of nature that will not have
been dehed.
when France built tho Eifel tower she
turned up her nose at the world. Englands
response was the conception Of the wembley
Park tower. while America replied by build
ing the Ferris wheel. Anybody can pile one
beam upon another they said, but we have
built structure as high as your tower, and
the wonder OF Il is that II goes around in
stead OF standing still"
Then France put on her thinking cap and
the result Is that she has devised and Is now
completing a building that is to spin round
like majestic top The height OF this re-
volving tower viii be something over 400 feet,
when will be divided into twenty-threc
stories. each story being given over to some
attraction. There will be dance hall.
vaudeville theater. beer gardens and restau-
rants. so that the visitor will have no need
to leave the building from early morning I'M
III late at night, and all the while this i'm
mense structure will be turning round and
/. | ,,.AA ~ ratn - ahn nk thrAa m an
hour Architects who have examined the
| plans are satisfied that there will be no danger
OF collapse and that tho continued revolutions
, will be attended by no disagreeabls sensa-
tons,
Already arrangements have been made for
the construction OF NJ. Besancons artistic bal
y loon that will have u seating capacity OF
: moro than 100 persons, not including brass
. band and that will be held captive at an ele-
walton of moro than 1000 feet This balloon
viii be the handsomest specimen OF its kind
ever launched into space. as 1t lie to DO deco
rated with twelve ailegorical figures repre-
. senting the months OF tho year. AS the d.
emeter OF the balloon will be SO meters and
/, the circumference 1903 meters, each ngure will
measure about % feet In this balloon those
who are looking for new sensations will be
carried TO point hundreds Of feet higher
than captive balloon ever went before, and
=, from this point OF vantage they may watch
the carrying on Of photographic and meteoro-
logical experiments to tho accompaniment OF
. a brass band,
!. The big wheel Of Paris, which is tynve
meters higher than the wheel at Earl's Court
"A London. has been completed for some time
"A and 1t viii undoubtedly be one Of the great
,s attractions OF the exposition. II is not only
: wheel. like the Ferris wheel OF Chicago but
~ 1t ID a series of wheels within wheels ana con-
IL talns many features that were lacking in the
American invention, For instance, there are
. numerous cafes and restaurants, n casino anf
- n concert aud dance hall similar 10 those tna
/. will be seen In other parts OF the grounds
~ In fact. tho new wheel Is an illustration o
how great "big wheel" may be-
~
Hair lifting experiences appear to ho Ia or
der al the Paris exposition. and not the leas
in of these will be the gigantic umbrella that ha
,st been invented by II. r. sherman OF Chicago
rs This invention which resembles ~ umhren
he In its form. ia a steel structure over $50 rec
MS lp height To each rib OF the umbrella ca
lr- capable of seating nifty people VIII De Az
n. tached. and these cars will be lifted from tn
In earth 10 a point even with the top OF I'd
,as structure, whore they will be suspended
". midair long enough to give magniheen
~. birdseye view of the grounds and the city oe
on yond,
arc Another "clou." "a the great features .
est the exposition arc called, will be the marco
,o,e rama which has been invented by NJ. Hug
'as d'Alesi. This VIII consist OF iarse oee'
me steamer, in which the passengers viii make
yas VOYAGE from Marseiles to conetantinopie-
mat ia to say. an imaginary voyage, since u
,rs vossel will not move forward AT all, the illu
No sion az sailing bein~ produced by mechanic
for a, Advancement that will give TO It every mo
ro- lion Of pItchlng and rolling. In fact, the lllu
nts sion is carried out so perfectly that actual SO
he slckpess will result In the case OF passenger
zen who are subject TO this ILL.,
lrv The vessel will he surrounded by foaminl
at and boiling water, which will be throw'
NJ. against the sides of the ship In regular swells
Az while at the same time, on all sides OF "a
ain vessel will unroll oanvasses NIFTY rect
tho height painted to represent perfectly 10
as .,onerv during the voyage To the rear vii
:, be seen the port OF Marsellles and other view
-, ot the shore OF France; then the open seas
A. followed by the Algerian and Tunisian coasts
40 toward which the vessel seems to be steering
-, No detail that would add to the reality OF IN
rbo illusion will be neglected,
10 ~
,uo The messengers may walk about OF SIT
Mt. ess. IN the steamer chairs Oh the deck. wnic
viii reproduce that OF genuine steamer VIII
,,c- tho mInutest accuracy. with all the accom-
for nsn,ments OF masts and rigging, smoking an
Who vibrating funnel and crew executing var
Iers Gus maneuvers at the command OF an exper,
,oo- ,pced captain. The mareorama VIII Dc 70
life feet In length l12 feet in width ana % iee
REF IN height 1t will be different in mechanics
Inc. structure from the rocking ship described y
ub- this newspaper last Sunday.
ave Every one has heard of the gigantic si0o
was on which the surface of the earth 10 70
hat nIc,urea in minutest detail the gigantic tee
tier seope that is to bring the moon within mn
a. the earth. the inverted Einel tower .
which the visitor may descend 1000 teet IN,
enc earth. and the moving sidewalks that VII
airy one to every section Of the GROUNDS
my suoh a manner as to make walking pracucah
unnecessary. ,,,. ..r,
les, pnt these are commonplace incidents com
go with many OF the spectacular feature
"a 49, -. srranRed for--the artincial VOL