Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-09

the fun of being slowly raised to height
Of sixty or seventy feet at the end OF
big umbrella will come In 1 leave for the
gentle reader to figure out alone
The Bottom OF the Sea Aquarium and
PANORAMA will 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 sub
marine animals ever gathered In one place.
Sections will also be devoted To rare ma
r1ne plants. BY clever planning it has
been arranged to give visitors 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 sojourning
beneath the sea, submarine volcano will
be in active eruption, and the method OF
laying and repairing an ocean cable will
be illustrated One plan in connection with
TINS part of the show failed. There are
certain fish which can live only In the deep
est 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 impracticable.
Where Royalty VIII Lodge.
Not least among the shows will be the
gathering of notables. Royalty will be in
Paris during 1900 as 1t has rarely been any
where except in London at the time of the
queens jubilee. The government long ago
ing place for the chosen ones during tho
show, and Is well along in its
preparations for their reception there. 1t
Is not particularly beautiful building.
although the great architect, I.efeul, de-
signed 1t for the prince imperial 1t was
occupied by the state department for tho
colonies and its alterations for royal use
have been in charge OF NJ. Redon, the
architect OF the Louvre
No one seems to know what will take the
place of Chicago's midway plaisance at the
ID ,-,, .Tfs.N
sions have been given out for the neigh
borhood of the Eiffel tower. and an an
mex has been arranged for in the Wood
of Vincennes. Inasmuch this is To ne
largely devoted to athletic games. 1t seems
unlikely that it will draw the crowds who
would be amused by the sort OF thing
which went on on Chicago's midway.
Nothing, however. Is being said and little
can be found out on this most fascinating
subject 1t is fair to suppose that Paris.
the gayest of cities. will quite outstrip any
previous efforts made by more staid munic-
qualities. 1t is also and pleasantly certain
that the innate art of the French nature,
will prevent such garish exhibitions OF W.
garity as marked our own worlds fair 1
have only heard of one American midway
enterprise. and that one is. TO say the least.
inoffensive. Captain William .. Dldrinc OF
Boston. it has been announced here. will
attempt to walk across the OCEAN on enor-
nous five foot cedar shoes. ana afucrward
place himself on exhibition.
The biggest room in the world will also
be a feature of the Paris show. There are
larger buildings than Machinery Hall Will
be, but according to the claims made by the
Partisan promoters none has eyer had 50
great a single floor spaCe-!2.5i4 meters
The amphitheater has been planned TO seat
loon spectators, daylight being admitted
through an immense CUpola of glass
An American Railway Trnin.
Two interesting railway features are un-
Ger way. one is American railway
train, consisting of ordinary coaches. pal
ace car and express car, which will run
frequently between the main grounds of
the exposition and the annex at Niucennes.
one might almost hope that this train
might be an object lesson to the benighted
GaulS and induce them to give up their an
tiquated system of compartment cars in
favor of our more convenient and health
full designs. We're it not for the experience
of an En- .sh railway some years ago. The
American line of steamship docks al South
ampton. From there to London trains
run at high speed in two and a half
hours. The American line endeavored to
please its patrons by inducing the road to
put in the most improved and high-clasS
American palace cars. Englishmen would
not ride in the beautiful vehicles. and the
service had to be abandoned. These superb
cars are now viSible-neglected and rot
ting-sidetracked in the railway yard at
Southampton. 1t will probably be the same
in Paris. The other railway novelty Will be
an immense panorama of the barbaric
scenery along the cars famous projected
trans Siberian railway.
Profit and Loss.
An interesting item appeared the other
day in LIE Temps. 1t said that fl 1G40o
$3.50, 600, had already been invested in the
show, which, of course, is very far from
what will have been put into 1t when it
opens April ID. How much of this will
prove to have been pure loss when the
gates are finally closed on November J, of
course no one knows, but experts believe
that the Paris exposition of 1900 will be
much more successful financially than the
worlds fair at Chicago.
AT any rate, the mana cement is prepar-
Ing to handle enormous crowds. The main
gateways will be known as "rentree monu-
mentale, monumental entrance. The
show will be open sixteen hours day, and
this entrance is arranged To give passage
to 10000 persons an hour SO if this
gate were worked to its fullest capacity, 1t
would admit 100000 persons a day. And
there are many gateways. This great gate
will be a triumphal arch, decorated over
its front with the arms of the city Of
Paris. This will be surmounted by a
statue of Liberty. heroic in size. Including
the two great frieZes on the sides repre-
senting workmen carrying their products
to the exposition the gate will cost IT,, 900
francs Sl2i00