Evening journal., 1900-03-19
PARIS GREAT SHOW
SOME OF THE WoN0EEFuN FEA-
TUREs ToNsE SEEN.

Points That Visitors May Li.e to
Know-The Freak E~hihits- Bra
Kills Unique contriNut on--L rye
Space Taken by the United Stains.
'CParis Correspondence.C
Those coming TO the exposh ION must
be prepared for high prices 10th Tor
lodging and for board-prob.bly a
raise Of so per cent. above the aaerage
rate But the big show win be worth
seeing. and for the bcleff OF AMI RI
cans who propose to- att, nd ! have
gathered the following bits Of informa-
ton that il will be well 70 remember;
April Is. 1900, is the dcte OF the
1 opening. The doors close Nov. 5. 1900.
The exposition covers viIt.lally the
same space as did the one OF 1889.
though there are 270 instead nj 24O
acres. y
The funds for expenses are der wed
1 from five sources: The governm snt
appropriates $4,O00O00. the city OF
Paris $4,000,000 the bank of France
$4,000 900, the sale OF bonds by popth.
lar subscription $13.000,000, sale OF
concessions and privileges and OF
building and other material, after the
1 exposition is over 81 s1,00000G-in ali
total of s2S 900, 900. Holders Of bonds
have the privilege of participating in
% lottery drawings for 4,3l3 prizes,
J aggregating $l,200,000
The admission fee will be two francs
| before 10 A. NJ. one franc between 10
A. NJ and p NJ, and two francsa after
} p. NJ.
The catalogue of the exhibition will
| %. .rf ~ = a
tQrical records OF all arts, crafts and
industries.
Z Fifty.fve nations have been, asked
20 take part in the exposition. II ia
one of the rules of the exposition that
! no country can have separate build
ing unless the executive or ruler or
|, that country announces his intention,
of visiting the exposition.
Cameras may be taken into the
ground at a cost OF ten cents each IT,
Z however, any one wishes TO photo
Il graph works of art a special permit
win be necessary
Electrical science viii heYe for It's
use the largest of the special palaces.
this building is 1.s75 feet lone and 200
feet wide, and win be the source OF
b all the vast electric energy usen upon
the grounds. IL is made of glass and
at night will look like gigantic bea-
con OF light
The summit of the Eiffel tower, -
one of the reminders OF the last eN'
position-has been linked with the
distant tower of the Trocadero by
means of an endless cable bridge. One
can Journey by means of sedan chair
from one end of the grounds to an
other and thus have a superb birds
:. eve view OF the grounds. The Einel
tower is being painted yellow: az the
bottom deep orange and gold at top;
5000 electric lights will bring out q
striking effect at night.
Another enterprise Is gigantic
, piyOted tower. In telescope fashion IL
comes to the ground to receive pas
! sengers. then gradually extends itself
I to its fnll height. and after remaining
stationary for a few minutes, swings
around like huge crane and, collaps-
q ing again, deposits its human load on
!. the opposite side of the grounds.
The worlds largest music box. made
d bv an Italian, who has spend fifteen
v years In it's construction. win be given
space. Its proper name is a autoelec
e tropolyphone. This monster music
v box plays every kind of concert music
A In the most finished manner. IN II are
concealed $4,000 pieces Of music ap
paratus, which alone required an out
lay OF $4,000.
The biggest wine tun in the world
has been built for the shOW it hold
> $4,000 gallons or more than. twice az
70 much as the famous Heidelblrg tun
S II Is IA meters high and its cost 4
2, 100000. One hundred persons have
z been entertained at dinner in it lh'
5, tun was divided into two floors th'
a upper one reached by a flight ~ TWEEN
IS ty steps was used for a banquet = all
e and was gaily decorated. II was III
If the banquet hall Of an old castle. Thu
s. tun was made in Nancy.
nj The biggest room in the world vii
e be a feature of the show-or one hav
1t ing the greatest single floor space
k, 12.54i metres. In this amphitheatr'
le $4,000 spectators can be seated.
ISL A mammoth telescope. which hal
l. been made at the cost of $500 000 will
bring the moon within a mile OF thu
earth. u magnlfes 10000 times. Th'
highest power now known is 400
10 times Nearby will be a clock weigh
,e ing 200 tons.
- A mock volcano. or miniature Vesu
- vius. with real flames and real lava
~ Will nave TeStdufduihs cafes. ldlWdys ~
~ shrubs and rocks on the outside, an
- within living pictures OF scenes fron
ie Dantc's purgatory and paradise.
i, The Emperor William sends tn
az Frederick the great collection o
20 curios literary treasures and Frenc
as paintings
ne The Prince OF Wales is the commits
n sionergenersl for England and he
colonies. He is the only foreign roya
parsonage who has identified himsel
lG personally with the exposition. II
has visited Paris several times 70
No the purpose of viewing the erection {
Of Great Britains buildings, for whic
q S500000 IS appropriated.
Brazil sends a collection Of 500 SCI
-, pents.
~ with one exception the Unite
10 States has the largest amount
- space-210.000 square feet. partly !
~ the heart of the exposition ground
IN and nartly in the annex in the Bois d
snni Vincennes. There will be five buili
l. ings on tho main erounde and two