Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-12-13

by moving pictures q Mediterranean
voyage to Algeria; Marchan's panora-
ma, finely showing that explorers ira
vels in equatorial Africa. Then here Is
the ever wonderful Eiffel tower. a
French Ferris wheel, and the novelty
OF a rotary platform, where you can
take a seat and make the entire Cir
cult of the fair grounds without NOV
ing q muscle.
The curious. the picturesque, the un-
expected, are everywhere in evidence.
Wonderfully grotesque statues of del
ties In the temples of Chino India; an
aquarium showing the strange life of
European waters; living professions.
In costume, OF the natives of Egypt and
the Soudan, Australia and the South
sea Islands; Swiss cottages clinging to
crags in the Alps; n statue of solid gold
of our countrywoman, Miss Maude
Adams, valued at one million francs:
a pagoda made of Jars OF olives: n
MOSCOW chapel in ceremonies; the pic
turesque homes and strange processes
Oh the wine-makerS of France; Italy's
gorgeous palace and her charming
faiences artistiques; a drawing room
set wonderfully sculptured in ivory;
SPANS striking Moorish pavilions in
embroidered and gildedI stone, and va
ried tri-colored tiles. echoes of the old
en- Alhambra and the alcazar; the "Ju-
bilee," the largest diamond in the
world. from Jegersfontein, South Afri-
ca, weighing 239 carats.
Everywhere the accomplishment of
the impossible; a maze of wonders and
world-realized dreams. Dreams in
marble and bronze! Dreams on cam
vass! Dreams in pictured tapestries.
Dreams in Woodworking and fanciful
MoSaics! Dreams in colorcd and gild-
ed glass! Dreams in lace, tissues and
embroideriO! Dreams in faience cere-
too, III i
furniture and artificial upholstery,
Dreams in Jewels and precious stones!
all in fashions SO various as to eX-
haust the imagination.
Finally, lie Grand Lunette, the new
giant French telescope, whose disk is
seventy feet in diameter. which is now
giving us an undreamed of revelation
of the heavens, and which may justly
be regarded as one OF the supreme
triumps of the dying century.
In conclusion. / failed not to revisit
the exhibition grounds on the night of
October 18th to witness la Fete du
Vint. One might easily have imagined
himself in fairyland. The innumerable
lamps of the Champ de Mars and Jar
din de la Tour Eiffel were decorated
with tissues representing huge flowers,
and which alighted blazed in an end
less variety of charming forms and
colors, while the spaces in celebration
of the vine districts of France we're
feStooned with illuminated punches of
grapes. The trees on every hand hung
with flaming fruits. Chinese colored
lanterns filled the intervals between
while the Chateau D'IIau and the foun-
tains of the Water Palace and the Elf
fel tower were intensely aname with
electric lights.
Upon this scene of surprising gave
ty and beauty soon gathered the
worlds folk. witnesses from all earth S
varied clipes. in all their varied cos
tunes. Cossacks of the Don: soldiers
of the imperial guards of Germany:
Arabs of the Saharas; Egyptians from
the Nile; picturesque natives of the
South Seas moved In procession. or
jostled in crowds, with the dignified
gentlemen OF France fair women,
charmingly gowned priests. monks and
nuns. the dainty ladies of the boule-
wards of Paris, pretty Swiss peasants
helmeted and betassled cuirassiers and
gayly uniformed officers, soldiers and
navies from every branch of the
French service, by land or sea.
Then. on the day following. we had
the vintage festival: an occasion hon
ored by the Kings of Belgium and
Greece, with their suites. while the
avenues of the Champ de Mars were
literally lack with people. The pro-
cession of winners formed at the Wa
ter Palace, and at 2 o'clock started for
ward headed by twenty county con-
stables, with band OF drummers and
trumpeters, attired In Greek and Ro-
man costumes. Next came In historic
state Silemus and Bacchus, the divini-
ties of the grape. surrounded by seduc-
tive Bacchantes. who threw punches
of luscious grapes to the spectators
from vine encircled baskets.
The floats were beautiful to behold
that of Bacchus especially so. with
decorations of vines and grapes. his
majesty being attended by four fanns
and twenty priests of Dionys.us. The
floats representative of foreign wines
were nearly all national In design, that
of Germany. for example. bearing a
striking initiation OF an old vine ella d
castle on the Rhine.
J. H VENIER-VOI,DO