Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-08-30
THE EXPOSITION
And its Great Variety Of Side
Shows.


Not Equal His American or European
/ Cousin Neither do Oriental Women
4 Equal Those OF America and Eng
/ land-A Glance ut Some Eastern
characteristics.
/ PARIS. France, Aug. - No little
! interest is manifested In the coming
horse show Of the Paris Exposition,
which will open on Sunday, Septem-
/ Der 10th. The amount of money To
/ be distributed in prizes Is more than
half million francs. The exact
amount in American money Is $ll0,-
600. There will also be large num-
Der of medals awarded. 1t is expect
ed that the entries from England and
the United States will be large. The
show Is divided into seven sections,
the first being for thoroughhreds. pure
bred Arabs, and Anglo Arabs, with
over $12, 900 In prizes, the first prize
for the thoroughbred stations being
81, 200, and for thoroughbred mares
$500. The second section Is for
Barbs, The third for trotters Of French,
American and Russian breeds, the
| fourth for half breeds--this including
classes for the English Hackney and
Gleveland--the fifth for ponies, the
sixth for cart horses aud the seventh
! for donkeYs.
Ii is reported that the Sultan of
Turkey will send u large number Of
pure blooded Arabian horses. They
will doubtless be good specimens of
1 3 latr lit q d,sxsts
that nothing oriental Is excellent.
use the word etymologically Moth
! ing oriental can excel the objects OF
It's class, in America or Europe. They
not only do not excel, but nothing
oriental IL equal to the object Of its
class in America or Europe. I've not
been III the Orient but | have
spent months at four International
Expeditions where the best produe-
tions Of all countries were shown.
The Arab horse Is tough, hardy, in
telligent little animal, but he Is NO
tougher or more intelligent than the
thoroughbred horse OF Europe or
America, and he is odtclassed ! u size.
speed and endurance by the latter.
There has been no less romance
/ about the Oriental or Circassian w0m-
an than there has been about the
Arabian horse, but photography Is a
stern disiiluslonist. Harems have
been photographed. The beauties OF
| the harem, as they are called, have
| been exposed to the ruthless camera
and the world Is now familiar with
the dark, coarse, heavy type Of nodded
rather than chiseled features, lacking
In yiyaclty and spiritually. No artist
would select Turkish woman for
model, and no American with an edu-
Gated taste would want one OF them
/ for a companion.
/ There Is 10 lack OF Turkish bellies
here in the Exposition. The side
shows abound with them and bevies
of them can be seen In the dance de
ventre for one franc. some Of thcm
are real types and are doubtless the
besu specimens OF their class from the
| theatres of Constantinople. Scuturi
and Cairo, but mixed among them are
girls from Chicago, New York or they
may be from Paris, Kentucky or Cairo,
l Illinois-anywh lit is not easy or
/ important to learn their whence Or
whittier, but they are Americans san
doute and the way they outclass the
sluggish houris OF the Orient when IL
comes their turn to dance Is cony inc
/ ing, but not moral.
One of the most striking buildings
/ in that collection OF striking archi-
tectual types, the street OF nations, Is
/ the pavilion Of Bosnia, Herzegovina
reproduction of an ancient donj0n,
with annexes deliberately decorated.
Within is shown, among other things
room sumptuously furnished and
occupied by wax figures, representing
! the interior OF harem OF Bosnia. In
other apartments more modern ex-
hiDits, in the form OF vases, textiles,
etc. are shown. There Is an Interest,"
ing collection OF photographs on glass
representing the most beautiful views
of the Balkan Switzerland.
The building Of Servia is in the
purest Byzantine style. 1t has eight
domes, the central and tallest being
upwards of eighty feet in height. In
ling, rustic edifice in wood, repro
duction OF country house in Jut-
/ land. The Persian edidce, rectanRu-
! lar in shape, flows with color-violet,
blue green and red. AS you enter
| girl throws a perfume on you, while
you look at the luxurious cushions
and carpets and various objects OF
art. Here is where the Shah comes
to rest from the fatigues OF sight see
ing at the Exposition. Near BY is the
low, thick-set house OF Finland, APP
parently built to resist the most
powerful blasts. 1t is copied from
one OF the ancient chapels Of the
country, and contains complete ex-
hibition of fishing apparatus.