The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1900-07-28
Official Journal Of the City Of Bay ST Louis,

trauscenuapb loVellneSS. l. he &
place is simply mystifying III the
manifold manifestations of all L
that il most exdaisite In color and
light effects Indeed. the last pos
| sibilitys Of beauty seems to have
been reached in these mirroredi IL
l1sions, whichsimply beggarsvles-
cription. or course. tho effects
are all produced inthis Palace of
Illusions by electricity but I can
not explain the modiis opef@tli.
only know that nothing llalf 20
charming to the eye could be
dreamed Of in tho liscst iirslgina-
I ton.
Another feature III Che form
of revelation Is Tha Trip from
Pekin 10 Moscow To take this
trip you get in a magnificent pull-
Imam and seem TO roll III luxury
ithe entire distance ofl0,00o miles !
between these two cities, viewing
what is said TO ben most realistic !
.lproduction of the scenery .pp
froute. As a matter os fact. the
Pullman Is stationary, aud iIso.
1scenefy along tIie Ii5Ie osroas,
Isweeps by ID panoramic and eyer
varying splendor.
ABOUT THE MIDWAY.
"But one 81 The greatest novel,
ties is The Moving Sidewalks.
Thousands upon thousan,h sim
ply take their stand upon thet
grounds, giving the spectators u
most leisurely view Of the build
ings. The motion is slow, the
sidewalks moving on hidden roll
ers, the motive power being cleo
tricity."
"What about the Midway2'i
"There is no continuous Mids
way, no particular space devoted
to the amusement features, The
Midway, you might say, is scat
: tered all over the grounds. ! saw
: a number Of the amusement fed
lures and they were all goOd.
| Among the~erysbest is THE Swiss
+ Village This is q reproduction
4 of a Swiss village, said to be real-s
istic in the extreme, with the peor
8 pie just astthey live, faithful rel
4 presentations Of the streets, the
4 houses and even the goats. tho
1 dogs and the snow on the noun
u tains around.
"One of the most impressive
z points to me abou, this wonderful
d expositioni is the rigid classification
d of1the exhibits. Things Of akind
+ are severely grouped, no matter.
from what country they come.
This is true Of jewelry, for in
o stance, silks, firearms, everything.
n They are rigidly classed under Sc
= parate heads. One Of the most
# striking examples Of this is the
7 picturesque display made up Of
in the costumes of all nations of tho
az world since the first appearanceof
q d nation. y 1.noticedlasnlarked difv
= ference of treatment in the agri-
l. cultural exhibit from that at Chi
40 cago. There the effort was I'd
,y make the agricultural display de.
r. corative. Great attention was
ID paid tC fanciful grouping and ar.
ne tistic effect.
of "Not so at Paris. The products
et of the field and garden are rigidly
,'s classified in glass cases, 80 thai
al the comparison can be made II
any line at glance. This make
in a very useful showing, very con
venient for the intending investo
ca IN any line of agricultural pro
m ducts"
&c, HOW TICKETS ARE SOLD.
in 81 was struck by the fact, I" saiu
Mr.. Collier, that the exposition
1i- company sells no tickets. The,
'ut sell about a million dollars wort
ca of tickets to the citizens of Pari
I'd, IN sort of LOTTERY scheme. an
nd they, in turn, sell them to the Wis
Ter itors to the show. | suppose ther
ta- must have been 10000 Partisan
pa selling tickets to the ground
or while was over there. They jus
lay sell them all over the city.
md "The prevailing price to the e.
ne. 1position during my stay was abot
35 centimes or 7 cents. The mai
ms agcment wishing to shut out /
. a many Of the common run Of Yis
lilo tors as possible, set apart one ds
los of the week running up the pri'
.ve of single admission to two tiel
nd cts. The effect was the opposit
of The attendance Of the commc
Tho he folks on that day simply double
vest They paid the increased pri
Of eheerfully, going in to.look at Il
aristocracy." i"
om- ENORMOUS ATTENDANCE.
mp "What about the attendance
tic, "Well, there are unquesti0n
feet bly, more Americansin Paris Til
lind ever before IN her history, Al
rse. yet the travel abroad this year b
of fallen below the expectations
lack the steamship companies, and |
by rates which were put up about
and per cent. viii go off fully 25 +
hich cent, beginning August lst TO Il
ways That will have the effect of ca
des. ing rush from this country
was, Paris.
lild- "During my stay in Paris
and average attendance on week d
seem was about 225, 900 daily. and
and Sundays, the chief days, fr
ding 100000 to 100000. The atte
niles ance during the biggest day ST
t the the opening was about SIG, 600.
unds believe, but that record will i
badly, be broken all TO pieces
fore fhe cInsa of the great an