The Florida star., 1901-03-29
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ST. LQUIs. March a5.-If there are
any two places In the United States
that love each other less than st. Louis
and Chicago. they hasent been diseov.
cred yet St Paul and Minneapolis
are usually taken to represent the,acme
OF envy. but their mutual feeling Is
brotherly love compared to that exist
ing between the Windy City and this
town. Therefore is It that st. Louis
memory goes back no further than
1894. for In 1893 occurred the dazzling,
beautiful and successful Chicago fair.
But st. Louis is going to have fair,
too-in two years. from now-and IL 1t
doesn't beat the Chicago exposition the
Inhabitants of this sanity town win
seek far and wide for the reason.
The ostensible purpose or the coming
st. Louis fair is 10 celebrate the cen
tennial Of the Louisiana purchase, but
Its real reason Of being" as the French
say, is TO excel the Chicago AFFAIR. Ev-
cry school child in the United States
knows the Importance and value OF the
Louisiana purchase, and everybody
agrees that 1t is well worth celebrat-
ing. st. Louis, being the largest city
situated within the bounds Of the old
cessiOn, has naturally been chosen as
the site OF the exposition.
st. Louis Louisiana Purchase expo
sitiOn viii surely be grand affair and
one well worth visiting. The amount
OF money TO be expended on 1t Is $15,-
100000. just equal to that paid in 1903
for the Louisiana territory. which in
cluded most OF what is now the west
ern half OF the United States. or the
$15,0O0,000 for the fair $5,000,000 has
been raised by public subscription, $5,-
100000 has been appropriated by the
state legislature and $5.000.O00 by the
national congress.
Naturally plans for the fair are still
in a somewhat embryotic condition.
Even its site has not yet been definite
ly chosen. but no apprehension need be
felt on that account, for ST. Louis has
a number Of tracts that could easily ac-
eOmmodate large exposition. All OF
the suggested sites lie along the Mis-
sissippi river since st. LOuisans feel
that they cannot afford to miss so good
n chance or impressing their visitors
with the grandeur OF the Father OF
Waters. ANY OF a number OF high
bluffs commanding views OF the river
would be an ideal local site. A unique
suggestion, that may be carried out. is
the division OF the exposition into three
parts. situated in three different sec
-
beautiful boulevards and by the river.
The chief advantage claimed for this
plan is that It would obviate the crowd
ed. concentrated effect that has been a
drawback TO some expositions OF the
past. Besides, II would help to adver-
tise st. Louis and its attractions.
Exhibits to the coming exposition are
expected from all parts OF the United
States and from foreign countries. 1t
is not too much to expect that many
OF the features OF the great Pan-Amer-
lean exposition to be held this. year at
Buffalo will be reproduced here. Many
exhibitors at that fair may also pre-
serve their shows intact and send them
here The impression. however. must
not be gained that the st. Louis expo
sition will be in any sense an imita-
ton. Everything here viii be first
class and the best OF its kind or it will
not find a place. St Louis will beat
the great White City OF Chicago or die
In the attempt.
Besides the standard exhibits, the
Louisiana Purchase exposition will
have a number OF novel features
Among them is expected to be mag
nificent amusement temple In the form
of a gigantic statue. Another suggest
ed feature is the building OF two great
globes many feet in height. showing
the divisions OF the surface or the
earth, something like the one that was
a feature OF the Paris exposition. An
other is a great steel tower and OBJ
seryatory, rising to height of 800 feet'
about the same as the Washington
monument. This is TO be known as
the Louisiana needle" and the cur
rent question OF the ST. Louis exposl-
ton of 1903 may be, Have you thread
al the needleY' HARVEY l.. MOORE