The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1901-07-25
Midway Red Star Route.
INTERESTING AND INSTRUCTIVE FEATURES
OF PAN AMERICAN EXPOSITION.

INTERESTING AND INSTRUCTIVE FEATURES
OF PAN-AMERlCAN EXPOSITION,
The Burning Mountain of the Sand.
witch lsles-The Volcano of kilauea-
The Hawaiian Viliage-Battie of Mis-
sion Ridge-The Filipino Village
The Wonderful Baby lncubators-
The Sacred Spectatorium, Jerusa-
lem. and the crucifIxion OF Christ.
Years ago, before the modern fan
tasy of the Dream Gods mind-"The
White City'-was inspired and con-
summated by the grandly beautiful
enterprise of the Illini: before the
modern Phidias and Praxilites had
moved maui to chisel, in their first
attack upon the huge marble Of Con-
ception, to bring forth The Dream,
there lay wide stretch OF forest en-
powered boulevard, through which
ran a sleepy canal. between dykes,
clad in emerald verdurs.
The beautiful roadway connected
the woods of Washington with the
grandly beautiful, lagoon studded,
blue grass commons of Jackson Park
This Bowery was called The Midway
Plaisance, and was walk lordly
enough for king.
When the White City was con-
summated dream, this picturesque
strip was allotted to the concession
aires of standing, as well as the cheap
amusement fakirS and European,
Asiatic and African vendors of trim
kets, and formed the Streets of all
Nations" Who can ever forget this
wild phantasma Of sportive people;
this whirlwind of noise and hustle;
this symphony of wild music. Of
seductive beauty, of enhancing dance,
of glittering tinsel, of barbaric splen-
dor.
The name, for convenience, was
shortened to that of The Midway
and as The Midway it will always be
known-a locality which has ever
acted upon the exposition mariner
like the Isle of Syrens. He cannot
avoid it; its enchantment takes pos
session Of his soul; an Irresistible
power impels him; the longing ends
in visit, and utter abandonment to
its intoxicating delights, The name
is infectious. All expositions must
have midway. Paris copied, and
today Buffalo and its Pan-American
Exposition falls a willing victim to
it's seductive charm.
1t is the main magnet of all exposi-
tons. 1t is the loadstone of financial
success. 1t is what makes great fairs
cheerful, happy and joyous. 1t is
true that many of its exhibits are
frivolous; some uncanny-a few objec-
tionable. Still it's the Midway. You
look for all this.
With the object in view of present
ing route Of wholesome fun and in
struction, some Of the greater enter.
prises have gone together in an organ.
ization called the Red Star Route
guaranteeing absolutely their entire
offerings as wholesome and free from
all Objectionable features. The fol
loving brief description of their ex'
hibits will give the reader an ides
how to do the Midway without suffer
ing the humiliation of having beer
done by it.
Naturally, the first visit will be
made to the electric reproduction o
the Burning Mountain of the Sand
wich Isles-thc Volcano OF kilauea
because of it's nearness to the mair
| entrance to the Midway. No better
description could be given here thar
to quote the words Of the distinguish
ed traveller and artist. Mr.. Walter w
| Burridge, in describing this natura
wonder:
"Ruggedlv horrible, vet sublime
Fire assured and gashed: rent by hid
den furies: the mountain belche!
| forth it's carmine hued fires and Pele'.
frown is hideous. He'll has no lasting
| torment more horrible than the feel
ing that comes over you as you gaz'
into the cavernous depths OF thi.
Inferno of the World.n
The spectator stands within an ex
tinct crater of this perpetual fir'
mountain of Hawaii. The admission
| is 25c.
Next to the Volcano-its entrance
is next door-you visit the greater
Hawaiian Village, where you Will hnt
the now world renowned Native Ban'
of Hawaii, whose music, especially The
Hawaiian national airs, is delightful
In the WALLACE You see the whole
| naodus of sugar culture. coffee hand
ling. rice planting, rare flora an'
fauna, gigantic palms. and the ancien
| rites and ceremonies OF the Islanders
| Kahunas, or native priests, kapuea
the Man Fish. Opu, the great diver
! surf rider and shark fighter. pass il
endless procession In the Hawaiian
| Theatre you will see native plays b,
native actors. Here, and only here
| you will see Queen Liliuokalani't
own Hulu-hulu dancing girls, who viii
| dance this graceful measure as it i:
| only danced before royalty. OtheI
women will show you the hulu-pah,
| and the alaapa-apa dances for the frs
time in this country. For good
hearty laughter and wholesome fun
the Hawaiian Village has no equal
Ex-Queen Liliuokalani will be thu
royal guest of this quaint village ii
August, The price here is also 25c
From all this fun, next, for the SAKE
| Of patriotism. visit the great electric
| cyclorama, the Battle of Mission
Ridge, an enormous reproduction o
the great battle between the Cnior
and Confederate armies, which &C
Cured Wednesday, November 2jth
1861 contest which was won b,
the Union army. Here grape ant
canister and shot and she'll SOW thu
ground with rugged iron, and strev
It with wounded and dead. Mission
Ridge seems volcanic with its belch
ing fire. as the great line of blue
directed by Gems. Grant. Thomas
Sheridan, Granger, Meigs, Hunte
and Reynolds, slowly surges to tn
crest. where Bragg and his Confed
! crates are at last crushed and annihi
lated. This picture is monumen
Tn the yalor of the old Armv OF tn