The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-04-08
VANITY FAIR AT BUFFALO
Some of the Many Features Of the
Pan-Amerfean Midway.
a T=Iace Where the Fakir VIII Hold
Full Interpretations of IA
nous spots in the Old MOrld-A
Topsy-Turyy House an Attraction.

TODSE-IuESE house IN -tSAh
Ia Vanity Fair or the Midway Plais-
are Of the Pan-AmeTican Exposition at
Buffalo. there are two interesting phases
before the scenes as things viii look
after May /. when The. plays and spect2-
cIes are in full blast, and behind the
scenes. the uI..urtatned stage, as 1t IS
now. in course Of construction, where
half-fnished walls separate the street and
the dressing rooms, where the manager
consults the carpenter about his special
booth and where the ''concessionaire'
himself can be seen and spoken 10 as he
supervIses the building of fairy lands and
miniature cities
From the point Of view when all is fin
ished. Buffalo's Vanity Fair is a place of
exceeding gayety and OF serious interest
for I'm the way Of general description, it
may be said that It Will include a set OF
attractions more likely TO amuse inteili-
gent growu-ups than anything Of the kind
since the Columbian Exposition There
are some childish attractions. such as
hiII-to-hIu coast with Wcrld-enc0nnpass-
ing panOramas g cardboard rocks, little
tin water mills, and some artificial earth
worms. etc Then there is d house up
side down that at Paris was extremely
popular. it is reported But the most in
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| 20 be four miniature foreign lands built
on the plan of the Street of Cairo at the
| Chicago fair.
The largest concession in Vanity Fair
| Is The Beautiful Orient This covers
a good deal of ground il what is the ex
| trerne northwest corner of both the Mid
| wav and the exposition. and in it viii be
! condensed many phases Of the Orient
| streets. an op.n square. back alleys.
| houses. temples, q theatre, with many
| booths etc.
/ The Streets Of Mexico' is the next
| largest concession, and even in it's un-
! finished condition its cunning winding
! street. its quaint and picturesque archi-
| lecture With diminutive moucharadies
above dainty arcades, is very attractive.
! Halfway down the street is an arched
| entrance with wide swinging doors that
| lead 10 a bull ring 20 feet long. where
| there viii be sham bulIights. II IS quite
| like opera lgnd, and at first sight one
| almost expects % see a G.. rnen rush to
| the portal To greet her EscamilIO. 1t is
| the first portrayal OF Mexican life that
has been given here, and it promises to be
| i success.
| Alt Nuremberg is so German in char
acter that. II Is said. the ground smeIt
/ of sauerkraut the day after the conces-
| sioners began work Like the German
| village at the Columbian Exposition it
represents an open square rather than a
| street, the sky lire of the little citadel's
| walls being broken by many picturesque
tower-like constructions Inside it viii be
more OF d resting place than one Of such
| strenuous amusement as found elsewhere.
| and beer viii be served II is larger
| than as planned ut first. for il takes in
| a place laid out for a Philippine village.
| No Filipinos have yet been obtained for
the show. Alt Nuremberg was design
| ed BY Esenwein & Johnson
| Across the Mall. beyond the boundary
Of the Midway proper and just where a
little canal cuts between its main
| branches that run behind the buildings
of horticulture and graphic arts, will be