The St. Louis Republic., 1903-04-26
Twenty Mammoth Attractions Will
Be Features of Amusement
Boulevard.
TRIP TO THE NORTH POLE.
Famous Cities and Countries With
Their Life VIII Be Reproduced
illusions of Startling
Character.

For the first time the character OF The
Pike at the Worlds Fair. is indicated by
complete list OF the great shows either
under contract to be built or in process of
negotiation. which will be the features Of
the amusement boulevard.
This list. without reference to the status
of the show before the Concessions Depart
ment, includes: Jerusalem, the Tyrolean
Alps. Mysterious Asia, Egypt and Turkey,
The Battle Abbey, The Ship, An Ocean
Voyage TO the North Pole; The Galveston
Flood. Streets OF Seville. Mystic Whirlpool.
Over and Under the Sea. Modern Paris,
Japan. Creation. The Transsiberian Rail-
way and the Russian Village. Deep Sea Div
ing. The Irish Village, Old st. Louis, The
Scenic Railway. Naval Aquatic Show on
a Lake. Firefghter with genuine apparatus
According to the statistics in the posses
SION Of the Concession Department, each OF
these big shows viii cost $4,000 and up
wards to construct and equip The facades
which they viii present along their front
on The Pike" must harmonic with the
dignity OF architecture found elsewhere In
the Exposition. No signs viii be permit
ted which do not follow the lettering pre-
scr1bed by the Concessions Department.
JERUSALEM is THE LARGEST.
Jerusalem, or the Holy City, the largest
snow IN area, Is an outdoor reproduction
Of the scenes Of the Great Passion. II Is
a mimic Jerusalem, with streets, historic
buildings and pointo of interest TO every
one familiar with the story of the New
Testsment-the Mosque OF Omar. the
Church OF the Holy Sepulcher, the Jews
Waiting Place, the Mount Of Olives and
Garden Of Gathsemane. the market quar-
ter and other features OF life in Jerusalem
II Will cover ten acres and its estimated
cost is 10000. The contract for building
has been awarded to J. ]. Dunnavant & Co
A1rG fa NIa
point Of cost 1t is a reproduction of some
OF the most celebrated mountain country in
the Tyrol- Paper-mache mountains with
an altitude OF loo feet, follow the exact
contour Of the most famous peaks in that
section A railway running through a tun-
mel carries passengers into the fastnesses of
the mountains. where valleys and nesting
Alpine villages are shown. Noun tain-cIimb-
ing. with genuine Alpine guides and alpen-
stocks Is feature. Great Tyrolean beer
halls are at the foot Of the mountains. The
cost Of the Alps is S5Oo.OOo 1t covers about
six acres.
Mysterious Asia Is a composite open-air
picture Of India. the home of the Rafahs
peerless temples. exotic gardens, jungle5
and the tiger; Burmah. the land of the
White Elephant: Ceylon and Persia, land
Of freworsh1ppers and Oriental fable.
Strange peoples from all these countries are
q part Of the show. Such spectacles as the
Durbah and the annual festivals of the In
olan FrnceS are contemplated features.
These countries have never been done on
such a scale at any previous exposition.
The estimated cost of the show is $4,000.
TRIP TO THE NORTH POLE.
Egypt and Turkey. the first Oriental coun-
tries TO become famous as Exposition
shows. include parts of Cairo and the Stam-
boul of Constantinople. The efforts of the
coucessionaires are to depict types OF life in
these cities which have not been illustrated
in this manner heretofore
Battle Abbey Is an enormous cycloramIc
spectacle, giving realistic impressions OF
the battles of Gettysburg and the first bat |
tie OF Manassas or Bull Run. in separate |
buildings, connected by series OF smaller |
representations Of the famous battles of the |
world
The Ship: A Voyage to the North Pole, |
is full-size ocean liner, equipped with |
modern conveniences, including the dining |
salon. in which the passengers will, by an /
illusion inside the mammoth vessel take, a /
trip TO the North Pole, the arst time the /
feat has ever been accomplished by human
kind. The Arctic winter and the midnight |
sun are features Of the journey
Gaiveston's tidal disaster will be depicted
with its terrors. The city at peace before
the unexpected food, ;he coming OF the
storm. the wide ride OF the demon winds
and the Overwhelming of the city are the
effects which the concessionaire hopes TO
leave on the minds OF the visitors.
THE SECRETS OF SEVILLE.
In The Streets OF Seville-Bits of the
Alhembra. Moorish theater, Spanish
circus and ths picturesque types Of modern