New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-16
ALLUPING PROSPECTS IN ST. LOUIS.

1t is now confidently asserted that the St
Louis Exposition next year will make the Chi
cago Worlds Fair resemble the invisible but
pungent and pervasye trail which fingers in
the wake of a gasolene motor car To con-
sentative minds this may seem an enthusiastic
view of the situation, but all will agree that The
promoters OF the coming show are displaying
energy sufficient to hurl a heavenly body from
its orbit Chicago had her Ferris Wheel, St
Louis will have her airships. Chicago retoiced
in buildings that were marvels of beauty; St
Louis proposes to make them, by comparison,
look like the homes in which great men are born
And lastly Chicago's crowning triumph was
the giddy gaudy Midway. Does anybody ask
at this point whether st. Louis is still in the
track and actively running? 1t is reassuring
70 see st. Louis rise to her feet and unani-
rousiy shout, 'She is!'
OF course, there is certain percentage Of
serious minded citizens who will visit the st.
Louis Exposition in order TO examine displays
there of inventions, machinery. manufactures,
the sciences and the arts. Some will be inter
ested in wireless telegraphy. others in metals,
others still in costly fabrics, patent medicines,
fine carriages, breakfast foods, multiple can
nons rare gems. prize poultry. preserved num-
miles, surgical instruments, canned fruits i'm
proved nail files and artistic nose rings. But
we are of the opinion that several hundred
thousand visitors will cheerfully pay the price
of admission. push through the gates and vo-
ciferously inquire for short cut TO the Mid
way And unless signs fail-unless history for
once reverses itself-they will not inquire in
vain.
Little by little information is leaking out as
to this the most important feature of any mod
ern worlds fair. 1t is declared, for example,
that an American consul, on board warshlp,
bearing the pomp of federal authority as well
as the panoply of things militant is on his way
TO Abyssinia for the ostensibIe purpose of con-
Guiding an international treaty with King Meme
lik So far, so good: warship, consul. federal
authority, pomp and panoply could hardly be
used TO better advantage But now comes the
news that Menelik r. has decided TO visit the
St Louis Fair, and already a suppressed rum
bic may be heard from the region Of Cook
County Ill 1t will probably become a roar
and then riot by the time the dusky monarch
reaches these shores attended by $500 retain
ers, 247 wives. his sacred donkey his 2I-foot
sun umbrella of white silk, and his engaging
smile If Menelik is wise he will not visit
Chicago until the st. Louis Exposition is over,
OF he may never reach his destination. But this
is not all. Various South American countries
have arranged TO make exhibits which will &C
curately portray the condition of their home
affairs; and all of Missouri, excepting St Louis
and Kansas City, has been reserved for series
OF continuous revolutions In addition visitors
may expect 10 the following first class at
fractions: The Hon. Samuel Parks working at
his legitimate trade Elijah DOwie giving away
some of his hard earned wealth; Bryan facing
crowds and not making speeches; theatrical
manager charging only dollar for admission
to a dollar performance; centenarian who
has never used tobacco or whiskey.
If st Louis, however, really wishes TO COM
mand the presence of every woman in the
United States at her fair. she will spare no
effort to secure. a final and overwhelming
exhibit two or three competent and contented
house servants But they should be kept in n
steel cage if they wish to avoid being torn limb
from limb by desperate matrons determined at
all hazards to take them home.