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day upon the site in Palestine which for
38 centuries has been holy ground-re-
vercd alike by Jew, Christian and Moslem.
Many remarkable things are being pre-
pared for the Worlds Fair, but none that
surpasses this in any OF the essential ele-
ments Of human interest. Here and there
throughout the grounds are reproductions
OF celebrated buildings such as have been
before at other cxpositions, though not in
such number and excellence OF selection;
but here, for the first time in the world
a city is being reproduced, and that city
the one OF all the world most intensely in
tcrosting TO the people OF Chrisiendom.
his is not a panorama Of cyclorama. it
may be proper TO point out to those who
are incredulous ii is an actual city, which
is being built outdoors OF wood and staff
and il is no toy city, but is OF actual size
so far as the area thai is being rebuilt
goes
This reproduction OF Jerusalem occupies
over ~ acres OF land. 1t includes prac-
ticay all the features OF the Holy City
which are OF deeply intimate interest to
The Bible student and 10 any person to
whom the wonderful story OF Jesus of
Nazareth, or the narratives OF the Old
Testament, are Of interest When the
Worlds Fair opens nothing will be lack
ing in The New jerusalem" as this re-
production is called, to show life in the
modern city of the Great King as it really
is-with Moslcm and Jew and Christian
dwelling in separate quarters or mingling
together in the curious and quaint marts
OF trade.
Jerusalem, ST. Louis. u. 6. A., will be
Ieopled by natives Of Jerusalem, the Holy
City. Arrangements are being made
whereby about ,ooo Inhabitants of Jerusa-
lem will be brought to St. Louis to take up
their residence during the seven months
OF the exposition inside this sevcn-acre
walled city Among these people will be
Mohammedans. Jews and Christians, each
worshiping after his own fashion and liv-
ing his own life here in the reproduced
city, Just as he lives and worships at home.
Here the Mohammedan will find his sa-
cred mosque, the Jew his synagogue, the
Christian his church or chapel Here each
will walk about familiar streets, dwell in
houses identical in pattern with those in
which they dwell at home and engage in
the same trades or other occupations that
engage their time and talents in the Holy
City.
In short, seven months of next year this
1I-acre tract, dcnsely built over with
houses, will be Jerusalem transplanted for
the time in the New World, and as such
cannot fail to attract the attention of
millions Of persons, who are unable to visit
the actual city in Palestine.
Any boy or girl who is reasonably fa-
miliar with modern jerusalem through pic
turcG or books, would find much to sug-
gest the Holy City in the reproduction now
building here, should visit be paid to the
site. First to attract the attention would
be the outer wall of the city The entire
tract is being enclosed in wall of the
dimensions Of the actual wall Of Jerusalem.
Wood and staff, instead OF stone, are used
III the construction, but so cleyerly is the
staff moulded and colored that it closely
resembles the real stone "round about
Jerusalcm. The architects visited Jerusa-
lem personally and studied with minute
care the construction Of the walls, towers
and interior dwellings and other cdifces
which they were to reproduce at St. Louis,
so that in all essential respects the New