The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-27
ANOTHER JERUSALEM
St. Louis Enterprise Which
Senator Burton Promoted.
BIBLICAL PLACES GALORE
Student VIII F nd Much to In
tereSt Within Walls.

St. Louis. Dec. 2s.-If any Americas
child had desired to Spend Christman in |
Jerusalem, the Holy City, it would not
have been necessary for him TO cross the
seas and travel afar in alien lands. lie
could have come to st. Louis, where, on
a tract of land included in the Worlds
Fair grounds, Jerusalem is being built
True. it is not the actual Jerusalem that
stands today upon the site in Palestine
which for thirty-eight centuries has
been holy ground-reYered alike by Jew,
Christian and Moslem.
Many remarkable things the being pre-
pared for the Worlds Fair, but none
that surpasses this in any of the esser~
tial elements OF human interest. Here
and there throughout the grounds are re-
productions Of celebrated buildings, such
as have been before at other expositions,
though Eot in such number and excel
lence of selection; but here. for the first
time in the world, city is being re-
produced and that city the one Of all
the world most intensely interesting to
the people of Christendom.
This is not a panorama of cycloranla,
it may be proper to point out to those
who are incredulous; it is an actual city,
which is being built outdoors, of wood
and staff; and it is no toy city, but is
of actual size so far as the area that
is being rebuilt goes.
This reproduction of Jerusalem occl-
pies over eleven acres of land. 1t in
cludes practically all the features of the
Holy City which are deeply intimate in
terest to the Bible student and to any
person to whom the wonderful story OF
Jesus of .Nazereth, or the narratives OF
the Old TNstament, are of interest. When
the World 8 Fair opens, nothing will be
lacking in ',The New Jerusalem as this
reproduction is called, to show life in
the modern city of the Great King as
it really is-with Moslem and Jew and
Christian dwelling in separate quarters
or mingling together in the curious ana
quaint marts of trade.
Jerusalem, st. Louis, L. S. A, VIII De
peopled by natives of Jerusalem, the
Holy CITY Arrangements are being made
whereby about one thousand inhabitants
of Jerusalem will be brought to ST Louis
to take up their residence during the
seven months of the exposition inside TINS
eleven-acre walled city. Among these peo-
pie will be Mohammedans, Jews and
Christians, each worshipping after his
own fashion and living his own life here
in the reproduced city, just as he lives
and worships at home.
Here the Mohammedan will find his
sacred 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 occu-
pations that engage their time and tai
ents in the Holy City.
In short, seven months of next year
this eleven-acre tract, densely built over
with houses. will be Jerusalem transplant
ed for the time in the new world, and
I as such cannot fail to attract the at
| tention of millions Of persons who are un-
] able to visit the actual city in Palestine
Any boy or girl who is reasonably fa-
miliar with modern Jerusalem, through
pictures or books, would find much TO
| suggest the Holy City in the reprpduc-
ton now building here. should visit
be paid to the site. First TO attract the
! attenuon would be the outer wall OF the
city. The entire tract is-ee+ssS- enclosed
| in a wall of the dimensions Of the ac$Sal
wall of Jerusalem. Wood and staff. irN<
stead of stone, are used in the con-
| struction. but so cleverly is the staff
moulded and colored that it closely re/
sembles the real stone ''round aboT
| Jerusalem The architect visited JS<lsa-
lem personally and studied yin minute
care the construction of the walls. towers
and interior dwellings and other edifices
which they were to reproduce at st. Louis
so hat in all essential respects the New
Jerusalem" will be identical in appear
ance with its original.
Travellers now may go from Jaffa TO
Jerusalem by railroad. Thousands of pill
srin1s. however. annually approach the
HOLY CITY by the ancient highway. on the
hacks of camels or donkeys or trudging
along on foot. For the sake OF compari-
son we may let the Palace Of Fine Arts
stand for Jaffa. and the pilgrim Of 19ei
may start from this superb edifice. FILL
ed with ancient and modern works or art
and reach within two minutes the Jafia
gate in the wall of Jerusalem. which
is the main entrance and is located down
the western slope Of Art Hill.
Entering the JaT gate the pilgrim finds
!
salem. Before him stretches the stree;
Of David. the widest thoroughfare in the
CITY. On the left side is the most guard
ing the citidel and on the right line Of
quaint houses which are reproduced just
as they stand in the Holy City. These
hostelries. the Grand New Hotel and the
Central Hotel. are already built and vii
accommodate during the exposition the
numerous persons connected with tbs
management OF the View Jerusalem
The street Of David runs on TO the ves'
gate. crossing the Via Dclorosa, along
which thoroughfare. according to trad
tio- Jesus bore his cross on the way <
the crucihxion on Cavalry Here viii rs
shown the Ecca Homo Arch. upon whicf
Pontius Plate stood when he cried tC
the popuIace. ''HehoId the Man"
one Of the points Of interest on the righ'
hand side Of the street % David Is ths
wheat market with dirt 'oor. II whicl
lew and Gentle strive Tor c7mg1erci1
MASTERY. II IS vastly less magnificent
than the stock Exchange IN New York
but as = place a. business activity T. thi;
sacred city * has rs unsziliuv interest
Passing thro-sh Christian street TO the
south. the Wo-id-s Far pilgrim OF oTu-
saes- may enter an open s2sce n whicN
stands the church az Holy spuichre. vi;t
the Holy sepulchre Itseis Reproduced II
proper position al the esst end This
church OF Holy sepulchre has been foi
centuries the subject 90 controversy
amongst scholars sud eociesisxts Tra-
dissona!ly. II Is sullt upon the site q
the c-rcsaSiou Tire original church q
the Holy SepulctTe wes erected uroT