The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-01-04
KS THE C0NCESSIONAIRE. =
Amusement Managers as an Important Factor In
the Making of the Worlds Fair.

NOW ne offers to the LOUISIANA Plrchas
Exposition an entirely new conception q
the Far East.
The scheme has been spread before III
management. on huge canvasses. accom-
panied by a winning story of what tn
visitor would see.
In Il general way. il includes every coun
try IN the Orient. and aims TO reflect phase
OF their national lives never shown fl
America.
Its ARIA would be ore Of the largest O,
the Midway. and the expense of buildin,
these mimic countries has been estimated
at sece.es.
Souhamis plan follows more closely tn,
lines propose by Pansalo.
Souhami is a manufacturer Of Egyptian
cigarettes.
Ills father was one OF the principal oen.
cess!cnnaires at the Columbia Exposition
+, At his death the tobacco business al New
Aefk 'Lasaed into the keeping of the son
WHO has not forgotten the success o,
Souhamt l al the original big worlds fair.
The feminine touch is added to the St
LOUIS Midway by the presence Of Mrs. Hat.
ne { Travis of Piainwell. Mich. the
only woman conc~essionnaire" on the street
she Is pitttng her brains against those
Of five men.
~ !ti u 1pEliC9ntS Tor one OF
the privileges she desires. The other two
are competitors for i second one.
she believes that her woman's finesse will,
win.
SIZE WILL. INVEST TWO
HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
She intends to invest 500. COO Of her own
money in these shows.
Spain, with Its romance and color has
excited her interest. and her chances for
presenting tie Streets of Seville are re-
garded as almost certain.
me Director OF Concessions admits gal-
iantly that Mrs. Travis's previous expert
enoe as a promoter Of many flower carni-
vals at Newport. Saratoga. Colorado Spring.
ana Pasadena entitle her to great con-
sideration as q master of color effects.
The troubles Of John +. Byrnes Of Chi.
cago are over.
With the tactful assistance Of the mighty
| William F. Lorimer of Illinois. the man
who carried things political in his vest
pocket. Byrnes has landed the huge photo
graphic concession.
Newspapers excepted. no one can a X
pictures Of the big show without the special
permission OF Byrnes. who has wisely at
tached a fee to that privilege.
Every kodak fiehd who Is seen mapping
Aos ~ thc IIitsHI De APPROPRIATELY
labeled "one of Byrnes's Men"
He has scraped the country for all .be
cunning fellows with the lenses.
His mighty aggregation of talent are
stars OF the first magnitude. and with their
aid he promises to take the world by the
ears on the subject OF Photography.
In his own words, when he gets through
There won't be anything to it"
Doctor Cooney and Doctor Scheinkim
want to bake babies or the Midway.
The horrifying announcement of such a
ghoulfsh pastime loses its criminal SUCCESS
0on ana assumes a scientific aspect when
the subject OF incubators is mentioned.
doctor Cooney assures the Director NJ
concessions that there is nothing so sweet
and innocent in the world as the sight Of
forty tender infants, slumbering their way
Into life in nice rows of glass cases. heat
ed to the proper temperature.
oh. the darling!' and such a DEAR.
are said to have drowned all other cries
along the Midway Of the late Buffalo show.
1t was a big hit at the Pan-Amercsn, and
has become one Of the standard things at
expositiOns.
The two medical men have competition.
and, naturally. 1t comes from a woman, no
less a person that Mrs. Travis, who pleads
wee - III pcIt VI dutHOIlly Inat inc
incubating business belongs dictinctiyely to
the province of her sex.
Such dreams Of nursery-rooms pale color
tinting and soft caresses as she has MANNED
for the babies seem to place the three men
at a DISADVANTAGE.
KUSHIBIKTS SHOW
FROM FAR JAPAN.
Speaking Of dainty and ~colorful things,
suggests that land OF brilliant hues and
cherry-stone polishers-Japan.
A gentleman from Toxic has at his ar
tistic fingers ends the real show from the
Empire Of the Mikado.
Y. KushibikI Is hailed by his brother con-
cessionnaires as the only man in America
WIKI can WOO the restless business man of
these United States into a prolonged siesta
Of wonderment.
Kushibiki fairly bubbles with inspiration
as he talks Of pagan temples. geisha girls.
Japanese landscape gardening. lantern and
flower. festivals, native weddings, sacred
offerings to the gods, ancient warriors In
armor. stunted trees with human forms
and the tinkling of soft-toned guitars.
1t means the expenditure Of $500. 900 more
on the Midway. and has caught the fancy
Of Director Gregg.
Indians are the speciality of Frederick
Cummins.
He was the director OF .he Indian Con-
gress at Buffalo.
The subject is still full Of possibilities.
and he has asked the Exposition manage
ment to allow the greatest Indian show IN
the world to build its teppees on .he
grounds.
Every step in the terpiscorean programme
of the red man Is a pronounced feature II
the proposed show.
A. Baroni and o. B. Abergo, whose names
have a familiar Venitian sound, var the
g0fdola privilege on the lagoons.
AT the White City their gondoliers piled
the long-bladed oar for thousands of
visitors.
The same firm had Venice in America. !
at the Buffalo show.
waterway at the St. Louis Fair would he
included in the concession sought by these
amusement purveyors.
Paris. ancient and modern, is the theme |
on which Albert Bare Of the gay French !
capita. is working.
Bare is fourteen times a concessionnatre |
which Is TO say that he has been a show. |
man at as many International fairs.
He would build here an exact reproduc- |
tion OF the heart of the famous city. show. |
Ing the opera-bouse on the Place 10 |
IOpera, and radiatine from this central |
point Of interest. the Rue de la Paix. ce,e. |
DRAFTED for Its jewelers., miliners. modistes |
and textile CONNECTIONS: the Boulevard des |
Italiens. the Boulevard des Capucines. the |
Grand Hotel. Cafe. de la Paix. the Rue du |
Quartre SeDtembre md Ofhor cocftcuss |