Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-05-20
COSTS $21.2o TO SEE THE PIKE.
Every Show In Its Six Miles Of Street
May be Seen For That.

The Pike Is the term applied to the
polyglot thoroughfare Of the world
which at previous fairs was called the
Midway.
The Pike at the st. Louis fair is the
biggest thing Of the kind ever at
tempted. It is six miles long, three
on either side. and it costs $21.20 to
see everything on it and in It, for there
are attractions within attractions.
First comes the Tyrolean Alps
mountain passes 100 feet high, glaciers,
torrents, little villages and guides. The
admission is Is cents, but there are
four attractions which total 10 cents II
one sees them all.
Next Is the Irish village, with jaunt-
ing cars, etc. 1t costs 25 cents to get In.
The Irish theatre Is SO cents and two
other attractions rs cents each. "Un-
der and Over the Sea" is a trip to
Paris in submarine, returning In an
airship-an illusion, but in real water.
One admission, rs cents; no other
charges.
1.-The Streets Of Seville" is Spanish
village, admission rs cents. Hunting
in the Ozarks" is a mountain illusion,
which costs 25 cents. Hagenbeck has
one of the biggest exhibitions on the
Pike. Apparently all kinds Of wild
beasts are loose in their native jun
giles. 1t costs 10 cents; five inside at
fractions, 80 cents; total, 81.
Mysterious Asia" includes life in
India, admission Is cents. Other at
fractions. including native theatre. 60
cents: total rs cents. In the Moorish
palace historic East Indian customs
are portrayed in plastic art; admission
25 cents.
In Fair Japan" the visitor finds one
of the most beautiful attractions Of
the Pike. Lagoons, quaint islands and
gardens, carvers of images, roosters
with tails rs feet long, and last the tea
house, with 40 Of the daintiest Geisha
girls imaginable, complete the list.
Then there is the Jap theatre. The ad-
mission Is 25 cents; other attractions.
so cents; total, rs cents.
Hereafter" Is an illusion operated by
electricity. One Of your party must die
to guide you through both places. Ad-
mission, 25 cents. Admission to the
glass-weaving palace Is Is cents. "Old
st. Louis" revives the ante-bellum
days, and to see 1t costs 25 cents; with
other attractions-arena,. etc-40 cents:
total, 65 cents.
Paris and the French village includes
theatre, jousting tournament, cafe
chantants, etc. Admission, 25 cents;
theatre, rs cents; other attractions, rs
cents: total, rs cents.
Creation Is a terrifying spectacular
illusion, depicting the creation Of the
world at the command Of God. Ad-
mission, so cents. The Palais Du Co.'S
tune depicts the history Of a fashion
with gowns on living models in a series
Of tableaux. Admission, 25 cents.
The Infant Incubator will have live
babies in it, and costs rs cents to see
1t. A real railway takes you through
Siberia; admission, rs cents; Russian
theatre, etc, 35 cents; total, 60 cents.
Cairo is the land Of Egypt; admission,
25 cents. The Chinese village shows
joss houses, theatre, silk weaving, ivo-
ry carvers and a cafe; general admis-
sion, 25 cents; theatre, 25 cents; to-
tai, so cents.
Constantinople has the life Of the
Turk depicted; cost, rs cents. The Es-
kimo village may be seen for so cents,
of which rs cents is general admission.
The Magic Whirlpool is trip through
Niagara Falls; admission, Is cents.
An echo Of a lost race Is the cliff
dwellers' village, with Zuni and Moki
Indians; general admission, 25 cents;
theatre, Is cents; snake dance, rs cents;
total, rs cents. Battle Abbey shows
plastic reproductions Of all the great
battles; admission, rs cents. Naval
exhibition includes models of war
ships of all kinds in real water, and
gives a naval attack on a fort, the
sinking Of vessels. ETC., very realistic
and interesting exhibition; admission,
Is cents; Is cents for reserved seats;
total, so cents.
Jim Key, the performing horse, costs
IS cents; the Old Plantation, or darkey
village, Is cents; the Galveston Flood,
powerful spectacle, 25 cents; Hale's
Fire Fighters, showing life-saving at
fire from burning skyscraper, drill OF
the Pompeii ladder crew, etc-25 cents.
From New York to the North Pole"
an illusion, costs rs cents.
The Boer war will be fought over
again, with Gen. Cronje at the head of
the Boer troops in the Boer village;
admission, rs or so cents. The Indian
congress contains representatives Of
every known tribe Of American Indians
and all kinds Of war dances are shown;
admission, rs cents.
Morocco is a reproduction Of the
walled city of Fee; various types Of
desert tribes are shown; admission, rs
cents. Jerusalem Is remarkable open
air reproduction Of the Holy City; 1t
covers II acres, contains 300 houses. %
streets and has LOO people in 1t; ad-
mission, so cents. The Temple Of Mirth
is a crystal or mirror maze; admission,
10 cents. Ancient Rome includes thea
tres and other attractions; combined
charges, 81. Deep sea diving, Is cents.
Fairyland Is a water-chute Illusion; ad-
mission, 10 cents. A Colorado gold mine
costs 10 cents to see. There are other
smaller attractions scattered elsewhere
through the grounds, but these are on