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Festival Hall and Central Casca

ed by an old English garden Of ,2oo years 3
agoa delight TO the eye ana the q, osher
senses France has contributed replica. 81
famous gardens Of Versa lies; q pan a. !;
over on a hill this side Of Art HI WIS $
erecting the work x Deia zone Y, ,ol
4 used used. Germany, on an eninence the other
side Of Art Hlli. has completed her.eopy!
doM Wy ao of sc sou sRdlnF he
is a b.g German forest.y exhibit and
eontslous to It Is the here near us
foreign buildings and south OF the adH'llll-5l
lstration building, we must not forge, 70
observe the Forestry Fish ana g l.e
ACCOMMODATES a vast and varied displa y ,;5{Ss
The New Jerusalem.
Between the illinois sn'nlding and the
Pnace of Fine Arts Is q city II con-
talns $50 houses. There are numerous NJ ,e!' als
IS !, great church. There is towering
mosque. There are tall, square towers.
The city is surrounded BY wa val ..M Sl.as
Jeru alem.'' On this side Of eleven acres
has baen builded a reproauction Of the
4 city of Jerusalem, actual size 50 1ar. . as y
IT goes + contains the :ea'uire ta O. t1 70
th, masses. Therc4is the cturch ] Of tn ~
Holy sepuichre.. where the body Of Chrisr
is supposed to,sbe inferred. There IS the
mosque OF Omar on the site of solomon > Il
Temple. There Is Eiijah's5 tomb. II me II
temple area. There is Inc tower Ae s
David. at the citadel. Thefe IS the Jews.
5WAiIlnE Will. And thare Is the via
Dclcrosa along which Jesus was driven en-.
to the place Of martyrdom, and M 3, at It's ~
end is st. Joseph's gate, near which ne
stoning Of stephen5took rla1ce- &, y, mi
of Jerusa en- are npwgbclng engaged Win
their camels and donlieys. 20 live IN this (
reproduced city during the Fair ana carry
on their ordinary 8avocntlons. ~ AZ "a Y5S
On the Pike.
This Worlds Fair has no Midway :
But 1t has the PIKE. That Is the plf I'VE
Which Is one mile long on The mort sida i
7of the main picture. straight. and has an
el8down along Sknker Road about one
arre shortly the Ferris wheel. the only
feature OF the Chicago Exposition to 70
saen here, 5 & 81.
step into tho main picture Of the Fair
There Is a Pike entrance from the outs
ana two other entrances are near the
Pike. /, L
bu..t the costlcst concession structural
eyrars erected. Millions Of dollars already
ava been expended on buildings alone
in the exposition, was e haye something
now and attractive. The ameHnt OF
money laid out In Pike attractions Is Fl
sufficient to ensure those Qualities.
Cne might mention a few OF the larger
concessions, but it will not serve to show
forth what Is to be seen. There are tho
Iyrolean Alps--mountain and village
rsp"oduced: there Is the Galveston Hood &.
there Is the Siberian Railway; there gis Is
old st. Louis: there Is Cairo and Constan-
tlnople; there are the, cliff-dMellers, the !
camr of '49-ers. the--but you must sea
tho Pike for yourself.
rh!s is a tifty-mIlllon-dollar exposition.
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nE Pavilion

houses OF Filipino architecture: built by
the Flipinos themselves out OF 4 Filipino Pine
raw material. !. I. =, Z,
old d e ar chi lis represented at an ex-
position The outside world here !. sees
the Fllpinos as they live at home. mere
oVs t. ns thaa e e.
products. here will be tree.dWe a1!, :
he peon3 and q. Il ho oyla'1
erat halfnakfnSd daintv Ggnie
resident Of Metropolitan Manila hyho
hopes some day to she S.ate
Of p IqTGn tR IL tae days
find the Filipino carpenters. with their
bolos carving and scrapng PAN D16 ana
tggnE na that Eo
up wit h marvellous rapidity on this forty
acre tract. devoted exclusively to .tlie
EIlpno display whlettiis calico an expo
Red Mans Last Stand.
General Custer made his last stand nd. at.
the battle Of the Little Big Horn. where
the savage red man laid him low That
same savage red man Is going TEa to 2vn mnKs
ms own snross the lake from the Philippine
and farther to the westward. on the an
thropoIogicaI tract The Indian I'M, Is ! be- be-
eomlnE tact this eomns sa
Vii prove . it BY exhibits Of Indian schools
and Indian products. Indian Industries ana ni
Indian WI the rsp WA OF Of
to be a voter. to 90 to Congress Il he
can win his elsctIiona to rresime
ican,Tif he be called to that high office q !,
But Uncle Sam is going to show y1u AIS also
more pathetic Picture r.. ne VIA sh tbe
/ wlgwam OF the, wild West. now ", surely ely
passing away along with the blanket II, IN
diam the tomahawk the scalp II -. Rn nIe
I the red-handed redskln tthn I rlassacIeu
* large building has been constructed
for the housing, Of the Indians. ,But, IN
not less than that surrounding me red
E not les sthan that surrounding the !, req
man.. The government. Bureau OF An mn!
eeeaf ehH Pei vnE specimens Queer
MOS from. Central Afrlca and giants
lions OF daring men already have been
sent, commissioned to bring bach, repre-
sentative pigmies and giants cor. thus OK, oMI
be- seen he Anus Of Japan, the hermit
men Of the ages. FL
Administration Group.
One must pass by the grand Stadium.
TO be played and p1asht me mer sat
Tld from whah ne alTSnPs Here Is
Buildings, in the Tudor-Gothic architec..
ture. Tho Hall Of G9ngresseess SIS IS one 90, OF
grounds there will he held during the en-
position nearly 300 national and interna a
tional conventions. i, a.
yotnd ~ woman's work. Another Is oc-
cupied BY the depa rtment OF works q {, t =,
exposlton and ANOTHER by g. de noieemen
and Guides OF the Worlds Fair, The ad-
ministratIon building accommodates the
execHtiye OFF, es of the enterprise,
Directly In front OF this latter pu'iut''s'
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things. as we'll as the thing made. LIE LIE
motion. actiyity-thos1 three Words 60
far toward describing wherein this E3-g
position differs materially from It's
predecessors. =. \. i55
Turning face about as we stand at the
northern end OF the grand basin, we shall
see upon our right the Palace OF Manu-
features and upon our left the Palace OF
Varied Industries. Each Of these ls zoo
feet ,,ng and 525 feet wide. With the
two other palaces mentioned. they are
not rectangular as to ground plan. but
are so shaped as to conform to the! fan
shaped layout Of the main picture. The
Manufactures and Varied Industries
buildings form the outer central section
or the immense fan Walking eastward,
we shall find the Palace of Liberal Arts
at the outside corner of the open fan, with
the Palace of Mines and Metallurgy
across the picturesque Sunkens Garden
toward the handle Of the fam Each OF
these buildings is rectangular, 10 feet
long and $50 feet wide. Between Liberal
Arts and Manufactures lies the Plaza OF
Orleans, fifty namcd A brtdged lagoon
separates Mines aud Netallurgy and the
Education structure.
3 Walking westward past the louisiana
Purchase Monument and between the
Palaces Of Electricity and Varied Indus
tries. along the lagoon, we shall see
across still another arm Of the waterway
the Palace Of Machinery, lying In toward
Art Hill, and north of it the largest
building In this group-the Palace OF
Transportau on-at. the northwest corner
OF the grea open fan. The Plaza OF st.
Anthony Hes at the east of the Trans
portation building many railroad tracks
run Into the structure from the west,
and at the south ls8a broad SeHpanse OF
flower beds, grass plots and promenades,
separating 1t from the Machinery PALACE
The Transportation building is 100 feet
long and $50 feet wide.
# To complete the fan smile, We must
assign the Palace Of Fine Arts, over the
top Of Art FILL. as the handle OF this
slightly fan. and never did artistic Jap
or painstalong Chinese devise fan more
richly ieweled and embellished than this.
on Government Hill,
Let us now stroll back between the
stately staff palaces toward the bur
nished dome that we perceive beyond the
Sunken Garden. That Is the dome Of
the United States government building,
tho largest structure that Uncle Sam
over has built at any exposition. The
dome Is surHnollnted By an inspiring
group of statuary, recalling % nina
quite aptly in these days that little qua
train Of excellent advice:
WHO drives tho horse of the sun
Shall lord 1t but a day:
Better the lowler deed were done;
And walked the humber way III
The building Is on Government Fll'll,
Eight hundred feet long by o61 feet wide.
Its roof IS supported ent.Dsly BY steel
arch Orders, and within this structure
is being Installed the mos t table exhibit
ever provided by the government, Every
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and dedicate himself to the idea so well
set forth In Byron's coupleti
Deep in yon cave Honorlus Ions did
And Hoped hoped to merit heaven by making
earth n he'll
Honorius was foolish. sslf-sacrltlo Is
not self-torture. Self-sacriHoe does not
mean that wo shall take ourselves away
from thai world and be wretGhed but that
we shall stay with the world ana try 10
HaTk As STAY i y'P PR the world-a man among
ne,,--and to work for the worlds better-
m met regardless OF the consequences 70
o ou' private interests, to tllng all thought
Of self, like a rock, Into I'M aeen r., sea q. Of
forgetfulncss, to be .Wllllng-,-llke the
soldier in tho battle line, like Father
Damien among the lepers, Ike PAU az
Rome, like the Nazarene, on tho cross-to
die for others. this is the true sef-sac-
'rifce and the true happiness,
The happiest man in tho world to-day
Is the man who has the. most Of this
Shirt, who to the fullest sXtent o. his
power. Is joyfully glyins himself, BODY,
mother, father. wife. Children. neighbors,
everybody; who thinks Of SELF last. II at
all, and Who finds his happiness In the
Happiness he is able to make for those
around him. IN i On z; q
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md Pavilion Of Liberal Arts Building.
little river, the level!ng Of the lower over
plateau and the sha ping OF q hillside e.

little river, the leyeling5 Of the lower
plateau and the shaping OF q hillside.
then the building. s II
4 I. U pom the lower level stand eight5.of5
the main y exhibit structures. Growing
the hill which Is called Art Hill. Is the
nplendld stone Palace OF Fine Arts. 9! On
the slopes leading down TO the group
OF palaces arc worked o1t in wonderful
establishment the supreme spectacular
features OF the Fair--the towering = esti-
va. Hall. the home of music during the
Exposition; y the classic Colonnade OIL
States, a rich in allegorical statuary. an.
open textbook Of Middle Western history;
tho twin restaurant paYilions al each
end OF the colonnade.5 their graceful
domes crowned with figures OF victory;
and, farther down, reaching to the edge
OF the Grand Basin and pouring their.
vast volume Of waters into the VIDE
lagoons. the Cascade Gardens are built.
The name Is expressive, and yet the eye
must behold, the ear must hear, the
senses must stand within touch with the
beauty, the celor, the fragrance, the
rythm OF this unprecedented spectacle,
this charm full creation of artists IN land
scaping, in sculpture, In fountain and
stairebuilding, and Of wizard workers In
liliuminatio ton. AS yet the completed Pic
ture &is seep but In Imagination, and the
approac ching springtime holds for those
who shall be privileged to be present q
spectacle to be remembered for NE.
when first the waters shall be turned
on and shall leap and laugh In the
mighty fountains, tumble over the balus-5
ira des. play in and out amongst the
statues of men and women and fauns
and dryads and animals and dragons.
and 20 sweeping down the slones IN
Gtumbling tumult; and when. at night,
the magic offelectrlcitys touches the wa
tiers with Its wand Of transformation
and the flowers and the fountains and
the nymphst and the fauns CLEAN. now
golden, now like molten silver. now I'm
ynriegated hues: and when, within the
overtoppng Festival Hall immediately
above the central fountain. the greatest
s,ipe organ ever built shall thunder forth
Its deep.toned harmonics-ah.. that VIII
b be worth while!
In the Main Picture.
4; Let us cross one OF the beautiful!
bridges that span the lagoons and stand
III the edge OF the group of eight palaces
Z on the level ground: or, better, take
gondola and be propelled byfn Venetlnn
adept to the landing place IN front 9 : the
louisiana Purchase Monument on the
Plaza OF st. Louis, taking note. as we
gofup tho steps. Of the highly original and
Striking horse-and-1nan groups OF statu-
airy by Scion II, Borglum. Western artist
OF Western themes.
Here wa shall he In the center Of the
main pictusc. Facing Festival Hall and
drinking In the splendor of tho spec
+ tacle II to the 'sou t.h.:';.:6 We shall see
upon our right the PalatSyof Electricity
and upon our left the Palace OF Educa-
ton and Social Economy, Each Of these
buildings is $50 feet long and b2o feet
Vide. Standing one on each side OF the
Grand Basin, they are twin edlflees Of
tenment-Electr!clty and Educa-
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human fellowship. to which each nation
will bring willing tribute. the richest
treasur of art, the choicest products OF
Industry, the sweetest offerings OF FRANK
incense and myrrh Here for season. 4
will be realized the dream Of the great
laureate, a capital where the war-drum
throbbcd no longer and the, battle flags
were fured in the parliament Of MAJ
the federation Of the world.
This exposition Is n Worlds Fair In
more fulfilling sense than any that has
preceded IT, The profession OF exposition
building has been learned In the school
OF experience The crea tors OF the St.
Louis enterprise had for text books the
Centennial OF 1876, the Columbian Expo
stion ut Chicago. the two artisan spec
tacles. the Pan-Amcrlcan and other and
lesser enterprises OF the kind. EXPOSE
tions, like animals and vegetables. evolve.
Even more beautiful builds the chambercd
nautilus his curling shell. Even more.
grand and stately builds man the palaces
of his pride. The lessons Of Philadelphia,
of Paris. Of Chicago. have not been lost
upon the BUILDERS OF the Ivory CITY,
Dream suggested dream. deed adduced
deed, idea fed Idea In the making OF
the latest and greatest exposition.
And y like the founders Of this republic
the creators OF the Worlds Fair bullded
better than they knew. When. five years
ago, the purpose to celebrate the ccn-
tennial of The purchase of the Louisiana
territory was rounded into definite shape
and plan, the ST. Loulslans at the head
of the enterprise set out to Guido al
prior workers inEtle same field. Having
great expositons behind US for SUCCESS
ton they said, I'VE shall build the,
greatest exposition .ss
H., <I,aft dra, 0f
builders to achieve an exposition to be as
great as this one has turned out to be-.
Once set going, the thing acquired such
a strenuous momentum that 1t needs must
20 forward to unanticlpated greatness. It
proved to he a sort OF benevolent
iITrankenstern's automaton, uncontrolla-
bic. Irresistible. self-augmenting, a mighty
magnet attracting to ltsalf unexpected
ADMISSIONS. The builders have more than.
fulfilled IA their: promise They nave
achieved results surprising to themselves,
no less than to NE world outside 'They
have found it necessary almost to ouble
the acreage Of the grounds. The exhibit
palaces we're planned Will, a view to more
space In all departments than any prior
exposition gave. Yet months ago the
space gave out. and eager prospective On
liibtors from every quarter Of the earth
have pleaded for more room, until 1t
las been necessary to rearrange interiors
to some extent and plan new exhibit
features for out of doors. Also uniquei
ideas of compelling power have been
thrust upon the exposition. undreamed OF
mt the outset, and provision has been
made for their accommoda ton. Several
enormous exposition features, occupylng
many acres each. which are absolutely
novel and Intensely attractive. have peen
added to the original plans.
1t may be said, in short. mat inc
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What Is your busness?"
He replied, II am piano MAKER
II will answer your question:" said ].
"by asking you one.
II all the piano makers In America
should combine under the name Of the
American Piano Company, and should
refuse to make improvements, should
grade down instead OF up all their pros
ducts, should stop encouraging the wrltr
ing of music, should mako II impossibla
for one to exchange an old piano for a
new and better one, and should stop
every form OF publicity save the indh--
terent issue Of a sluns-together cata-
'osue. what would be the esfect?p 81
Instantly my friend replied. y would
lose seyenty-five per cent, OF my business
in q year, All as5,. r. !.
VI have answered your question: :
said, Tor rather. you have answered
your own question"
Comparatively few people realize the
Inertia Of advertising. Good advertise
ing. or rather. the best adycrtisihg sci-
( dom directly sells goods any more ban
the building OF II modern factory im'
usaIatalY increases Tho sptpus NJ
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zion, the ilumlnators OF the earth For
tho first time at any exposition, educa-
tior has here al, entire exhibit palace for
its uses Education, It may be said, is
the Keynote OF this Exposition. In the
classification Of departments, education
Ia placed first. Throughout every de-
partment OF the vast enterprise Is car
ried out the educativo ldea-the exhibit
ton not only Of the products OF me
world, but OF the processes nrteccdent
to the products. In the Education build
Ing not only the results Of school train
ing will be shown bit also the methods
OF, training that produce the results---n
great comparative display Of all scho-
lastic methods and achievements the
world over. In the other palaces we,
shall find the machine at work making
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Al the conclusion OF my speech before
an association Of Chicago business men,
the president. at the request Of those
present, asked IL / would consent to an
swer any question propounded by tho
members, OF course, readily consent
ed. Among the questions asked was
tho following;
."Mr. Fowler" said member, ~ un-
derstand that you are familiar In the
premises, and, therefore. can give us
an Interesting answer to the question.
why the great Blank Manufacturing
Company failed to succeed 81
Before answering this Question, let me
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Worlds ralr Is at least ,one.third larger
ard greater than Its promoters EXPECT
ed 1t to be; and THUS tnucl, the world
gains thereby.
on Art Hill. aa 81.
I. Every exposition has Its central group
OF large buildings, with subsidiary fca-
lures on the edges. Az ST. louis The
central group is called lie main pic
ture..Ef It is not. however. In the cen
ter. but near one corner Of the grounds
Nature prepared a fit nmphitheait : Tor
THIS SURPRISING picture. Man. OF course.
had much to do. but the general ground.
plan was there There was the filling
~ 70 an artificial park lake and the
strengthening and burial Of crooked
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FOWLER'S EXPERIENCES.
Why Great Corporation Failed to Succeed.
ny NATHANIEL Q, FOWLER, JR,

state that the Blank Manufacturing
Company was organized seven or eight
years ago, and consisted OF what Is
known as a trust, an amalgamation Of
fifteen to twenty successful manufacture.
ms companies.
This trust, or company, started IN
with plenty OF capital and a reasonable
amount OF business. At first, success
walked slowly away from It, and soon
ran away at gallop!ng pace; In few
years the stock dropped TO less than
dollar ts
ySrnlps to ny 9uest!onerl ! ssAd
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TBy ROBERTUS LOVE.

executive legislative and judicial do
.partment ~ represented
The government Building, exteriorly, is
rich tn steps. Its entire frontage Is
faced by vide steps leading UP By sue
cesslve stages. from the lover level on
y hich the main picture lis built. Tho
noble baiustrades and graceful terraces
suggest the steps Of the Capitol at Wash
ington. S Z. 8yijt
Just beyond the southwest end Of the
government building is the United States
FISHERIES structure. d charmlngly grace
fu building in classic Roman archtec-
ture, 1s3 feet square. Here the govern
,n.ent fisheries commission Is preparing
to install a splendid exhibit Of living
fishes, including tn oyster, the clam. the
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World Embracing Empire q Human Felovysnip
TherTe and Willing Tribute

cid state Capitol. iowa, wisconsin, Mich
,gnn OHIO indiana. all have buildings
aptly accounted splendid. New York
ana Pennsylvania have completed State
buildings that look like exhibit palaces
as to sze. Il " RI, XII. ].
illinois generously gave Of her best
architectural talent and expended free
~ her money to build a. rich and strik-
5inr edfice Upon d most advantageous
site far away from the main group Of
state buildings considerable to the west
Of Art I'M, But a near nelghbor to Cal
G,totnia. which reproduces d famous old
mission, and to idaho, which has built q
cosy and commodlous hunting bunga-
low. 4. !.
The state buildings are 50 situated that
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WORRY CITY OF THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE EXPOSITION
10 Which Each Nation Will Bring

ana to the southeast. are the majority of Z
the foreign buildings. Nearly fifty rla.8
tions are represented by buildings or e.
hbits. The, Belgian pavlllon Is d 4 enor..fa
from Belgium. The Brazilian building e
colossal. with a great steel dome arising
from it's cent China has q most PIC .,
architecture Of the Celestial Kingdom. 4
Great Britain has reproduced the famous
ornnEeryJut kensington Palace. rrount.
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nents with battering rams, or blow them
Into smithereers viii, your thirtoen-incih..l
ers7 THAT were needless. for the gates
ar. open TO yo,i. Pass Under. and behold
yourself within the old walled city OF
Manila. T ~, #Js 3i 4 Z. 81. 4 ..,s,,,i. 4
\ You have made a trip to the Philips
pines, though but two minutes ago you
we're Just entering tho edge OF st. Louis
county, Mo- Here, all about you. are ma
tlves Of the Philippine Islands. living IN
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Thomas jefferson, through whose ad-
rninistratiye efforts the transfer OF, the
Territory was made, Is honored py
tectural COPY. Of Monticello on the
ground, Massachusetts coHserYes tho
New England tradition by rebuilding her
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-01-08
En- ef Parque
ffBOrinquen''
seIecta concurrencia

Precioso ramillete de bellas y distin-
guidas damas de San Juan y del Yer
sales concurri6 anoche al agradable 81
ito, donde Sc baiI6 hasta Ia media no.
che
Pasaban de eien las simpaticas pare
jas que en- alas de la voluptuosa DANA
llevaron grande algeria al amplio salon
que presentaba deslumbrador aspecto
con tan rico adorno de beldades y
gracia
La concurrencia del sexo feo fue
tambien numerosa y escogida,
IN tren especial condujo un grupo
de escursionistas de San Juan & Rio
Piedras y de este al "Parque", el que
di6 Ia mayor concurrencia a Ia fiesta
fernando 81 principal ndcleo de bai-
ladoreS.
Aunque nos ntaramos yer de
lejos el snimadfsimo cuadro, no nos
alegramos menos de la alegrfa;y ven
tura de de nuestros amigos y amigos
distir guidos. que tan bien aprcvechan
las horas de solaz.
Que Sc repitan esas gratas reuniones
SEMPER.