The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-19
THE CITY OF MAGICAL ARCHITECTURE
The Wonderful Architectural Picture Which the ST. Exposition
Its Finest Feature, and Completely Dominates Sghfseers

I'VE have a King Cotton Statue fifty
feet high" say the st. Louis EXPOSE
tion authorities to the world at large.
"and four miles of aisles in the Aeri-
cultural building, and the largest area
ever taken up by a similar enterprise.
and thirtx-five miles of roadways. and
the largest organ ever built, and the
widest boiler plate ever rolled, and a
cheese weighing two tons, and a statue
of John Stewart in butter, and a pa
vilion built entirely of peanuts. Come
and see them"
The people are coming by thousands,
but they are paying little heed to the
"papier mache whale ninety-two feet
long" Hank Monks famous Stage
COACH" and the other picayune curiOs-
tiles. They are rapt In too much ad-
miration of the magical architectural
picture that grows on them the longer
they stay at the fair. 1t is, perhaps,
the first time in the history of exposi-
lions that the architectural side has so
completely dominated the minds of ex-
position goers.
You cannot sit on the Plaza of ST.
Louis of an evening. one of the thou
sands of sightseers, when the Cascades
are pouring their ninety thousands of
gallons of shimmering water into the
electrically glowing lagoon. and the
gondohers are gracefully bending to
their oars and singing the songs of the
canals of Venice, and escape hearing
time and again the popular verdict OF
the greatest shows greatest feature.
A COuntryman's Opinion of 1t.
A one-legged man from the interior
of Missouri, who confessed before the
4Frnrr 81 L. i
been out of the state, hobbled UP,
and seating himself, said:
Stranger. l was told before l come
to this here show that Cairo on the
Pike would beat everything else all
boiler. Maybe it does, but these
buildings and lights suit me. I've been
here all day, just lookin at these
here buildings, and my wife and me
are goin' to look at EN- again all day
tomorrow. It's the puttiest sight We
ever see,"
While the Missourian gazed raptly
at the brilliant picture before him,
three chairs were rolled up behind us
by blue-clad guides. The occupants
two men and woman-were silent
for a long time, then the elder man
leaned over the side of his chair.
Il have been travelling this world
over a good many years." he said i'm
pressively, land l have been to every
exposition beginning with the Crys-
tai Palace in London, and seen else
where about everything worth seeing,
but I've never before gazed on such
a wonderful architectural and electri-
cal sight as this"
These are representative comments
on the one great dominant, different
tiating feature of the fair. They
prove that the man who is primarily
responsible for it all has accomplished
what he set out to do-to produce an
architectural picture appealing to all
classes alike.
Designer of the Buildings.
This man is e. l.. Masqueray, who
declares that he is an American by
choice, not by accident" and that his
English is frequently somewhat
French" He is a New Yorker from
Paris. called to the fair as its Chief
of Design by the Commission of Archi-
tects engaged to design the various
main buildings of the exposition.