The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-10-13
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THE WORLDS FAIR
"LittIe Egypt" Says 1t Is Inde-
scribably Beautiful
CASCADES ARE GRAND
10000 GALLONS OF WATER GO
TUMBLiNG DOWN THEIR It,
Illuminated STEPS EV-
cry MINUTE.

| BY the Associated Press.
st. Louis, Oct. l2.-Your readers
have no doubt noticed that ! have
said nothing about the wonderful
spectacle produced by the night illu-
minaf.iCn, the cascades, the lagoons
and the gardens. have not attempt
ed a description of this, the NEST i'm
presslvely beautiful feature of the
exposition, because il Is Understandable.
10 words that am able 30 command
could convey any conception Of the
dazzling beauty and magniflcencc o.
this spectacle. What's the use Of
trying to draw WORD pictrre" Of
this spectacle when you havnt the
words TO do it with and when the ar-
lists themselves cannot depict Its
glories or transfer it's color or e =
ton to canvas?
Jane Uses tier Kodak.
Jane has used her kodak inli tri-
ously ana has taken pictures OF il
from every conceivable point Of view
but these snapshots, be they ever SO
less things compared to the real spec-
tacle. X Is the only thing ct The Fair
that makes John speachless. lie IS
willing to talk and write about every
thing else. but when the thousands Of
electric lights are turned on and the
water begins to rush down from The
sculptured grotto in front of Festival
hall ana goes splashing in cascades
down to the Grand basin, he sits in a
dazed condition and views it In silent
awe-just like everybody else,
Beautiful Landscape Effect.
This fair was nct built on a fiat,
Doggy marsh. as was the Chicago
fair 1t is true that it has no lake
for background, but 1t has pictur-
esque, wooded hills and ravlnes and
these have made possible landscape,
fountain and cascade effects more
beautiful than anything that could be
produced on a prairie such a. Chicago
used in building her fair.
SO far as water is concerned, ST.
Louis didn't need the lake to produce
these matchless water effects that
constitute the main picture Ct the
fair. Ninety thousand gallons min
ute 30 tumbllng down thefc cascades.
and there are two miles of lagolnS
over which launches and gondola5 are
constantly gliding,
Sits on -Four Hills.
There are four hills which the ex-
position builders utilized to the high
es. artistic advantage, On one OF
these Is the United States govern
ment building. on another the Japan
csc gardens and pavllions, while the
two central prominences with the con
Meeting ridge form the cascade cf-
feet. A. the center Of this ridge III
Festival hall, noble ana stately eli
fee, ami frcm II on either side ex-
tends grand collcnade forming the
terrace Of states, each terminating in
& large pavilion The side cascades
have thor sources in fountains in
the cen,ers OF large basins in front OF
each pavilion. while the central ca
cade flows from higA grotto in front
of Festival hall These torrents of
water rushing over Illuminated steps
at night look like stairvays of molten
gold and green, stretching away to
the summit of the scupture-crowned
hill betweea gardens Of red and yell
low canvas and sputter.ng geyscr8
and enOutinp GoInhfng and
But | said | would not attempt to
describe this spectacle and will NO |
All that the crowd can say when it
first bursts upon its vision is "Aw," ,
and Avs" all day long until late at
night. Better do like John and say /
nothing. Afer John looks at IL for |
an hour he wants to 20 over and |
watch them feed beavers in the for