Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-06-29
Jerusalem at the Worlds Fair.

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Removed somewhat from the Pike
proper. but one of the popular conces.
sions on the Worlds Fair grounds at
st. Louis. is Jerusalem, reproduction
of the Holy City of Palestine.
1t occupies tract of thirteen acres
enclosed within walls, near the West
restaurant pavilion in the Terrace of
States and South Of Machinery Hall.
Within those walls 500 natives of Jeru-
saiem-Jews, Moslems, Christians-are
conducting the trades they were accus-
toned to carry on In Palestine.
Entering this reproduced Jerusalem
from the Jaffa gate-the gate opening
on the road that leads down from the
Palace of Fine Arts-you are at first
confronted with a Jerusalem court
scene; natives In Oriental dress, repre-
senting dozen nationallt,es; pretty
flower girls; attendants minding long
rows Of camels or donkeys, or conduct.
ing screaming parties of visitors perch
ed aloof on the camels through the mar
row streets of the CITY,
TO the right, as you enter the court,
you Will see surrounded by moat the
remains OF what was the citadel of .Je.
rusalem. One of the towers comprIs.
myth citadel is the historical tower
of David, where, it is said, David wrote
his psalms. You are met here by the
guides, natives of Jerusalem, who will
conduct you through the city, showing
you the buildings and places of sacred
interest and relating in remarkably
good English scores of traditions and
legends that are told in JurusaleIff con-
corning each historic spot.
Leaving the court you will be con-
Quoted west on David street to Chris
tan street, or the street that leads to
the church of the Holy Sepulchre. This
church, which is reproduction in size,
decoration and arrangement CT the
church in Jerusalem, is the spot of sa-
cred interest in the new city. Seven
churches worship here.
You Will be shown here a reproduce
ton of the Holy Sepulchre; such repre-
sensations of the crucifxion as are In
the church at Jerusalem, and the
church of each sect faithfully repro
duced. To your left as you enter the
church from the outside you will find
the aicove where sit the Mohammedans
to smoke and drink until O'Clock when
the Christians will be finished with
their worship. Then they lock the
church and 60 home.
From the church Sou will be conduct
ed to the mosque of Omar, which is
built on the site of the ancient temple.
Here the Mohammedans come daily to
worship. Before this sacred place can
be entered, all visitors must remove
their shoes and put on the slippers that
are provided tor that purpose. In the
center Of this mosque is reproduced the
rock of Abraham, where it is said
Abraham took his son Isaac to offer
him as sacrifice.
From the mosque you will visit the
"Waillng Wall" where goes the Jew to
weep and pray for the restoration of
the Holy City to the Sons of David.
This wall In Jerusalem is all that re-
mains of the ancient temple. SEVENTH
feet Of 1t Is now buried in rubbish. In
order to keep it the proper height the
wall has been retopped with modern
construction.
Leaving the Jews wall you will Wis.
1t in succession a diorama of the Mount
OF Olives. showing the garden of Geth-
semane, valley Of Kedron, the Dead
sea and the Mohammedan minaret To-
Gated on the spot of the ascension: the
Via DolOrosa or way of sorrow along
which Christ bore the cross; the bar.
racks where Christ was tried; the house
of Simon the Cyranese, who assisted in
bearing the cross; the house of the rich
man; the traditional house of the poor
man Lazarus and st. Stephens gate
where the stoning and martyrdom of
st. Stephen took place.
These leading features can all be
seen without extra charge when the
admission into the gates is paid. Com
modious toilet rooms will be found
throughout the grounds aud are all free
OF charge.
Among the interesting sub conces-
sions In Jerusalem is a beautiful cv-
clorama OF the cruclfxion giving a real
istic representation of the tragedy of
Golgotha and the Holy City and it's envi
rons as appeared in the time of Christ.
One cloth alone in this effect weighs
1000 pounds. Other sub. concessions
are reproduction of SoIomon's Tenn.
pie and the encampment of Israelites
around Mt. Sinai, showing the taberna-
Gle; the Biblical-Hlstorical Opera Co..
giving regular performances in the Je-
rusalem theatre; the Bethlehem man.