The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-08-13

sides OF the ship, study the various
kinds of submarine animal and vege-
table life and fossil formations, until
in remarkably short time the vessel
ascerals the river Seine and you find
yourself in the fair and wicked me-
tropolis. You are immediately con-
Quoted to the Eiffei tower and, ascend
ing to the top Of that wonderful struct-
ure, enter the car OF an airship, whence
you look down upon the gay city for
8 few moments before departing for
I q merica ind the great worlds fair.
Then tie airship is unmooEed, and the
aeria. journey is begun. For Q brief
space you gaze upon q varied and
beautiful landscape, then dash boldly
out over the yea, at fest calm and
peaceful, but later torn and tossed by
a furious tempest. The scene is truly
terrific, but is soon left in the wake OF
the swift-sailing airship. Ans now
you are floating over New York city;
then you recognize the Horseshoe
Bend and other familiar scenes in
Pennsylvania, Ohio, indiana, Illinois;
the great Eads bridge and fair ST..
Louis come into view, Ind, sPrestol'
you are again on the Pike, congratu-
lating one another on the beauties and
pleasures OF the trip.
ssFAIR JAPAN.D
The Chief takes particular pleasure
in calling to ahe attention Of all those
contemplating a visit to the world s
fair, the concession known as "Falr
JAPAN. It was here that the writer
Was entertained by real Geisha Girls
from the orient, class probably
never before represented in America.
In the beautiful little Japanese thea
ter the Geisha Girls chanted the songs
of the far away orient, and executed
the graceful dances SO famed in song
and story.
The entrance to aFair Japan prob
ably is the most imposing and pictur-
esque building in the entire world .
fair grounds. It is geplica, COM
plete in every detail, of the famous
entrance to the Temple OF Nikko,
probably one OF the most revered
places or worship in all Japan. Just
beyond the Nikko gate is typical
street in Toxic, with booths, bazaars,
and japanese forms Of amusement,
such as would be found in any typi-
cal Japanese city OF the better class.
Crossing q gently sloped bridge of
Japanese design, one enters the thea.
ter where the Geisha, the Japanese
fencerg and other entertainers hold
forth. To the left of the theater is
the garden, replica in miniature Of
the imperial gardens in Toxic, with
cascades, lagoons, dwarf shrubbery
and other artistic TEXTURES. Located
in the garden is modern t@a house
in which fifteen OF the beauties Of the
most fashionable tea houses in Toxic,
Yokahoma and othes well-knoWn
Japanese cities serve the public with
light refreshments of all kinds. Pass
ing the tea house one encounters the
gateway of the Nio-Mon, or the Tenn
plo Of the Two Kings, q rare specimaa
of japanese architecture OF years
gone by, with engravings which prove
it to be more than six hundred years of
age. The Nio-Mon was dismantled in
japan and after being shipped to
America was reconstructed along the
original lines. The Nio-Mon was
erected in the Province of Yheako by
Lord satake OF the noble Satake fam
ily foaE the peaceful repose OF the de-
parted soul of his honored father.
The Guardian Angels-the two kings,
Iii other Words-Who guard the gates
of the Mo- Mon are Brahma and Indra,
carved from one massive piece of wood
Hi the crude but still artistic method
In vogue in the centuries gone by.
Taking all in MI, and in view of the
fact that just at present everything of
3 Japanesque nature is more or less in
the public eye, "Fair Japan is all
ID at its name implies, and is one of
those places along the Pike we'll
worthy of visit from the pleasure
seekers who will flock to St. Louis this
summer.
1.-THE BATTLE ABBEY. y
The Battle Abbey, architecturally
considered, is the most striking OF the
many building forming the Pike.
The Abbey S measurements IRE heroic,
showing as it does 9 frontage of $50
feet, depth of 300 feet, and in some
placer its pinnacles, towers and bas-
tioAs rise to height of 13U feet. It's
architecture is Tudor gothic and con-
yeys the impression that you are stand
ing before heavily fortified abbey OF
the fourteG 18th century.
Within its walls are housed an elao-
crate pictorial and plastic history of
the war record of the American people,
arranged in epochs SO thateven school
boy can trace tho evolution of she
arms and mighty deeds of cur nation.
The epoch OF the revolution is illus
trated by diorama Oh the BATTLE of
Yorktown, ana the capitulation OF
CORVALLIS. The war of 1872 is por-:
trayed by diorarna showing the battle