The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-05-06
Pleasant Weather and New At
fractions Draw Large Number
of Sight-Seers.
EXHIBITS RAPIDLY INSTALLED.
Germany Has Interesting Dis
play for Children in "Her
Home of Toys"-Japan
Holds the Lead.

Smiling skies. balmy spring weather
snd the ever-new attractions Of a great
Worlds Fair. proved combination strong
enough TO draw TO the Exposition site a
great crowd of visitors yesterday. How
large the crowd really was is a matter
that has been left by the Exposition man.
agement 10 individual Judgment and COM
putation.
Under the present organization of the
Admissions Department OF the Fair. it Is
impossible to get any official expression Of
opinion or any approximation whatever
as to the daily atteriance at the Fair.
Since the opening day the department
never has made public the actual record
ed admission to the Fair. or any estimate
Of the attendance
The reason given by Chief OF Admissions
White for this omission is that the de-
partment at present has but a day force
on duty, and il is not considered Of
enough Importance to keep the force on
duty until midnight to compute the At
tendance figures. When the night forse
Is added later, he states estimates of the
days attendance will be furnished.
However large or small the crowd. IL
took the keenest interest in everything,
The strange people In stranger costume.
the shows now running on the Pike, the
bands playing and the exhibits all tenaed
to keep the crowds moving and interested
In those palaces where the installation
or exhibits Is practically completed the
crowds abounded at all hours of the day.
Al the Palace Of Agriculture forty cars
which is about one-third of the shipments
still due. he space OF 1900 square feet
devoted to the special exhibit OF tobacco.
day. even in its incomplete state IL a ia
vorite point for visitors. The picture here
as a whole will be in sepia tints. rising TO
height OF 50 feet and using exclusively
IN ITS ornamentation the various colors of
the weed, ranging from the black perique
Carolina
NAMES ON THE APPLES.
Many who visited the Palace Of Horti-
culture yesterday were mystified as TO
how the names of the different varieties
OF apples were printed on .seir rosy sur
faces in perfectly formed aaG delicately
1o,Ir 1oiGrea ,, letters; :; his Gas particnlT..y
where there are many ------r,.~> OF the let
tered apples By a trick of the horticul-
turist. who. while the apple was growing
letters on the apples. this was done
Eight sections in the Liberal Arts Palace
had been completed for. public inspection
others was being hurried The sec. .ons
now completed are France, Belgium,
Japan. Holland. Sweden, Canada Austria
and Great Britain Germany's section Will
be arranged to-day
One Of the striking exhibits of this
building Is replica Of the lighthouse at
So :, West Pass. La. which is one-fourth
the size Of the original This is to be fit
ted with incandescent gas lamps of total
candle-power OF $500.
In the Palaces Of Varied Industries and
Manufactures foreign exhibits are rapidly
being finished. Japan still continues TO lead
In the completion of its Installation Ger
many has installed an exhibit which can
not fan to hold the Juvenile attention, It
being called the Home OF Toys" In
which the most wonderful OF playthings
are shown Dresden china and tapestries
In this section are also attractive
ltalys section contains an exhibit OF
more than 1000 pieces OF marble statuary
by the best Italian sculptors. There Is in
addition a collection oS old Roman urns.
ruins OF Pompeii.
An exhibit which Is the objective point
for all women IN the Manufactures Pal
ace Is that Of Redfern of Paris besides
those OF two other celebrated modistes
Chief of Fine Arts Ives yesterday stated
that the entire exhibit of his department
was now on the grounds and that tho
building will be ready with all its ex-
hibits In a fortnight