Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1907-05-18

In the good old days of the Indians
power, going on the war path" had a
hard fighting and a good chance of
losing ones scalp to the enemy. IN
the year of our Lord 1907, going on
the war path" means "a delightful trip
to the jamestown exposition and a
thrilling, if not dangerous, experience
along the line of the special attrac-
tons which have been provided for
the entertainment and instruction Of
visitors. And while there will be no
prospect Of losing ones scalp, even
when running the gauntlet of the vii
lage OF real Indians, il is more than
| likely that the visitors wad will be
scalped more than once by the enter
prising concessionaires. Chicago fair
had its Midway" st. Louis fair it's
Pike Portland exposition its Trail"
and now the jamestown show, which
has just opened up for a six months
continuous performance, will have its
War Path" and this feature prom
tempts Of great eXpositions to provide
Il wholesome and unique amusement
attraction.
There have been many famous war
paths in historic Virginia, and in this
immediate vicinity, and it is promised
that Jamestowns War Path will live
equally long in history.
The War Path fronts upon the great
military parade ground and is sur
rounded entirely by trees, shrubs and
flowers. 1t is great quadrangle,
1900 feet long by 800 feet in width,
with two parallel streets. 80 feet wide,
on both sides of which are amusement
concessions. There is a total conces-
sion frontage of more than q mile. in
Guiding the bazaars in the plazas at
either end This central block is
divided midway of it's length by a
glass arcade, so feet wide and covered
by dome, affording convenient pass
age between the two streets.
At the entrance to the War Path
stands an ornate building in rainbow
colors housing the oriental and Ameri-
can bazaars. The War Path will be
cosmopolitan city, its facades showing
architectural styles OF all nations, in
all colors and with many a fantastic
feature of construction and ornamen-
tation. At night the great central
dome of the arcade will be ablaze
with prismatic light which will be
visible miles away. There will, of
course, be some old familiar attrac-
tons, as shoot the chutes, scenic rail
way, miniature railway, carousei,
baby incubators and others equally
we'll known, which the public demand,
but it is the novelties that after all
attract the crowds.
Without leaving the boundaries of
the War Path one may stroll into ia
pan and find oneself in a typical street
scene such as he would find in Toxic.
The street is lined with little shops
and natives are selling their wares.
A native theater and restaurant will
show the Japs in their little histrionic
and gastronomic life. A tea garden
will entice the passerby who fancies
he would like to find himself a figure
in one of those fan pictures. Here
are many pagodas and various things
Japanese in architecture, such as
bridges and bazaars.
It will be recalled that the famous
battle between the Monitor and the
Merrimac was fought a few hundred
yards from the present site of the
exposition. 1t is fitting that one of
the most elaborate spectacles should
be a reproduction of this famous en-
gagement. The mimic fight will be
carried out in an immense auditorium
with real ships, manned by real men
who will fire real guns. The fireworks
display in connection with this repro
duction is on an elaborate scale; in
depicting the storm an immense guam
tity of water actually rains down upon
the boats. Every detail has been re-
produced with the greatest possible
historic fidelity.
Colonial Virginia will be represent
ed In building which will be copy
| of the old House of Burgesses In Will