The daily tribune., 1908-05-11
.LONDON'S
GREATEST
FAIR ON

London. May lI-Pomp aud cere.
mony on a magnificent scale marked
the opening today of the Franco.
British exhibition. the greatest show
of its kind in the history Of tho Bri
tish empire. The royalty and nobil-
ity of England joined with the polit.
ical potentates OF republican France
in inaugurating the $40, 900, 900 ven.
ture Imra Kiralfy's most magnifi.
cent undertaking. The visit Of Presi
dent Falliers and his cordial recep-
tion by the British royal family will
make the opening of the exhibition
a historical event. The exposition it
is confidently expected. will serve to
cement the existing friendship be :.
tween Great Britain and France and
will stand as monument to the
peace of Euope.
| In size and importance the Franco.
British exhibition ranks with the
Paris exposition Of 1900 and the
Louisiana purchase exposition in st.
Louis. Twenty magnificent edifices
and scores of smaller buildings, cover
ing 143 acres, from an exhibition Of
the science, art and industry Of
France and Great Britain and their
colonies such as has never been wit.
ness before. Canada has most com.
plete display and ranks equal with
England in this respect.
To the American nation the feat
ure which will interest the most Is
| the great stadium, built after the
design Of the famous colosseum at
Rome. Here will be held the quad. /.
rennial Olympic games in which all
the civilized countries Of the world
will meet in friendly combat and com.
petition. AS generations will pass
away before the olympiad ia held
again in England. and M at least
twenty-five nations are taking part
in the contests, the occasion will
be unique in the annals Of Britial,
sport.
In all the stadium has length
of 1000 feet and is 594 feet wide.
The seating and standing accommo.
dation is 75 feet wide and consists
of thirty-two tiers for standing, the
standing being at the circular ends
Of the building, and the seating at
the fiat sides, he whole being thus
able to accommodate at one time l5O, l..
900 pc ople.
The giant Of the palaces Ia the
machinery hall It is the largest
building over erected at any exhibi.
tion. 1t covers an area Of over six
acres. and consists Of main build
ing running northwest and southwest
Joined together at the south end
by the whole resembling in design
the letter "U." Each side building
is GGi feet long by 1870 feet wide, and
the cross building 802 feet long by
$40 feet wide.
The next largest edihce Is the In +.
dian court where the products Of the
Indian empire are displayed to full
advantage. This structure Is one Of
the prettiest in the whole ground. Ii
front OF each palace are gardens laid
out by we'll known British and
French landscape gardeners
In the very center Of the grounds
with their various palace on either
side is hugh lake, from which run
lagoons, On this waterboats and
launches ft to and fro laden with
visitors. the total navigable distance
being nearly mile In length. In
all, there are no less than seventy.six Z
buildings on the ground. A score
OF these are virtually palaces whore
the exhibits OF both nations are shown
Tho interior decorations Of the main
buildings have been confined to
French artists with tho assistance OF
eminent French workmen and eminent
English artists.
oPpOR UTNITIEs IN LAND SOUTH
oue fare plus ". 90 to certain poInts
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