El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-02-04

g AN FRANCISCO will celebrate the
completion and opening of the
Panama canal by great inter
national exposition in 1915. This will
make the seventh event of the kind
on this side of the Atlantic TO COM
memorate noteworthy anniversaries IN
our history. The preceding ones were
the Centennial exposition in Philadel-
phia, 1876; the Columbian in Chicago,
1898; the Louisiana Purchase in st.
Louis 1904; the jamestown Ter-Cen-
tenary of Settlement. 1907; the Lewis
and Clark centennial, Portland, and the
Alaska Yukon-Pacific exposition at
Seattle in 1903.
This idea Of marking significant an
niversaries in American annals, show
ing our material growth, merely car
ries out the idea launched by the late
president Mckinley in his memorable
last address at the Buffalo exposi-
ton, wherein he characterized these
great modern worlds fairs as time
keepers of progress" In no other way
perhaps can a great national enter
| prise such as the Panama canal be
more fittingly celebrated
OF Ancient Origin.
For the original inception OF indus
| trial fairs we must go back to the
medieval fairs and markets. such as
| those Of st. Denis, Aix-la-Chapelle, st.
| Bartholomew, Greenwich, Gloucester
| and the old Weyhil fair in Hampshire,
which has probably the greatest dis
| play of sheep of any fair in Great
Britain. St Faiths, near Norwich. is
| the principal English fair for Scotch
| cattle, but large numbers are also dis
posed Of at Observation-Disclosures, Car
Isle and Ormskirk. Ipswich has two
considerable fairs. one in August for
lambs. Of which about 100000 are sold.
/ and one in September for butter ana
cheese. The August fair of Horncas-
! tie Lincolnshire. is the largest horse
fair, and is resorted to by dealers not
| only from Great Britain, but also from
! the continent and the United States
| Throughout Europe and Asia great
/ annual fairs or bazars are Of regular
occurrence and great antiquity First,
| though no longer Of worldwide I'M
portance, are those Of Frankfort-on-
| the-Main Frankfort on the-Oder, Ger
! many, and especially those held in
Leipsic and Brunswick. Those OF
Frankfort-on-the-M Main begin on Easter
! Tuesday and on the nearest Monday
! TO September s, respectively, and their
/ legal duration is three weeks. though
| the limit is regularly extended the
| greatest of the German fairs are those
! of Leipsic, whose display of books is
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| fairs are dated January 1, Easter and
Mfchaelmas. The Easter one is the book
| fair which is attended by all &le prin-
| cipaI booksellers of Germany and Dy
many from adj Joining counties Most
/ German publishers have agents at Lelp-
sic. AS many as 5000 new publications
| have been entered in a single Leipsic
| catalog.
| The Great Russian Fairs.
Ind rria
interest are the Russian fairs. the most
! celebrated being held in Ntjhni-Novgo-
rod. The January fair is especially for
/ timber and articles in wood, and takes
Mace on the frozen river. The July
! fair is devoted to the sale Of horses,
| but the Peter Paul fair, beginning
! August and lasting until the emu
| of September, embraces every known
prcduct of Asia and Europe. and ex-
! caeds In magnitude all other fairs in
| the world. The traders present dur
| ing this season often number 20O,OOO
| and comprise representatives OF every
| race and nation The sales amount TO
nearly s1O0, 600, 900. The Russian gov
| eminent erected bazar for storing
furs, shawls and tea. and drew from
/ each fair a rent Of 100000. This enor-
nous building was destroyed Oy IRE IN
1851.
The largest Indian fair. and perhaps
| the largest in Asia. is that OF Huro-
! war. on the Upper Gauges. The visl-
tors to this holy fair number from
| 100000 to SOC, 600, but every 12tn year
| there occurs a special pilgrimage 10
the sacred river, when the NUMBERS
amount to a million or upward IhoSe
/ who go solely for purposes OF trade
are Nepaulese Mongolians, Thiebetans,
! Central Asiatics and Mahometan ped
| dlers from the Punjab, Scinde and the
/ border states. Persian shawls and car
! pets. Indian silks. cashmere sha"ls'
cottons preserved fruits, spices drugs,
together with immense numbers Oh
cattle horses. sheep and cameis, are
brought to this famous fair. AS many
as 400 or 500 elephants, broken 10
service, are sold at this fair
First Of Modern Fairs.
The first in the great modern series
of international expositions was that
! ~ 1871 in London This was sue
| cessfully carried out through the IN
| flrence OF prince Albert, the queens
| consort who was at that time presl-
dent of the London Society or Fine
! Arts. A building was erected In Hyoe
Park for the accommodation OF the o.
| iects entered for exhibition. Inc ma
| terials employed were almost exciu-
! sively iron and glass, whence the
| structure received the name OF Crys-
| tal palace" a title which was suose-
| ouently applied to other similar strcc-
! tures notably in the case Of the New
York Crystal palace in 1S5S-the first
worlds fair held on this continent
The Fairs of Paris.
The citv of Paris must be regarded
as the forcing ground of the modern
| international exposition In 1867, 1873.
1889 and 1900 world exhibits were held
which were probably the most compre-
hensive in plan and scope of any held
prior TO these respective dates Eacn
! effort established a new standard Tor
| those to come after. 1t is an interest
| ing fact that all four French exposi-
lions were held on, or centered around
the Champs de Mars and on the banks
| of the Selma matchless site. In the
heart of the city.
Across the channel, in London, from
1890 to 1910. there occurred long
and brilliant series of expositions, both
international and special. Perhaps the
latter aroused more general interest
ma "a tive frequency.