Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-04

in September, for butter and cheese. The
August fair of Horncastle. Lincolnshire.
is the largest horse fair, and is resorted
to by dealers not only from Great Britain,
but from the continent and the United
States.
Throughout Europe and Asia great an
nua! fairs or bazaars are OF regular oc-
currence IN d
Many Big Fairs great antiquity.
in Europe and Asia. no S' longer Of
worldwide importance. are those of
Frankfort-on-th the Main, Frankfort-onthe-
Oder, Germany. and especially those held
in Leipzig and Brunswick. Those of
frankfort the Main begin Easter Tues
day and the nearest Monday to Septem-
Der S. respectively, and their legal dura-
ton is three weeks, though the limit Is
regularly extended. The greatest Of the
German fairs ade those of Leipzig, whose
display of books is famous all over the
world. Its three fairs are dated January
l. Easter and Michaelmas. The Easter
one is the book fair. which is attended
by all the principal booksellers Of Ger
many and by many from adjoining coun-
|
agents at Leipzig. AS many as 5000 new
publications have been entered IN a sim
gle Leipzig catalogue.
Next in commercial and industrial in
terest are the Russian fairs. the most
celebrated being held in Mimi NOvgorod.
The January fair is especially for tim
Der and articles of wood. and takes place
on the frozen river. The July fair is de-
voted to the sale of horses: but the Peter
Paul fair, beginning August ; and last
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every known product of Asia and Europe
and exceeds in magnitude all other fairs
in the world. The traders present during
this season often number $4,000 and in
clude representatives OF every race and
nation. The sales amount to nearly
800, 100000. The Russian government
erected a bazaar for storing furs, shawls
and tea. and drew from each fair rent
Of 5000. 1000. This enormous building was
destroyed by fire in 1851.
The largest Indian fair. and perhaps
the largest in Asia, Is that of Hurdwar,
on the Upper
Big Exhibitions Ganges, The
at Hurdwar, India. how fs,r n, NM
Der from 100000 to 3oo,ooo but every
twelfth year there occurs a special pill
grimage to the sacred river. when the
numbers amount to a million or upward.
Those who go solely for the purpose of
trade are Nepaulese. Mongolians. Tibet
ans. Central Asiatics and Mahometan
peddlers from the Punjab. Scinde and the
border states. Persian shawls and car
pets, Indian silks, cashmere .shawls, cot
tons, preserved fruits, spices. drugs, to-
gether with immense numbers of cattle.
horses, sheep and camels, are brought to
this famous fair. AS many as four or
five hundred elephants. broken to serv-
ice, are sold at. this fair
The first in the great modern series of
international expositions was that of 1851
in London. This was successfully carried
out, through the influence Of Prince Albert,
the queens consort. who was at that time
president of the London Society of Fine
Arts. a building was erected in Hyde
Park for the accommodation of the OBJ
jects entered for exhibition. The materials
employed were almost exclusively iron
and glass, whence the structure received
the name Of Crystal Palace. title which
was subsequently applied to other similar
structures. notably in the case of the New
York Crystal Palace in 1S53-the first
worlds fair held on the continent.
The city of Paris must be regarded as
the forcing ground of the modern interna-
tional exposition In 1857, 1878. 1889 and
1Ci@ world exhibits were held which were
probably the most comprehensive in plan
and scope of any held prior to these
respective dates. Each effort established
a new standard for those to come after.
1t is an interesting fact that all four
French expositions were held on. or CEN
tered around, the Champs de Mars. and
on the banks of the Seine-a matchelss
site in the heart of the city.
Across the channel, in London, from
1880 to 1910, there occurred a long and
brilliant series OF
Brilliant Events expositions, bot h
international n