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OFFICIAL CATALOGUE
OF EXHIBITS ON THE
MIDWAY PLAISANCE
WORLD'S
COLUMBIAN
EXPOSITION
DEPARTMENT M—ETHNOLOGY
GROUP 176.
F. W. Putnam, CHIEF.
PRICE, 10 CENTS.
1893:
W. B. CONKEY COMPANY, PUBLISHERS TO THE EXPOSITION
CHICAGO.
Map of the Buildings and Grounds of the
World's Columbian Exposition
at Jackson park and Midway Plaisance
Chicago, Ill. U.S.A. 1893
Samples of Diamond matches, exhibited in a specially constructed building.
In this village may be seen a number of Irish peasant girls working at their
various
occupations, such as needle point lace making from the Presentation Convent
Youghal,
County Cork; tambour and run lace making from the Limerick school of
lace
making; applique and guipure lace making from Carrickmacross, County
Monahan.
Crochet making from the Irish Industries Association at Clones, County
Fermanagh;
pillow lace making from Garryhill, County Carlow; handloom weaving from
Carrick,
County Donegal; knitting from Valentia Island, County Kerry; sprigging from
Garryhill,
County Carlow; bog oak carving from the Irish industries Association of
Dublin; wood
carving represented by a working carver from the Home Arts and
Industries Association
of Ireland; making of antique Irish jewelry by a
representative from the workshops in
connection with the Irish Industries
Association in Dublin; glass engraving by a Dublin
engraver.
The Working Dairy, managed by three students from the Munster Dairy School,
brought
over by the Countess of Aberdeen expressly to illustrate the progress of Irish
butter making and dairy produce in the last three or four years.
Besides these attractions the Village contains a model of the old ruins of the rock
of
Cashel, a fac-simile of the cloisters of Muckross Abbey, and in the west end an
exact reproduction
of Blarney Castle, including a piece of the famous Blarney stone.
The cottages are made as realistic as possible, several of them representing the
interiors
of the homes of some of the workers in the north, south and west of
Ireland.
Reproduction of one of the 172,000 cottages, same as those owned by workingmen in
Philadelphia.
Exhibition of natives of forty of the countries of the world in their appropriate costumes.
Electric illumination as regards light effects.
Colonial relics in cabin.
Restaurant—Ye Old Tyme New England dinners, served by handsome young ladies
from
New England States, in colonial dress.
Libby Glass Company manufacture and have for sale American, Venetian and Bohemian
glass and glass ware; also appliances showing the process of melting glass,
pressing,
moulding, blowing, hand making, cutting, decorating, engraving and etching
glass, glass
spinning and weaving.
Exhibit and manufacture Venetian blown and hand-made glass; both colorless and
colored; chandeliers, wall brackets, candelabras, table sets and glass for daily use;
also
imitations of antique glass of the oldest ages, and Venetian renaissance glass.
Also show
and manufacture mural decorative mosaics, both for ecclesiastic and
domestic purposes.
The Irish village and Donegal Castle contains the exhibit of the Donegal Industrial
Fund, as well as an exhibit of Irish art and sculpture. It is composed of an entrance gateway,
market cross, and the "wishing seat" from
the Giants' Causeway.
Drogheda Gate.—This structure is a reproduction of the St. Lawrence gate of
Drogheda, Ireland. It is composed of two towers, 40 feet high, flanking a gateway,
with arches 9½ feet wide and 12 feet high. The ticket office and toilet-rooms, and a
small
booth for the sale of photographs, catalogues, etc., are located in these
towers.
Cottages.—There are seven cottages including the smithy; all built in close
imitation
of types common in Ireland. Each cottage is devoted to one particular
industry,
which may be seen in operation, carried on by one or more natives from
Ireland. The
industries represented are those of carving, ornamental iron work,
weavings of art linens
and homespun goods, the Kells embroidery and needle work and
lace making.
The Castle Hall.—An accurate reproduction at one-half the full size of the ruins of
Donegal Castle, the property of the Earl of Arran. The main structure, 56 feet in
height
forms a lofty hall, 60×31 feet in extent, devoted to the exhibition and sale
of the embroideries,
laces, homespun, damasks and other artistic products of the
Donegal Industrial Fund.
Here also, will be placed an exhibition of paintings by
Irish artists, the collossal statue of
Gladstone, by Bruce Joy. the Irish sculptor,
and a gallery of portraits of famous Irishmen.
Tower garden—This portion of the grounds, lying north of the ruined keep of the
castle, presents somewhat the aspect of certain Irish burial grounds adjacent to the
abbeys
of olden times, of which the Celtic round towers are the most striking
features. One of
these is reproduced here, measuring 100 feet in height, 15 feet in
diameter at the base and
9 at the top, with four windows to the cardinal points in
the upper portion and smaller windows
in other parts. Crosses and druidical stones,
reproductions of actual examples
from Ireland, are also to be seen here. Drinks, tea
and feed will be served in the cool,
shady garden.
Marble Working—In the northeast corner of this garden is the marble workers' shed
in which artisans are engaged in cutting, polishing, and carving specimens of Irish
and
other marbles.
Lecture Hall—In this building, entered from the tower garden and from the castle
hall, concerts and illustrated lectures are given from time to time upon subjects
connected
with the cottage life and industries of Ireland.
Market Cross—A granite cross made in Ireland in the style of the crosses in the
market-places of certain Irish towers. Total height, 14 feet, or 12 exclusive of the
rough
base in which it stands.
1. Ethnological collection consisting of arms, implements, household goods,
theatrical
utensils, etc., from different parts of Africa, 490 numbers; from New
Caledonia, 373; from
New Guinea, 40; from different small islands of the South Sea,
406; from British Columbia,
823; from Greenland, 80; from Ceylon, 128; total, 2,340
numbers.
2. Artificial aquarium 40 feet long, showing collection of fish, coral, gorgonias,
shells,
etc., from the Indian Ocean.
3. Hunting trophies, skulls, horns, and skins of different varieties, from all parts
of
the world, 250 numbers.
4. Trained animals:
a Six lions, 2 Bengal tigers, 2 leopards, 1 polar bear, 1 sloth
bear, 1 Thibet bear,
and 6 large boar hounds, all trained at one time in the great
arena cage. Introduced
by Mr. H. Mehrmann.
b One group of 3 tigers, 2 lions, 3 panthers, goats, sheep, dwarf
bulls, ponies and
dogs. Introduced by Mr. H. Mehrmann.
c Full grown lions, and 2 boar hounds.
d Six giant male trained lions.
e One full grown lion riding on horseback.
f One full grown lion riding on horseback, trained with a large boar
hound.
g One lioness, 1 tiger-pony, and the largest boar hound ever seen
(36 inches high.)
h Dwarf elephant, "Topsy," 2 Shetland ponies, 2 boar hounds.
i Three giant Russian boars.
j Happy family; 6 full grown Malay bears, 1 full grown hyena, 3 nose
bears, 1
large pig, 1 African hunting dog, 25 monkeys, of 8 different varieties, all
in one
cage.
k The dwarf elephant "Lili," 3 feet high, 4 feet 6 inches long,
weighing 155 pounds.
5. Collection of 200 monkeys, alive, in 40 different varieties, among which are the
rarest specimens, as chimpanzee from South Africa, gibbon from Borneo,
ourang-outangs
and cat monkeys from Madagascar
6. Collection of parrots; 2,000 parrots alive, in 120 different varieties; largest
collection
ever seen, from the smallest to the largest specimens, and comprising
rarest varieties,
as black cockatoos from New Guinea, and black parrots from
Madagascar, which never
have been exhibited before.
Exhibition and sale of articles in porcelain, metal, silk, lacquer ware, paper
goods
bamboo, swords, toys, photographs and curios.
The exhibit from Johore and the Straits settlements consists of a small village,
bamboo
houses, about twenty-five natives, and a large stock of goods for sale. The
exhibit from
the Samoan and Fiji Islands consisting of bread-fruit tree houses, a
small theatre, about
twenty-five natives, and a stock of goods. The exhibit from the
Hawaiian Islands consists
of grass houses, a few natives, and stock of goods for
sale; also a theatre with native
music.
This village gives an exact representation of a native village as found in the
Preanger
Regencies, West Java (Dutch East Indies.) In the centre is an aloon-aloon,
or public
square; around which are grouped the principal buildings; a theatre, in
which is performed
the wajang wong (a sort of pantomine in which the actors do not
speak, their part being
recited by the delang); also dancing accompanied by a native
orchestra (gamelan) of
24 men.
Opposite the theatre is the masigit or Mahommedan church, an observation tower of
bamboo, and the manager's house. At the end is the house and garden of the native
chief.
In the centre is a kiosk, in which coffee, tea and cocoa are served; this can
also be had in
the covered garden north of the theatre. An orang outang from Sumatra
has his cage
under the trees just in front of the monumental bamboo entrance.
Right and left are streets with the houses of the natives, which number 125, among
which are 36 women. On the balconies in front of the houses the natives work just as
if
they were in Java, giving a good insight into the way in which they manufacture
the silk
and gold embroideries, batik work (dyeing of cotton, etc., by means of hot
wax), filigree
work, mattings, etc., etc.
A couple of men make krisses and other weapons, which, by the action of acids and
drugs, are given a peculiar appearance. A hat-maker and his wife make hats of
different
materials.
Curious articles made of bamboo, sugar palm wood, cocoa palm wood, scented roots,
sugar palm leaves, rattan, chinchona, wood, teawood, etc., are exhibited.
Also articles of wrought brass, lacquer work from Sumatra, preserved Java insects
and
articles for decoration made of the seeds of Jungle trees.
The natives manufacture cigarettes, made from Java tobacco, rolled in sugar palm
leaf wrappers.
A complete collection of models of native household utensils and agricultural
implements.
Appliances for games, weapons of wood, bamboo, iron and steel. Also
models of
carriages, wagons and bridges. Oil paintings by a celebrated native artist
are shown;
also some Buddhist statuary, which is very valuable.
Sweets and preserved Java fruits are well represented.
All sorts of native garments, dyed, printed and woven, from all parts of the
Archipelago,
among which are beautiful gold embroidered sashes, which the dancing
girls use during
the dance.
Photographs of the Malay Archipelago give an idea of tropical scenery.
Java coffee and tea can be had, in addition to spices, pepper, cocoa, cloves,
vanilla,
mace and nutmegs.
The carved wood figures for the marionettes, and the metal and bamboo musical
instruments
are shown and sold in the warvengs (shops).
In a shooting gallery the natives show their skill with the blow pipes and the long bow.
The Natatorium or swimming bath is 125 feet long by 85 feet in width and 2½ to 12
feet deep and is supplied with spring boards and different gymnastic apparatus.
The cafe has a seating capacity of 4,000 persons.
The point of view is taken from the Macnnlichen (7,700 feet high), between the deep
valleys of Grindelwald and Lanterbrunnen.
From that point the spectator views the long chain of the Bernese Oberland, showing
their vast masses of snow of an immaculate whiteness and their inummerable azure
tinted
glaciers. They are the Yungfrau 14,500 feet, the Silverhorn, Breithorn,
Tsheingelhorn, and
the Blumlisalp on the right, on the left the Moench, and the
gigantic Eiger, the Shreckhorn,
Wetterhorn, the Titlis and far away the mountains of
Uri.
The valley widens in the direction of Thun, and the blue lake of Thun which bathes
the
Beatenberg and the Niegen may be seen in the distance. The valley of
Lauterbrunnen,
the waterfall of of the Staubach, the valley of Grindelwald with its
village. Also the Faulhorn
the Scheinigge-Platte, the Schudegg and the Hohenweg, the
valley of Twerluctschinon
and the plain of Interlaken. The town of Interlaken is
distinctly seen. The view
extends to the far away Zura in the Cantons of Neuchatel
and Sotothurn. The platform is
formed with real rocks and is covered with grass and
Alpine flowers, such as the gentiane,
yellow arnica, the rododendrons or "Rose of
the Alps."
The German Village covers a space of 780 by [225 feet. It has two entrances: one
leading into the village proper and one leading into a restaurant and concert garden.
The
center of the entire space is occupied by a mediæval stronghold, surrounded by a
moat and
approachable by two drawbridges. This stronghold in itself is divided into
two different
sections. One of them the eastern half, is used as an ethnographic
museum. It consists
of two large halls, one vestibule and a castle-chapel. The
collection consists chiefly of
implements of war and of the chase, illustrative of
all periods, beginning with the prehistoric
and ending with the renaissance. The
center hall of the castle contains also a group
in wax, being an apotheosis of the
German Empire and consisting of the figure of Germania,
surrounded by German heroes
from Arminius down to William I. This group is
surrounded by a gathering of German
peasants of all sections of the Empire in national
costumes, doing homage to their
heroes.
The other half cf the castle facing the concert garden is given up to purposes of a
dining wine restaurant, where food and drink are served in German style.
In the shadow of the castle, to the east of it, the village proper is grouped. It
consists
of a Hessian rural town-hall, a Black Forest house, a Westphalian house, an
Upper
Bavarian house and a Spreewald house. The Hessian town-hall, like the castle,
contains a
part of the ethnographic collection; each of the farm-houses mentioned
above contains
installations of dwelling-rooms, typical of those sections of the
German Empire, which the
houses represent.
To the west of the castle is situated the concert garden, surrounded on two sides
by
open restaurant-halls. Here two German military bands, one of infantry and one of
cavalry,
give two concerts daily.
Along the north side of the concert garden rows of booths are erected, within which
exhibitions of German industries are made. Similar booths are also scattered
throughout
the village, east of the castle. Among the industries represented are the
following
Jewelry, leather goods, optical goods, toys, amber, [ meerschaum, ivory
goods, shell goods,
wood carving, fans, gloves, perfumery, glass goods, porcelain,
embroidery, toilet articles,
aluminum and other metal goods, ceramics, etc.—Wherever
practicable, the manufacturing
of the goods is illustrated by workmen in national
costumes, About forty people, male
and female are employed in that way.
In the restaurant at least 200 people are employed as waiters, cooks, cashiers, etc.
The two military bands consist of seventy-four men, being two full regimental
bands;
one of forty-eight in uniform of a regiment of foot-guards, and one of
twenty-six in uniform
of the guard du corps.
Exhibitors: German Ethnographic Exposition Co., Limited. Management, B. Dernburg,
General Director, Berlin; C. B. Schmidt, General Manager, Chicago; Dr. Ulrich Jahn
Director Scientific Department. Honorary Committee Science and Art: Prof. Eugen
Bracht, A. Meyer Cohn, banker; Prof. Rudolf Virchow, Dr. A. Voss, director Royal
Museum
of Ethnography; Mr. Wallot, builder of the German Reichstag building. All of
Berlin
buildings erected after plans by Karl Hoffacker, architect, Berlin.
1. German Pfalz, type of a German stronghold middle of sixteenth century.
Exhibitors:
German Ethnographic Exposition Co. Comprises Nos. 2-7.
2. Collection of arms, Zschille. Development of armor, with special reference to
Germany, comprising the period from the prehistoric times up to the seventeenth
century.
Largest private collection. Cost to owner, 1,600,000 marks. Exhibitor,
Richard Zschille
member of the Municipal Council, Grossenhain, Saxony.
3. Collection of knives and forks, Zschille. Development of knife, fork and spoon,
with special reference to Germany, beginning with the prehistoric period. The only
collection
of its kind in the world. Cost to owner, 400,000 marks. Exhibitor,
Richard Zschille,
member of the Municipal Council, Grossenhain, Saxony.
4. Collection of Mannfeld, comprising all etchings of Bernhard Mannfeld, and
showing
the general development of the same. Three hundred and fifty pieces.
Exhibitors,
Dr. Ulrich Jahn and Richard Zschille, member of the Municipal Council,
Grossenhain,
Saxony.
5. Collection of mediæval stuffs. Exhibitor, Richard Zschille, Grossenhain, Saxony.
6. Collection of German national dresses, on figures, with special regard to the
requirements
of anthropolgy and national history. Modeled by Castan Bros., Berlin.
Exhibitors,
German Ethnographic Exposition Co.
7. Germania group, including Germania-Arminius, Charlemagne, Otto the Great,
Barbarossa,
Maximilian, William I, in historically true representations. Figures
modeled by
Castan Bros., Berlin. Exhibitors, Verch & Flothow,
Charlottenburg, Berlin.
8. Hessian town house, representing the type predominant in smaller Hessian towns.
Middle of the sixteenth century. Exhibitors, German Ethnographic Exposition Co.
Contains
Nos. 9-17.
9. Statute of a Roman legionary and a Franconia warrior, Roman, Franco-Almain and
Gallo-Germanic trophies. Collection of decorations and arms in imitations.
Exhibitors'
Romano-German Central Museum of Mainz.
10. Twenty-five models of the principal German types of prehistoric graves. Made
by
Ed. Krause, conservator Royal Museum of Ethnology, Berlin. Exhibitors, German
Ethnographic Exposition Co.
11. Collection of prehistoric stone vessels found in Schleswig-Holstein.
Exhibitors,
Dr. U. Jahn and Richard Zschille.
12. Collection of articles found in lacrustine dwellings in South Germany.
Exhibitors:
Dr. U. Jahn, Charlottenburg, and Richard Zschille, Grossenhain.
13. Imitations of prominent prehistoric bronzes in bronze with artifically
produced,
genuine patina. Exhibitor: Max Fritze, Berlin.
14. Imitations of prominent prehistoric gold relics in gold. Exhibitor: Mr. Telge,
Royal goldsmith, Berlin.
15. Collection of rural carvings, rural headgear and belts, embroidery, ornaments,
masques, musical instruments, etc. Collected by Dr. U. Jahn. Exhibitor: German
Ethnographic
Exposition Co.
16. Three models, one each of an Ostenfelder (Schleswig-Holstein), a Schwalmer
(Hessia) and a Tegernsee (Upper Bavaria) house, to represent the three principal types
of
German rural dwellings, of Lower Saxony, Franconia, and South Germany. Made by
A.
Keppsch, architect, Lübbenau. Exhibitors: German Ethnographic Exposition Co.
17. Collection of German city and country views. Exhibitors: Dr. Mertens &
Co.,
Charlottenburg, Berlin.
18. Upper Bavarian | house, Bajuvarian type. Exhibitors: German Ethnographic
Exposition Co. Contains No. 19.
19. Interior of a rural Gothic dwelling. Ceiling and wall wainscoting with complete
furniture. Strictly original. About 1480. The Gothic fire-place is unique.
Exhibitors:
German Ethnographic Exposition Co.
20. Schwarzwaldhouse. Alemain type. Exhibitors: German Ethnographic Exposition
Co.
Contains No. 21.
21. Alemain rural room interior. Ceiling and wall wainscoting with complete
furniture.
Strictly original. About 1650, late German renaissance. Of great
historical interest
the fire-place. Exhibitors: German Ethnographic Exposition Co.
22. Westphalian house. Lower Saxony type. Exhibitors: German Ethnographic
Exposition Co. Contains No. 23.
23. Lüneburger wine-room and tavern. Ceiling and wall wainscoting with complete
furniture. 1570. Best German renaissance. Strictly original. Exhibitors: German
Ethnographic
Exposition Co.
24. Spreewald house. Middle-German type. Exhibitors: German Ethnographic
Exposition
Co. Contains No. 25.
25. Interior of a rural dwelling of Lower Germany. 1613. Richly carved wainscoting
with corresponding furniture. Exhibitor: Dr. U. Jahn, Charlottenburg.
Consists of mosque, refreshment pavilion, Persian tent, grand bazar, Turkish cafe,
Bedouin camp, cottages, Cleopatra's needle, serpentine column.
The mosque is a reproduction of the mosque of the Sultan, Selim, and is decorated
and furnished in the same manner as the great mosque of Turkey. It is open to visitors
at
all times, except during prayer hours.
The refreshment pavilion is decorated with fine Turkish and Damascus goods and
curtains; in it is served all kinds of Turkish temperance drinks, fruits and syrups.
The Persian tent is four hundred years old, embroidered in gold and silver, and
belonged at one time to the Shah of Persia.
The grand bazar contains forty booths, where goods peculiar to the country can be
bought, such as embroideries, rugs, carpets, silverware filigree peculiar to the orient,
brassware
and precious stones, jewelry, old arms, antiquities, etc.
Turkish Cafe.—Here Turkish Mecca coffee is served and Timbok (tobacco) can be
smoked in the Nargelehe (water pipe). In the restaurant Turkish meals are served.
Bedouin Camp.—North of the bazar a Sheikh and his family and part of his tribe are
camped, showing all the features of home life in the desert; they brought with them
camels, dromedaries, Arabian horses, and arms peculiar to Arabia; near this camp is
a
reproduction of one of the chief palaces of the city of Damascus.
Cottages.—At the rear of the grand bazar there are eleven cottages, in which are
men
and women working in the different trades of Turkey, making carpets, rugs,
embroideries,
brasswork, etc.
Cleopatra's Needle.—A reproduction of Cleopatra's needle as it stands opposite St.
Sophie mosque.
The serpentine column is a reproduction of the bronze monument cast in Greece in
478 B. C., and erected at Delphi in commemoration of the victory of the Plateau.
The Turkish theatre, in which there are performances every hour. Also Sedan chairs
with native carriers, which carry visitors to any part of the grounds.
Consists of a temple, mosque, theatre, sixty-two shops and two sebils, or drinking
fountains.
Also representation of a merchant's residence of the fifteenth century.
Native
Egyptians manufacture and have for sale Egyptian and Arabian jewelry,
brasswork,
embroidery, cigarette and smokers' articles, potteries of lower and upper
Egypt, tents and
decorated cloth for hangings, furniture, antiquities, Red sea
shells, perfumes, Egyptian
seals and signets, sweets and flowers, verses from the
Koran; also Soudanese articles, viz.,
whips, spears, shields, arrows and household
articles.
Drivers with camels and donkeys are in attendance for the use of visitors. From
8
A. M. to 11 A. M. is presented a characteristic street scene, a wedding procession,
alternating
with a "mouled," or birthday festival, with a market fair in tents.
In the theatre the dancing girls produce the "Dance du Ventre."
The carved woodwork (moushiabie) in front of the windows has served for ages in
Egyptian buildings. Every molding, every bracket, under projecting second stories,
every arch and lintel, is copied from originals.
The mosque and sebil is a representation of a mosque and sebil of the time of
Sultan
Kaitbay (fifteenth century).
This structure has the architectural characteristics of an Egyptian temple of the
eighteenth
and nineteenth dynasties (1800 B. C. to 1400 B. C). It resembles more
particularly the
Temple of Luxor (which was built by Amenoph III, 1550 B. C., and
added to by Ramses II
1400 B. C.), with its monolithic obelisks, colossal statues
and sphinxes. On the outer walls
of the temple are sculptured battle scenes,
worshipping of divinities, etc. The two obelisks
are fac-similies in wood of the
original monolithic obelisks in red granite or syenite. They
are 75 feet in height
and 5 feet square at the base. The hieroglyphic inscriptions are
sculptured in the
wood and gilt. The obelisk on the right hand as you enter the temple
has sculptured
on it in the hieroglyphic language a dedication to the World's Columbian
Exposition
in the person of the President of the United States of America.
A representation of an ancient Egyptian temple is shown in the interior; also of
the
tomb of "Thi" and "Apis;" fac-similes of the mummies of ten of the most
celebrated
Pharaohs.
A building of Greek architecture. Photographs illustrating consecutive | phases of
movements by men, women, children, horses, dogs, cats, wild animals and birds; photographs
engaged in any other muscular exercises.
These photographs are projected to a size ten times that of life by the electric
light,
upon a large screen; and after a descriptive analysis the successive phases
are combined
and put in motion with the semblance of actual life, by an apparatus
called zoopraxiscope,
thus reproducing athletic contests, horse races, etc., in a
perfectly realistic manner.
In association with this exhibition a series of lectures will be given under the
auspices
of the United States Bureau of Education, by Edward Muybridge, the author
of the
science of zoopraxography.
Native workmen manufacture and sell goods peculiar to Persia, viz., carpets, rugs,
embroideries, engraved brasswork, jewelry, precious stones, woodwork, etc. Also a
restaurant
in which are served the daintiest of Persia, and a cafe in which coffee
and the
Persian tea may be obtained. Counters at which may be obtained
refreshments
and sweets peculiar to Persia and a theatre in which gladiators and
wrestlers perform.
The road is an elevated structure, and the rail has a broad, flat top. Instead of
by
wheels the body of the car is supported by hollow iron shoes that rest upon the
rail; the
water that is fed into the cavity of the shoe under pressure, escapes
between the rail and
the shoe during motion. The hydraulic pressure is adapted to
the weight to be sustained
so that the shoes, lifted by the expelling force, are
separated from the surface of the rail by
a mere film of water. The cars being
relatively light, and the friction on the film of water
hardly appreciable,
comparatively little power is needed to propel the train at great speed.
This power
is supplied from standing pipes near the center of the track, a jet of water
being
forced from them against a bucket-like contrivance repeated continuously under
each
car. These standing pipes are so spaced that by the time the rear of the train is
leaving the pipe that is propelling it the head of the train will be automatically
opening
the jet of another pipe. As the train passes each pipe automatically closes.
On the return
trip another branch of the standing pipes supplies the power. The
water, leaving the
buckets and the shoes, falls into troughs, which conduct it back
to the power-stations,
where it is used over again. Aside from high speed the
absence of jar and noise is a great
merit
At the Paris Exposition the system was successfully operated on a road 500 feet
long
also at Edinburgh; but at the Columbian Exposition it has the advantage of a
mile run.
Moorish Palace, Palm Garden, Moorish Castle, Harem, Cave, Kaleidoscope, Wax
Figures, etc. The garden is filled with a number of palm trees with mirrors set
between,
so that impressions are multiplied by the thousand. A number of Arabs in
armor and other
figures in wax heighten the effect; also a fathomless well (the
illusion being produced by
mirrors).
Moorish Palace.—A representation of the exterior of the Alhambra, with scenes of
the
coast of Tangiers.
The Harem, decorated with antique oriental tapestries and rugs, the Sultan
surrounded
by his favorites, and an odalisque dancing for his amusement. An eunich
keeps guard at
the entrance of the harem.
The Cave, a stalactite grotto.—In this cave there are representations of "The origin
of
the Harp," and the "Ride on the Razor."
The Kaleidoscope.—The presence of half a dozen people on this platform creates the
delusion of thousands.
The second floor of the palace contains the following scenes in wax: "Assassination
of Lincoln;" "Martin Luther and his Family;" "Louis Castan, the Sculptor, in his
Studio;"
"Robert Koch in his Laboratory;" "Christ and the Samaritan Woman at the
Well;" "Little
Red Riding Hood;" "A Moorish Execution;" "The Poacher;" "Vagabonds in
Stocks;"
"Niente da Fare;" "Behind the Scene;" "The Fountain of Perennial Youth;"
"Hearts are
Trumps;" "The Sleeping Oriental Beauty;" "Whose Treat is This?" "On
Guard;" "Don't
Cry;" "You Can't Make me White, Honey;" "Musicians from the
Appenines;" "The Dying
Zouave;" "Public Punishment of Scolds in the Middle Ages."
The execution of Marie
Antoinette, also the original guillotine used. In the
background is a diorama, 33 feet by
20, painted by Fischler, of Berlin, representing
the Place de la Concorde at Paris at the
time of the execution.
The gallery contains forty-four figures in wax of reigning monarchs, statesmen,
poets, etc.
In a separate room are given performances of "Galatea and Magneta."
Scale one-fiftieth, with the gardens of the Exposition at Paris.
Sale of art glassware; glass spinning.
A vertical revolving wheel 250 feet in diameter and capable of carrying 2,160
passengers
at one time a height of 250 feet.
Occupies a space of 60×400 feet. On the one end a two-story pavilion 60×90, on the
opposite end boiler and machine house 28×70. Around the outer edge of the concession
are erected tracks for sleighing or coasting, total length of 875 feet.
On leaving the first floor of the pavilion the sleighs are elevated to a height of 30
feet
by a cable system, acting on automatic grips. From the highest point the
sleighs will run
on a continuous incline until they return into the pavilion whence
they started.
Four trains of sleighs, each carrying sixteen people. Over the whole length of the
track snow is made and maintained by exposing the cold plames produced by expanding
ammonia gas in pipes laid under the tracks, which snow is as beautiful and white as
ever
produced in the natural way in winter weather, as it is principally made by
condensation
from the atmosphere.
This model was begun in 1600 and finished in 1700, from the plans of the most
celebrated
architects, viz., Bramante, Raffaelles, San Gallo, Michael Angelo,
Vingnola, Carlo
Moderno and Bernini. It is carved wood and coated with a substance
which perfectly imitates
marble, reproducing the exact color of the original
structure. The minutest details
of the bas-relief of the facade, the stucco and the
statues and the inscriptions are faithfully
reproduced. It is constructed on a scale
of one-sixtieth part of the original cathedral,
measuring about 30 feet in length,
by 15 feet in width and 15 feet in height, and is exhibited in
a building of Roman
style. In the interior of this building are portraits of several of
the popes,
together with a number of Papal coats-of-arms of large dimensions. Arranged
in the
corners of this building are four small, ancient models as follows:
The Cathedral of Milan, in carved wood, made by De Simoni, measuring 31½×27½×
8 1.2
inches.
The Piombino Palace, belonging to the family of Boncompagno, of which Pope Gregorio
XIII was a member. This was erected in 1572 and the model is in carved wood.
St. Agnese Church is represented in both its interior and exterior aspects, and is
made
of different colored marbles. This church was erected by Pope Inniocenzo X of
the Doria
Panfili, and by whose command this model was made, measuring, as it does,
16×16×24
inches. This an unique model carved in wood, representing the Roman
Pantheon of
Agrippa in its interior and exterior.
The persons in attendance are dressed and armed in the exact uniform of the Vatican
Guards.
Manufacture and sale of cider from apples from France.
Original Vienna Cafe and Restaurant. Bakery goods and edibles, as furnished in the
original cafe in Vienna. Hungarian orchestra in attendance.
Consists of one theatre, seating 1,200 people; fifty booths or bazaars, ten kiosks,
cafes,
concert hall and a large bazaar; also a Kabyle and Algerian tent. In the
theatre are
represented dances and songs of Tunis, Algiers and Kabyle, including the
Assiiaeu dance,
commonly known as the torture dance.
In the shops, or bazaars, are found goods of Algerian and Tunisian manufacture,
including
jewelry, etc.; and in separate booths are shown workmen manufacturing
their
native clothing, embroideries and jeweled goods; also booths in which native
arms,
daggers, swords, shields, etc., are for sale. The Bazaar proper contains a
very choice
selection of rugs and tapestries, brass work and goods of all kinds
peculiar to Algiers; also
an elegant kiosk of mosaic work manufactured for special
exhibit. In the booths are also
exhibited a very extensive line of native cutlery,
jewels and fancy goods. In the Tunisian
cafe the service is Tunisian, Tunisian
cooking, etc. The entire village is decorated with
tiles brought directly from
Algiers.
The Kabyle family in the Kabyle tent spin and weave and make native fabrics; and
in
the kiosks, natives manufacture the sweets and candies peculiar to the orient.
Gold and silver enameled jewelry.
The volcano of Kilauea, situated on the island of Hawaii in the Hawaiian Islands,
is
the largest active volcano in the world, being nine miles in circumference and
1,000 feet
deep.
The exhibit is a reproduction of this volcano. The method of reproduction is by
means
of a painting on a canvas 400 feet long by 50 feet in height. This is
suspended around
blow holes, giving an interior view of
blow holes and lava tubes, and finally arrives at a
point of view on the lava at the
center of the crater. Active lakes, blow holes and lava
streams are in the immediate
foreground; the surrounding walls of the crater are in the
middle distance, with a
background formed by the snowcapped mountains of Maunakea
and Mauna Loa on one side,
succeeded in the sweep around the circle by the wooded hills
of Hilo, which in turn
melt into the broad blue Pacific on the horizon.
"Old Vienna," a street of Vienna as it was one hundred and fifty years ago,
consisting
of thirty-six houses, original size, with a City Hall (Rathhaus), a
church and thirty-four
dwellings andstore houses in the styles of the end of
seventeenth and beginning of eighteenth
centuries. The whole covers 590 feet in
length and 195 feet wide.
True Vienna life in a refined and idealized manner is shown. Several of the
manufacturing
processes typical of Vienna and the Austrian industry and art
manufactures are
shown, viz., wood, amber, meerschaum and ivory turning and carving;
engraving and painting
on glass, modeling of statuary work and bronzes,
embroidering, manufacture of laces,
of leatherware, jewelry, enamels, and other
processes—altogether, forty shops.
Large Vienna restaurant, 2,400 seating capacity.
Restaurant style "Constantinhuegel," Vienna; strictly refined cafe, true Vienna style.
Service, manufacture and sale done by men and women in Austrian costumes.
A museum of old Egyptian paintings, being now the property of an Austrian Society,
is in the upper arcades of the Rathhaus.
Performances by Chinese
actors in handsome, all-silk costumes; Chinese musicians, playing upon native
instruments. H. Sling, Manager.
A captive balloon, operated by a thirty-horse power steam windlass. Balloon proper
is 60 feet in diameter and 90 feet in height when attached to basket. One hundred
thousand
cubic feet of hydrogen gas manufactured on the ground in an apparatus
specially
constructed for that purpose, fills the balloon made in frame of pongee
silk, exactly the
same as the one used during the Paris Exposition in 1889. It will
carry from 15 to 20 passengers
to a height of 1,200 feet.
A restaurant is conducted on the grounds; also a concert hall. M. E. Allier, the
French aeronaut, has charge of the ascensions.
The Dahomey Village of thirty native houses has a population of sixty-nine people,
twenty-one of them being Amazon warriors.
Native goldsmithing, weaving and blacksmithing are shown. Also a museum of
native
arms, etc.
Native music, Fetish Amazon war dance.
The village has a population of twenty-four Laps, men, women and children, with
twelve reindeer and five dogs and show the every day life of the Laps. The women
exhibit hair weaving.
First floor is a theatre where performances are given by the Hungarian Ethnographic
Concert Company, of Buda-Pesth, introducing the characteristic features of Hungarian
peasant life and mode of living and dress of the Slavs. Transylvanian Saxons,
Romans,
Vends and Croats.