Show I I r x n > 1 Borne Things That Will Interest U I h EATURBS OF THE WORLDS FAIR In-terest Henoo OldFashioned Can Be tha Seen Public on Snowntorm a a Year Hot i 1l Day ri J p B = I u J l I The managers of the St Louis exposition ex-position are able nt this time to make known some of the features that will Interest the public a ycnr hence On a hot clay It will be possible to stand In the center of an olclfaahloncd snowstorm From the roof of the Refrigerating Re-frigerating Arts building these dancing flakes of readymade snow will fall while In another part of the same buildIng i build-Ing there will be three acres of Ice for skaters Fatigued from a tramp over I the exposition grounds a bath can be I hnd at the Baths of All Nations and while enjoying this ablution your linen Is being washed dried and Ironed and your boots are polished The rapid transit system of New York will be shown In miniature I n this section there will be two tiers of subway sub-way tracks a eurfaco road above and the eleynted road In I the air I A model of the JCOOOOOO Carnegie library will be I seen nlso t1soFILIPINOS FILIPINOS AT WORK On a tract of fortyfive acres the I Philippine government will show more I than 1000 Filipinos and their commerce section Music by national bands including in-cluding the Presidents band of Mexico and the Garde Rcpubllcalne of France A reproduction of a Gold mine In operation opera-tion showing underground tunnels with hangings and shafts stamp mills amalgamators Jigs slime tables and so forth GRANTS CABIN Grants cabin moved from Old Orchard Orch-ard and rebuilt from original material 1 The gardens of Versailles will be reproduced repro-duced by France There will he a rose garden four acres In extent displaying 50000 rose trees In blossom A testing track for determining the speed and power of locomotives a specdway for automobiles Complete exhibit of every style and size of automobiles auto-mobiles Unsurpassed locomotives railway rail-way and street railway exhibit A modern refrigerator system with a capacity of lf00 tons per clay collective collec-tive exhibits of the principal manufacturers manufac-turers of this country Achievements In agriculture Irrigation Irriga-tion the drainage of swamp lands experimental ex-perimental stations a model farm An International horse show In a vast amphitheater continuing two weeks out under the sky of the summed nights brilliant with countless lights tm I ft I 4 fe L AjU slp 3 i1 b l Vp JjWa 4 i i < > Jm < SftS S W i j jft IlA llrjJ A j I rt M P I i 1t j t4 4 ir1 1 r i 1 i 0 55SgBgs Ikr 1 I it Entrance Varied Industries Building I and Industries and oldtime habits of transportation Tribes of treedwelling Filipinos will have a forest where they will build their homes The lakedwell ing tribes will live along the shore line of a lake 2500 feet long The streets of Manila will pulsate with crowds of natives na-tives China has appropriated 100000 for an exhibit The Japanese Government t Govern-ment will build the Temple of Nlkko a structure made of inlaid woods and sheeted with gold The Grand Trianon the beautiful palace pal-ace of the Bourbons will be reproduced I In Its Versailles setting in the French an International livestock exhibit In cooperation with the various national and international stockgrowers associations asso-ciations with a premium list anticipating antici-pating the expenditure of possibly a halfmillion of dollars a bench show and an International carrier pigeons contest FLORAL CLOCK An enormous floral clock with a dial 100 feet In diameter which will occupy the northern slope of Sklnker hill will proclaim the time of day to visitors at the Worlds fair The most unique feature of the plans I w ig1 ki I p t t I A Stt 5 S 5 S S m e y j 7 J jJ SI ILL I fihuiJjHHSJ L ti Varied Industries Building is the floral clock the crown of which will be of green bedding plants The fIgures will be of white bedding plants each figure to be ten feet high The hands will he fifty feet long ami they will be moved pneumatically the machinery ma-chinery for the clock being furnished I by an exhibiting manufacturer of tower I clocks The clock will occupy a slope of about 30 degrees being visible from 1 a large part of the site to the north and west Compressed air for the operation of the clock machinery will be supplied by a motor and pump In a powerhouse built at the southern or upper end of the dial The clock will be sixteen times as large as the giant clock In the Parliament house in London said to be the largest In the world MODEL RICE FARM The State of Louisiana in conjunction conjunc-tion with the American RiceGrowers association will have as an exhibit at the St Louis Worlds fair a model rice farm All the details have been arranged ar-ranged by MnJ J G Lee Louisiana State Commissioner of Agriculture The exhibit proposed Is a model rice farm with mill wells canal drainage and piping plants and all other necessary neces-sary equipments for rice culture besides be-sides statistics maps and photographs suitable for the thorough explanation of the Industry The matter of arranging the exhibit has been turned over to Dr Stubbs exposition ex-position commissioner from oLufsiana and work will begin at an early date A monster bird cage 200x90 feet and f w4 J r Z r < i F t f 1 1 i ifi r 12 r 1 ti fJf J t1 W t 1 ts > ft I Sc 5c A A J 5 f I L > S S Pj t Jo l t ii < 1t I f > 1fuY E < it o < < > > = iJ 1cl l I + c L > r z7 < v r 1T0rr 14L N < If f 1 1 > 1 y 0 lk4y V i 4 1ftft 11rh ffr Vm 1itJ rlm Wi < A t t Br f tJ 1 tifl i ra tJ a r 1 < I f fU S + i1 rl t > t t I 5i h r Zt t r h 5 lt t IYffl rH ff I Jj iYI > dI tirfiL III 1 I 4 1 t I i L ljffiA m > t vr H < i BSS i P i fe Ks 1 i i b I P > ro t ff gju J I L r f l I t t t v m m r ttt1 lit t r ro Jo > fo 1t4 Myl i I r t 11 1 t r a1 I r 1 = 4 > i p j Yt i t S r > r 8i M Af r f t1 t1 fJf 7 km < L1 I A tft Lo t 1 t it > fJ > 11 iii1 Electricity Building 62 feel high will shelter the finest ornithological or-nithological exhibit over made and which the United States Government will display at the exposition The cage will be built In a wooded 1 portion of the grounds so the feathered inhabitants of the cage may be seen in natural sir roundi rigs There will bo 2000 birds in all collected I collect-ed from all parts of the world One third of the cage will be devoted to aquatic birds the rest to songsters and birds of plumage Each section will have trees and a running stream Tunnels Tun-nels for visitors will run through the aviary Dr Frank Baker superintendent of the National Zoological park at Washington Wash-ington D C visited the Administration Administra-tion building yesterday for the purpose of arranging details for the exhibit which will be one of the most attractive attrac-tive novelties at the exposition The Varied Industries building is a magnificent structure on the outer perl meter of the main picture of the fair It comes Into the view of the beholder Immediately after he has passed through the main entrance gate The building presents a facade of 1200 feet on the north and south and G25 feet on the cast and west giving 656250 feet of exhibition space all on the ground floor It Is a columnated design embodying em-bodying a free treatment of the Ionic order There Is an Increase In the size of the columns used at the southern main entrance but In such style and taste as not to Interfere with the general gen-eral I design In the center of the north facade Is a low dome flanked by towers about 200 feet high These towering features afford af-ford ample space for electrical dlspl < land l-and illumination Numerous entrances are on the facades exclusive of the main entrance in the center A specially featured entrance 13 made at the center of the south front this entrance being thrown back and ama a-ma nlf1ccnt circular colonnade thrown out in front of It The colonnade construction con-struction on the main fronts afford protection for pedestrians from both sun and rain In the center or the structure are two large courts affording afford-ing light and ventilation to the building build-ing Graceful iron sheds or canopies will be erected in the courts Two ornate kiosks used as toilet rooms arc placed In the courts The building build-Ing Is so designed that It has a magnificent mag-nificent corridor or pasagcway through the center from north to south The size and grace of this building adds materially to the beauty and attractiveness at-tractiveness of the group of buildings forming the main picture of the fair Van Brunt Howe of Kansas City are the architects It was the first exposition building for whose erection a contract was let It was built by the Rountree Construction company at a cost of about 650000 It was practically prac-tically completed on Dedication day April 20 1003 and was occupied by the members of the National Guard who picketed the grounds and participated In the military parade on thai occasion occa-sion nn n Tho building houses exhlbltn of manufacturing man-ufacturing processes and of manufac tures Milan H Hulbert chief of tho department of manufactures has tho charge of the exhibits In the structure ELECTRICITY BUILDING The Electricity building was erected by the William Goldie Sons company the contract price being 3TiD940 The Structure was planned by Walker KImball of Boston and Omaha who were chief architects of the Omaha exposition ex-position It is located on the main central avenuo and forms one of the leading elements of the main exposi tion picture It haa a frontage of 650 feet toward the north and 625 feet toward the east facing the main lagoon la-goon The design Is a bold columnated treatment of the Corinthian order The columns are carried well down toward the ground to give height to the fa cades Tho facades will he well accentuated ac-centuated by elevated pediments and tower effects over the four main entrances en-trances and at the corners Over the accentuated places as well as over the twin columns which form a pleasing variation of the treatment of the fa codes opportunity for ample sculptural decoration la supplied I the building The doors of tho bulIdJ i I Ing are of gigantic dimensions 11 byj I 18 feet The structure has 176 trusses the largest span being 82 feet In length I fll One hundred and clghtyflvo tons ofi steel and iron were used J EDUCATION BUILDING f I I The Education building of the Iou 1 I I lelana Purchase exposition is of the I j Corinthian order of architecture It hr I I I situated to the left of the main lagoon I and this and the Electricity building I Ira the only two buildings facing the I Grand Basins with the cascades and < i j approaches to tho terrace crowning the1 I hill on which the Art building stands While not the largest In area Its post Ilion I-lion makou It one of the most conspicuous I conspicu-ous buildings In what has been calledJ the main picture of the exposition S I The building fronts G2n feet on tho main thoroughfare of the exposition 1 The principal entrances are on the I axes of the building and somewhat rotc I ro-tc mble the wellknown form of the triumphal I urnphal arch At each angle of they f I building la a pavilion forming a supplementary I sup-plementary entrance and these arc I i connected bs a colonnade of monumental rt monu-mental proportions The four elevations j eleva-tions are similar in character varying 4 r 5 11 f I H y < tzrfw ptfgpP I t r S3 < t 3Pr f I I J a 4 4 4 r 4 t1 T rsr D tM 4 bh ii L1 A Corner of Education Building S |