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Show TH1- MIDWINTER VMK. Items from our regular Correspondent. Corres-pondent. It has been found that lit order to' draw tho biggest crowd to the exposition, exposi-tion, special programiites if entertainment entertain-ment must bo provided, and to that end theideaofobservance miicIit tbrniirpicca of representative of tlifleicnt ftittra nnd different orjiiu.atlmn, friti-ri mI or otherwise, bed lent "worked." (0 use tlio wrnr.uilar, r( 1 all It ii . r'.b. The first stale dn, ilmt celnl i.,,.i under the ausplctsdf the " iiii.ont fin. 1) ol the Pacific Coast, was swhaileiUUd eticu'ss that tlio commixflioncrv for other states aro now viring with each other to surpass tlio record of Vermont day on Saturday, March 3. The Vermnntors had nn ad-vantngo ad-vantngo in teeming, "tlio presence of their homo goxernor, Hon. I,ovI K. Fuller, whocameou acrossthccoutincnt especially for this occasion, and who h now doing the glonuits climate to tho best of lilsnblllty. But perhaps the most wonderful of nil tho successful efforts which thu exposition exposi-tion management ban made to pleano the public Is to be found In the great llonot steel tower, which otcuplea n central position in tlio grand court, and which has excited tho wonder and admiration of nil behotdeis This tower is built on the model of the great Eiffel tower of Paris and reaches 11 height of 272 feet. On its summit is nn.iinmcnso cearch light, tho largest of the great search lights which were used at the Columbian Colum-bian exposition. But It N tho electric Illumination of the body of this tower from baso to summit thai makes it so remarkablon show plc-o. Nothing of tho kind hai over before buen attempted in tlie history ot expon.tinns. The Eiffel tower v.'aB not Minim... ted in this way. Notorly nro the outlines cut out against the blackness of tho night in lino of Incandescent In-candescent lights, but the md) of tho tower nro resplundci.t w ith olcotrlc rop-rceentationB rop-rceentationB of beautiful rosettes, of tlio shield ot California, of the' coat ot nrniB of this great empire state, nnd ot the typical grizzly of the Rockies. All theso nro brought out hi vivid colors and tho effect is ono that cannot lie easily described des-cribed Tho tower is in loullty a pillar ot II ro by night, mid can lie seen for miles nrouhd fan Francisco, and from far out on the Puclfic U-jond tho Golden Gate. |