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Show The '"Barrel House" Scotch Paper Oulllnee a Vnsaaia Building Deegne4 for City ol New Yovk. A party of Scotchmen arrived la New Turk last week and on their first night n town charterrd a cab and told the (river to take them to th barrel Inner. "The what?" aakrd cabby. "Ilarrrl house, house of th barrel, tinn, sure you krn It well." "Nothing but forelgnrrs," said cab-ky cab-ky to himself and he drove them to a rathskeller. The Hcotchmen wrre Indignant. They rode back tn thrlr hotel and com-ilalnrd com-ilalnrd to the clerk. The clrrk said le had never heard of the bnrrel house. With a superior air on of th party ihowrd him a rrcent number of the fi'eekly Rcotamnn and rrmarked that orhapi the barrel house was not com-llete com-llete yot; but It did surprise him that tie clerk should know nothing about I. The clerk red the article In the iVcekly Hcotaman which described tho xtrrel house and then mnrchrd the tarty to the bar to have one with htm. He Isn't sure yet hut that some such 9ilng may have been planned for Now Turk, though the fact that hla first lewa of It should come by way of a tentrh weekly paper haa cast doubt apnn It. The paper publlnhed a plctur if thla novel building and the following follow-ing description of what It terms "Now fork's I-ateat Amuarmrnt." "A barrrl of fun a rral hnrrrl, but nAde of brick and atone and twolve gnrlrs high Is soon to lie another of New York a odd attractions. It la to a on Hrnadway, In the theuter region. Die atepa will be the spout of the faucet." "The entrance Irada to an oval hall Ifty feet long, which will form th tube part of tills immense faucet. Th walla will be decorated to annulate a irotto, mnde radiant by thnusnnda of colored Inrandoacent lights. Klevrn ve the walla and ceding of wU'oh will be a panorama. "From the ground floor to tha floor of th (irrman village the pictures will depict German life and scenee. The sarnea of each country will appear on the canvas aa one la gradually carried to It. The stairway at the right of the building will be spiral and will lead througn a grotto. "The third floor will be th French village. A feature here will be a 'Moulin 'Mou-lin Rouge.' Wine garden will be found everywhere. Htoola rnd chairs will be In the ahape of champagne glaarea upside d-wn. "A noted feature will be the Boulevard Boule-vard dea Itallrns. a balcony circling the building. Ctiatoms of French life will be errn on this boulevard, and tiny trinkets famlllnr to the Frenchmen will be dlaposrd ot as souvenirs "The fourth floor will be the Chlnrre village. In a Chines harbor will be seen miniature Junks, sampans and othrr typrs of Chinese craft. A miniature minia-ture reproduction of th great wall ot China will Iva a feature. "Ther will be mandarin bands, and Chines rratnurants, where chop-suey and othrr Chinese dlehrs will be found. In th Jspnneaa village will be found tea flelda, Grlsha girls, tea ahops and a Japanese theater. "In the Scottish village on may hear th bagpipe, feast hla eyes upon miniature hills, lakra and castles for which Scotland la noted. "Tho top of the building will be an Immense roof garden, with a hoop-shaped hoop-shaped balcony circling It Thla balcony bal-cony will lie a bicycle path, so arranged ar-ranged a to give opportunity for racing rac-ing at night. Another feature will be an enormous searchlight. "There will be a dancing pavilion and a continuous performance. An Im- gB B 8 tjjjgj floors and four baleonlc of this structure struc-ture will be devoted to th customs, plessures and characteristics ot different differ-ent nations "One of the moat novel featurea ot thla pleasure palace will be tha elova-ton elova-ton In th ahape of Immense win bottles, bot-tles, with a capacity for carrying fifty or sixty people at a trip. Kach floor will have a separate elevator. "Stationed at tha entrance ot each oa tha ground floor will be a guard In th attire ot th country to which his ulevator will carry you. Tbla guard will speak Knrllsh and the language of the country h represent. "Each elevator will bear a large transparent label, on which will appear In electric llghta Ihe nume ot the wine lor which the country Is noted. On the elevator for the German village sill appear tho Inbel 'Itbino Wine;' on th one for France, 'llordeaux,' for Hungary 'Tokay.' "On the ground floor will be cigar, candy, florist and drug upartments, an Itformatlun agency, telephone booths, t tslegrsph and cuble office, and a ttiwspsper agency. The center of the ftior will bo occupied by one of th Itrgeet fountnlua In the world. Waterfall Water-fall effects. Including a mlniiiture Niagara Ni-agara Falls, will afford Interest and (1,'usure. "The German village will be on the hcodJ floor. 'Hie Wacht am ithcln' ud other popular airs of the Fatlifr-Und Fatlifr-Und will be played by little German Unds and by orchestras In dlllrrent parts of tho village Here will be liar man peasants and peasant glrla some singing, some dancing, some tell-lar tell-lar fortunes, all dressed In th national na-tional costume. "Tiny kitchens, beer bouses, tuna will be prominent everywhere A miniature min-iature Hlilue will be a feu lure ot the village. Along the banks will appear minlutorn rnstlea, some In ruins A part of the village will be devoted to U open-air concert garden. The stnlrways will bo novel. There will bo two ttlKhts to tho top, each cpau to every floor. The Hairs at the left will bo the moving stairway. This 'llrony will rise through a tuuuel or I I . mens captive balloon, In which trlpi can b taken to a height of 100 feet about th roof garden, will be another feature. "Klght months will be required to complete thla enormous banel. Oround will be broken for th undertaking shortly." |