THE WORLD’S WONDERS ON DISPLAY

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crlred and unloaded. lairite force men are employed night and day In receiving and placing the valuable products from tunny nations of the world as they come In. Any one who has not been over the World's Fair grounds cannot, with the wildest stretch of his Imagination, realize the magnificence of this latest and greatest of Universal Kzpositions. With its thousand buildings spread out over an area of two square miles, enclosed by slz miles of fence, the great World's Fair glistens in the^nn. and Is the centre of Interest to all this part

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The mauagenwot has very considerately arranged many of the principal ezhlblt palaces In a compact group. While there are more than twenty-five holdings of considerable size given np to ezblblt purposes, the very large buildings are some fifteen In mini her; eight of these, the Palace of Transportation. Machinery. Electricity. Varied Industrie*. Education.' Manufactures. Mines and Metallurgy.< Liberal Arts, are situated In the north-

palaces. Near by are the Government Fisheries building and sea coast de-

fense guns.

The Palace of Agriculture Is the largest of the Ezposltlon buildings and stands In the central meftern part of the ground*, upon a high elevation. This building cover* twenty" acre* of ground, the equivalent of a small farm, and contains many thousand* of ezhlblt*. nut only from (he States of the United States but from countries'of’the world. The Palace of Hortlcnlture stand* directly south of the Palace of Agriculture aud Is 400 by 800 feet. The Palace of Art. composed of four large pavilions. Is one of the most Interesting part* of the Fair. The several buildings contain a total of 133 galleries, filled with the priceless treasures of Europe and America, gathered with great care by discriminating committees. As an ezample of the care with which these selections were made. Italy may be taken as an ezamplr. Some-four thousand paintings were offered, yet only four hundred could be selected. One of. the four buildings of the Palace of Art Is devoted entirely to statuary. The Palace of Forestry. Fish and Game Is In the western part of the grounds, covering four acres. The

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physical culture exhibits ts situated Id the westeru part of the grounds, and adjacent to It U the flue large athletic field, with amphitheatre seating twenty-seven thousand people. Upon this field the game* will take place during the summer. Id this hurried glance at the Exposition of 19(>4. we must not forget that very interesting quarter, known as the Pike. This 1* the amusements-street of the Ezposltlon. The visitor will certainly open his eyes lo amazement when he sees the array of amusements spread out for hli delectation. It la a long story In Itself, to tell what has been prepared for his entertainment. The Pike Is considerably more than a mile long, and upon either side are arranged about fifty elaborate and eztrvmely inAel shows. Home of tbeiu cover as many at ten or eleven acres 'The World's Fair will open ou Haturdny. April 30. with fitting ceremonies. Upon that occasion an anthem written by Edmund Clarence 8 ted man will he sung by a chorus of slz hundred voice*. The music—by the eminent composer. Professor John K. Paine, of Harvard University—a* well as the poem, was written especially for this occasion upon the Invitation of the Ezpoaltlon. Frank Vandrv-

PALACE OF MACHINERY. WORLD'* ?opyrighlrd. 1901. by the Louisiana Purchase Exposition.

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eastern part of the grounds. The main entrance lo the Ezpoaltlon will let the visitor Into the centre of this group. A* each building cover* from .*ight to fifteen acres and contains several mile* of aisle*, lined on either side by most Interesting exhibits, the visitor will see hi* time slipping away with a world of things yet remaining

to be seen.

The Government has spent more on this Ezposltlon than It has ever expended before. First, it gave $5,000,000 to the genera! fund of the Ezposltlon. upon consideration that the city of St. Louis would raise $10,000,000. This of course was promptly done. Then, the Government appropriated nearly a million and .. half more for buildings and exhibits, and a few weeks ago decided to make a loan of $4,000,000 to the Exposition In order to have the elaborate plan* carried out to their completeness. The Government cannot lose much on this Investment at St. Louis, for the reason that St. Louis returns in Internal revenue taxes for the Eastern half of Missouri alone, over $15,000,000 a year. , I wish I might describe the great beauty of the Government building. It is 800 feet long and stands on a broad terrace upon the hillside, overlooking the grand group of ezhlblt

new science of forestry has here a most interesting exemplification. In the central western part «*f the grounds are many of the Foreign Government Pavilions. Some fifty foreign nations are taking active part In the World'* Fair, several of them spending more than a half-miUloa dollar* each. These are England. France. Germaty. Brazil. Japan and Chius. Japan alone has brought seventyeight thousand exhibit*. The display* from the Philippine Islands form a very attractive feature of the Exposition. There are some eighty thousand of these exhibit* arranged In building* upon a reservation oC forty acre*, lying we*t of the Palace!of Agriculture. About thirty acres are given up to an exhibit of the North American Indians. their Industrie* and home life. A large space Is devoted to the aerial concourse. Here will be held the series of airship trials aud contests, upon which the Exposition hat planned to expend $300,000. Of this sum. $100.000 Is to be given at a grand prize to I the aeronaut who will sal! an airship In the quickest time over a fourteen-

mile course. •

! The quadrennial Olympic games are to be held at the World's Fair this year. A large building devoted to

RUSSIA'S VICEROY.

AUmlrml Alrolrfl s Master Mind, a Master Will aad a Masterful Hand. Admiral E. L Alexeieff. described by Senator Beveridge In his book. “The Russian Advance.” as "a master mind, a master will, altogether a masterful man.” 1* the subject of an Informing article by Charles Johnston. In Harper's Weekly. Admiral Alexeieff has tolled for years at tba buildlog of a new region of Russian Influence. a region nearly a* Urge ** the combined area of France and Germany. and with a fringe of possible future acquisitions many Erne* greater. only to see the whole of his life work threatened with dissolution. “In this lifework.” says Mr. Johnston, "he

log condition* -of great and unexpected difficulty, amid surrounding* alternately picturesque with the glamor of the East and squalid with Intrigue and physical wretchedness. Through all these dU&ruKlrs Admiral Alex- . U-ff has acted with constant resolut or., force, rapidity, and constrarUre lower. ' The Kelter** *#» «•«•* Ca*. The German Emperor's new motor ear. ha* been itu!!: by an English Ora on exactly the same lines at King Edward's ■'omnibus car.” The body is p-iolrd In I vary, bine and gold lined (like the «*Wrs of the Imperial train), and lbs Inside I* npbclaterfd la ertm-

MUSIC AND ANIMALS. The Pam. Is the Most BsaslUe# to ths I nil Denes or Malady. Some very curious experiments have recently been carried out In the German Zoological Gardens In order to ascertain the actual Influence of music upon animals. The Instrument was the violin and Herr Baker was the performer. Of all the animals the puma was the most sensitive to the musical influence. His moods changed rapidly,.according to the Mtnre of the melody, the animal frequently becoming very excited and nervona, “Just Ukc a Frenchman.” ls the report says. Leopards vers entirely unconcerned, but the lions appeared to be afraid, although their cubs wanted to dance when the nalc became livelier. The hyenas were very much terrified, but the monkeys were merely carious and the monkeys were merly carious. The experiments nr# ta.be continued, and wt b a variety of iMtruiMSta. In order to distinguish betw wn the mental state* which are actnelly produced by the music and those which are merely the result of ao unusual experience.—Rcientlfle American.

stuckeu. director of the Cincinnati Orchestra. has written a inarch, and Henry K. Hadley, of New York, has written a waltz, also .upon Invitation of the Exposition, for Its musical programs. The centra* feature of the Exposition. or what U Intended to be the most beautiful scene In the whole grand plctnre. Is made np of Cascade Gardena, the Colonade of States and the Hall of Festivals. The gardens with their cascades and statuary, and the elaborate architectural features, are nearly a half a mile from east to west and represent an expenditure of one million dollars. It Is the most ambitious scheme of formal gardening ever undertaken at an Exposition, or elsewhere. The Festival Hall. 200 feet In diameter and 200 feet high, contains the largest organ In the world, and has a seating capacity for thirtyfive hundred people. Practically all St. Louis Is preparing to accommodate World's Fair visitors. The private bodies will be open for the reception of guests throughout the Exposition. The prices will be from 50c. to $1.50 per day for each person for rooms. Restaurants are so plentiful that meals may be had In almost any locality where the visitors may happen to stop.

N-RAYS AND DIGESTION. This Proem Cantos Their Emission, as Doo* Moscular Aetlvitr. That the processes of digestion, a* well as mental and muscular activity, seem to cause the emission of N-raya. Is the conclusion reached by M. Lambert, in France, after a series of interesting experiments. He believe* that these carious rays are produced hrferments. especially by those concerned In the digestion of aJbnmlnold matter. In Us experiments on digestion. says a writer In Harper's Weakly. Jf. Lambert placed a small quantity 'of fibrin In tube* containing lu one case activated pancreatic juice, and In another artificial gastric Juice made by mixing five per cent, solution of pepsin with a four per cent solution of hydrochloric add. From these tubes the N-rays were emitted, and were detected not only by producing increased luminescence of a phosphorescent screen, bnt also photographically, thus removing the subjective clement from the experiment As a result of these experiments, M. Lambert believes that In tbe cows* of digestion tbe fibrin undergoes strains which act to produce N-rays. A CIV Thai Makos MOO,*** a Year. Tbe city of Nottingham. England, bad an Income last year of $30u.000 from its public street ear system, tts

Earrings Worn Again. The wearing of earrings 1* a custom that sbcxild be adopted with caution and the form of the earring left very much to tne Individual taste cf the wearer. They have never quite gone out of fashion, and they certainly hare not qnlte come In. A tall woman can wear longer styles than a short one, and perhaps the Increased height of the English women will give an impetus to the wearer of longer earrings. Americans have a great appreciation for them. Parisian* are fitful In their appreciation. At present It U pearls and diamonds that are most worn, and some women are wearing odd onee. s white pearl In one ear and a pick one lu the other, or white and a black one. Pear-shaped pearls are well suited to earrings. Stads of colored •tones, quite minute, are a favorite style of fashionable earrings.—New York American. Love In Fiction. "Love In fiction Is a convention, a tradition.” Is quoted from Mr. Howells by The Lamp “We still Uv* more or leas under the Influence of Thackeray. He asked os to believe In Uvea spent In gentle melancholy on account of an early disappointment In love—•crossed In lore' Is the expression coined for this bit of romanticism that, like most romanticism. Is decidedly false to life, certainly to tbe life of our day. "As a matter of fact, men love, lost and forget—and women, too: life drives them on. Or they love and win and marry, and happiness la succeeded by placid contentment, or Internecine war ending In armed neutrality: ever life drives them on. We have no time for either eternal regret or the constant renewal of ecstacy of the past. Love ia for the'springtime of life: in maturity it pales, in the moet fortunate cases into a beautiful friendship. Into loyalty rewarded by contentment which ts a more enduring prize than the lll-deflned state vaguely described as happiness. Broken hearts are besldcl by more urgent calls upon the energies, by vaster Interests: the Inexorable. prosaic daily round, ever widening. is a

A Feminine Hall of Fame, la 1901, when tbe $0 names which »w appear oa the tablets of Washlngtoa Heights wera announced, it was romarked that ao woman was repreaented on the Hat. The electors, however, bad not been limited to one sex—a Bmltatkra which would have been most ■ngracious Inasmuch as the donor of Hall of Fame was a woman. Indeed—Indicative of the absence of any Intentional sex discrimination—of the electors three. Presidents Hazard of Wellesley and Thomas of Bryn Mawr. and the late Mrs Alice Freeman Palmer were women. These electors, as well as their colleagues, were atcomplete liberty to cross and recross •x lines when writing their ballots, ad as to future selection there is the une catholicity. Now, a woman's hall of fame Is to raise itself ao near the other that any who may be Incensed at omissions from the first may be softened by inclusions In the second. Fifty names are ultimately to be selected for tablet honors—10 of American women of native and 10 of foreign birth. Ten of the one cits* and taro of tbe other— In each case from among them those dead at least 10 ysars—will be chosen 190$. and each succeeding five years a names of two additional native and ch 10 years one additional foreign born woman will b* engraved.—New York Globe. Sleeping an Art. There la a good deal more in the an of alaaping correctly than ana' might anppoaa Feather beds for Invalids are good things: also for brain workers, and for all who get very tired every day. The trouble with the feather bed, the great objection to U, is that It la ditto renovate It. The second objection U its beating quail tie*. la a house that la kept too hot la winter the body would be heated beyond endurance by a feather bed. 1 If the rseUeaa sleeper will get a bed of feathers or of down and keep It well shakes np aad will . laa moderately cool room, then tbe first step toward the banishing of will be taken. oad step comes te the finding of the correct pillows. If you are a light sleeper, aad most . topi* at some time or ether have trouble getting to aleegi you my _ JL earn. This cans tar soft pillow*, of two steaa. On# Is to root head aad the other te to

fectly supported. Then fall and you will sieve until morning." A great many women and men. too. sleep better silting up In a chair than In a bed. 'The reason." said a physician. “la that the neck Is supported better when they are sleeping In that way.” But before she goes to sleep - the woman who wonts to be pretty will compose tbe features. She will try Ic think of pleasant things The woman who goei to sleep worrying will wake up during the night. Pleasant thoughts will make a sound sleeper. Sweets That Spoil the Voice. “Many women with good singing voices who start out with commendable determination to cultivate them foi concert cr church choir work." said a teacher of wide experience, "quit before the end of their first term simply because they will not give up candy. "Sometimes they go on taking lessons just for the sake of tinging well enough to please their friends or to suit themselves. But the woman who la really anxious to develop* her voice to a perfection that will makS It remunerative must undergo a great deal of self-denial. To a certain extent she la like an athlete In training. "A singing teacher who has any regard at all for the welfare of her pupils positively will prohibit candy of all kinds There are many other articles of die; popularly associated with girls and women that should be barred. “Candy Is first of all. Sometimes pupils try to declare us. An experienced teacher can detect chocolates In a woman's voice as easily as a physician can detect whlakey or other forms of dissipation In diagnosing a patient's physical condition. Such Indulgencles leave an unmistakable trace on the vocal organa. “Next to candy I should place nuts •hey are almost. If not quite, as bad for the singing voice. So are pickles, and other things saturated with vinegar. They must be used sparingly. If at all. When parents come to me with complaint* that their daughters are not making as rapid progress as they could wish I always ask If they are following my Instruction* with regard to diet and exercise. The girls take the exercise all right, but I frequently find that they have carefully refrained from saying ary thing at home about my restrictions with regard to diet. Once I get mothers to understr nd the Importance of this. I have little further trouble. “Furthermore. If a singer wishes to preserve her voice to a green old age she should retrain from eating the article* I have mentioned even after she has finished her Instruction. All of them are ruinous to the voice. I have known Impressarioa—Strakosch. for Instance—who Insisted In his contracts that he should hare something to say about the diet of his prims donnas during the period of their engagement. He kept careful watch over them. too. Missing a performance meant a great deal more to him. from a money point of view, than It did to them.” Fashion Notes. No lace Is more worn than Alecoo. Skirts measure six and seven yards around. A good deal of ribbon velvet trimming la seen. Raglan sleeves appear In some of the spring coats. Military trimmings ars giving way to art nouveau effects. At lustrous and glossy as satin are the broadcloths for spring wear. Lace, plaited chiffon, or net an equally good for the necessary sleeve

Don't have your fine frocks starched If they are to-fall In the soft pliable folds ordained by fashion. Moot of the blouses and bodice* afr trimmed with croeswiae rather than up and down designs For wear with natural color Maes gowns there are shoe* of soft pottycolor Isathsr, quite different from the

Lighting the House. In the lighting of houses, plenty of light Judiciously shaded la what best suits the majority. The Idea In artk flclal lighting Is to suggest the bright ness and warmth of sunlight within the house walls. The only real sun light color being pale yellow, this •bould be used largely, it Is far more comfortable and more economical to have the light down low, surrounding and warming the occupants of the room, than to have U standing out cold and chill from a distance. The wax candle la untidy, and Its light Is not practicable for reading purposes hut for general purpo-es there Is ne purer or softer light. Many wom«« prefer, to have their drawing rooms nnderllgbted. Covered Brooms. A covered broom Is a genuine boon to a tired housewife. These coven ihould be made In bag fashion, fitted over the brush part of the broom and tied on somewhat closely with a string run In the upper hem. These should be made of culton flannel of dark color, the best being dark gray, red or any shade that doe* not crack A covered broom Is. of couse. of no value on rugs or carpets, but Is Invaluable for sweeping kitchen or painted and hardwood floor Go over the floot wth a covered broom, and every par tide of dust can be easily taken up and the floor polished as thoroughly as If It had been rubbed with a cloth by the hand. A broom covered In this way is also excellent for brushing down walla or for sweeping piazzas The covers should be made so tH»t they can be taken off and shaken or washed. To Save Work. There are few women who have lived long tn narrow quarters without | learning the advantages of rows of { nails or hooks. To uang up as much ss possible In order to economize shelf •pace for things that cannot be hung up. la the principal that regulates them. Jelly molds and sets of gem pons or muffin tins, dish pans, bread boards and chopping bowls are bong np. as well as mixing spoons, toasting forks, egg boaters, ladles, skimmers and cake turners. Some women go farther than this, and have a narrow wooden cleat along the wall with nails driven Into it to space it. the. knives for different purposes—the carving knife, the bread knives, the small meat and vegetable halves. All these labor-saving contrivance* are admirable, and the housekeeper should have many of them as she can. There is no danger that her life will be made too easy for her. With all the helps she can havn there wl^ be a large province of her work that is more or less drugery. Even \t s woman puts into her housekeeping the zeal she would or should bestow upon any other calling or profession, she will find tn It. as she would In anything else a good deal that Is more labor than work. The more she can lighten this the more energy she will have to bestow upon those parts of her occupation that demand mind more than muscle. In another article additional kitchen helps will be considered.— Christine Terhane Herrick, in Philadelphia. Reclpva. Cream Dressing—Mix a hplf teaspoonful of salt, half a lAblespoonfnl of mustard, half a tablespoonful of sugar one egg. well beaten, two tablespoonful. of melted butter, threafourths of a cup of cream or milk and one-fourth cup of vinegar: add the vinegar very slowly: cook over booing water, stirring constantly until It thickens; strain and cool. Baked Beans—Soak a quart of small white beans over night in cold water. Pour off all the water, cover with fresh and pour off again. Put over the fire with enough fresh water to cover the beans, and half a salupooaful of soda. When the water begins to boil pour it off at once and put tbe beans te a colander. Allow fresh cold water to run through them, rinsing them tiioroughly. This give# them tba

at butter, one teaspoon at a a yeast cake dissolved te ose-thlrd o at tepid water and one pint o' ~ when light add one <