. Chicago by day and night. erous special features promised—featuresthat will be unique in their way and reflectingin a great degree the manners and customs ofthe people who inhabit the countries of whichthey will be typical. It has been decided thata single entrance fee, probably fifty cents, shallentitle the visitors to see the entire expositionproper. For the special attractions on MidwayPlaisance a moderate additional charge will bemade. In the course of time these attractionswill doubtless be added to, but even the presentplans are liberal enough to give Plaisance, which
. Chicago by day and night. erous special features promised—featuresthat will be unique in their way and reflectingin a great degree the manners and customs ofthe people who inhabit the countries of whichthey will be typical. It has been decided thata single entrance fee, probably fifty cents, shallentitle the visitors to see the entire expositionproper. For the special attractions on MidwayPlaisance a moderate additional charge will bemade. In the course of time these attractionswill doubtless be added to, but even the presentplans are liberal enough to give Plaisance, which is a strip of land connect-ing Jackson Park with Washington Park, willbe occupied throughout its entire length by 266 special exposition features, largely of a foreigncharacter, such as the Bazaar of All Nations,Street in Cairo, Street in Constantinople,Moorish Palace, Maori Village, etc. Con-Iji cessions have been granted to allthese enterprises and their production^^ ^ will represent the expenditure of hun- A* dreds of thousandsof dollars. Pano-ramas, cycloramas,the sliding railway,etc., will also belocated in this partof the exhibition grounds. A person of imaginative temperament caneasily picture to himself the attractions that maybe found in this locality. The Bazaar of AllNations is a mammoth structure in which will 267 be representatives of almost every clime underthe sun, grouped in their native habitations andpresenting to the visitor exactly the same ap-pearance as that which characterizes their homeroutine of life. Their manufactures, occupa-tions and pleasures will be graphically Street in Cairo is to be exactly what itsname implies. A street in that sleepy andquaint old Egyptian city will be deftly repro-duced, in passing down which the visitor maysee sights exactly similar to those that wouldgreet his vision if he were touring in far-offCairo itself instead of in Chicago—the famouscity that finds everything possible, even to therepro
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