. Book of the Royal blue . randeur. Three of the largest and mostbeautiful artificial falls of water ever pro-duced, will be the central point of interestin a semi-circular garden, LiWO feet long,while the dome of the Festival Hall risingin the center, is much larger than the domeof St. Peters. These falls will completelyeclipse the cascade of the Trocadero at theParis Exposition, the cascades at St. Cloudor the Chateau dEau at Marseilles. The Terrace of States, each of the four-teen states included in the Louisiana Pur-chase being represented by a beautifulstatue, forming a continuous screen
. Book of the Royal blue . randeur. Three of the largest and mostbeautiful artificial falls of water ever pro-duced, will be the central point of interestin a semi-circular garden, LiWO feet long,while the dome of the Festival Hall risingin the center, is much larger than the domeof St. Peters. These falls will completelyeclipse the cascade of the Trocadero at theParis Exposition, the cascades at St. Cloudor the Chateau dEau at Marseilles. The Terrace of States, each of the four-teen states included in the Louisiana Pur-chase being represented by a beautifulstatue, forming a continuous screen resem-bling a colonnade. This entire compositionwill crown the hill from which the cascadesproceed. A court or avenue one-half mile long,fringed on either side by colonnades whichform the facades of buildings; colonnadesof fluted columns, pure Corinthian on onebuilding, pure Ionic on another and com-posite on a third, vieing with the famouspillars of the Madelaine, in Paris, or theruined temple of the Acropolis, in I. S. ;iroitor of Works. Worlds Fair, St. Louis. 190*. 22 WORLDS FAIR, ST. LOUIS.
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