Louisiana purchase exposition, St Louis, 1904 . stsettlement. The earlier life of the pioneers is graphicallytold by living impersonations of traders and Indians. Paris LatinQuarter. — On thePike, just oppositeOld St. Louis isthe Paris LatinQuarter, with itstheaters, its boule-vards, its winesand cooking, itsdancing girls andacrobats, its Bohe-mian students,singers and artists,its street venders,and its populace,and all the ele-ments of its gaylife. The streetvenders and per-formers, who arethe life of theboulevards, fill thestreets. Palais du Cos-tume—The PalaisP-^RiS- du Costume, illus- trat

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Louisiana purchase exposition, St Louis, 1904 . stsettlement. The earlier life of the pioneers is graphicallytold by living impersonations of traders and Indians. Paris LatinQuarter. — On thePike, just oppositeOld St. Louis isthe Paris LatinQuarter, with itstheaters, its boule-vards, its winesand cooking, itsdancing girls andacrobats, its Bohe-mian students,singers and artists,its street venders,and its populace,and all the ele-ments of its gaylife. The streetvenders and per-formers, who arethe life of theboulevards, fill thestreets. Palais du Cos-tume—The PalaisP-^RiS- du Costume, illus- trating in a seriesof striking tableaux, thirty-two in number, the history ofdress throughout the ages, was one of the features of theParis Universal Exposition in 1900, and achieved a pro-nounced success. This marvelous display was the creation of M. Felix, thegreat Paris dressmaker, assisted by noted scholars and artists,amongst others M. Albert Felix, the famous Egyptologist, andM. Thomas, artist and designer. Years of research, the com- 61. iW

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