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or 60 feet. It is a strange combiDation 

 of whale, sea-cow and sea-lion, and has 

 long been a puzzle to zoologists. 



An extensive display of American 

 anthropology, prepared in co-operation 

 with the Bureau of American Ethnol- 

 ogY) completes the exhibits from the 

 museum. The most prominent fea'ure 

 of this exhibit is large family Kroups, 

 representing typical native American 

 peoples, from the Patagonian to the 

 ^Arctic Eskimo. Each group will serve 

 to give an idea of the costumfs, sur- 

 roundings and mode of life of the people 

 to which it relates. Close attention 

 has been paid to every detail of the ac- 

 cessories and the modeling and paint- 

 ing of the human figures are of a high 

 order. 



The principal peoples represented 

 are the Eskimo of the farthest north, 

 the Canadian Algonquins. the Thlin- 

 kins of Southeastern Alaska, the bas 

 ket making digger Indians of Cali- 

 fornia, the Zuni Pueblo Indians of Mex- 

 ico, the Mayas of Yucatan, the Napo 

 Indians of the Upper Amazon, and the 

 Rhea-hunting Indians of Patagonia. 



Surrounding the groups are many 

 cases filled with collections representing 

 the arts of the Indians, their house- 

 hold utensils, dress, weapons, etc. A 

 series of models of habitation, the wig- 

 wam, the snow-house and pueblo is al- 

 so shown. 



The public will doubtless find a great 

 deal to interest them in the collection 

 of native baskets, which are shown. 

 This series includes every type of ab- 

 original basket making in the western 

 hemisphere. There is many beautiful 

 pieces, such as the Aleutian fine grass 

 weaving, the pomo-coiled ware of Cali- 

 fornia, and the diagonal weaving of the 

 caribs of Guiana, the first Indians met 

 by Columbus. 



With the object in view of presenting 

 a route of wholesome fun and instruc- 

 tion, some of the greater enterprises 

 and chief Midway attractions at the 

 Pan-American Exposition, have gone 

 together in an organization called the 

 Red Star Route, guaranteeing absolute- 

 ly their entire offerings as wholesome 

 and free from all objectionable features. 



Naturally, the first visit will be made 

 to the electric reproduction of the Burn- 

 ing Mountain of the Sandwich Isles— 

 the Volcano of Kilauea, because of its 

 nearness to the main entrance to the 

 Midway. The spectator stands within 

 an extinct crater of this perpetual fire 

 mountain of Hawaii, 



Next to the Volcano you visit the 

 greater Hawaiian Village, where you 

 will find the now world renowned Na- 

 tive Band of Hawaii, whose music, es- 

 pecially the Hawaiian national airs, 

 are delightful, and the famous Hulu 

 hulu dancing girls. 



From all tbis fun, npxt, for the sake 

 of patriotism, visit the great electric 

 cyclorama, the Battle of Mission Ridge, 

 an enormous reproduction of the great 

 battle. Its management earnestly begs 

 that the G. A. R. will make their com- 

 modious waiting rooms their general 

 headquarters. 



Moving along the vast Midway you 

 are sure to be attracted by the quaint 

 music of the Filipino Band. The Fili- 

 pino Village is a big colony and con- 

 tains representatives from nearly all 

 the races inhabitating the islands. They 

 range from cinnibalLsm to the highest 

 degree of civilization. Many of the 

 women are extremely beautiful. 



Near the Administration building 

 you will find a handsome brick Vene- 

 tian edifice, which contains the great- 

 est wonder of all the Exposition — the 

 Infant Incubators, from the London 

 and Berlin Institutes, which has for its 

 object the saving of the lives of poor 

 little unfortunate babies who happen 

 to have been prematurely born. 



On the Midway, and immediately op- 

 posite the great Horticultural building, 

 you will tind the Herodian Palace, con- 

 taining the sacred spectatorium, Jeru- 

 salem and the Crucifixion of Christ. 

 Softly you tread with reverential step 

 the grand staircase and look over the 

 great scene. It is all sublimely realistic, 

 and the most holy feelings of which the 

 human heart is capable are aroused. 

 This great work covers an area of can- 

 vas four hundred feet round by sixty 

 feet high. 



The price to each of these leading 

 Midway attractions has been uniform- 

 ly fixed at 25 cents. 



Although ground was first broken for 

 the Pan-American Exposition on the 

 25th day of September, 1899, it was not 

 until June 4th of last year that the first 

 timber was raised aloft as the begin- 

 ning of the superstructure of the first 

 building. Since that day a beautiful 

 city of more than one hundred build- 

 ings has sprung into existence. The 

 magic of 20th Century methods has 

 wrought a wondrous work in the con- 

 struction of this beautiful and costly 

 Exposition, which on Wednesday, May 



