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features on the Zone. We enter the 

 Giant's Kitchen and sit down to rest on 

 the castor of a kitchen chair. A five- 

 foot candle is burning on the top of a 

 thirty-foot table, while the Giant's twen- 

 ty-foot hatchet stands in the corner at 

 our right. Passing on we come to Topsy- 

 Turvey Village, where the walls and 

 doors and windows of the buildings are 

 all askew and look as if some great 

 weight had been dropped upon them. At 

 the Midget Theatre we are entertained 

 by a group of talented little people whose 

 height ranges from thirty to forty inches. 

 They present a little three-act play which 

 is very amusing and intensely interest- 

 ing. At the Flea Circus we are fas- 

 cinated by the actions of trained fleas 

 which toss miniature balls, walk the tight- 

 rope and haul little cars around. These 

 Human Fleas, imported from Europe, 

 are fed on the blood of their trainer and 

 are kept in captivity by means of fine 

 German-silver wires looped about their 

 necks. Four of these fleas will haul a 

 car weighing one ounce. "King," the 

 educated horse, understands the Eng- 

 lish language and will obey commands 

 given by persons in the audience. Then 

 we may take a Boat Ride or a Burro 

 Ride, pass over Cobweb Lake and finally 

 view the Lady Doll who is "22 years old, 

 32 inches high, weighs 27 pounds and 

 speaks seven languages." 



Joe's Alligator Farm, comprising a 

 collection of turtles, rattlesnakes, peli- 

 cans, sea-cows, and five thousand alliga- 

 tors and crocodiles, is the next attraction. 

 Here the oldest alligator in captivity can 

 be seen. Jumbo Joe is his name and 

 he is 14^ feet long, 1 ,800 pounds in 

 weight and, according to the "estimates 

 of six scientists," is 1,947 years old. 



Let us take a ride in the Aeroscope 

 and obtain a birdseye view of the Zone 

 from a height of several hundred 

 feet. This structure, designed by Mr. 

 J. B. Strauss, of Chicago, lifts passengers 

 seated in a double-deck compartment, to 

 a height of 265 feet, makes one revolu- 

 tion and then returns them to the ground. 

 The mechanism operates on the principle 

 of the bascule bridge, weighs 700 tons, is 

 operated by a 220 h.p. electric motor and 

 has a cement counter-balance, weighing 

 380 tons. The capacity of the compart- 



ment is 118 

 people and 

 water ballast 

 is taken on 

 a utomatically 

 if the com- 

 partment i s 

 not fully load- 

 ed. The trip 

 takes ten min- 

 utes, three 

 and one-half 

 of which are 

 required 

 to bring the 

 structure t o 

 the near ver- 

 tical. 



We now 



pass under the colossal image of Buddha 

 and enter Japan Beautiful. Here we 

 are treated to exhibitions of wrest- 

 ling and jiu-jitsu given by champions 

 brought from Japan. After patroniz- 

 ing the Monkey Show and the Mys- 

 tic Cave we pause to let Baron Scotford 

 execute our silhouettes. A Trip to 

 Japan gives us a good idea, by means 

 of panoramic scenery, of the charms of 

 that country. Then last, but not least, 

 are the scores of ingenious games of 

 chance which tempt us to part with our 

 nickels and dimes. 



Of course we must visit the '49 Camp, 

 for we are promised a "good run" for 

 our "dough," and besides, it is a "real 

 '49 Camp, just as it used ter be with not 

 a detail lacking." So we enter therein, 

 pass by the Jimetown Dance Hall and 

 the Grizzly Bear Saloon, and stop at an 

 enclosure where we witness such scenes 

 as "The Hold-up of the Stage," "The 

 Robbery of the Mails" and the "Hanging 

 of Swede Sam." Passing on we come to 

 another enclosure where, for a small sum 

 of money, we are given a spade and pan 

 and are told to dig for gold; and if we 

 have good luck we are rewarded with a 

 real gold nugget. At the Eldorado 

 "Klub" we may read such notices as 

 "Come on in the dog is tied," "Leave 

 shooting irons with Red Mike," "A piece 

 of the rope that hung Big Foot Walace" 

 and "Any one caut picking up a cler'er 

 will be find the drinks." The '49 Camp 

 is a most interesting concession, albeit 



