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it has been closed up once for being too 

 realistic, but then, as the "spieler" says, 

 "This ain't supposed ter be a place for 

 Sunday School picnics." 



Passing onward we come to Tehuan- 

 tepec or the Mexican Village where we 

 are entertained with Fandango dances, 

 given by gayly clad senoritas who grace- 

 fully whirl and dip to the accompani- 

 ment of Torreblanca's Orchestra. The 

 selections given by this orchestra, many 

 of the members of which are graduates 

 of musical conservatories of Mexico 

 City, have a charm which is best por- 

 trayed by the repeated encores from the 

 delighted audience. The concert over, 

 we view works of art in the line of pot- 

 tery, basket making, leather and needle 

 work, wax, cloth and feather-card work ; 

 all of which is being done right before 

 our eyes by native artisans imported, 

 with great difficulty, from turbulent 

 Mexico. 



Then, too, we may visit the Hawaiian' 

 Village, where we are treated by Princess 

 Lei Lokelaui and her followers to na- 

 tive songs and dances, accompanied by 

 the soft twanging strains of the ukeleles. 

 The swarthy, sinewy, scantily-clad oc- 

 cupants of the Samoan Village amuse us 

 with their Siva Siva and Head Knife 

 dances ; and in a similar manner we are 

 entertained by the dusky occupants of 

 the palm-shaded, thatch-roofed, Aus- 

 tralasian Village. In the Irish Village 

 we may take a ride in the Jaunting Cars 

 and visit numerous other attractions 

 which are suggestive of the shamrock. 



The Freaks and Curiosities are sure to 

 interest us. Here we gaze upon the fat 

 lady who tips the hay scales at 617 

 pounds; the armless lady and armless 

 man, both of whom are able to do with 

 their feet those things which the ordinary 

 person does with his hands ; the man with 

 the exposed heart ; the four-legged, two- 

 armed Filipino girl and the "elephant- 

 skinned boy." 



We may visit the Grand Canyon of 

 Arizona, a great scenic and most faith- 

 ful production built under the direction 

 of the Santa Fe Railroad. The trip is 

 made on a moving platform and the art- 

 ificial scenery is said to give the beholder 

 a very accurate conception of the won- 

 der and beauty of the real Grand Canyon. 



Here also we may see remarkable re- 

 productions of Pueblo and Navajo In- 

 dian Villages. The occupants have been 

 brought from New Mexico and Arizona, 

 and it is intensely interesting to watch 

 them shape pottery and weave blankets 

 and baskets; in fact their every-day life 

 is practically the same as it was several 

 centuries ago. 



The Union Pacific Yellowstone Park 

 concession is another great scenic prod- 

 uction. We may dine at the Old Faith- 

 ful Inn and, from the spacious veranda, 

 gaze down upon an immense relief map 

 of the Yellowstone Park. In the dis- 

 tance are great artificial mountains and 

 waterfalls, and now and then Old Faith- 

 ful bursts into action. 



The "Big Four" series of concessions 

 comprising Creation, Dayton Flood, 

 Evolution of the Dreadnaught, and the 

 Battle of Gettysburg are masterful pro- 

 ductions requiring manifold electrical 

 and mechanical contrivances, and we are 

 thrilled by the roar of battles and tumul- 

 tuous storms. 



The London to the South Pole attrac- 

 tion is another scenic and electrical mas- 

 terpiece in which we follow Captain Scott 

 and his brave party from the time they 

 leave London in the good ship Terra 

 Nova, to the time when Scott, dying 

 alone in his tent in the frozen South, 

 writes a farewell message to the world, 

 saying: "... these crude notes and our 

 dead bodies must tell the tale ..." 



The Universal Motion Picture Com- 

 pany's concession, Filmland, is combined 

 with the 101 Ranch Show, and thus the 

 latter, with its troupe of Indians and 

 cowboys, enables the filming of a large 

 variety of scenarios. Here we may wit- 

 ness the taking of the motion picture, its 

 development and finally its presentation 

 upon the screen. 



We may go slumming in the Chinese 

 Village and see the opium smokers, the 

 sordid life in the opium dens and the 

 ravages of the drug upon its victims. 

 Mr. Opium Fiend, sallow- faced and 

 blear-eyed, lies down upon a cot, gathers 

 some of the viscous black opium upon the 

 end of a stick, holds it over a flame until 

 it bubbles, places it over the end of his 

 large tubular pipe, inhales the smoke and 

 then falls fast asleep and has beautiful 



