CHAPTER XIV.

DEPARTMENT OP ELECTRICITY AND ITS BUILDING.

Wonders of electricity — The building devoted to this science — Undreamed of revelations and effects — Franklin
and his kite — The man who first harnessed lightning — Temple of the Western Electric Company — The
grandeur and brilliancy of the exhibit — Thousands of concealed incandescents — Mingling of rainbow tones
— Prismatic colors that awe the spectator — Anielectric theatre— Cascades of fantastic lights — Magnificent
exhibit of Thomas A. Edison, the Wizard of Menlo Park — Startling and beautiful effects — Obelisks of
light and color — Spirals of radiance and fountains of incandescents — Corinthian columns ablaze with imi-
tation sunbeams — Five thousand witching lamps glitter in pillars of glass — Eighteen thousand lights in
the Edison tower — Chief Barrett 355