A Gauntlet Dropped
- The Eiffel Tower was a smashing success back at the Paris Exposition, and Burnham is frustrated by the absence of an Eiffel challenger.
- Meanwhile, the fair's Midway Plaisance begins to take shape. This is the place where people would come to learn about foreign cultures.
- It's designed to be a fun "great pleasure garden" (2.5.31), meant to thrill and shock with its exotic sights and sounds.