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Great World's Fair Commemorative of the Completion of the Panama Canal Begins
Its 288 Day Session With Everything in Readiness Fifty Million Dollars Worth of
Marvelous Attractions From All Over the World Claim Attention of Visitors.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb.- 20. Open
ing with a blaze of glory, with
everything supremely ready and
In operation, the world's great
est exposition today begins ita
288-day session in San Francisco. In
a word,- the Panama-Pacific Interna
tional Exposition Is a whole section
of land crowded with $50,(100,000
worth of marvelous- attractions
grouped Jn artistic arrangement, and
set forth for world exhibition in a
wonderfully plcturesqueettlng of sea,
mountains and California sky. Just
aa the achievement of the Panama
canal has been christened th& "Thir
teenth Labor of Hercules," so. might
this great festival In Its honor be
called the "Fourteenth Labor." For
the great task of Its preparation has
Indeed been one of stupendous magni
tude, triumphantly accomplished, how
ever. In the face of an adversity of
which the European war is but one
Item.
That nothing has been allowed, to
lessen in any way the. original scope
and character of the great show is
to be proved to the visiting multitudes
today when the exhibits, more than
100,000 in number and chosen from
all parts of the earth, were seen for
the first time by the public throng.
Thousands of displays Interesting
because of their novelty, thousands
of others of interest because of their
romance, many more thousands inter
esting because of the clear light they
shed on scientific, industrial and
economic achievement and thousands
of others that are rare objects of
beauty were viewed In San Francisco
today by a great host Of visitors who
roamed the eleven mammoth palaces
exhibition, visited the cosmopolitan
group of state and foreign pavilions,
strolled the outdoor areas of exhibi
tion and took in the great concession
street the "Zone."
The most gigantic exhibition of all
Is that of the greatest steel corpora
tion in America,; whose total proper
ties presented in the display aggre
gate 1500 tons in weight. The most
minute exhibit in the whole Infinite
list consists of three grains of radium,
one being but 1-160 of a troy ounce,
valued at J10.000. Hoth these remark
able exhibits are in the Palate of
Mines and Metallurgy. Their vast un
Hkeness to each other suggests by
contrast the wonderful breadth of va
riety which Is to be found in the mul
tiform and many thousand exhibits
which this great world's fair offers.
China's School Exhibit Interests.
Groat Interest will center on the
educational displaV made by China, It
. Is the first school exhibit ever made
toy newer China after the reorganiza
tion of her school system along Amer
ican lines. Among the 6079 separate
features of this display are 100 tons
of carved woodwork and hand made
wares all objects of art and utility
made by the pupils of schools and
vocational institutions in the differ
ent provinces of China. Included are
wooden reproductions of every im
portant pagoda in that Asiatic coun
try. Ia the 10,000 foot area allotted to
the exposition of textiles, in the Pal
ace of Varied Industries, is a remark
able succession of displays relating
to the silk idustry, showing actual
eilk worms spinning the raw silk and
very succeeding process leading to
the final display of the finished silk
gown when worn by lovely woman.
Dress, apart from its manufacture
and distribution, is also represented
by two fashion shows; one, histori
cal, showing the clothing worn by
women from earliest times to the
present day; the other of a character
revealing the originality of America
and her fitness to become the lead
ing creator of fashions.
Interesting animals come in for
their ample share of representation
both in the great livestock show and
elsewhere. In the Canadian building
beavers are exhibited busily building
tneir domiciles of mud. Kangaroos
are among the characteristic species
included in the Australian xoo. Fish
from Hawaii are exhibited Bwlmming
In sea water imported from Walkiki.
The game birds and song birds of
jregon are housed in a large aviary
supplementing the Oregon State build
ing. A wonderful display of fancy
Japanese fish in an aquarium Is an
embellishment for the Japanese hor
ticultural display. The commercial
. fish of this country are shown in all
stages of development, beginning with
the egg period, in the Palace of Food
Products. The Persian government
has sent a flock of fat-tailed sheep
and also of Caracal sheep whose wool I
ia the raw material for astrakhan.
Japan has sent valuable specimens
of sacred Yokohama or Phoenix fowls,
chickens whose males have tails at
taining a length of 23 feet- Aside
from being a novel sisht or curiosity,
this display is valuable in showing
the possibilities of selective breeding,
more .than a century having been re
Quired to establish this fancy breed
In its present exceptional character.
Wonderful horticultural achieve
ments are presented both In the horti
cultural exhibits proper and in chosen
garden spots variously located on the
exposition grounds. The Japanese sec
tion has a most interesting Japanese
garden transplanted soil and all
from the Orient. The vegetation of
the tropics is represented by banana
trees, cocoanuts in bearing, gigantic
tree ferns, hundreds of varieties of
orchids and characteristic botanical
specimens from most every tropical
quarter. Magnificent new specimens
of roses from England. Scotland, Ire
land and all the famous rose growing
parts of the United States and other
countries are entered in competition
for the $1000 trophy. Two acres in
the horticultural garden are planted
out in beautiful bulbs from Holland,
the country bulb famous.
A Rubens masterpiece from the
Munich art gallery is one of the gems
from the old country displayed among
other notable works in fine arts. Fine
private ceramics too are shown. Jap
anese Satsuma and antiques, and the
private collection of Emperor Mutch-
uito are destined to center v intense
interest on the displays in the Jap
anese national pavilions.
The great advance the world has
made in irrigation methods, making
it possible to convert supposedly hope
less deserts into districts of agricul
tural wealth, independent of rainfall
or of nearby streams, ia the theme of
extensive exhibits In the Palace of
Agriculture.
Many unique displays, widely as
sorted, are found in every quarter of
the great exposition. A feature of
the Netherlands pavilion is a great
clock with a 1500 pound bell sound
ing every 30 minutes loud enough to
be heard for miles.
The Palace of Transportation has
a typical train used in logging opera
tions, demonstrating how the loading
and unloading of the gigantic trees,
the raw material of lumber, are man
aged. A seven-ton cheese is the dis
play of the dairying industry of New
York state. Missouri's mining dis
plays include a mammoth lump of
coal, weighing a full ton, distinguished
as the largest perfect specimen of its
kind ever exhibited. in this sam-e
building a model mine has been con
structed underground, with stopes
and lifts, which will be visited by
thousands of sightseers who will
learn thereby exactly what it is to
be a subteranrean miner. Airships,
war balloons and the apparatus used
by the United States government's
weather bureau for registering atmos
pheric conditions overhead are among
the exhibits which show the world's
progress made in aerial activities. A
huge temple of soap and from which
bubbles issue forth in uninterrupted
succession, is a novelty In the Cali
fornia state building. Diamond ex
hibits and the methods of extraction
are made by the South African prin
cipalities. A wonderful collection of
ostrich feathers and of eggs of ail
kinds of domestic fowl are among
the displays made by the United
States department of agriculture.
Wonderfully spectacular and ingeni
ous are the picturesque exhibits
worked ia red, white and yellow corn
by two of the greatest growing corn
states in the Union Illinois and Mis
souri. Display of Inventions Show Progress.
- In the line of inventions great pro
gress has been made in the past de
cade, and the point of development
reached at the present day is graphi
cally' indicated by the many marvel
ous displays at this exposition.
Foremost, perhaps, are the exhib
its demonstrating the achievements of
wireless telephony and telegraphy.
The Edison storage battery, one of
the scientific marvels of the age. Is
demonstrated in reference to its use
fulness in operating mediums of
transportation and for furnishing
electricity for Isolated farm houses,
enabling both the farm house and all
outhouses to be electrically lighted
throughout, as well as allowing the
farmer to have his farm machinery
run by power from the same source.
There Is also the "Home Electri
cal." equipped throughout with con
veniences that work themselves,
thanks to the well developed Intrica
cies of their electrical interiors; cook
stoves, electrical fans, kitchen deo
derizers. heating apparatus, mechani
cal musical instruments -and a won
derful range of assorted articles even
to electrical toys for the nursery.
For the first time to be publicly
exhibited, illuminating fixtures of the
indirect and semi-indrect types are
shown at ths world's fair. This pat
ent is a very new device, based on a
new curved type of reflecting surface
and a dead white finish, produced by
a secret chemical process. These fix
tures also have the new high power
nitrogen lamps.
A new system of interior Illumina
tion by Indirect methods is seen also
in Festival Hall. Here, In a pit be
neath the center of the auditorium,
are placed ten high power search
lights, set so as to throw their rays
upward Into a plate of heavy diffus
ing glass, sand blasted on the under
side, and which spreads a soft glow
of light over the entire interior, the
dome assisting by reflection. This
diffusing set rests in an aperture
forming the collar of the pit. Spe
cial cooling devices are necessary for
the lenses of the searchlights owing
to the extreme heat. Streams of
water are run over the surface.
Fun on "The Zone."
The aeroscope, a new type of amuse
ment device among the 200 attrac
tions In the "Zone," 1b also a scien
tific achievement. It is a lofty steel
structure, resembling an Inverted
pendulum, and operates on the prin
ciple of the bascule bridge. Its
"stunf is to lift the passengers to
a height of 260 feet above ground
with thrilling effect. The intricacy
of its invention is of great scientific
interest, aeroplane propellers being
utilized among other parts.
Among various electrical inventions
for registering purposes is a clever
device in the way of an ampere or
watt hour meter, equipped also with
a printing attachment for use on
streetcars. It has two sets of dials,
one to show the amount of current
consumed by the car on each trip,
the other totaling the full current
consumption.
The United States government is
the heaviest of all single exhibitors
in the exposition's entire list. Of es
pecially timely interest is the dis
play in the Palace of Machinery,
where the visitor can get an idea of
the manufacture of arms and arma
ment, and all of the technical and
mechanical side of the army and navy
in operation. Here also is an exhibit
of the lighthouse department and a
miniature model of a naval drydoek.
Apart from their fundamental pur
pose of furnishing amusement the
200 concessions on the "Zone" pre
sent elements of great exhibitive in
terest. The "Maori Village," for in
stance, shows one of the celebrated
Maori carved houses, borrowed from
the New Zealand government. This
is the first time on record that such
an object has ever been permitted
to leave .that country. This exhibit
is remarkable for its art value and
for the sacred traditions attached.
The carvings typify the great epochs
in the development of the queer peo
ple of Maori, who practiced canni
balism up to about 50 years ago.
That the "Zone" ia to be a carni
val of delight, never equalled for its
originality and diversity, is the state
ment pronounced by everyone who
has seen it in course of development.
Among the host of different attrac
tions are new kinds of rides, quaint
villages. a mechanical reproduction
of the Dayton flood, an alligator farm,
a brand new conception named "Toy
land Grownup," presenting the char
acters and places of fairyland and toy
land fame in gigantic successors;
the '49 Camp and remarkable replicas
of the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone
National park and Panama canal.
SCOPE OF EXHIBITS
ASSEMBLED in eleven huge ex
exhibit palaces created at a coat
of $4,627,916, and covering a
total ground area of 107 acres
88,000 exhibitors have arranged
displays at the Panama-Pacific In
ternational exposition, which, in their
entirety, represent the most compre
hensive collection af the activities
and industries of the world ever as
sembled at a universal exposition.
The exhibit palaces comprise the
Architectural and artistic trivmphs at the Panama-Pacific International exposition, which wag opened
yesterday. Top, left to right The Arch of the Rising Sun, 16 0 feet high and crowned by a
sculptured group, "The Nations of the East"; Court of the Four- Seasons; colossal colonnades be
fore the Palace of Fine Arts, mirrored in the lagoon between the Palace of Fine Arts and the Pal
aces of Food Products and Education.
Bottom Entry to the Court of the Four Seasons from the Court of Palms.
central and by far the most massive
grouping 'of the three main architec
tural units of the exposition. The
amusement section, the "Zone," corn
prices the eastern group, and the pa
vilions of the foreign nations and of
the states comprise the third, or
western group. The structures of all
three units are related by the general
ground plan of the exposition into
a harmonious entity of color, plot and
decorative detail in lighting, landscape
gardening and boulevards.
Of the 11 main exhibit palaces,
eight are massed in one superb group,
with spacious courts of beauty and
connected by wide galleries making
access from one building to the other
not only easy but a promenade of
pleasurable vistas, with fountains of
rare workmanship, pools, flowers in I
abundance, noble arches crowned with
nobler sculptures, friezes of allegorl-
cal significance and mural paintings
by world masters in color. j
The north and south walls of this j
main group of eight palances are lib- j
erally treated in the Plateresque, so j
called from its likeness to the work
of silversmiths, while the east and j
west walls of the group are Italian
Renaissance,. But upon both of these
treatments, and umrying the entire,
has been imposed a treatment in mis
sion style, to give a distinctly Califor
nia effect. The subtle shading of
these architectural treatments has
called for universal praise and It is
predicted will result in a distinct
western style of architecture being
given recognition. The total length
north and south is 1235 feet
Facing south, and directly opposite
the main entrance gates of the ex
position the four buildings of the
group are: Palace of Varied Indus
tries, to the extreme east, Palace of
Manufactures, Palace of Liberal Arts
and Palace of Education and Social
Economy. Between the Palaces of
Manufactures and Liberal Arts is
the mighty Tower of Jewels, beneath
the wide arch of which one enters the
Court of the Universe, the radiating
center of the entire exposition scheme
a court 900 feet in length by 500
feet in width, where 7000 persons may
be seated.
Facing , north and overlooking the
San Francisco bay, the fair i buildings
of this group are: Palace of Mines
and Metallurgy, to the extreme east.
Palace of Transportation, Palace of
Food Products and Palace of Agri
culture. Flanking the central group on the
east and across the Avenue of Pro
gress is the Palace of Machinery, the
largest frame building under one roof
in the world today. Flanking the
main group on the west and across
the Avenue of Administration and the
Fine Arts Lagoon, is the Palace of
Fine Arts. To the southwest of the
main group is the Palace of Horti
culture and to the southeast Festival
Hall, the latter not, strictly speak
ing, an exhibit palace.
Within the main exhibit palaces will
be found in eptome the world's pro
gress and knowledge in the applied
sciences. The exposition Is essen
tially contemporaneous and for that
reason no exhibit will be considered
for award by the International Jury
of Award that has not been produced
during the past decade, that" does not,
in other words, represent an advance
In the particular field It covers since
the St. Louis exposition In 1904.
Forty-two nations will be repre
p it i if 11
sented here by exhibits showing some
phase of national Industry, and 43
states of the United States. The to
tal amount appropriated by nations
and states for participation is $10,
000,000. Many of the pavilions of the
nations and states vie with the major
exposition palaces in beauty.
In general the names of the exhibit
palaces indicate with clearness the
subject matter of the exhibits. Fine
arts will Include many world master
pieces, the exposition being particu
larly enriched by masterpieces shipped
from art centers of Europe for safe
keeping during the war. Horticulture
embraces the horticultural life of the
world, from rarest orchids to canned
tomatoes. Machinery inoludes what the
name implies, the electrical grouping
being found here- also. Liberal arts
will embrace the sciences, the profes
sions and trades, such as medicine,
surgery, photography, printing, engi
neering; mines and metalurgy the en
tire life of mining and the refinement
of mined products; education and so
cial welfare, the branches of elemen
tary and higher training, the child
welfare; transportation will Include
marine and land development; man
ufactures, the general commodities of
Industrial life; varied Industries, the
finer manufactured products, as prec
ious stones, ceramics, art glass and
cutlery among many hundreds of other
activities; agriculture, the soil in all
its productive capabilities; food pro
ducts, the utilization of agricultural
and horticultural products for susten
ance chocolates, confections, liquore,
etc.
Festival hall will center the musical,
dramatic and intellectual life of the
exposition, world congresses meeting
here, ooncerts being heard by famous
artists and recitals on the world's larg
est organ by masters such aa Edwin
H. Lemere of London.
In the Palace of Machinery, for in
stance, one will see such groups as
steam generators and motors gener
ating steam; tools for shaping wood
and metals and all of the modern Ap
pliances that have made electrical his
tory during the past decade. In the
Palace of Transportation alongside a
monster ten driving wheel steam loco
motive will be found the newer elec
tric locomotive and close by the aero
plane and war dirigible In Its very lat
est development. This palace will
contain the automobile exhibit.
Working's of a Modem Mine.
To those curious for the workings of
a modern mine, there will be a cage
in the Palace of Mines. Stepping into
this cage the visitor is dropped swiftly
underground and leaves the cage to
wander through the entries, stopes and
drifts of the Goldfield Consolidated
properties of Nevada in faithful re
plica. It will be in every respect a
model mine, operated with complete
representation of the latest machinery
employed, with ventilating systems
and safeguards.
From these primary activities one
traverses by pleasing stages the Pal
ace of Fine Arts where the finest in
man's artistic development is repre
sented. The list could go on endlessly by
taking one exhibit palace after the
other. Each palace has the depart
ment allotted to it In comprehensive
and elaborate detail. Nothing of the
subject matter Is omitted. It is this
phase of the exposition that gives to
it its mighty educational value and
that has brought to San Francisco for
sessions 400 of the leading national
and International societies represent
ing all branches of human thought
and endeavor.
The dominating purpose of any ex
position, if that exposition is to be
successful, must be education. That
Is what the builders of the Panama
Paclfio International exposition have
at all times held before them as a
guiding star. Every line of thought,
every field of endeavor that makes for
human progress, science, art and liter
ature, will be spread out here in the
vast exhibit palaces. Just as there is
no individual who may not take profit
from the exposition, so there is no or
ganization dealing with material wel
fare that may not. And it is the vast
number of organizations that have es
tablished their convention dates for
1916 at the exposition that the high
est tribute to the scope and character
of the exposition Itself, as represented
by the 80,000 exhibitors from the coun
tries of the world.
STATE BUILDINGS
TrOKTY-TlllllirB states or the Unl
ted States are participating at the
exnosition. all of them with exten
sive displays of industries and resour
ces, the majority of them by the con
etructton of handsome state buildings
for entertainment purposes and te
serve as headquarters for the people
from "home."
Today these buildings are completed.
The exhibits of the states are in place,
distributed among the eleven great ex
hibit palaces and in the outdoor ex
hibit spaces of the horticultural gar
dens, where rosea from Indiana and
New Jersey will be entered for the
11000 competition for the best new
variety of rose. All of the multiform
activities and industries of the states
of the nation will be shown, from cl
gars from Key West to shingles from
Oregon oranges from southern Cali
fornia and granite from Main.
About $7,000,000 has been appropri
ated by the participating states. Call
fornia leading off with approximately
$2,000,000, and New York second with
$1,000,000 for the state and city. To
California belongs the credit for the
largest building aside from ths main
exhibit palaces, and New York Is sec
ond In size among the states. Within
the California building are exhibits
from the 58 'counties of California ar
ranged individually and by groups
The California building, in old mission
style of architecture, will be the "host
building" of the expositon. It covers
seven acres, including ocurts.
The New York building is four sto
ries in height, with a frontage of 250
feet and 100 feet in depth. On the
ground floor is a magnificent ball
room, writing and reception rooms.
A suite ofrroom for the governor of
New York and for members of the
state commission will be on the sec
ond floor while the third floor will be
devoted to guest rooms. A dining
room is a feature of the building, a
complete cuisine being maintained.
The celling of this dining room cost
$15,000.
Pennsylvania, Illinois and the Phil
ippines are represented by edifices in
keeping with the $300,000 appropri
ations made by each. Massachusetts
appropriated $250,000, New Jersey
$200,000, Washington $170,000 and
there were numerous other appropri
Exposition Buildings Comprise Three Groups In the Cen
ter Are Exhibit Palaces With Foreign and State Pavil- .
ions and Amusement Section on Either Side.
ations maintaining an average of from
$50,000 to $150,800.
Historical Edifices Reproduced.
Among the state buildings are re
produced many edifices of large im
portance in American history. First
among these comes the Virginia build
ing, an exact replica of George Wash
ington's home at Mt Vernon. Includ
ed are the spinning room, the de
tached kitchen, the servants' quarters
and the stable. The rooms of the
building are ornamented by Washing
ton's own furniture loaned from the
collection of Miss Nannie Randolph
Heath of Virginia. Miss Heath is to
be Virginia's official hostess at the
building during the exposition.
A fitting companion to Virginia's
state building Is Independence Hall,
the state pavilion of Pennsylvania. The
"birthplace of American liberty" Is
in the same degree of veri-eimili t ude
as is the reproduction of Mt Vernon.
Hern, it Is expected, will hang the
fajnous Liberty HelL
Another structure of revolutionary
associations will be Trenton barracks
which, for a time, were General Wash
ington's headquarters. This Is tiia
model which New Jersey has taken
for her exposition home. President
Wilson will make this building his
home at the exposition and history
will thus repeat itself by making the
structure for the second time the shel
ter of the directing head of the re
public. The Trenton barracks are Bald
by architects to represent one of the
best examples extant of true pre-revo-lutionary
architecture.
The home of one of ths slrners of
the Declaration of Independence will
serve as the model for Maryland's pa
vilion, mu is the home of Charles
G. Carroll of Carrollton. . The blocks
for the original were brought to this
country from England.
Massachusetts and Ohio have built
likenesses of their respective state
houses at Boston and Columbus. The
Massachusetts building Is famous
architecturally as well as historically.
lacaae Deing Known as the "Bull
finch front," from the architect who
designed It.
Oregon Boil ding Distinctive.
A departure from the American his
toric has been made by Oregon. Util
izing the native woods o'f that stato,
Oregon has rebuilt the Partheon, great
logs being used for the marble col
umns of the original. So far as possi
ble the pillars are each different wood,
one for each state in the Union. The
Washington and Indiana buildings
have also been constructed of native
woods.
Elaborate ceremonies have marked
the various stages of the work in the
state section. Governors of states
liave journeyed with their retinues to
San Francisco; commissioners have es
tablished headquarters here, and there
have been banquets and festal occa
sions without number, all serving to
Increase the bonds of interstate fellow
ship. A feature of Idaho's building will be
motion pictures showing the scenery
ana resources or that commonwealth.
Hawaii and the Philippines? have
made elaborate exhibits. The Hawaiian
Duuaing is in rorm of a cross. Pass
ing through a tropical garden the vk
ltor comes to the rotunda, in the cen
ter of which is a faithful and realistic
reproduction of one of the lakes of
the burning crater of Kilauea. An ac-
quarlum will be an interestlno- feature.
showing the rainbow colored fishes of
the warm waters of the Hawaiian Is
lands. The Philippines exhibit wUl be
equally vivid and engrossing, one de
tail being a garden with 400 different
varieties of orchids in bloom.
ihe following are the states and!
territories participating. Arizona, Ala
bama, Arkansas, California. Colorado.
Florida, Delaware. Iowa, Kansas, Ken
tucky, Louisiana, Idaho, Maryland,
Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi,
r iunu, usurgia, iiawaji, Illinois, Indl
ana. Ohio. ()klahnmn rrnn 7nvi
vania, Philippines, Rhode Island. South
uarouna, Tennessee, Missouri, Mon
tana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey,
ftew iorx, xvortn Carolina. North Da
kota, Texas, Utah, West Virginia. Wis
consin, Washington and Wyoming.
FOREIGNNATIONS
nLAHII, not quantity, is the dom-
I linant note in the displays by Qer
many at the Panama-Pacific Inter
national exposition. In four of the
great exhibit palaces 40,000 feet of
space has been tax en by ths German
government and by Individual entrants.
and these exhibits will reflect In their
scope and detail ths industries that
have elevated Germany to a high place
among the producing nations. Partic
ularly is this true of chemicals. In the
extensive application of which this na
tion ha3 long led the world.
The use of dye stuffs, for Instance,
which are a principal export of Ger
many, will be exhaustively shown,
with a woman's gown In the various
stages of manufacture, from the raw
material to the finished silk, with par
ticular reference to"The part dyes play' ;
as the medium of display. This will .
be in the Palacf of Liberal Arts and
in the same palace will be an elaborate :
display nhnwing the evolution of the
graphic ai ls mich as printing and the
various processes of photography, In
which Germany again excels the world.
The government exhibit will be
about equally dlvldcj between the pal
aces of .Education, Liberal Arts, Va
ried Industrie ami Machinery.. In ad
dition to dlsi1ays In these palaces by
individuals there will be Individual dis
plays In the Palace of Fine Arts and
elsewhere. In the Palace of Fine Arts,
for example, will be a display rspro-i
sentlng the best 40 paintings toy the
modern school of German artists. Al
together the part that Germany will
play In the exposition will be increased
rather than decreased by the war, the .
sam thing being true with Germany
that is true with other warring; na '
tions; there Is a strong feeling that
the arts of peace should be proml- '
nently displayed In contrast to the
business of war in which ths nations
are now engaged.
The child welfare workj. for whieh
Germany is noted will be displayed .
with thoroughness under, the direct
supervision of Dr. Philip llauer, the
eminent German sociologist. Dr. Rauer
had charge of a similar exhibit St
Dresden, which attracted a great deal j
of attention. -
Included in the 1000 different arti
cles on display and submitted for
ward will he German wines, ths fain- ;
ous Rosenthal china, gold worked and
beautiful examples of glnssware from
Thercsienthal; a splendid exhibit' by
Henkell, Sollngen, Twin Steel work,
known over the world for the qual
ity of their steel and cutlery and the ,
largest repj-oducing organ In the werld
from Frieberg. This latter will be in
stalled in the Palace of Liberal Arts.
Bavarian vases will be shown, val
ued at $5000 each, and porcelains, to
gether with toys, for which German
manufacturers are world' famous.
Oreat Britain's Display X labor ts.
Great Britain will have a splendid
and comprehensive exhibit of 'arts sod
industries. The shipment of Oreat
Britain's exhibits was made possible'
by the United States government,
which placed the collier Jason at the
service of the warring nations seek
ing participation.
When the Jason discharged its mam
moth cargo at the docks of the expo
sition. Great Britain's exhibits ware
among the first of the tonnage to be
hauled away and distributed among
the various exhibit palaces. From tbe
work of its famous artists to the work
of the weavers of its spinning mills.
every phase of British Industry and
art is compactly represented.
Chief among the art features will
be a magnificent collection of Whis
tler's best work, hanging in a gallery
exclusively 'devoted to him. Othr
famous British artists will be repre
sented In the pick of the noblest paint
ings and art works that could be Se
lected from the National gallery.
In the Manufacturers' palace 11,000 '
square feet, of space has, been taken -by
Great Britain alone and In this '
area will be displayed the products of'
Industrial Britain. The cutlery and
plate industry of Sheffield will tie
graphically illustrated and elaborate '
exhibits made of the finished products.
I'ottery will be a special feature,
while the diverse output of the great
textile factories will, of course, have
adequate representation. Refinement
of manufacturing processes' which pro
duce the finer works of the arts and .
crafts will be another dominating fea
ture of the extensive array of exhib
it booths and display cases.
Great Britain' merchant marine
will find Its presentation throughout
ths International merchant marine,
with the White Star line making ona .
of the chief feature exhibits. With 1
all of Great Britain's participation the
idea has been to example the arts and
industries by individual exhibitors of
world repute rather than by a great
scattering of minor exhibits. This has
resulted in a series of exhibits in the
various palaces of particular dignity
and worth which will completely illus
trate the manifold activities not only
of the mother countries of England..
Scotland and Ireland, but of the num
berless colonies and dependencies that
are not otherwise represented. Among
the British dependencies contributing
the greatest display at the exposition
is Canada which, with an outlay of
$600,000, has constructed the largest
pavilion on the grounds , of any for- ;
eign nation. ' .
France's participation Is an epic of
dynamic activity. When the, war
broke over Europe. France, as other
nations now battling, had made an ap
propriation" for a national pavilion and
exhibit installation. Naturally, for a
time, the grim business of preparing
for war and engaging in war. occuplei
the time and the energy and the brains
of the French government. Then came
a time, late in December, when ths ex
ecutives of France judged it opportune
to begin the work -already outlined.
(Continued on Face Eight.)