The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1900-10-18
WONDERFUL BEAUTY.
SURPRISING GRANDEUR OF THE
GREAT PhN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION.

SURPRISING GRANDEUR OF THE
GREAT PhN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION.
Exquisite Court Settings and Garden
Arrangement - Electric and FOun.
tuIn Effects - Sculpture and Color
Decoration~-The Exhibit Divisions.
Every day brings nearer to compile
ton the great Pan-American Exposi-
ton to be held at Buffalo next year.
Every one OF the score of colossal
buildings Is under way, and a number
OF them are under roof. Thousands Of
men are at work. and the hammers are
playing merry tattoo that thrills with
enthusiasm the thoughtful listener who
steps within the gates.
Already one may have fOretaste of
the Image of exquisite beauty which
Will spread it's wings when spring
again Stirs to life the sleeping earth
next year. In horticulture and floral
beauty this Exposition will stand peer
less and alone. In several other points
II will surpas.; anything the world has
ever seen
Let me first speak Of the court set
lungs. by this is meant a symmetrical
placing Of the principal large buildings
with reference to one another so as to
form system of connecting courts,
each with It's special features yet each
Il part of one great. beautiful picture.
The principal courts are tine Court of
Fountains and Plaza. which form a
nj !, I,
meet with transverse court called the
Esplanade. Two minor courts open
into the Esplanade, known as the Court
Of Expresses ana Court of Lilies. These
courts, about 33 acres in area, with the
magnificent decorations which will
complete their beauty, will give to the
eye Il vista of exceptional grandeur
trom whatever point they may be SEEN
In sculptural and plastic decorations
this Exposition will set new pattern
for nations to contemplate and adore.
The exterior OF every building will pre-
sent Il richness of design and delicacy
of detail unparalleled in the history Of
expositiOnS. Majestic statues and
costly modelled groups, lacking only
life to complete the ideality Of their
purpose. will guard entrances and
bridges or send down their blessings
upon the enterprise from lofty dOmes
and towers.
Again. from all the buildings will be
diffused II radiance of color that will
vie with the brilliant gardens in it's
agreeable effect upon the eye Such
elaborate color decoration upon the ex-
nrt, Of
distinct departure from the custom
observed at former eXpositions. TO the
prismatic brilliancc of the gardens and
the rich tints of the buildings will be
added water effects extraordinary in
conception and of supreme beauty. In
all the courts will be large pools rip
ping and sparkling under the fantastic
activity Of numberleSs fountains Many
Of these fountains are to be elaborate
sculptured works. with lets of water
playing from hundreds OF openings
With all it's wonderful beauty by day
the Exposition will he. like the cereus
OF tropical America. flower of the
night. Then will It blossom in exquisite
perfection With all the fountains
playing amid floating lights upon every
golden. ripping pool: with the great
cascade shooting in veillike form from |
Its high niche I'm the tall electric tower:
with more than 100000 electric lights |
fringing every building and giving to
every Jet and ripple of water fantas-
tic iridescence; with music lending the |
charm of sweet sounds to the harmony |
OF color and sculpture, flowers, foliage |
and fountains. the evening scenes at !
this Exposition Will be such as no lover |
OF the beautiful will permit to pass
without ut least one determined effort |
TO witness them
surrounding the main group Of build |
ings and bordered with u double row
or trees and grassy banks is a broad |
and stately canal more than a mile in |
length. At certain points this canal |
forms part OF the court vistas but |
has more TO do with the rich embel- /
lshment of that portion of the grounds |
outside the main buildings LaSoons |
That lose themselves amid lawns and |
gardens tap the main waterway at .
various Intervals and at the southern /
side of the Esplanadc it broadens into
iakes where there have been planted a
wonderful variety of water plants to .
lie ready for next years blossominx. t
In that part Of the great Exposition
plot known az Delaware Park is 4 lake
half mile long. surrounded by wood /
ed banks that will contribute much to
the beauty of the Exposition
SO much for the uncommon beauty
OF this great enterprise. Now Of the
more practical side. The exhibits To
be contained in the buildings will In
clude nearly everything of commercial
value or industrial utility The diyi-
sions, each of them Il considerable ex-
hibition In itself, are as follows: Elec-
tricity and electrical appliances; fine
arts-painting, sculpture. decoration;
graphic arts-typography. photography,
steel and copperplate printing, photo
mechanical processes. dra wing. engray-
ing and bookbnding; liberal arts-ed-
ucation, engineering, public works. con-
structive architecture, hygiene and san
itation, music and the drama; ethuol-
ogy, archaeology, progress Of labor and
invention. isolated and collective ex-