Mexico Missouri message., 1901-05-09

lDTC'lpr OF NUl.T, ran American INp0Sltluul
Exposition has very appropriately been
dedicated to our ncighbors in the West
crn Hemisphere.
All the savage races have manifested
Il great fondnCss for strong, crude col.
UrS, ana these will he found on the
buildings nearest the main entrance.
The advancement Of man in intclll.
Ecn"c and civilization has been marked
10y desire FOR more refined color com.
bInations, and the eliminating point Of
subtlcty ana grace Of color being i'm the
Electric Tower, which, representing
the highest advance in material ciyil-
zation and occupying the leading posi-.
ton INTELLECTUALLY and sculpturally Of
the whole Exposition. naturally enough
has come in for the finest color notes.
1t is happy feature Of the color
scheme that the buildings upon which
the artist would naturally lavish pow.
crful colors all lie about the southern
entrance. \ regular graduation from in.
tense to less pronounced coloring Is
thus possible. As the majority of pco-
pie will come in from the southern en-
trance they will get an impression Of
bright, rich, fresh color. They will not,
however, have time to grow weary
with the brlliancy. Before their eyes
are jadcd they will have got into the
region Of more softly tinted surfaces.
1t must not be supposed, however,
that the primitive color schemes are in
themselves harsh or bad or crude Va
riOuS devices have been adopted for Sc
curing harmony.
For one thing, the greater part of the
exterior wall spaces are all in warm
white. Color is employed only at struc-
tural points In the architecture, as
about entrances. Furthermore. no
primitive color is brought into direct
contrast with other primitive colors; a
. mass of ivory white always intcrvcncs.
This gives great brilliancy and pre-
I vents ChrOmatlc discOrdS. The quality
of white used on the buildings varies
from warm creamy white near the
bridge to cool ivory tone at the Elcc-
trio Tower.
As an essential means of promoting
harmony green, in at least n few notes.
is employed in the adornmcnt of every
building Of the Exposition. The hcauti-
full translucent green Of Niagara has
been iitly chosen as the dominant color
of the whole scheme. Appearing in its
. fullncSS In the rCCCSSCS of the Electric
/ Tower ana in the restaurant group be.
hind, it Is everywhere repeated Not a
building but bears its echo mark Of Nj.
/ agara green
The color schemes of few Of the
buildings may be noted:
HOrtlCulturC-Ora with details in
brilliant blue, green, rose and yellow,
Govcrnmental-Yell with details
In primitive colors.
Music IIall-Red.
Machinery gray.
Restaurant Group-Ivory, accented
with green ana gold.
Electric Tower-Iyory, yellow, gold
ana green.
The roofs of the Exposition are for
the most part covered with red tiles,
though prominent towers and pinnaclcs
will be in many cases decorated with
green or blue green or with gold.
All the buildings win have n play OF
ColOrs about their entrances, balconies,
pInnaclcs and towers. My idea Is TO
have the sharpcst and freshest green
known carried throughout the entire
scheme, and that will be my reference
to power. Green is one Of the more re-
cent ana refined colors. 1t has not long
been used in art. Pick up any picture
painted long ago, and you will look IN
vain for suggestion Of green in it,
The grass win he represented as brown.
They said II was impossible to secure
the grass green effect but 1t is done
nowadays
The color scheme has FOR the most
part been worked out at my studio in
New York, The first step was Ia get
from the architects small sketches Of
all the buildings. Models were made
from these on n scale Of onc-siNtccnth
inch 10 the foot which when properly
grouped on platform 10 10y Ii feet rep