The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1901-06-27

"uCH 10 De Learned or the States
and Countries Represented by the
/ Very Interesting and Comprehen-
/ sive Exhibits Made-SOuth's Credit
able Showing Subject of Favorable
Comment-Electrical Display Excite
Wonder and Admiration.
/ Especial Correspondence of the Gold Leaf }
Buffalo. y. Y, June "a, OF.
I The greater crowds will enter the
Pan-American Exposition by the
I'ropyla-a just in front of the Trans
! porlation Building. Here twenty
railroad lines leading into Buffalo
4 center. The very name suggests the
Athenian Acropolis ana the student
is mOmentarily carried back to the
/ days of Pericles when the original
. l'rOpy;rla Of white Pentelican marble
/ formed the entrance TO the splendid
/ temples and cnlOnades of the Parthe-
non. The impression is strengthens
ING as he walks along this Pan-Amer-
lean propylaa, for under one of the
central arches stands Athena herself.
holding in one hand the golden tipped
spear which served as b.acop to
the (irecian mariners ON her hr.a st
/ :. the deadly a.,is BEARING th. f,toI
Nolr.o h..i ri, :. 7r,I;., af
the. st.,tna ,f tho u,dIes. yI,;l.h e,ood
, on the highest point Of the Acropolis,
lookino towards sea oirt SalamiS =
/ Near bv is Diana. whose fayorite
h,utiuT ,,ronnd. y.r. IN tho rrovao
.,lorr ~ b,pk. of tho IuvsG2 .,d
Ith. moro distant, .hora, of Ph,Ia,n,
Vho V.n,s of pr,xita,.. tiIIs .nn;bnr
Mich. The AnnoIo Helvid.rn Inni-
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al nndor tho ar,.i,,,l .,nnrrtaJ I've
,..,.i,n nnlnnns v,I,n.a r., on,I ". aa,;
tnrr are borrowed from tbe ureat
r.o,,,, win, mado tba hr;rbta.t H.oos
IF H. h;yt,r, If -, ;n,n,ort.,l U.S.
Toor mis- pr1nvI,.a rich in cnIumns
st.iuos nnw4rs and trees is the ON
franco ia the St,dinm whore modern
othI.to. will enter the contests in tho
yarious snorts of the 3o1b cnnturv
Bnl arain the very name coniures Tn
= similar amnbitheatrr built Of
Olvmnia six hundred veaes before
Ct,,;1t ,,,hara Cn.rtans athon;.ns
Irr.t.n. I,n,iotfs aInxandrians iii
ma hcst mon of that ,,r-at enncb mot
NO, onIv ~ onrora n nonIv Snort :
ILnt tn Eaar Hern3;,ns and ;rbpcvIi.
doc teIIof the oxnIoits of heroes and
ItIo Ioncr for,rot+dn ,oo,s of tho dave
OF uomer sin,r Of I6vc of wor and n
adyantura to the thronos who attend.
ed the GREAT festival Over two
Thousand years aoo. the first Stadium
,,,as do,troreI NV an e,rtbonaka bnt
g, railroad now rms to its site nea,
the foot OF stately Kronos. and Amer,
;c, Fronce and Germany have duo
Nv NOW of the statues that aderned
tbc families and annro,ches TO the
Stodinn, Arong tbase i the Hermes
ranroduction Of which the Pan
An, ariran visitor has already passed
Th;s Uermcs was one Of the master.
,,io.os of pr.yitoIes The or;pin.
stands in the museum ut Olvmpia il
9, room alone 81 nerfect and so God
like that nothino vet excayated car
ha effectively nIaced near if. Nc
nbotoorapb nor model can do Justice
i but the student would do we'll t,
notice its pose and symmetry.
4 two minutes walk brinGs MS +,
the Court Of Fountains. In an in
stout tbouoht bridpes the space q
, 5no ,oors ond tho Electric Towe
snrrests What research has accom-
,,I;oIeJ since tho dovs when .Joy,
alano conId controI the ..winoe,
. ;rhtnings, Tbe Olvmpiap God
90 fnrTotta, and the America,
tb;nE. witb nride of Rowland O
Fdison Of Tesla Of Fulton, of Watts
anI o,bor rreot names that belono !,
pan- ,n,er;oon,s Pantheon They ar
,,st,a, - n,op Who have made tb
1,'I'+Ia nr;J tho n,vtbicaI Gods feared
'''o.'o l0.a. aran,d tbo rlohe ~
, o,.I 2-'i. 1.Ioon.7,,.;+h raI;a,t 1;r6, nrone
,', ,na', ,ossos Ionr Sistancas carr
,,or swiftly from nI.ce to place a
- tt1- r,,Ia -, tba ..,,i.,,,s 81 tb
!, fa+l,a,,, aaoans ,;nt fnrnt.;r,
} i '',', o,a"ds WIN th. cnIors of Iris
ANY "nI ,anotrate tha verv mysteries Q
,iis M 1plortal bodv, Around this Cour
:, hundreds of fountains glow with iri
Iosnont bnas All the coIorS Of th
[. Soiar snactrnm nIav unon iets O
water HAT throw their tranSlucen
. cnIn,nns hiqh in the air
= The marvellous spectacular effect
nroduced bv electricity will be e,
1 aIbanstiveIy exploited in yariou
1 nartS of Iba Grounds One exner
mant viii he the renroduction =,
lhnndor and Iirhtnins bv artifeis
means While The elements of tn
oIoc,r;c storms arc in evidence =
n dancer to life and property will /
l, absent. The death dealing oualitie
y Of 4 natural storm Will be there, BIT
so expert has mankind become |
bandIinp this harpessed Hohtnin
that If flashes at his biddino. Forke
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