The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-06-17
At THE BUFFALO EXPOSITION.
Wonderful Sights at the Pan-Ameri-
can-some Taking Pictures.
Iorrespondenee 10 DaIly Leader.

BuHdloi ~ - June iVi-- ne tulluih
)f the country are In meeting here,
and are reveling in the myriad beau
lies and tokens Of Nineteenth century
progress
Any attempt to give the reader any
thing like an adequate description OF
The exposition would prove futile but
a few potes made in passing will be
Of interest to all and perhaps encour
age them TO make pilgrimage to this
now most interesting spot on earth
The site Of the Pan-American ex-
position is an ideal one. It is on high
ground and includes many acres Of
improved park lands IT would be
difficult though. for a stranger to dis
tinguish the division line. so perfect
is the blending Of the parts. There is
a wealth Of foliage and hundreds of
beds OF lovely flowers, lnterspersed
with grassy glades and graveled
walks.
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SC ae twenty very large ones for ex-
hiblts and about one hundred smaller
ones, including state and foreign build
ings. midw1y show buildings. etc. are
radiant with color. This is a distinc
departure from the custom which OBJ
tained with the earliest expositions
and has been followed up to this time.
At nearly all the expositions the
buildings have been white. The idea
OF the color scheme for exposltlons is
not a new one Il has been attempted
a number of times and as often
abandoned. 1t has remained for the
creators OF the Pan-American expo
sition to carry out the scheme success
fully. The variety Of colors adds Won
drous beauty to the scene and relieves
the eve Of that strain which solid
white walls gave.
In the midst OF these buildings is a
tower 41O feet high most beautiful in
design and graceful in proportions
This Is the Electric tower. pictures
and descriptions Of which have made
many thousands Of people eager to
visit the exposition Every visitor
pauses in wonder and admiration be-
fore this splendid structure. From
niche in the face Of the tower pours
great volume OF water which is broken
into spray by dehector and falls up
on immense broad lodges from which
IL flows into an immense basin, in
which are several fountains. jets of
which rise to a great height BY day
the scene here is grand and inspiring.
BY night, when thousands OF incandes-
cent lights and a hundred search
lights illuminate the tower and its
surroundings, She grandeur and insplr-
alton are increased thousand fold.
It is a picture that must linger forever
In the memory. While one stands en-
tranced by the sight, the color every
where changes to purple, and from
that to red, and to blue. to violet. and
90 green. The imagination is too
feeble to coniure mp a true picture of
the scene One must see these chang
ing colors upon the tower and water
in order to appreciate the splendor
But the brilliant day and night scenes
are not confined to the Electric tower
and its basin. One has but TO turn
half around 10 view another splendid
sight, in the court of the fountains,
with It's profusion of sculpture and
fountains Here the water projected
into the air assumes various beauti-
ful forms, and at night all are under
the play OF vari-colored electric lights
Nothing excelling this picture has ever
been created by man for the pleasure
Of his fellows. The framing is superb.
the great structures on all sides being
aglow with electric light
Standing upon the Trumphal
bridge which is itself an architectural
masterpiece, with massive pylons and
grand scel7tured groups, and looking
across the broad Esplanade to the
Court of the Fountains one gets a
view the remembrance Of which must
be forever.
From this viewpoint it would seem
that the Electric tower bounded the
glories Of this central part Of the ex,
position, but such is not the fact. Be
yond the tower, 10 the north is one Of
the choicest beauty spots, the Plaza
IN the center is a magnificent band
stand from which the most celebrated
bands, such as sousa's, the Mexican
Government Infantry and Fancuilli's
give daily and evening concerts.
on IN, north are the Propylaea or
monumental entrances to the Plaza
from the railway station On the
east Ia the arched and lowered en-