The Virginia enterprise., 1901-03-08

60 He beginning Of new century
will witness the launching of an
enterprise fitted in an eminent de-
gree to usher in a new and great era.
The achievements of the past hundred
years have been magnificent. The march
of progress has been swift and the tri-
umphs Of civilization manifold. The age
Of enlightenment is here. Mankind has
progressed in the culture Of the finer side
of existence and has turned to it's uses
the mysterious forces of the elements III
manner undreamed of but few de-
cades ago. Yet it must not be forgotten
that many sciences are still in their in
fancy, that there are many worlds yet
to be conquered by the daring and in
ventive pioneers Of human progress IN
the forthcoming century, and tremendous
problems Of a social and political charac-
ter to be solved. The pulse Of mankind
will be Quickened by the great exposition
of all the Americas soon to be held. The
Pan-American Exposition, which is to
open at Buffalo on May I, will stimulate
industrial progress throughout this coun-
try. No more appropriate place than the
Niagara frontier could have been select
cd, for it is at this spot that the cataract
of Niagara has been harnessed and sci
ence and industry have combined to con-
centrate all the energies and activities
characteristic of the time.
Buffalo takes righteous pride in the
progress she has made in the building Of
the Rainbow City, which now beauties
her northern boundary. Perhaps nothing
is destined to create a more profound
sensation than the color scheme Of the
Pan-American. 1t was a daring thing to
attempt to array the extensive buildings
of the exposition in colors many and posi-
tive
The only precedent for such an under
taking was furnished by the Midwinter
Fair OF San Francisco, where harmoni-
Gus tints, skillfully applied to the staff
finish and artistically disposed, gave to
the buildings the exquisite tones Of an
cient marbles or Of delicately tinted
stone, differing from each other by almost
imperceptible gradations so that the
grouped edifices presented something of
an Opaline appearance in the sunlight.
Buffalo Is going much further, and, justi-
flying herself by the spirit of the Spanish
renaissance architecture, is applying the
brilliant pigments which the old Moors
loved, so that the majestic colonnades and
fancy pillars look like carved ivory, and
arabesques are seen against backgrounds
of rich positive shades, yellows, pinks
and reds, many Of them of exceeding
Brightness There are bands Of green and
yellow and rose about the round domes.
the roofs are red tiled, the broad caves
are upheld by substantial brackets of
rosewood hue, and everywhere there is
glow Of color. At night this color effect
will be enhanced and intensified by the
marvellous illuminations, which will sur
pass anything ever before seen in the
world. The great advance made in meth
dds of electric lighting during the past
decade renders it possible to effect an H.
Illumination Mt the Pan-American more
wonderful than anything heretofore con-
ceiYrd by human imagination, but the
fierce. dazzling glare Of the arc light will
be almost entirely banished from the
grounds. the agreeable glow Of incandes-
censFamps taking its place, outlining the
towers. pavilions, caves and other expos-
Ell points Of the principal buildings sur
rounded by the court Of fountains. Upon
. and about the electric tower, 301 feet in
height. the lights will be brilliant and
glorious, while the basin in front of the