Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-26
Victor Emanuel Monument Will
Be Dedicated Today.
ONE OF WORLDS WONDERS
Meant to Express Nations Gratitude
to Its Hero.
TWELVE YEARS IN BUILDING
Cost Has Been in Neighborhood Of
Twelve Million Dollars-A
Year Of Celebration.
Special Cablegram to The Star.

Special Cablegram to The Star.
ROME. March 25.-Tomorrow, with
the dedication of the eighth wonder of
the world, gigantic statue Of Victor
Emanuel. the Italian Washington, which
has been under course of construction for
| the past twelve years and cost 81, 600 900.
Italy will commence a celebration Of the
| fiftieth anniversary Of the Italian
chambers proclamation of the country as
| an Independent kingdom, which will last
| during an entire year, and open to the
| world exhibitions of art. science, agri-
| culture and mechanics without q peer in
| the history of national expositions.
The history Of this great exposition OF
| thanksgiving to commemorate the regen-
Grafton of Italy from Respondent poverty
and practically bondage to independence
| under the guiding hand of Victor Eman-
| uel II, extends over nearly decade and
| is SO closely connected with the building
| Of the greatest monument to Italy's saw
or that to describe the events leading to
the building of one must necessarily bring
| about a description Of the other.
| Just before the dawn Of the nineteenth
century an agitation was set afoot IN
Italy looking toward the erection OF a
memorial to Victor Emanuel
Successful From Beginning.
The collection Of the fund for this work
met with instant success, the grateful
populace, from king to peasant, con-
tributing so willingly that millions were
soon at the command OF the promoters
Of the plan and actual work was at once
begun. AS the years passed and the
great memorial gradually took shape
under the skillful hands Of the artists an
other plan was set afoot. plan to hold
| an international exposition or worlds
fair. This plan was first adopted by the
municipal council Of Rome in 1905. In
1908 q national committee decided to
make the unwilling of the statue and
the celebration Of Italy's independence
one, and for three years the people Of
Italy have labored with feverish energy
to complete an exhibition worthy Of the
great events they we're to commemorate.
That they have succeeded cannot be
formidable array Of exhibits not only Of
all the countries in the world, but OF
every era Of their own, to which they
have invited the nations Of the world.
separate exhibitions between villa Bor-
ghese and Via Flamina. In q valley Of
unique beauty. transformed into q park
Of expresses and pines. lies the italian
international exhibition Of modern art,
around whose monumental main build
Ing, built by the young Roman architect,
Cesare Bazzani. In the purest and noblest
ANTIQUE style. pavilions have been built
Dy all the European countries and even
by Japan. On the opposite side Of the
Tfber, across which has been built a new
and wonderful bridge. lies the ethno-
Graphical exhibition, q strange city of
castles. towers. ruins and cottages on the
great plain at the foot Of Monte Mario.
What Exhibit Contains.
Tho exhibition contains, besides we'll
QUILT hotels and model villas in Italian
STYLE a large museum and theater,
two main sections Of the exposition Of
the ethnographical committee and the
| buildings Of the Italian provinces, with
old art exhibits Of all kinds.
The ethnographical section. built to
show the life OF the people OF Italy
from the Alps to Sicily. with all its
most characteristic beauties. to breathe
new life into the study of folk lore, to
draw forth from obscurity forgotten
works Of popular art and industry, will
show costumes. ornaments, furniture,
furnished villas and peasants cottages
from all parts Of the country will show
how the people live and work, sing and
dance. so that the visitor strolling
through this city will really travel
other.
The buildings Of the provinces, in
which one may study the most glorious
artistic periods OF each province. are
style. old converts. monasteries,
churches, palaces and castles, each char
acteristic to the province it represents.
and in all of them are halls in which
old-fashioned music, peculiar to each
province, may be heard.
In the tomb of Hadrian. the eighteen
centuries-old fortress, Cestel San Angelo,
the third exhibition will be found, con-
tanning: l, q Retrospective exhibition Of
art and applied art; 2. a retrospective
Roman typographical exhibition from
antiquity until today, and 3, a military
exhibition, showing the progress Of mill
tary engineers throughout the centuries.
Best to Be Shown.
enormous ruins Of which have been COM
pletely unearthed, will be- found the:
archaeological exhibition showing the, re-
lations Of antique Rome. with her
thirty-six provinces, military. religious
and administrative. In the Museum di
Via Naz1onale Of modern art will be
shown italian art during the last
seventy years.
It goes without saying that during the
year-long festival the country will show
the best she Is now producing In music
and on the stage, classical and modern.
There are to be popular night festivals
and magnificent fireworks, great sporting
meets regattas and motOr-boat races on
the river, and, Of course. aviation, A
beautiful antique stadium with all modern
facilities has been built and q German
syndicate has ruined the beautiful valley
behind Borghese. Transforming 1t into an
exceedingly ugly zoo.
Streets have been leveled, whole city
quarters have been torn down. old pal
aces have been demolished or moved, car
lines have been built, monster hotels have
sprung up like mushrooms, and in Piazza