Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1913-04-10
1919, by Panamn-Pacino International Exposition.

| spirit of success.
whose sides will be adorned with
mural decorations and screened by
classic colonnades. Huge pools Of
water will reflect the outlines of the
lofty buildings. The walkways will
be in pavements OF sold. Great
banks of flowers and potted palms
will lend color and imagery to the
vista.
II this visitor passes to the east or
Festive Court he will behold vision
surprising the richest dreams of the
Orient. The Festive Court is dedicat-
ed to music, dancing and acting; 1t
Is designed for paseantry surprising
the luxurious Durbar and will con-
stitute the proper setting for Oriental
or modern drama upon colossal
scale. Here will assemble many Of the
fascinating pagednts Tat will come
from the concessions center to draw
visitors to the amusement features of
the exposition. The architecture of
this great court will partake of the
Oriental phase of the Spanish Moorish
architecture and yet it will have that
refinement which is Characteristic of
the architecture of the Spanish
Renaissance. The main tower of the
court will contain a huge pipe organ
with echo organs in the smaller tow
ers. Electric scintillators will play
upon fountains at night; reflected col
ored lights will cast a spell through
out the court. The walls of the clois-
ter will be decorated with mural
paintings; exotic flowers, trees and
vines, orange trees in fruit and in
blossom will contrast with the stat
uary and the huge colonnades and
staircases.
Court of Four Seasons.
From the Court of Sun and Stars
the visitor in passing to the west will
come to the superb Court of Four
Seasons, of which Mr.. Henry Bacon,
creator of the Lincoln Memorial, is
the architect In it's theme this court
will typify the conquest of nature by
mankind. In the center of the court
will be a great grouping of statuary
in which Ceres, Goddess of Agricul-
ture, will be shown dispensing the
bounties of nature. In each of the
four corners of this court will be cut
great inches into the encircling ex-
hibit palaces. In each of the four
inches will be four great mural paint
cI1nnaCfipo hn
summer, autumn and winter: lofty
colonnades will screen the inches,
The ornamentation upon the water
front will be upon colossal scale.
The Court of the Four Seasons, open
ing upon the harbor will be entered
through stupendous gateway, the
Gate of Columbus. The visitor will |
pass through the gateway beneath a
great tower to the esplanade upon
San Francisco bay. Directly before
the tower will be seen a colossal fig !
ure of Columbus, facing the water. |
the tower in recesses /
will be figures representing the great +
voyagers of the world
Before the entrance to the grand
Court Of Sun and Stars upon the bay
will be colossal column whose spiral
will depict mans climb toward sue
cess and at the summit of the column
will be a figure representing achieve
nent. On the left and before the
Court Of Four Seasons will be the
gates of Balboa, before which will be
/ colossal statue Of the discoverer Of
he Pacific ocean.
Each of the three main north and
'outh courts will open out upon the
,splanade on the shores of San Fran
cisco bay upon the north and upon
he great tropical garden upon the
outh. Vast beds of flowers in bloom
will be set in the south garden; the
Dlants will be replaced by others when
heir towering season Is passed
The fourteen great buildings to be
constructed by the exposition COM
'any. and to be devoted to general ex-
Iibits exemplifying the advance of the
world in the arts, sciences and indus
ries, will be the Hottest exposition
tructures ever erected. In addition
here will be the huge series of pal
ces and pavilions to be erected by
he states and foreign nations.
To the east of the center group will
e Machinery Hall, the largest single
tructure of the exposition. just
outh of Machinery Hall is Automo-
lie Hall. In the south garden at the
asst end and near the concessions
enter win be located Festival Hall,
nd near the west end the Palace of
a huge structure OF
'ood and glass. Thanking the great
on the west will be the Pal /
ce Of Fine Arts, classic and beau
full structure embodying the spirit of (
talian Renaissance and facing upon .
reat pool from which its outlines
i'll be reflected
The following are the approximate
of the buildings: Machin-