The chronicle=news., 1914-10-07


and the other wandering tribes. with
there and there hogan" or log
house OF the Navajos. set up and
housing Its red Inhabitants. A siial.
How arroyo runs through this little
Village. On the east slope OF the
mesa is great Pueblo modelled after
the ancient one at Taos. In that
same section is a Zuni pueblo. and
nearby lies Hopi pueblo. with a
row of small adobe houses of the Rio
Grande tribesmen filling In the far
side. The interior of the adobe
houses is like that Of the governor rs
palace at Santa F'e. There are trad
ing posts and corrals for horses and
for sheep and goats and cattle. AZ
most In the center are two tkivas.'
one of the ancient variety entirely
lungerground. the other of later date.
in which the roof OF the 'kiya" Ii
Ia few feet above the ground surface.
There are outcroppings OF rock
Through the sand and the rock isuni-
iormly a close copy of the red stand
stone with the occasional lurid col
ors which appear In the real Painted
Desert OF Arizona. The cactus and
much of the rock and the cedar
posts have been brought from New
Mexico and Arizona.
A dozen or two of the red men
have been at San Diego for two or
three months building the pueblos
and the adobe houses. and making
sure that in the smallest details the
vivid resemblance to real southwest
Indian life is carried out.
On the desert all through the year
the red men will be weaving their
rugs and blankets, shaping their pot
terry, and pounding o.. metal orna-
ments as they and tAeir ancestors
have done for centuries. Each night
in the kivas will be performed the
ceremonial rites Of the various tribes
represented on the desert.
Around the entire Painted Desert
runs an adobe wall with an OCCASION
al gap which is filled with n stock
ade of cedar posts. The desert has
already proved. even in its uncom-
pleted condition, one Of the most
striking attractions on the grounds.
No exposition is complete with
out its amusement concessions. At
San Diego there is street $500 feet
long. having frontage consequently
of nearly one mile, which today is
practically entirely allotted. Appli-
cations for several hundred feet of
I'D ha
managers OF the exposition felt the
attractions offered were old and were
not worthy of an exposition which
claims to have created new types in
every department. The result Is a
street which has been built Sew
eral concessions are already operat-
ing.
Elbert Hubbard, better known as
Fra Albertus. has been an interested
visitor at San Diego. getting impress
sions for some extensive writing he
plans to do, in his publications. dur
ing the coming winter.
at is the only exposition l ever
saw" said the Fra. (which is typical
of the city in which it is held. The
San Diego exposition could be held
nowhere in the world except in the
small radius of southern California.
Here you have climate. the most ro-
mantle traditions and a distinct at
mosphere in which Imagination must
run riot. There are great things
ahead in 1915; great things not
alone for San Diego and for Califor-
mia. but for every easterner who is
fortunate enough to come here"
The Spanish atmosphere is so
striking that it cannot possibly be
missed. Every building in the
grounds is Spanish colonial: even the
great Puente Cabrillo which forms
the west entrance looks as though 1t
|had been transplanted from some an
cient Spanish city. Even the large
gardens and the quiet patios are
Spanish. The gardens and attend
ants are caballeros and conquista-
dores; the dancing girls are Spanish
the carnivals and other special
events of 1915 are made up from the
carnivals of Spanish-America of the
old days. 1t needs little imagination
10 think that in walking through the
gate of the exposition one has left
behind him the turmoil and rush OF
modern American city and has step
ped back three or four centuries into
city In old Spain. .- ..
For some time now the main build
ings of the exposition have been en-
tirely complete. the taking down pi
the scaffolding from the lofty tower
of the California State building
marking the finishing touch on thai
structure. AS one passes across the
Puente Cabrillo he comes successive
ly to the Administration building
the California building and the Eth
nology building, the last two form
i ing a permanent group for a Califor-
than tEp SCIENCE an(