The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1915-04-23

WOHueEAui SSQuel WlIHln years /
from the time it was swept off the
earth, San Francisco had made her
bold bid for the Exposition on the |
floor OF congress and now, five years
later, it houses this with 10000 !
other exhibits in buildings that excel |
i'll beauty and granduer all that have1
gone before. Next to the relief camp |
stands a model of the Cherry mine, |
showing all the shafts and levels IN |
which two hundred and fifty-six men |
were burned to death by explosive !
fires. 1t is a grisly thing to con-
template. So, for matter of that,
are the famine camps of China. But
they teach needed lesson and, while |
teaching it, establish a wonderful |
record for the Red Cross organiza- |
ton and illustrate the advance of the |
world at large IN human feeling.
Second only in variety and extent
to the U. S. Government displays are
the exhibits of Japan. Here is truly
wonder land. In each of the main
palaces they cover from two to three
acres with tasteful booths, in which
characteristic goods of the Orient
bronzes, inlays, lacquer ware, china
ware, carved chests and ivory, silks
and satins are varied by the cotton,
wooden and metal products of the De-
cident. A glance at the wide range
and quality OF the latter proves how
real is the invasion of the Orient up
on the worlds markets. From the
Philippines display one selects at
once the beautiful hardwoods, whose
uses are illustrated by pair of tab
les, each twelve feet in diameter.
made of a single piece and polished to
lustrous satin finish. In the Philip
pine building, which is finished in
side with polished columns of the
palmo bravo and woven mating of the
islands, is housed rare collection of
orchids. A second collection, now in
full flower, is to be found in the
Horticultural Building, where. also
a group of Royal Palms imported
from Cuba at an expense of twenty
thousand dollars each, raise their
graceful feather fronds high I'D under
the great glass dome. Crouched at
their feet one sees a distant relative,
dwarf palm, also from Cuba, that
grows only the thickness of a leaf in
year and which had passed it's
green youth in the days that Christ
was walking the streets of Jerusalem.
If you would have more of the
tropics, go study the rainbow fish of
Hawaii for words may not describe
them. One can only say that they
stole their colors from the sunset.
Through the warm waters of their
lagoon they steal like a rosy dawn.
Or if you prefer industrial process
es follow the distant thunder of Ma
chinery into the Palace of Manufac-
turers, where YOU may watch any
ming just as they do in the home
shops. Here circular loom is turn
ing out fire hose complete, ready to
be screwed onto the hydrant. You
may watch the highest grade of |
stationery in the course of manu-
facture, from the mixing of the pulp |
CT oTNiY % s.l.o 4
duct with a golden monogram, and |
carry away a sample package made
under Your own eyes. Or you can
observe the birth of Waltham watch |
and trace its growth from machine
to machine that appear to be possess
ed of human intelligence. If you be-
lieve one of the operators, they are
superhuman. Never stay out late
at night and impair their efficiency"
he put it. always on the job,
never miss trick. Absolutely NOR
ALTO be depended upon" And if |
they do in the end wear out so does
the operator. Together they go to
the scrap heap that lies ever in wait
for both men and machines.
laundering machinery rules also
in the Palace of Transportation, |
where an enormous locomotive clanks
and rattles its half hundred wheels |
and snorts its contempt of an old
fashioned leather springed Wells, |
Fargo mail coach on a stand near
by. Inside luxurious coaches, diffe-
rent railroads operate free moving
pictures that depict the beauty spots |
and advantage of travel upon their |
respective lines. But perhaps the
automobile section is even more in
teresting. There is nothing more
democratic than the automobile these
days. The jitney bus is a great
leveller. So always a large crowd |
ia tO ho seen StudUino tho uuOD darf,,1