The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-12-05

I.is AVS6IS1yfVUt Lut6 s1U6d Oh lCOlOES lIO1
the exposition palaces, Jules Guertn,
director Of color. took into consider
alton the climatic and atmospheric
conditions found In San francisco
near the Golden Gate and worked IN
warm colors in an imitation Of tray
teFting marble. This marble .was
much used In Roman palaces of the
Augustan period and 1t gave Guerln
what has been described as a pink
ish-gray-bnff surface which carried
q suggestion Of warmth. This shaded
OF into reddish-brown sometimes.
and yelow-golden-orange was used
extensively. IN enriching 1t and work
ing out lights and shadows. Cxi-
dized-copper-green, for domes and
lattices. cerulean blue for ceilings Of
courts. and burnt orange for small
domes and mouldtngs gave an Orien-
tai richness to the exposition, but
the whole scheme was soft and al
Turing; Excepting perhaps one tow
er, which was generally deplored by
architects, including. It was said. the
where to dazzle or blaze. En-.
The decorative sculptors Of the ex-
position, nany Of which were Great.
ed for the exposition and were OF q
character depicting the spirit Of the
west Of life on the Pacific Coast, at
tracted much attention. There were
more than 15, 900 individual pieces
OF sculptures or groups placed at
various points about the grounds. Z
Thirty-nine men and women Of rec.
ognized ability at home and abroad
contributed as sculptors. The late
Karl Bitter, killed in New York in an
automobile accident, soon after the
opening Of the exposition, was in
charge Of this department, with a.
Sterling Calder as acting chief OF the
work. : D. : Z
The plan Of the exposition sculp-
ture was designed to form a be.
greeted the visitor on his entrance
from: the city, throughout the five In
terror courts and the circuit OF en-.
closing walls. Two OF the most i'm
posing works were the groups Of
Nations OF the West" and the...Na.
tons OF the East, " which faced eact,
other 16O feet above the sunken gar
dens of the Court Of the Universe.
Everywhere the idea Of the achieve
ment Of the building Of the Panama
canal was embodied. !,
Bit Of Sentiment X
A bit of sentiment, one which will
outlast the exposition many genera.
tons. Is grove OF young trees oc-
cupying government territory. Each
tree was planted by some thonoretl
guest of the exposition directors.
The first to plant a tree was Vice
President Thomas r. Marshall In
April. Others to plant trees in the
federal grove were Theodore Roose-
welt, William Howard Taft, former
Vice President Fairbanks, william,
Jennings Bryan. Major General George
W. Cocktails, William McAdoo and
Thomas "A. Edison. h Z
The Palace OF Education was class
ed by educators as. temporary uni
versity whose accomplishments will
always be one Of the enduring fen.
TIRES Of. the exposition. Every phase
and branch Of educational work was
taken up there. the tutors being al.
ways the best the country could az
ford. BY means Of moving pictures
adults as vel las children were given
daily lessons In geography. social
hygiene. physiology. chemistry. az
riculture and school system. There
were five. moving picture theaters
within the building.
In addition to those mentioned the
governor OF ever state represented