The farmer and mechanic., 1915-04-20

ahout ten per cent of the architects,
artists. painters, sculptors, poets ana
writer's of this country. In the Ste"art
Hotel lobby one day / was introduced
to charming young woman VINO pos
ed as the model for one OF the StIih-
ing pieces of sculpture in the Expo
sition grounds. If l recollect correct
lv this was the work OF MI. Atkell
of San Francisco. San Francisco It
self is full of beautiful bronze and
marble statuary which make Wash
ineton City, with it's all too many
sculptured stiffs. blush with shame.
On Market street near the ferry
building is a superb group of work
men strenuouSly labOrlng at forge
and this is TO represent the OOnshue
fan1ily-father and sons-who were
amongst the earliest industrial plo-
neers Of San Francisco. In the CIVIC
Centre of the city is superb tribute
to the '49-ers in bronze and marble,
every piece of it quivering with lie.
The winged figure on the tall smart
| of the Victory Monument, in Union
| Square is exqujsitely done as Is the
| baseball player in the Golden Gate
| Park 1t is little wonder that when
San Francisco itself is adorned with
| these triumphs of genius sheEfound
the personnel Of genius at hand to
| make her Exposition beautiful
| The Horne Folks Talk 1t Up.
| All the San Francisco people are
| desperately in love with the Exposi-
| ton Their newspaper writer's are
| poetic in their descriptions of it and
| they lose no opportunity to make the
| visitors 10 the city see the fine points
| Of it. / went out one night to hear
DR.. Aked. He is the former pastor
OF Rockefeller and pastor of the
- o!,l1 II in, ho
city His theme for his sermon on
the night / heard him was: The
Wonder and Glory Of the Exposition,
and a Search for its Soul One Of
the San Francisco papers was adver-
tising TO give 500 or SO III small
prizes Of $25, SO and $5 each to the
best writer's of limericks which would
describe phases of the Fair; and the
Chronicle had the following tribute
by George Douglass to the Exposition
Girl in its issue of February 2Sth, al
decorated with pictures typical of the
pretty girls Of all nationalities whom
one sees on the Exposition grounds
! The Exposition Girl.
When you've made the long process
sion,
From the first to last concession,
When your feet are feeling tired, ans
, your head is in Whirl,
It's million to q dime
You will own up every time,
There is nothing half so pretty,
=, In the whole of Jewel City,
AS the pretty, witty Exposition Girl
From the moment of admission
h To the matchless exposition,
II Every eye becomes enraptured by he
S captivating curl;
st She's a maiden debOnair,
l. And the fairest Of the Fair
!. Not jewel on the Tower
Has the fascinating power
# OF the pearly, curly Exposition Cir
And the perfect satisfaction
a OF her infinite attraction:
~ She can please each mortal living.
from a cowboy to an earl:
For the maiden I've in mind
Is the type Of every kind.
From the tall and fully ample
To the short and slender sample
ar or the very merry Exposition Girl.
Other bards may do their duty,
~, BY the festal buildings beauty.
~ But the beauties that have started q
my senses in whirl
nn Are these angels Of the West.
~ without wings, but fully dressed.
na Dressed in just the frills and lace