Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1915-08-19
TOUR OF AMERICA
BY Mabel A. Reed
Chapter Two

Onaptef Two
"San Francisco Welcomes the
World" From the ferry boat gliding
gracefully over the beautiful blue of
the bay, the Queen City's" hospitality
may be traced in the FURNISHED letters
elevated to adorn an azure sky.
Originating as early as nineteen
hundred four in the directorate of the
Merchants Association and materializ-
ing in nineteen hundred eleven, upon
President Taft's signature of the bill,
the celebration of the building and
completion of the Panama Canal be-
came fifty million dollar investment.
A site two and one half miles in
length along the bay was chosen. In
nineteen hundred twelve the enterprise
of filling in the low lands and grading
was complete Covering six hundred
thirty five acres, the vast amphithea-
ire of courts and palaces suggests a
cosmopolitan city IDEAL its architec-
ture is Roman and Renaissance; its
bay not unlike in coloring to the Med
iterranean; its ultimate lesson por-
traying in its statuary the achieve
ment of labor, science, art, adventure
and philosophy. Situated just inside
the golden gate to the east, Fort Ma
son, to the west, the Preside, to the
south, the city and TO the north the
bay, the illumination at night suggests
castles of medieval times as light Of
wonderful brilliancy chases the sha-
dows from their hiding places. The
placed Lagoon near the Fine Arts Pal
ace, reflects the beauty of its sur
roundings, a ruin of an ancient Italian
structure is symbolized by the fine
Arts Palace, homegrown with vegeta-
tom that has a century old history
appearance.
Old ivory, a stimulation of travestine
marble of ancient Rome, gives digni-
ty and calm beauty To the palaces.
The color scheme is as follows: Pom
perian red predominates for fiat walls
Cerulean blue, ceiling of vaults; gold
and blue green for special features of
ornamentation; Nile or Turquoise
green with burnt orange for the small
Ter domes, terra Gotta gold tone for
statuary, orange-pink for the flag
poles.
But color needs its supplement,
mood, which sculpture gives. The
Fountain of Energy, Joyous, Fountain
of Life, Dramatic, Fountain of the
Rising and the Setting Sun, Architec-
tural, Fountain of Youth, Naive
Fountain of ElDorado, Realistic,
Fountain of Ceres, Classic, Fountain
of Four Seasons, Pastoral, Fountain
of Beauty and the Beast, Playful.
Color and mood are cold. withou;
voice. Voice is given by nature, her
beautiful gardens covering eighty ac-
res with their flora from various parts
of the world There is the Netherland
garden, the Rose garden, the Califor-
MIA garden, the Massachusetts garden
the Forbidden garden and the Miscel-
laneous garden. The roses in the Rose
garden are the language of flowers
poetry; creamy pink fragile blossoms
deep red ardent ones, ivy white petals
In the creation of the this almost per-
feet world, light, Philosophy and per
sonality are given to the Exposition
city.
The illumination has called into be.
ing the phrase "The Greatest of the
Expositions, In the Court of Abund.
ance, all is radient energy and mys-
terry" in the court of the universe we
observe grandeur and stateliness; in
the Court of the Four Seasons, the
light bathes the classic statuary in
clear, chaste light. The cost of the H.
Elimination is approximately five hun
dred dollars a night.
Philosophy is of nature inscriptions
"The balmy air diffuses health anc
fragrance so tempered is the genia
glow that we know neither heat mol
cold. Tulips and Hyacinths abound
fostered by a delicious cline. Tn,
earth blooms like a garden. Fir
danse (The national poet of Persia.
The world is in its most excellent
state when justice is supreme"-Dan
te. Personality is evident in a stud
Gus attitude taken by the visitors. The
soldiers in their neat blue uniforms
the guards in tan suits, the sailors
wearing the blue blouscs, the children
in white and my lady in a sand-tan Of
black and white check cloth, all adj,