South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-02-20
WILSON PRESSES
BUTTON OPENING
BIG FRISCO FAIR


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100000 California building. the
largest structure on the grounds apart
from the group of main exhibit
palaces.
Entering through the main gates at
Scott ST one is Immediately within
the south gardens. 900 feet in length.
500 feet in width and three lagoons
and rich spaces Of pansies IN bloom
There are 100000 pansy plants bloom
ing now. In two months they viii
give way TO 100000 daffodils and
two months later 20 jonquils. and so
on, until the ead Of the exposition.
Greatest Organ in World.
To the east. and commanding that
end of the gardens is Festival nell
where the greatest pipe organ IN the
world is Installed. Here Will center
the intellectual musical and dramatic
life Of the fair It's inspiring dome,
so feet in diameter and 1S5 feet in
height. the Palace of Horticulture
commands the west side of the gar
dens. The dome is after the mosque
of the Sultan Ahmed l., at Constan-
tinOple
To the immediate right of the en-
/ trance gates is the Press building,
where the correspondents VIII nave
headquarters and the San Francisco
ItSS NlMU VIII MAINTAIN OHCA AOI-e'Ns
To the immediate right IS the Young
WOmen's Christian association build
ing.
Facing the exposition gates as one
enters is the Fountain of Energy in
the middle lagoon, symbolizing the
power ard the force that made pos
sible the building Of the Panama
canal
Across the south gardens are the
Of no fanadaC n
four Of the main exhibit palaces, link
ed, with four that face north and San
Francisco bay, into a unit by colon
nades. To the extreme right is the
Palace of Varied Industries and next
to it the Palace o. Manufacture, the
Court of Flowers separating the two.
Then comes the lofty Tower of Jewels,
with an acre of ground at its base,
rising in successfully diminishing
platforms richly embelhshed with
sculpture To the left of the tower
is the Palace of Liberal Arts and then
the Palace of Education and Social
Welfare, the court of Palms separat
! ing these two. phe approaches to the
Courts OF Palms and Flowers are
marked by Italian flowers, 200 feet
in height.
| BY the tower gate under the Tower
of Jewels, is the southern approach to
the Court OF the Universe in a general
way recalling the Plaza Of st. Peters.
/ The north approach to this court is
commanded by the Column OF Prog
! ress, $50 feet in height, symbolizing
the march Of civilization.
Two other large courts are in this
main group Of eight exhibit palaces;
\ the Court of Abundance, lavish with
oriental suggestion, and the Court of
the Four Seasons.
The total length of this superb
group of exhibit palaces east and west
| is 1856 feet and north and south,
| 1926 feet.
East of the main group. and across
the Avenue of Progress, is the Palace
of Machinery, 96S feet in length, 36S
feet in width.
Palace of Fine Arts.
West of the main group. across the
! Avenue of Administration and the
Fine Arts lagoon, is the Palace of
Fine Arts. its 100 feet of the Graeco-
Roman colonnades curving around the
foliaged shore of the lagoon. An un-
expected result of the European war
has been to bring her priceless mas
terpieces from old world galleries for
safe keeping from the possibilities Of
invading armies.
These latter two, with the eight of
the walled city group and the hor-
ticultural palace comprise the group
of II main buildings.
The third or western group of build
ings constitutes the amusement zone,
leo structures thanking both sides OF
5000 foot avenue. OF 1000 appli-
cants for space only 100 were selected
and each cOncessionaire was COMPEL
ed to pass a test in order that the
newest and swiftest features Of amuse-
ment and instruction that the pre-
mier shOwmen of the world could pre-
sent would be offered. First in con-
cession space is Frederick Thompson
Of Luna park and the Hippodrome
with Il acres Of toyland for grown
ups. Next comes YumetO Kushibiki
with Japan Beautiful transplanteo
bit of Nippon. Kushibiki has been fol
% years managing Japanese conces-
siOns and exhibits at world fairs
There is a 40 camp in charge Of the
only Sam" Davis with Mark Twin:
original cabin from the TuOlumne anC
a JimtOwn daily with Sam" as ed
itor The Panama canal-abOut which
the entire celebration centers - i
shown, covering an acre of ground
and complete even to the last pump
and valve