The farmer and mechanic., 1915-04-20

hea usifui San Francisco Ray the site
and atmospheric color both strongly
suggest the Latin countries-France,
Spain and Itaiy-and in this setting
the scheme that seemed most appro-
pirate and capable of the highest .x-
preston of beauty Was that OF n city
OF the Far East. its great groups OF
buildings walled in and sheltcring its
l1a>is cou--e 1t Is further claimed
that the Exposition has been thought
out and constructed from "A four-fold
angle; that is, its makers put them
selves in the place of a man with
four specialueS. those speciaities he
ing archltucture, painting. sculpture
and landscape engineering The
builders of the Exposition claim that
they haoe attained TO this composite
mind and The superb buildings which
they have erected are such that no
| che Of them could stand alone In
| asmuch as the Exposition illustrates
the meeting of the nations through
| the Panama canal. many if not most
| OF the great world types Of architcc-
| ture-of the old world as We'll as the
| ne~-are gwen expression. For IN
| stance, the Court the Universe
the Palace OF Fine Arts the Palace
| OF Machinery and the Court IF the
| r our Seasons are all modelled after
Roman and Greek types and Vet each
Is distinct in character. The Festival
| I1diI anu the taiaCe OF horticulture
are designed in the field Of the French
renaissance and yet each of these has
It's distinctive individuality. The
Court OF Abundance illustrates the
Spanish Gothic while the Court OF
Palms and Flowers shows the in
fiuence of different periods of the
| Italian renaissance
The Tower OF Jewels the Centre.
The Tower of Jewels is very much
admired but it is sometimes criticised
Personally | admire it, but that may
be because l do not know anything
about architecture. San Franciscans
| claim that in it an entirely new note
has been struck and while its com
| position is in detail familiar at the
same time ii reveals striking free
dom of thought 1t is the heart
5 centre of the Exposition 1t is a.
glitter with jewels of ruby and topaz
| ana sapphire, and diamond. and when
the sun is shining upon them or
when the search lights are maesed
upon them at night they gleam from
every angle of the building and tower
and scintillate with irdisceut hfil-
/ lance. These jewels are made OF 4
composition which is quite expensive
and is known only in Austria.
"Jewels similar to those hanging
from the tower are sold by souvenir
dealers in the grounds for s2.75 each
It seems quite expensive for a piece
Of glass about the size OF the top oi
a call-bell but the girls who were
selling them grew quite indignant
when | called them glass ana they
said they were not glass but com.
| position, and q composition which /.
very costly in the process of making
and, therefore, really valuable :
prize for the best name for the TX
position was won by a woman VIII
| G,,c pCf nH he In.
piece of unique architecture in tn
main scheme Of building is the Cali
fornia building in which every typ
Of the early Missions Of California i
represented. yet they are all so com
bined and developed as to form
structure which would undoubtcdl
not be recognized by good old Fathe
Sierra or any of the pioneer mission
ary priests who played such a Iarg
part in the exploration and settle
ment Of California in the days Of tn
Spanish regime.
The Color Scheme.
The color scheme of the FXpoSitio
is exquisite. The ideas Of many Of tn
architects varied. and an architect c
an artist fights strenuously TO carr
his point. out harmonization va
secured by placing in the hands {
Jules Guerin, one Of the famous al
fists Of the present day the authorit
to supervise the colors so as to han
mOnize with the Exposition Settin!
The color scheme for the Expositio
is in eight colors: French green f,
Garden lattices; deep cerulean blu
for recess panels and vaulted eel
inga: orange pink for flag poles
| pinkish red with a dash Of brown f.
the back ground for collOnade
golden burnt orange for small dom
and molldings: terra Gotta for dome
gold for statuary. and Verde-an tiql
for urns and vases. The h'Iildini
proper are of an old ivory tint.
The Briliiant Illumination
The color tint lends itself to mig
- illumination. Nothing like il HI
ever beer seen before. The fund
+ mental features Of it consist in mas
ed lights being thrown upon soft
a. illuminated fasCades, towers dome
m - -.i,,..,- IN he,n.ff,,1 color ton.