The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-05
| CLOSING OF PANAMA | PACIFIC EXPOSITION
 NATIONAL TRIUMPH
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 MARKS ERA OF PROGRESS

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 MARKS ERA OF PROGRESS l The exposition attendance was beyond all hopes of the management, especially after the outbreak of the war, when for time there was talk of postponement of the opening date. On daily aver age the attendance has been more than 1000. Within 12 days after February 20 l 1000 900 persons passed through the gates. The 17,0OO,000 mark was reached Novem- ] Der 19.
 San Francisco's exposition in every par ticular was an exposition of progress. All exhibits entered for award were conten- poraneous articles originated or produced 1 since the St. Louis exposition 10 years , ago.
 | In the general color scheme it was diff l ferent from any effect ever attempted on l so large scale. The night illumina- I ton, with subdued lights everywhere, re- | fiected on the buildings also was unique. 1 Many experts and artists, among them i Thomas A. Edison, declared the night scene the most entrancing display of | light effects they ever had seen. l To carry out his idea of colors for the | exposition palaces, Jules Guerin. director l of color, took Into consideration the cli-
 matic and atmospheric conditions found ! in San Francisco near the Golden Gate l and worked in warm colors in an i'm
 itstion of traverting marble. This mar hle was much used in Roman palaces of the Augustan period and it gave Cue
 rin what has been described as a pink
 ish-gray- buff surface which carried sug- gestion of warmth. This shaded off into
 reodish-brown sometimes, and yellow 1 golden-orange was used extensively in en- riching it and working out lights and | shadows. xidized-copper-green, for the | dCp1aq an6 1att h1,1n fr,r oail- 1 ings of courts. and burnt orange for small domes and mouldings gave an Oriental | richness to the exposition. but the whole | scheme was soft and alluring. Excepting perhaps one tower, which was generally 1 deplored by architects, including, 1t was | said. the designer there was nothing any, l where to dazzle or blaze.
 SPORTING EVENTS
 1 Among the sporting events at the | exposition were the Vanderbilt and grand prize automobile cup races held
 soon after the opening date on a course embracing circuit of the exposition grounds. Other events of more than
 local interest included yacht races for which cups were given by President Wilson and King George of England.
 The sloop Nordug II was sent from
 Chrlstiania. Norway, to take part,
 which she did successfully. For three
 weeks during the summer running races featured and later in the season there were harness races with $227 ,0O0 | in purses. A live stock show with $780, 900 in prizes, horse shows and inter-
 national sheep shearing contests were also held
 l Among the world developments por- trayed at the exposition were the Diesel engine in actual operation; transconti- mental telephone; development of nj. trates from air; color photography;
 motor truck and gasoline driven farm
 machinery; cure for hookworm In the south, oxy-acetylene gas burner; vo- | cational training in schools; advance in steam locomotion: telegraphone; wire | less telephone; wireless telegraphy; synthetic camphor, dyes from coal tar
 and the pure food movement. Daily