Evening star., 1915-12-05
display of light effects they ever ma
seen.
Travertine Marble Initiated.

To carry out his idea of colors Tor the
exposition palaces, Jules Guerin, d.
rector of color, took into consideration
the climatic and atmospheric cohdi-
tions found in San Francisco near the
Golden Gate and worked in warm col
ors. in imitation of travertine marble.
This marble was much used in Roman
palaces of the -augustan period. ana !,
gave Guerin what has been descrlbeu
as a plnkish -gray-huff surface. Wnich
carried a suggestion of warmth. rms
shaded off into reddish brown some
times, and yellow golden orange WAS
used extensively in enriching II ana
working out lights and shadows. oXid-
ized-copper green. for domes ana ldt
tees. cerulean blue for ceilings OF
courts and burnt orange for small
domes and holdings gave an oriental
richness to the exposition. but lhe
whole scheme was soft and alluring.
Excepting perhaps one tower, Whlch
was generally deplored by architects.
including. it was said the designer,
there was nothing anywhere to dazzle
or blaze.
The decorative sculptures of the ex-
position. many of which We're created
for the exposition. and were of char.
acter depicting the spirit of the west
or life on the Pacific coast, attracted
much attention. There We're more than
$4,000 individual pieces of sculpture or
groups placed at various points ABOUT
the grounds.
Thirty-nine men and women OF
recognized ability at home and abroad
contributed as sculptors. The late Kari
Ritter, killed in New. York in an auto
mobile accident coon after the opening
Of the exposition. was in charge OF
this department, with A. Stirling
Calder as acting chief of the WctK
Canal Achievement Embodied.
The plan OF the exposition sculpture
was designed to form a sequence from
the first piece that greeted the visitor
on his entrance from the city. through
out the five interior courts and the cir
cult of inclosing walls. Two of the
most imposing works Were the groups
Of nations of the west" and the ma
tionS of the east which faced each
other $50 feet above the sunken gar
denS of the court of the universe.
Everywhere the idea of the achieve
ment of the building of the Panama
canal was embodied.
A bit of sentiment, one which Will
outlast the exposition many genera
tions. is grove of young trees oc-
cupyins goNYrnment territory Each
tree was planted by some honored
guest of the exposition directors. The
first to plant q tree WAS Vice President
Thomas x. Marshall in April Others
to plant trees in the federal grove We're
Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard
Taft, former Vice President Fairbanks,
William Jennings Bryan. Maj. Gen.
George ". Goethals, William g. Nc
Adoo and Thomas A. Edison.
The palace of education was classed
by educators as a temporary university
whose accomplishments will always be
one of the enduring features of the ex
position. Every phase and branch of
educational work was taken up there,
the tutors always being the best the
country could afford. BY means of
moving pictures adults as well as chill
drep We're given daily lessons in
geography, social hygiene, physiology.
chemistry. agriculture, horticulture and
school system. There were five motion
picture theaters within the builring.
In addition to those mentioned the
governor of every state represented at
the exposition planted a tree in the
garden surrounding his respective
state building, and the American press
humorists planted a fir tree. known as
the Chestnut tree" on the lawn near
the press building. Each of these
trees is to be transplanted in the fed
eral grove.