The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-07
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| SalllOTHid, line riofiud, 10 otdI'
of magnificent distances, and San
Francisco, which is looked upon as
the next door neighbor of Los An.
geles, is nearly 500 miles distant
| There is considerable difference in
the temperature, San Francisco be-
/ ing much the cooler Of the two
cities Los Angeles, while the small
er, impresses me as being the more
lively and progressive. Still, 1T is
wonderful how San Francisco has
been built up since the great earth
quake that left SO much Of it in
| ruins.
This summer it is, oof course, more
lively than usual, owing to the Ex-
position being in progress. There is
a. very good show, all things con-
sidered, though, of course, the war
interfered greatly with it's interna-
tional scope. Many countries. how
ever, made good exhibits, and if no
outside nation had participated
there would still have been sufii-
cient of interest in the displays of
this country's products and re-
sources and those Of the various
States to have made the Exposition
| well worth a visit. The machinery
building is full of interest to those
who would note the worlds prog
ress in this respect, and each per-
son can find the latest wrinkle in
the special machinery used in his
particular line. In the transporta-
| tion building there is, perhaps, a
greater difference in the character
of exhibits, as compared with those
of former worlds fairs, than in any
, other classification. The magnificent
new types of modern locomotive
would interest any railroad man.
and even the casual observer is
,, struck with the evolution from the
cruder types of former years to these
present perfect monarchs of the
rail. But the air craft and automo-
bile exhibits indicate the wonderful
revolution in transportation meth
DDS that has been wrought within
the past few years. Of special in
! terest in this respect is the Ford ex-
hibit, where a force of mechanics is
engaged in assembling the cars,
and one can watch the process from
the pile of parts at one end of the
line until the finished car comes out
at the other. In the varied indus
tries building there is much to in
terest and please, but what struck
me particularly is the art exhibit
in the Italian section. I have never
seen such perfect beauty chiseled
from marble as can be found in this
collection Then the Palace of Fine
Arts is a wonderful place where one
could wander for days studying the
beautiful paintings, many of which
represent the work of world-famous
artists. 7 confess that some of
these paintings were beyond my ar
tistic education. cannot appreciate
the impressionistic efforts, where
apparently the colors were applied
to the canvas with squirt-gun
like the concrete mixture was shot
on the walls of the KILLER hotel.
preferred those subjects where the
human beings depicted resembled
those whom | have known in life.
Not knowing anything about art
particularly when it is spelled with
a capital Al nevertheless have
my preferences, and out of the hun.
| dreds of pictures I decided on about
a dozen which | determined to buy
1 and bring home with me. After
4 looking them up in the catalogue
! however, i decided to postpone my
purchases for the time being, fol
the trifling reason that the money
required represented sum larger
than the tax values of the city OF
Lakeland. With inexplainable per
versity, the very pictures ! wanted
were listed highest in price. They
were all portraits of ladies, and none
of them had stitch of clothing on
and I thought 4 could get a reduc-
ton because of the latter reason
knowing how much it costs to dress
| a lady-but 1t seems not.
I or the foreign countries making
exhibits, Canadas display is the
best-those Britisners do things
thoroughly, and after going through
the Canadian exhibiJ one feels like
he has Travelled all over Canada
The South American countries, OIL
several of them, having interesting
! exhibits For instance, there IL
Urueu Now, Uruguay has al
ways been represented in my MIND
by a tiny splotch OF color on the