Arizona republican., 1915-09-26


 object lesson to the navy department and to the nation. If the fleet was 1 to be available for prompt defense on either coast, il was essential to lessen this 14,000 miles by a short cut through the isthmus linking the two Ameiicar continents. It has been done, and the Oregon is moored out wonder in the Bay as if to remind us of the accomplished fact.
 At night the lighting of the Exposi- tion is effected with all the startling beauty that electricity has placed in the hands of man. To many visitors the loveliest memory of their sojourn here will be the Fine Arts Palace as seen in the early evening when the twilight joins with artificial lighting in weaving a spell that conque $ time and place. A ls eoon, frineel with cypress and tiher evergreens, makes a foreground for the double colon nades that sta,,l like temple nos made with hands They are dimly lighted. We walk toward a noble perspective, getting unexpected glimpses of columns and statues, wa ter, and flowers. The beauty of line and color is repeated on the still face
 
 kneeling goddess feeds the sacrificial flame. The searchiight throws it's penciled ray athwart the scene. Sud denlN aloft, on the top of giant column in mid air, I see the mighty forearm and shoulder of the Adven- turous Archer who, with feet firmly planted, is sending an arrow into the unknown. The sudden illumination of this heroic and eloquent figure is bizarre but impressive. There he stands as the symbol Of the picneer- ing spirit, shooting across the water, into the unknown, at a venture while Hope l,neeling at his side seconds his strength with sympathy.
 The picture is ephemeral A year hence it will be gone. The exposition covers 500 acres and on it has been spent s50.0G0.O00 in the erection of buildings and the assembling of ex- hihits. Not many months ago the site consisted of sand dunes and marshes. varied by the shanties of a neglected foresbore. A small part of the exposition is built on the Presidio, the military reservation dating from historic days. Early next year all these lordly palaces of art and in- Gustrv will be'wrecked systematically, every broken part of them will be removed, so that streets and alleys of an unlovely suburb may be restored. The dream will become a memory
 It is indeed the fabric of a dream. the dream that came true. And like q vision at the dawn of day it must fade. That pathetic thought is ever present From sand-dunes and marshes it sprang; into them it will disappear.
 But while the physical part Of this exposition is ephemeral. the spirit of it will not pass immediately. Among the millions that come and go, whether staring half-intelligently or observing with real insight, there will be many to whom the splendor of the scene and the beauty of the vision will be an abiding memory. On them the allegory of the statuary will not be lost, on them the message of the artist will not be wasted. And the fact that most of them came from the outworks of an intensely indus trial civilization will make the psy- chical effect all the greater. It is well for men to learn that they do not live on bread alone: it is well for them to endeavor to industrialiZe their lives without 'also commercial izing their souls.
 Mining and Metallurey at the
 Exposition
 Engineers attending the meeting of the International Engineering Con- gress at San Francisco. during the period September 16 to 25, will find af int in Palana of Mines and Metanurgy at the Panama Pacific International Exposition. Some may be disappointed; others may con slider it worthy of a great industry; we leave judgment to the visitors. If the original plans had been carried out. the place would be hive of in dustry: however things must be ac cepted as they are. Mine equipment is not complete without power, so engineers must step across the Aven- ue of Progress to the Palace of Ma chinery to see some of the latest tion in the mining department is The Mine" and as sections of some of the greatest mines in the country are represented, this should be the starting point for further exploration of the eXhlD1tS. Fms eXceiient mOQel mine was constructed under the au pervision of the IT. s. Bureau of Mines. in cooperation with mining represented. The under ground workings may be entered by an electrically operated hoist. or by walking down the incline or slope Mining men will feel at home as soon as they enter on account Of the char actcristic odorc of decaying timbers and wet rock found in real mines. The excavation is below sea-level, but pumping saves it from be- ing flooded. In the small space oc- eupied by the mine, the zealous stu dent can learn more of underground from the exhibits and the courteous explanations of the white capped young engineers than he could by months of hard study under the ablest of professors. Here are illus trated most of the methods ana ma chinery used in coal and metal mines.
 As you descend the we'll worn steps