The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1915-04-23
San Francisco, Calf.
April 4th, 1915.
Marietta Journal & Courier,
Mariaffa co

When one undertakes to tell of the
wonders Of the great Panama-Pacific
International Exposition, you can
scarcely find a beginning place. and
very much more difficult to find an
ending place. Think of 635 acres
being covered with buildings, courts,
flower gardens and palaces filled
to overlooking with the wonders of
the world. Here one may walk
through the Az miles of aisles in the
buildings for days and weeks and
months and not see all that is to be
seen.
Along the Zone" which is the
term used to designate the mile and
half of street on which the fun
makers" are stationed you may see
every character and kind and de-
scription of amusement, they are all
there requiring at least a week to
see them all. Here the light-heart-
ed, care free youth may be found and
those second childhood days who
are trying to drive dull care away
may be found by the thousands, but
the buildings and their wonderful
contents are far more interesting.
Within the palaces some eighty
thousand exhibits are all ready for
inspection. From such a mass, all
selected products of the last ten years
all interesting, it is extremely diff
cult to pick and choose. Eventually,
from one pen and another, each will
receive its just due. For my part,
| shall merely follow the crowd and
try to make an imperfect record of
its preferences. Down the great cen
trail aisle of Machinery Hall, through
groves of engines, boilers, turbines,
fractions, well-borers and rock-crush-
ing plants, past tin can factory in
full blast, which had its admirers
and great Hoe press that was turn
ing out colored Sunday supple
ment" at one hundred thousand to
the hour, the main stream made for
Uncle Sans Army and Navy exhibit.
Covering a wide range of activi-
ties and functions, from the Coast
Light Service to the Inland Alaskan
Patrols, this exhibit is of almost
universal interest. In the section
devoted to the former, one stares at
certain huge varmilion mushrooms
for some time before recognizing
them from the apparently small red
buoys that are made to emit boots
or flashes by wave action, are domi-
mated and thrown into the shade by
the giant nun" buoys, which, how
ever, have nothing beyond their size
to recommend them. Near them
stands a complex apparatus which
regulates fog signals brazen bel
low, so that a fog bound mariner
can judge his position by timing the
intervals. But the gem of the ex-
hibit is huge reflection lantern.
it is twelve feet high and
six in diameter, it's polished glass
and crystal lift it into the realm of
jewels. One might fancy it as being
worn, on her bosom by a Brobidna-
gian giantess of Gulliver's Travels.
And there are other lanterns--some
contrivances for isolated
stations that light themselves at
night, go out by day and keep it ND
for months without any care Add
to these certain models of famous
and large framed photos
which explain every detail of the SER
vice, and it will be seen how easily
one may comprehend the tender care
Uncle Sam evidences for his coast
wise mariners
In these war times the Army ex-
hibits naturally command a great
deal of attention. The rail alon gside
the loading machines which turn
out $4,000 complete cartridges in
eight hours, is always crowded. In
a rack, close by, sections of shells
are shown, cut down the center go
that the contents is exposed to view,
the timing machinery which explodes
the bursting charge and drives out
the close-packed shrapnel in hail
of death. In size the shells range
from three-inch for quick firing gar
risons to sixteen-inch that go with
the big guns we are mounting at
Panama. Set up on end, the
latter stands five feet high, and are
as big around as a wash tub, weigh a
quarter of ton and require 665 lbs.
of powder for their discharge. They
are the big Berthas" of the Ger
mans and after seeing them, one is
in position to understand, both the
surprise of the French that such a.
normous guns could be used~in land
war, and also the tragedy of the
Belgian forts. A siX-inch armor-
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