The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-25

New York City, Oct, 24.-Much
has been said and written about
what goes into the great American
melting pot. But what comes out
! of it? What has America gained by
reason of its strange mixture o!
different nationalities?
The answer to this question will
be given in an interesting way when
an exposition entitled America s
Making is held in the Seventy-fir st
Street Armony in New York from
Oct. 20 to Nov. u, in which 80 diff
ferent nationalities will show, by
means of exhibits and pageantry,
the various important features each
has contributed to the making of
America. Visitors will be able to
see how the nation has grown much
like huge and intricate patchwork
quit from pieces presented by peo-
pies from every section of the globe
how, for example, it derived its
laws from the English, it's first free
elementary school from the Dutch,
its creameries from the Danes, its
native music from the negroes and
Its architecture from all parts and
PCAAooS VI the O4u NOTlu.
The exhibits are to be arranged
IN picturesque booths around the
sides of the vast armory drill hall
They will include historic objects,
arts and crafts, sculpture, painting,
actual photographs, still and moving
models, and wide variety of novel
and striking devices, with large
scenic effects in the foreground, as
Ior instance, a panoramic view
showing the settlement of the south
west by Spanish colonists.
Pageantry features will be staged
every afternoon and evening on the
great drill floor. There will include
spectacles, tableaux, pantomimes,
plays, musical concerts, singing
concerts, gymnasuc drills, folk
dancing and ceremonials. All will
portray characteristic contributions
OF different national groups-as, for
example, the settlement of Fort !
by the Dutch colonists, |
the old town meetings of the Eng
fish. the eisteddfods or singing fes-
yivals of the Welsh. In addition to |
these individual national features, |
here will be great opening pag-
can't, The Foundations Laid" and |
! grand finale, "AIl America"
Lanes Idea.
1t was the late Franklin K. Lane,
'ormer secretary of the interior,
Who thought of the idea. He be-
Ieved that such an exposition
would give each national group a
uller conception of it's own share
n the nations upbuilding, that it
would tend to promote still closer
american union, and point the way
y which we might further enrich
ur national life Over a million
'ersons, including thousands OF
chool children, 81 national commit
eeS and an executive committee
of John H. Finley, Will
am l.. Ettinger, Mrs H. Edward |;
'rier, w. H. Walbridge and Joseph
Lartlgan, are now engaged in carry
lg out Mr.. Lanes idea, under the
uspices of the New York state and ,
lty departments of education. II
some OF the best foreign artistic ;
iient in the country has been en- I
loyed TO plan the exhibit booths. {
nile the general decorative scheme 3
ew York architect, Howard Green 7
y. In describing this scheme. Mr.. !
reenley said:
have conceived a vast temple. /
nose roof is a soaring arch of f
zen and gold, canopy of foliage 6
mlnIscent of constant growth and +
rem; scence. The four pillars of n
is temple in their majestic dimen- T
ons are as the pillars of the stath 2
Tying disturbance and significant Y
the promise of liberty, coopera-l
IN, opportunity and federation. n
On thanked by lambent brasier O
herein the fires of faith glow +
The f1ag-that farreach- O
and enFeloping symbol of pro 7
its panopIy about v
csc pillars" A
For several months past. each NJ 9
81 national groups participating b
the exposition has had an exDert ! U
search staff at work tracing its q
rlous claims in America. The 6,
sterlal assembled by these ex- 81
rts forms the basis of the exhibits "
d pageants. "
Inc English will have the Iarges, m
most important display of gifts r.
ey Will emphasize their contri- ~
tons of law, political structure q,
lguage and education. They will to
1W US how our popular colon M
form or architecture is but an n,
aptation of the English "Gcorg- 81
now most of our furniture is II