Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-10-24

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 Of different nationalities?
The answer to this question will be
given in an interesting way when an
exposition entitled Americas Max
ing" is held in the Seventy-first Street
Armory in New York from October %
to November II, in which 30 different
| nationalties will show, by means of
p0rtant features each has contributed
to the making of America. Visitors
will be able to see how the nation has
grown much ike huge and intricate
patchwork quilt from pieces presented
by peoples 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 archi-
lecture from all parts and periods Of
the Old World.
The exhibits are to be arranged in
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 fore
ground, as for instance, Il panoramic
view showing the settlement Of the
Southwest by Spanish colonists.
Pageantry features will be staged
every afternoon and evening on the
great drill floor. These will include
spectacles, tableaux, pantomimes, plays,
musical concerts. singing contests,
gymnastic drills, folk dancing and cere-
monials. All will portray CHARACTERISTIC
contributions of different national
groups-as, for example, the settle
colonists, the old town meetings If the
English. the eisteddfods or singing fes-
rivals Of the Welsh. In addition to
these individual national features, there
will be great opening pageant. The
Foundations Laid" and a grand finale,
"All America
Lanes Idea
1t was the late Franklin X. Lane,
former secretary of the interior, V 10
thought of the idea He believed that
such an exposition would give each
national group fuller conception Of its
own share in the nations upbuilding,
that it would tend to promote still
closer American union, and point the
way by which we might furrhe. en-
rich our national life. Over million
persons, including thousands Of school
children, 80 national committees and
an executive committee consisting Of
John H. Finley. William I, Ettinger.
Mrs. H. Edward Drier, w. II. Wal
bridge and Joseph Hartisan, are now
engaged in carrying out Mr.. Lanes
idea, under the auspices Of the New
fofn ND oi%, don. - of
education.
Some Of the best foreign artistic tai
ent in the country has been employed
to plan the exhibit booths, while the
general decorative scheme is in the
hands of a well known New York archi-
tect, Howard Greenley. In describing
this scheme, Mr.. Greenley said:
Il have conceived a vast temple,
whose roof is soaring arch Of green
and gold, canopy of foliage remin-
iscent of constant growth and of rem
ascence. The four pillars Of this tenn
pie in their majestic dimensions are as
the pillars of the state, defying dis
turbance and significant of the prom
Use of Liberty, Cooperation, Opportun
ity and liberation, each thanked by
lambent brasier wherein the fires of
faith glow eternally. The flag--that
far-reaching and enveloping symbol Of
protection-flings its panoply about
these pillars
For several months past. each of
the 80 national groups participating in
the exposition has had an expert re-
search staff at work tracing its various
claims in America. The material as
sembled by these experts forms the
basis of the exhibits and pagenats.
The English will have the largest
and most important display of gifts.
They will emphasize their contribu-
tons of Law. Political Structure, Ian
us how our popular Colonial form of
architecture is but an adaptation of