The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1958-05-15


ion at the Worlds fair in Brussels,
1t is as follows:
The u. S. Pavilion at Brussels
To get a non-American view
Of the u. S. Pavilion / asked
Belgian teacher to list in order
the three most impressive
aspects of the U. S. exhibit as
she made her first visit there.
Without much hesitation she
said: (D The voting machines,
(2) the architecture, and CD Cir
carama.
In view of some of the other
rather ostentatious displays, we
were a little surprised at her
first choice and yet our visits
there seem to uphold it. To get
to see these voting machines
most any time of day it is neces-
sary to queue up because of the
crowd. The New York Herald
Tribune claims the Russians are
sure the machine has a way of
tattling on the voter and perhaps
doing something worse if he
pulls the wrong combination.
The Brussels evening paper,
the Soir, went into raptures of
description saying that when
you push the red lever, the
curtains close and you have
placed upon your shoulders the
royal mantle of the secret vote.
1t remains to WELD the little
levers in total liberty" l think
it may be that last word
''liberty" which captivates the
attention of the Europeans and is
so incomprehensible to our Rus
sian competitors.
But perhaps for more coher-
ent view of the U. S. exhibit
shall we walk down the Avenue
of the Nations in the late oven
ing. We pass in front of the Aus
trian building and Frances yet
unfinished titan, go under the
elevated walkway and there
on a little rise, is, to an Ameri-
can, the most beautiful sight on
the grounds. At night the pavil.
ion glows as if of pure gold; the
| fountains in the large poo
weave and play and individual
lights shine up through apple
trees just in blossom. AS we look
at the structure in it's setting we
can't imagine an Improvement
somehow we just feel any Other
design would not have been az
appropriate, as striking or a:
representative of American dar
ing and originality as this one
At first sight it resembles ;
beautifully engraved candy boz
| but of such size and proportion
as to combine beauty ant
strength.
Around the rim are the flag
| of the 48 states backed by th'
transparent lattice work of geld
colored metal and clear plastic
and, at night, the golden fold
of the net-covered ceiling arr
visible. AS we enter we wall
straight forward toward tn
giant reflecting pool which i
under round opening in th'
center of the ceiling. The entir'
roof is without internal supper
being kept up by tension like
bicycle wheel lying flat. Gener
ally there is a crowd around tn
pool and as we push through
toward the edge we discove
why. There is long low raml
leading to a platform out in tn
pool; this is the site of the model
ing show of U. S. fashions--a
extreme as Paris ever could be
but, we must admit, effective a
an attention getter.
AS we stand here we can sc
around the large pool the loca
tions of many of the mos
popular exhibits: To our righ
on the balcony is the drug stor
display and the real America
soda fountain where one can ge
a US style chocolate malt. L
front of us across. the pool
the atomic sector with model
, and electronic diagrams and ais
; the popular ''mechanical fingers
: exhibit for handling radioactiv
materials. Nearby are the geo
physical year exhibit and tn