The Syracuse Journal, Volume 7, Number 40, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 4 February 1915 — Page 4

beginning to End Magnificent Panama-Pacific International Exposition Will Abound With Superb Educational and Entertainment Features.

By HAMILTON WRIGHT. TE construction of the vast Panama-Pacific International Exposition at San Francisco was 95 per cent completed three months before the opening day, on Feb. 20, 1915. The early installation of thousands of tons of rare and costly exhibits from all parts of the globe and the participation of forty of the world’s great countries have assured a celebration that will be unrivaled in its splendor, magnitude, interest and comprehensiveness. From its opening until its close, on Dec 4, 1915, the Exposition will abound with original features collected at an expenditure of many millions of dollars, it will present a cross section of human achievement, The Fan-

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Photograph courtesy San Francisco Examiner. THE MOTHER OF LINCOLN BEACHEY, FROM THE TOWER OF JEWELS, 435 FEET ABOVE THE EARTH, AT THE PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION, WATCHES HER SON LOOP HIS ONE THOUSANDTH LOOP. When Lincoln Beachey. a sbn of San Francisco, on the occasion of his homecoming after breaking all world records as a daredevil looper, of 999 loops, performed two entirely new and death defying stunts over the completed palaces of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition it was his aged mother who for the first time waved him on to fresh achievements. Mrs. Beachey held a place of honor, 435 feet up in the air. on the tiptop of the wonderful Tower of Jewels. From this aerie she was able to watch every erratic move of her daredevil son. She cried out only once. That was when he wrote the figures “1000” against the clouds, high above the two miles of completed exhibit paiades, significant of the looping of bis one thousandth loop.

ama canal is today open and doing business on a far vaster scale than z was predicted for it. and the Exposition, which celebrates the opening of the canal, is today revealed as the greatest manifestation of national achievement in American history Here will be a neutral “ground where even nations engaged in warfare will display on a pcale never before equaled their progress in the arts, industries and sciences of peace. Within three months before the opening of the Exposition.as many as 2,000 tons of consignments had reached San

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“THE END OF THE TRAIL,” PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION, SAN FRANCISCO, 1915. ' ' This photograph shows James Earle Fraser s superb piece of statuary, “The End of the Trail,” at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. Mora than 800 beautiful sculptures are shown at the Exposition, the works of famous sculptors of the day. In addition to the sculptures shown out of doois, thousands ot beautiful works of art are presented in the great Palace ot Fine Arts "

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Francisco in a single day, and. far in advance of its opening, the Exposition had created an unprecedented interest throughout the world, and its opening was eagerly awaited. In keen competitive exhibits there will be presented more than 80,000 single exhibits and groups of related exhibits portraying the results of the world’s best efforts tn recent years. This' wonderful Exposition, presented at an outlay of more than $60,000,000, celebrates a contemporaneous achievement, the building of the Panama canal, and all exhibits that are entered for competitive award will be thdfee that have been originated or pro Sliced since the great Louisiana Purchase Exposition at St. Louis ten years ago. The possible exception to this rule will be where earlier exhibits are

shown to illustrate the evolution of the processes of manufacture —as. for example. a display of a model of the first cotton gin in connection with the marvelous equipment into which it has evolved. Many of the displays will be especially adapted to study by the delegates to great national and international congresses and conventions, of which more thap 300, embracing almost every phase of human activity, have voted to meet in San Francisco in 1915. Delegates to the congresses interested in social progress and wel-

and Most Marvelous of Every Detail on Feb. 20, 1915 rtoJoin With America In Celebrating the Opening of the a Conclave Unsurpassed In History.

fare work will, for example, see in the Palace of Mines an exhibit threefourths of an acre -in extent, illustrating the manner In vdhich the largest steel corporation in the world is caring for and plans to still further advance the welfare of its employees. In the Palace of Education they will be interested in a great United States government exhibit The great war in no way has diminished the prospect of attendance at the Exposition, and thousands of Americans will for the first time enjoy the educative trip across tiieir native land. After the outbreak of the conflict the number of conventions deciding to meet in San Francisco proportionately increased. One of the most important of the will be the International engineering

congress, at which its distinguished chairman. Colonel George W. Goetbals, will preside. The foreign participation will be notable The nations are not attempting to show everything that they produce, but will lay esptcial emphasis upon those products in which they excel. in the Danish display, for exam- 1 pie, will be shown products of the Royal Danish porcelain factory at Copenhagen, Japan in her exhaustive ex-; hibit will display priceless works of art, loaned by direction of the imperial household and many of which could not be duplicated. From Italy will be shown historic paintings of the old masters, hitherto never exhibited in America in the originals. From China there have reached San Francisco selections of exhibits collected under the supervision of the governors of the Chinese provinces. Rare silks and satins, carvings, inlay work in the precious metals, exhibits of the transportation methods employed in the old China and the modern methods, used in the awakening republic will be shown. New Zealand will make a marvelous exhibit of its rare woods, of its fleeces, of its superb scenic charms. A large number of rare giant tree ferns from New Zealand will be found growing on the Exposition grounds. The Argentine Republic early set aside a larger sum than any ever appropriated by a foreign nation for representation in an American exposition. The modern cities of Argentina, the schools, churches, libraries, the great live stock Und agricultural interests will be extensively portrayed, and the mutual interests of South America and North America will be emphasized in almost every conceivable manner. From South Africa will be shown diamond exhibits and methods of extraction. The magnificent Canadian displays will review not only the widely known agricultural wealth, but will illustrate the scenic charms of the great Dominion, of snow clad moun tain peaks, of farreaching forest, of inland lakes in chains of sliver and rushing mountain streams.

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President Wilson Will Visit Panama-Pacific Display nf Nations via Panama Canal—Vanderbilt Cup Race and Grand Prix Will Be Held In Saif Francisco.

By HAMILTON WRIGHT. WONDERFUL and novel' amusements, parades and pageants of the oriental countries, auto and yacht races and athletic contests will be observed upon a scale of unexampled magnitude and grandeur at the Pana-ma-Pacific International Exposition. The extensive participation of China. Japan. Siam and Indo and Cochin Chi na. when taken in connection with, the plans already made and with the interesting oriental population of San Francisco, assures such spectacles as have never before been seen in the Occident. Pageants of miles in length set off by wonderful floats and mar velous pyrotechnics will wind through the streets of San Francisco.. There will be held throughout the

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WONDERFUL GLASS DOME OF THE PALACE OF HORTICULTURE, PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION, SAN FRANCISCO, 1915. Palace of Horticulture, looking through the Court of Palms. This beautiful structure has a glass dome 185 feet tygh and 152 feet tn diameter. Crowning the dome is a huge basket The general style of the architecture is the French renaissance, with Saracenic modification. The extreme length of the palace is 672 feet and breadth 320 feet

entlre period of the Exposition, which opens Feb. 20,’ 1915. a series of great events, including sports and athletic contests of many kinds conducted upon a scale of great magnitude. The Vanderbilt Automobile Cup Race and the Grand Prix, the two supreme events of the automobile year, will be held upon a four mile course, embracing a circuit of the Exposition palaces, a spectacular background far excelling in beauty and grandeur any which ancient Rome beheld during its historic chariot races. The Vanderbilt Cup Race will take place on Feb. 22 and the Grand Prix on Feb. 27. 1915 Great motorboati of the deep sea cruiser type will race for a SIO,OOO prize from New York through the Panama canal to the Golden Gate. A series of international yacht races in the twenty-one meter class will be held in San Francisco bay. President Woodrow Wilson, Emperor Wiliam of Germany and King George of England have each offered trophies in these events Swimming, water polo, fly casting, canoeing, football, baseball aud long distance foot racing are included in a series of more than 200 different kinds of contests President Wilson* himself will attend the Exposition. and it is probable the members of congress will attend in an especially chartered steamer Os international interest will be the greatest live stock show in the world’s history Mbfe than sooo,ooo w ill be awarded in prizes in a continuous live stock exhibit Rare aud valuable breeds of all kinds of live stock from distant countries of the globe will be shown Specimens of the famous Chillingham. wild white cattle will be exhibited for the first time. With the exception of two specimens at the London zoo. this breed has never been shown outside of Chillingham park. England These cattle are pure white, with black noses, black tips to the ears and black horns An international sheep shearing contest will be one of the unique exhibitions. For the musical events there has bc*en bnilt by the Exposition the magnificent Festival I'alace upon the grounds This is equipped with a won. dertul pipe organ, upon which Mr. Edwin world famous organist, among other celebrities, will give a series of recitals. The International Els teddfod will at San Francisco compete for $25,000 in cash prizes. More than 20.000 singers will participate in

this event. I’he famous Salt Lake Mormon choir, the deep toned plaintive singers of Hawaii and even a chorus of fifty Maorian singers will take part In the choral Events. At an expenditure of $1,250,000 the Exposition has constructed a great Auditorium in the civic center of San Francisco, which will be used by the great conventions and song festivals. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Crane will present their latest terpsichorean novelty, the "Exposition Tango:" Mr. Harry Lauder will sing the Exposition ballad. The amusement section of the Exposition. the "Zone,” corresponding to the famous "Midway” al the World’s Columbian Exposition at Chicago, will carry out the purpose of the Exposition to give every feature a high educa tional value.

Imagine, for the purposes of illustration, the interest, action and novelty of ten great circuses like Barnum & Bailey’s combined into a single “greatest show on earth” and presented at ten times the cost of t&e single production and an idea is gained of the originality of this section. A total of more than eleven millions of dollars has been expended in its establishment. The concessions, as these less serious features of the Exposition are known, include a great open air panoramic reproduction of the Yellowtone National park and a similar representation of the Grand Canyon of Arizona, presented by two of the transcon-

|| • ■ SJfc ■ ' I i VAST TRIUMPHAL ARCH AT THE WORLD’S GREATEST EXPOSITION, THE PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION, SAN FRANCISCO, 1915. w Arch of the Setting Sun in the west entrance to the Court of the Universe at the Panama-Pacific international Exposition. Surmounting the arch is a group of statuary representing "The Nations of the West.” in the middle of the group is an emigrant wagon drawn by oxen. Riding in this is the figure of a woman. “The Mother of Tomorrow,” and by her side are two chll-, dren. "The Hopes of Tomorrow.” Other figures represent an American Indian. a Mexican, an,Alaskan and other American types.

tlnental railways. The Grand Canyon concession is built upon so prodigious a scale that visitors will view the canvases from a standard gauge railway coach running on a standard gauge track. A huge working model of the Panama canal is so extensive that visitors seated in comfortable theater chairs will be carried along the route of the canal upon a movable platform, and a dictaphone at the arm of each cha • will describe each scene as it comes into view A ftovel amusement feature will be provided by working submarine boats of sixty-five tons displacement, which win operate in an artificial la con. The Aeroscope, a huge inverted pendulum, operating like a giant seesaw-, with a great balancing weight on the short end and a car for passengers at the extremity of Its long-

er arm, will raise sightseers more than 325 feet above Sap Francisco bay, affording an unsurpassed view of the Exposition City and the Golden Gate. Apart from the amusements, conventions and congresses, the vast pageants, the superb pavilions of the nationsand the f magnificent state buildings, the Exposition itself is a sight well worth seeing. The giant exhibit palaces, the loftiest and most imposing exposition buildings ever constructed, are in*thelr architecture representative of the finest work of a commission of famous American architects, who freely collaborated with distinguished members of this profession abroad.

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Lesson VL—First Quarter, For Feb. 7, 1915. THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES. Text of the Lesson, Ruth i. 6-18. Memory Verses, 16, 17—Golden Text/ Ruth i, 16—Commentary Prepared by Rev. D. M. Jtasbrns. We have just one lesson in this beautiful story of Ruth, but we will seefc to gather many- things from the whole story. The first and last names in the book. Bethlehem and David, are two of the most suggestive in the Bible. No man’s name is mentioned so often as David, and his is the first and last name of a mere man in the New Testament. Bethlehem, besides all the other interesting facts connected with it, will always be of special interest as the birthplace of the firstborn son of Mary. .Jesus Christ our Lord. Ruth Is one of The four women mentioned tn Matt. I among the ancestors of the son of David. Some one has said that the four chapters of this book might be entitled Ruth deciding—gleaning—-rest-ing—rewarded. The devotion of Ruth is an example of the devotion to Jesus Christ, which is expected of all believers. Her patient gleaning In the field of Boaz has in it an example of the patience and faithfulness which should be seen in every Christian. Her quiet expectation of some great result at the suggestion eof her mother-in-law makes us think of the assurance that the meek shall inherit the earth. When we see her as the w ife of Boaz, the owner of the field in which she had so patiently gleaned/ we cannot, but .think of the time when the church, the body of Christ, the company of all the faithful gleaners of this present age, shall become the bride of our mighty man of wealth, the owner of the field, which is the world, and then we shall Inherit all things with Him and reign with Him on the earth (Rev. xxl, 7; v, 10). That Naomi and her husband and sons should leave Bethlehem because of a famine and go to sojoym in Moab seems like the misstep which;Abram made when he left Canaan because of a famine and went down to Egypt for he only got into trouble there, and we read of no altar unto the Lord until he returned again to Bethel (Gen. xii. 10; xiii, 14). Poor Naomi found, trouble enough In Moab in the loss of her husband and two sous, but she seems to acknowledge that the going to Moab was her affair, while it was her gracious I.ord who brought her back to Bethlehem. "I went out full and the Lord hath brought me home again empty” (chapter i. 21). She turned her steps homeward because she heard that the Lord had given bread to Bethlehem (verse 6). The wandering boy of Luke xv turned homeward when he thought of the bread in his father’s house. It seems as should be ever telling to the perishing of the bread, and to spare, in our Father’s house, for how can they hear unless some one tells? Naomi knew the God of Israel. These women of Moab must have learned of Him through her; and Ruth had learned to know Him .well enough to forsake all for Him, to esteem Him more than her own people and her father’s house. Orpah had not so learned to know him. If our testimony is what it should be and our life lie will use us to gather some to Himself. The devotion of Ruth in the ever memorable words of verses 16, 17. are in a measure repeated by Ittai to David in 11 Sam. xv, 21. The words In verse 19. “So they two went.” are found In II Kings 11 2, 4. 6,7, 8, 11. and there again w-e see a steadfast purpose on the part of Elisha which brought, to him that w-hich hie soul desired. This is the steadfastness which we so greatly need (1 Cor. xv, 58). The friendliness ahd thoughtful kindness of Boaz “in chapter 11 are but a faint type of the loving kindness of our Lord Jesus, who can truly say, “I know thy works,” etc. (ii, 11, 12: Rev. ii, 2. 9, 13. 19). If. as His redeemed ones, w-e have not recognized “handfuls of purpose” as we have gleaned in the part of the field assigned us, we must be blind indeed (chapter it. 16). The worlds of Boaz in Ruth ill, 11, ‘Tear not, my daughter; 1 will do to thee all that thou requirest,” made a great im- 4 pression upon my wife, as we saw them in a motto in the Y. W. C. A. at Cape Town. South Africa, In 1898, and we have often passed them on to others since then. There is also much comfort in the words of Naomi in chapter iii. IS, “Sit still, my daughter, • • * for thq man will not be in rest until he have finished the thing this day.” In chapter Jv Boaz as the kinsman redeemer, having the right to redeem and accomplishing the same, is wonderfully suggestive of our Redeemer, who not only redeems us, but also our inheritance, the earth, and seals us with the Holy Spirit, the earnest of oui- inheritance, until the redemption of the purchased possession (Eph. i. for little Obed (chapter iv, 16. 21) she no doubt forgot in a measure the emptiness of chapter 1, 21, Ruthsalso forgot the weary days of her poverty when she gleaned in the field of Boaz. So we shall fobget all our misery and remember it as waters that pass away (Job 15, 16). Let us be certain that - we are redeemed by the precious blood of Jesus Christ and then patiently and unweariedly fill the place to which He has assigned us. rejoicing in the glory which shall be ours at His appearing.