Church review . vedin the enterprise. In planning the (exposition the man-agement early decided upon giving toelectricity special homage The progressof the electrical science has been somarked in recent years as to excite thewonderment of tin scientific is. perhaps, more than anyOther city on the globe, interest-! inthis science, owing to the nearness of give to every ripple of the decorativepools, and to every spurting fountain,a fantastic brilliance that will makethe courts of the exposition a fairy-land of unprecedented loveliness. The Pan-American expositon will farsurpass fo
Church review . vedin the enterprise. In planning the (exposition the man-agement early decided upon giving toelectricity special homage The progressof the electrical science has been somarked in recent years as to excite thewonderment of tin scientific is. perhaps, more than anyOther city on the globe, interest-! inthis science, owing to the nearness of give to every ripple of the decorativepools, and to every spurting fountain,a fantastic brilliance that will makethe courts of the exposition a fairy-land of unprecedented loveliness. The Pan-American expositon will farsurpass former enterprises of thiskind in six important features: First,the electrical effects; second, the hy-draulic and fountain effects; third, thehorticultural, floral and garden effects;fourth, the original sculptural orna-mentation; fifth, the color decorations;sixth, the court settings. Particular at-tention has been given by the design-ers in the arrangement of its court set-tings, to provide unusually large vis-. ER1CAN e»BO5iTl0KC\ ELECTRIC TOWER —PAN-AMERICAN exposition. tas. both for the purpose of providinga memorable picture and for the util-ity reason of accommodating largecrowds of people. It should be borne inmind that, while there have been•many expositions held in this countryand elsewhere, only a few of themwere arranged in the grouping ofbuildings so as to form what may bedistinctively called court settings; thatis. that while the treatment of thewhole grounds was one of embellish-ment, an extra effort was made to ar-range the buildings and architecture ina particular portion of the grounds so as t0 delight the eye with an excep-tional vista. In this exposition the Court ofFountains will command attention byhaving its setting climaxed by the loftyElectric Tower at one end. On eachside of this court the light-outlinedbuildings in themselves will lead thesight dLectly to this towering gem ofillumination, which will have at itsbase a solid panel of illuminated, va
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