Pacific Gas and Electric magazine . h the buildings arethe work of separate individuals there isan harmonious simihuitv throughout the grounds that is enhanced by the uniformcolor scheme. The predominating note of all of theExposition buildings is in the effect givenby the imitation Travertine marble ofwhich they are constructed. This mate-rial, which faithfully reproduces themarble of the buildings of ancient Rome,is of a soft ivory tint that is restful tothe eye, even in the most glaring sun-shine. The Panama-Pacific is the first expo-sition to have a comprehensive colorscheme. The vast expa
Pacific Gas and Electric magazine . h the buildings arethe work of separate individuals there isan harmonious simihuitv throughout the grounds that is enhanced by the uniformcolor scheme. The predominating note of all of theExposition buildings is in the effect givenby the imitation Travertine marble ofwhich they are constructed. This mate-rial, which faithfully reproduces themarble of the buildings of ancient Rome,is of a soft ivory tint that is restful tothe eye, even in the most glaring sun-shine. The Panama-Pacific is the first expo-sition to have a comprehensive colorscheme. The vast expanses of whitewall-space that have been a more or lessunpleasant feature of other expositionsare here totally absent. In fact therewill not be a single object of flat whiteupon the grounds. The color scheme isthe creation of Jules Guerin, the illus-trator and painter. Its principal tonesare burnt orange, Venetian red, Pom-peiian red, cerulean blue, vert antique,sienna and various pastel ti-nts especially Pacific Service Magazine 295. A. Stirling Caldcr, Chief of Sculpt selected for exposition purposes. Everydetail of the Exposition has been madeto conform to the color scheme (except-ing possibly some of the gayer edificesof the Zone), even to the uniforms ofthe exposition guards who police thegrounds. The decoration of the buildings andcourts has been greatly enhanced with aprofusion of sculpture and a number ofiiuiral paintings by ten of the leadingmural artists of the country. The sculp-tural decoration is arranged in an orderlysefjuence commencing at the main en-trance of the grounds, which is markedby the Tower of Jewels, andextending throughout the courts and gar-dens. More than one hundred separateworks go to make up the expositionsciiIi)tiMe. One of llie cliief lealiMes of tile i:xpo-silion is the illiiminalion system, embody-ing many new departures and methods,originated for the Kxposilioii and liilli-erto untried in Ihe illiiminalinn liehl. \V. DA. Mvan, of th
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