Palaces and Courts of the Exposition by Juliet Helena Lumbard James
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Here the sculptor has taken the license of representing men with the maidens, and instead of baskets has used vases. This idea of the festival is strongly accented at night when you are transported to old Greek and Roman days. Follow after this procession and you will notice that Paul Manship's "Joy of Living," or "Motion," as it is also called, has entered. The joyous girls in perfect abandon are coming to join the happy throng. They bring their offerings in the shape of great wild-rose festoons, well suited to the "Wild Roses" who carry them. Near by is Paul Manship's "Music," adding the song, and the music of the lyre. As a last touch you will find the nations of the Occident and the nations of the Orient marching into this Court of the Universe to take part in the festival in celebration of one of the greatest events of history - the opening of the Panama Canal. At night comes the illumination, as a climax to the festival, and gradually the lights die down and all is still - just for a few hours only, for day will dawn, for is not the Rising Sun ever with us - and another day of festivity will come, and yet more at this greatest festival that the world has ever known. The Tower of Jewels |
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