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Palaces and Courts of the Exposition by Juliet Helena Lumbard James
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An interesting thing to notice is that "Mother Earth" is a man bearing
fruits and that "Father Neptune" is a woman with a trident.

Nature's laws are applied to:

Earth, Water, Fire.
Love, Life (protecting the flame of life) and Death.

On the left is:

Art Crowned by Time.

The queen of art with her sceptre and palette (with the suggestion of
architecture in the temple in the background) is crowned by Father Time,
holding his hour-glass. His scythe is seen in the background. Time is
bestowing the laurel wreath. At the sides stand the arts of -

Jewelry making,
Weaving,
Glass making,
Painting,
Smithery,
Pottery.

The emerald pool is before you wreathed with the cotoneaster bufolia
with its wealth of red berries.

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Pass now to the last season of the year in the niche to the left of the
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