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The Jewel City by Ben Macomber
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the muskrat, and from the great gray honker to the hummingbird. On the
right, in a forest scene, is a beaver pond with dam and house, where the
real beavers splash in the water. On the left of the scene, where a
cascade tumbles into it, is a pool of Canadian trout, maintained in the
wonted chill of their native waters by an ice-making plant under the
scenery. Canada hopes to draw wealthy sportsmen and vacationists, who
will then see for themselves the opportunities for investment. Some of
her largest enterprises have begun thus.

The Canadian Pavilion makes no provision for social functions, but it is
an attractive place, where everyone is welcomed. By common consent
Canada has made the most effective exhibit of its kind at the
Exposition.

Central America.--Guatemala, Honduras and Panama have each erected
pavilions characteristic of Central American architecture. The
Guatemalan Pavilion houses a display of the products of the forests,
fields, and mines of the country, with coffee as its most notable
exhibit. A native marimba band playing Guatemalan airs makes complete
the Central American spirit of this pavilion. The Pavilion of Honduras,
which might have been brought entire from Central America by a genie,
contains a display of laces, woven hats, tropic ferns and flowers.

China.--The Imperial Audience Hall of the Forbidden City at Peking is
reproduced in miniature in the three government buildings of the Chinese
compound at the Exposition. The central pavilion is modeled after the
great hall where for three centuries the Manchu emperors gave audiences.
The two flanking structures, both alike, are copies of the buildings
where court officials and the delegations awaited the coming of the Son
of Heaven to the throne room. The pagoda and the tower at the left and
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