THE Panama Pacific Exposition will unquestion-
ably be the most beautiful exposition ever held
in the world. Its setting is both accessible and
lovely, for it has the city upon one side and the bay and
the Golden Gate upon the other.

Instead of being smooth and white like those of prev-
ious World's Fairs, the buildings have the streaked tex-
ture of travertine stone, with a general coloring some-
what warmer than that of travertine. Domes, door-
ways and other architectural details are rich in soft
greens and blues, and the whole group of buildings,
viewed from the hills behind, resembles more than any-
thing else a great architectural drawing by Jules Guérin,
made into a reality. And that, in effect, is what it is,
for Guérin has ruled over everything that has to do with
color, from the roads which will have a warm reddish
tone, to the mural decorations and the lighting.

The exposition will hold certain records from the
start. It will be the first great exposition ever held in a
seaport. It will be, if I mistake not, the first to be ready
on time. It will be the first held to celebrate a contempo-
raneous event, and its contemporaneousness will be re-

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