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Show 'IHUMlDWINlbRFAIR. Tnoso wlio have been waiting for tho Midwinter Kxposltluu to bo complet-j In every pe-rtli-ulsr before pajing Hit visit need no longer delay. What tliu exposition promised to be it now is, and there I; little thu'-uui bo added to it to mako it either more attractive, mora entertaining or more lnstr)c-.p Tlio found of tlio hammer is no longer heard eopt in repairs to buildings already erected. Suntit City h a comptcto creation cre-ation Its spires and its towers stand out ogntnBt the clear bine of California eprinytimo siey as u tney were to be part Of tho landscape of tho Ban Francisco Fran-cisco pcnliiiiula for all time to come, Tho beautiful coloring of tho different buildings seems ro hnvo ripcuid with the advance of tho senson. Kacli tint harmonizes more porfictly day by day witlilliow that lune bum aitlitically nindo uso of on every hiuid, nnd vlsltr er who have come again and again alter tholr earlier journeys to thu bcauiful city of industrial palaces are lost lu wonder nnd iu admiration of the progress that has been made and of tho dtcrco of perfection that has been ob tained. One color which has been added to the chromatin effects at Suiibet City is the vivid green of the growing grtiss. Tho slope and lawn patnho? in the central cuuit mo beautiful as if they had been developed under the bauds of expert gardeners forsencon lifter teason, yet tho seed from which this green has grown was sown only tno or three months ago, Und today tho lawn mower finds enotigji green blades for Its blades uf steel to laho fast hold of In the midst of these green lawns pre beauti ful .beds of flowers Tlio California poppy has been ght'ii n place her, in thevcr- renter of the gnat e position wheioeo mnuv tbonsuniU rnn UM it dally, (hertlvothouwnd differentvarl etles of roses lime been set out, nlir.ou under the shadow of the Administration Administrat-ion building, nnd inauv of tho concessionaires, con-cessionaires, recognizing full well the advantage of pretty surroundings, hac mado (lower beds In their places, end havo made their parts of this recent wilderness blossom, in fulfilment of the proverb ol promi-o that is promulgated when Cuhfornin is spoken of ns tho "land of ilowcrs." |