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Show Wonderful Exhibits From All Lands Show the World's Best Progress From Beginning to End Magnificent Panama-Pacific Iniernaiional Exposition Will Abound With Superb Educational and Entertainment Features. By HAMILTON WRIGHT. THE construction of the vast Panama-Pacific International Exposition at San Francisco was 05 per cent completed thro months before the opening day, on Feb. 20, 1915. The early installation installa-tion of thousands of tons of rare and costly exhibits from all parts of the globe and the participation of forty of the world's great countries have assured assur-ed a celebration that will be unrivaled in Its splendor, magnitude, Interest and comprehensiveness. From its opening until its close, on Dec. 4, 1915, the Exposition will abound with original features collected collect-ed at an expenditure of many millions of dollars. It will present a cross section sec-tion of human achievement The Pan- Francisco in a single day, and. fnr in advance of its opening, the Exposition had created an unprecedented Interest throughout the world, and its opening was eagerly awaited. In keen competitive exhibits there will be presented more than 80,000 single sin-gle exhibits and groups of related exhibits ex-hibits portraying the results of the world's best efforts In recent years. This wonderful Exposition, presented present-ed at an outlay of more than $60,000.-000, $60,000.-000, celebrates a contemporaneous achievement, the building of the Panama Pana-ma canal, and all exhibits that are entered en-tered for competitive award will be those that have been originated or produced pro-duced since the grat Louisiana Purchase Pur-chase Exposition at St. Louis ten years ago. The possible exception to this rule will be where earlier exhibits are fare work will, for example, see In the Palace of Mines an exhibit three-fourths three-fourths of an acre in extent, illustrating illus-trating the manner in which the largest steel corporation in .the: world Is caring for and plans to still further fur-ther advance the welfare of its employees. em-ployees. In the Palace of Education they will be interested in a great United States government exhibit. The great war in no way has diminished dimin-ished the prospect of attendance at the Exposition, and thousands of Americans will for the first time enjoy en-joy the educative trip across their native na-tive land. After the outbreak of the conflict the number of conventions deciding de-ciding to meet in San Francisco proportionately pro-portionately increased. One of the most important of the assemblages will be the international engineering S - Photograph courtesy San Francisco Examiner. THE MOTHER OF LINCOLN BEACHEY, FROM THE TOWER OF JEWELS, 435 FEET ABOVE THE EARTH, AT THE PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION, WATCHES HES SON LOOP HIS ONE THOUSANDTH LOOP. When Lincoln Beachey, a son of San Francisco, on the occasion of his ho'iiecomlng after breaking all world rec. ords as a daredevil looper of 999 loops, performed two entirely new and death defying stunts over the completed palaces of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition it was his aged mother .who for the first time waved him on to fresh achievements. Mrs. Beachey held a place of honor, 435 feet up in the air. on the tiptop of the wonderful' won-derful' Tower of Jewels. From this aerie she was able to watch every erratic move of her daredevil son. She cried out only once. That was when he wrote the figures "1000" against the clouds, high above the two miles of completed exhibit palaces, significant of the looping of his one thousandth loop. |