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Show CHILDREN SING S0N0S0F ITALY San Francisco. April 24. Italian children from American schools cei?-i brated with songs of their mother country the dedic ation of Italy's buildings build-ings Hnd exhibits at the Panama-Pacific BJf position today. Tin y lightened thp Borlousness of the ceremonies, which reflected the European war. 'n tho words of the speakers and the uncompleted exhibits. Eight buildings represent the periods peri-ods of Italian architecture and th exhibits symbolize the historj of Italy's It-aly's art, craftmanshlp and social development, de-velopment, in the Tribuna, the central cen-tral building, are the portraits and mementos of the rulers and historical personages of the country. Besides the dieplayH in the group of buildings, build-ings, there are representations from Italy in practically every palace lb the exposition Ernesto Nathan, commissioner-general from Italy and former mayor of Rome, presided at tho dedication t i gram, of which were addresses hv representatives of the nation, state, city and exposition. Vice Commis ton ST Terdlnando Dando bore a message from King Victor Emmanuel Emman-uel III. The dedication tod a has been delayed de-layed by the leugth voyage of the steamer Viga laden with the most important of the exhibits which ar- rived April 6. Most of die exhibit:, are now In place |