Evening Star Newspaper, June 6, 1926, Page 57

SPLENDID PALACES FEATURE “SESQUI” " Exhibitions Range From FineE Arts to Naval Guns. Everything Costly. Special Dispatch to The Star. PHILADELPHIA. June 5.—A great international exposition has opened 1 this city—an ekposition which has taken months to prepare and twenty- four millions of dollars to complete— i an exposition which celel 150 vears of American independ This was the first city to | the pealing of the Liberty Bell a century . and a half ago July 4—a huge new . United States Army. Liberty Bell will hang for six months surmounting the sway to the | will join with Am the vear. of the candles which mon illumination of the f i urporat th that figures, ' set on s the grand olumns, al States iefs repre. tributed bearing a the light of inde- Major Buildings. The first of the five exhibition palaces, the Palace of Liberal Arts ufactures, ulong the ranged a All of t tinted stucco. of pastel- o buildings ar in the The displ Liberal Arts building are ormous range—from pottery to printing, from furmture to films. The palace in it self* will constitute a complete ex hibition. The four other giant structures are lace of Agriculture, Food, C' ign Exhibits; the Palace and Social Econor o United Sta nd those relating to mini y_and transportation. National Government has given be- tween two and three million make the exposition a success. Foreign buildings and State build- i monies which_were attended by thousands of persons. ° THE SUNDAY STAR, 'WASHINGTON, D. THE SESQUICENTENNIAL GRO The great Sesquicentennial Exposition was formally opened in Philadelphia, Pa., by Mayor Kendrkk. at the cere- Among the buildings and attractions at the “Sesqui” is a huge Liberty Bell, four stories high, made of 80 tons of steel, and having 26,000 colored lights. This photo shows an airplane view of the grounds, which will be the “mecca” of thousands of American tourists this Summer. “ARMY OF TAX-EATERS” HIT BY SENATOR KING Law School Alumni Banquet in Baltimore Told Government Is Encroaching on People. Special Dispatch to The Star BALTIMORE. June 5.—The spec tacle of a disintegrating Federal Gov- s ¥ ings range from the Kansas Sunflower | {€S Pavillon to_the reproduction of the Indian Taj Mahal. Some of the State structures reproduce editices in which stirring events of the Nation's history have occurred. i sented by repll headquartersat } son and the old F the head of Wall sireet, where the Father of His Country took the oath of offico as President. The Hessian barracks at Trenton are reproduced Washington's gh-on-the-Hud- eral Building at by New Jersey; the Alamo by Texas; the Hermitage, Andrew Jacskson's home, by Tennessee. Colonial Street Shown. A block of old High street, now Market street, Philadelphia, has heen reconstructed, with the residences and business places of many famous men. Exhibits from virtually all Federal departments in the great Government Paluce attempt to shew the Ameri- can citizen what the Nation's em- ployes are doing for his benefit. In addition to its palace, the Govern- ment will keep the navy yard adj ing the grounds open for visito who will_be welcomed by military bands. The Sesqui Brizade of the 1.000 strong, is encamped on the grounds to exhibit every phase of military life—Infantry, Field Artillery, Cavalry, tanks, Air Signal Corps, chemical war- fare, Engineers, Queartermaster Corps and Medical Detachment Four flylng fields present aerial Servis spectacles and exhibits of various types of aircraft. Exhibits in the Education Palace have been carefully organized to be clear and interesting to the kiyman. exhibits a world forum will ducted, addressed by lead: thought from all over the worl Pictures and other works of art oc- cupy the Fine Arts Palace, which em- phasizes cotemporary work, foreign and American. Some old masters are displayed to give the proper histor- ical perspective. Pottery, woven fab- rics and metal work are also included. The reproduction of the Taj Mahal, often called “the most beautiful build. ing in the world,” contains additional art treasures. The structure ap) as If located on a street in Delhi. tive artisans, clad in Indian costumes, weave the rugs and fabrics for which Tndia. is famous, transform clay into works of ceramic art, carve quaint articles of ivory. teak. ebony and san- dalwood and produce lacquerware and delicate Oriental embroideries. Stadium Always Busy. The stadium, which cost $3,000,000 and seats 100,000 persons, will be the acene of a continuous performance— rts events, pageants and entertain- wnts of vatious kinds. It is con- cted of concrete and will not be down at the end of the Sescqui- tennial. n auditorium, seating 20,000 per- s, with loud speakers and a spe- d organ, which cost comimodate all the in- ration of foreign coun- s is evidenced everywhere, in ex- ibits, buildings, music, sports and gatherings of many kind: The Eu- ean m'mmri(“- also "Persia. India, ar neighbors nt center is called ay.” There are scores of s here, a dance pavilion, la- ns with gondolas, Treasure Island 5-acre paradise for children; an jental section, a naval scemograph, wing dreadnaughts in battle at va- us periods of naval development; p Nurnburg Market Place, a Ru- gnian village, the last Great Indian launcil, with 300 American Indians, many other pageants. reation, based on the poetic con- tion of Milton: the Battle of Get- burg and many other spectacles shown in scenographs. i ANUSCRIPT BIDS HIGH. n;rls Auctions Yield More Than :! Sellers Had Expected. PARIS, June 5 (#).—Authors’ manu- tipts are bringing higher prices than ér at the Paris auction rooms, jump- 18 even higher than the auctioneers’ in many sales. Oscar e,”" valued at 100,000 8t brought 161,000 francs ipt market, and an au- \‘ Ipts are - the fashion in wlnu of wealthy Parisians, and even quite recent authors are benefiting. w of Jean Cocteau’s, whose first during the war, sold ¥or 10,000 franca, us what we should eat and drink ang how we should rear our children.’ Senator Ki was the principal - | lisi & Co. of Sao Paolo, speaker at the annual banquet given b e Alumni Association of the Uni- versity of Maryland School of Law, At the conclusion of the Senator's E v] the future of Ameri- wvas painted in draf H. Robinson, attorney and, spoke. “I take man from Utah * he_said. “The future of our Government, guided by an intelligent and upright legal frater- nity, seems to me not so insecure. And our lot would not be as bad as it is today if the people of Utah had not attempted to tell the people of Mary- . |land what they could not drink.” Brazilian Firm in Trouble. RIO JANEIRO, June 5 (#).—Pug- manufac- tureres’ agents, wholesalers and rep- resentatives of private bank been petitioned in bankruptey. concern is capitalized at $3.00! liabilities are variously e: from $5,000.000 to $10,00¢ PERUVIAN IS ATTACKED ON STREETS OF TACNA Lieut. Luis Vildoso, Member of Juridical Commission, Hurt on Face and Body. By the Associated Press. ARICA, Chile, Jun vian newspaper Del S 5.—The Peru- . reports that Lieut. Luls Vildoso, a member of the Peruvian juridical commission, was attacked in the streets of Tacna, suf- fering wounds on his face and bruses on_his body. Manuel Fspinozas Cuella, a Peru- vian, who died Wednesday night as the result of injuries he suffered in an alleged anti-Peruvian controvery, was buried vesterday. There were no dis- turbances. The cortege was composed of members of the Tacna-Arica juri- s | dical and boundary commission, and numerous representatives of Peruvian patriotic organizations. 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