The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 13, 1904, Page 14

THE :SAN FRANCISCO - SUNDAY - CALIL /€ %)V ¥ FRANK L. MERAhICn., IS March 2—Architecture of the e seen in the foreign th from pavilion that will Flowery K alac nations uildings at er type e turesque bunga- of Ceylon to the gant reproduction of Le ( nd Tria: s not onty beau- t aint and pictur- es 1 be surrounded wi ay I ng the like of w has neve fore been created on-Amer- sts and artisans from all corners the g have applied their skill and th f these gnif homes which have been the f visitors from a s he east front of the s nistration building is the City of Great Britain occupies a site fronting ) feet on Skinker road with er 1 ng. a reproduction th gery on the splendid ensington Palace, London the birthplace and hom n Vietoria, was built he direct orders of Queen of the purest specim The build- by a quaint old Eng- ar hitecture en, a o ny of the horticultural tecture of 200 years ago. The ordered with hedges of with all the whole tract is i these trees and nted here, were brought from gardens wrapved in straw ational pavilion is next to ding facing on Skinker It was the first foreign Govern- the World's hitecturally, it is a the ch form a uilding erected cn of or open ure of Mex- The couft er, showing, however, an ar- & houses is cloiste such as usually sur- The structure is two The windows of the photographic views, showing cathedrals, monuments, pal- aces, parks and beautiful bits of scen- ery in Mexico. A gigantic picture of President Diaz in stained glass holds lower floor. This is tricity at night. Sur- building is an exhibit of cacti and palms. including banana \ large yured the mountains of obtain plants for of men s Mexico te this gar- Across F avenue and facing n Skinker road France is represented replica of that sythe harmonious and te bit of architecture, the historic r Versailles. Sur- building, the fifteen- . is an elaborate speci- landscape gardening. leads up a gentle Trianon. It lanked on either side by raised ter- of sward, crowned by parallel ked Caroline poplars. Stat- at on French driveway the court of the eperses the arcade of trees. scuth and west of the Trianon rden of exotic beauty which fol- agaries of nature. Here are and secluded nooks to de- ntic nature of the Paris- urt of the building, formed tral structure and the L- is traversed by walks which are cooled by Ben Chama Temple, is next to Mexico n the west Next door is Nicaragua’'s low-roofed pavilion surrounded by a garden of plants indigenous to that country. Brazil occupies a site on the corner of International and Forsythe avenues with a pretentious structure. It is crowned by an immense steel dome, rising 132 feet above the ground, and is flanked on the east and west by flower gardens. Belgium is represented on a site in front of the Administration building by & handsome and highly decorated structure, a reproduction of the Ant- werp Town Hall. The building is con- *tructed mostly of steel. which was FOREIGN-BUILDINGS-A \ brought from Antwerp. It will be taken down after the fzir and re-erected at the exposition Liege,” Belg . ip 1805. A beautifu! garden surrounds t pavilion. The building er 1 to hoid the won- ders of the C s be- tween building and the orangery 1 nt and hi ornate structure, a reproduction of t count e of Prince Pu Lun, China’s imperial commissioner the ir. The framework was constructed by American workm , but the delicate car g of the ornamemtal finish was fashioned by the skilled h of the Chinese artisans, who came all the way the last artistic from Flower these Kingdom to apply touches. Sweden has erected a pavilion which represents a typical Swedish farmer's country home. The structure was built in Stockholm and then taken apart and shipped to the fair in sections and again erected. All the material was taken from the immense forests of Sweden. Over an old-fzashioned Swedish fire- place is hung a large picture of the King of Sweden and the royal family. Surrounding the building is a charac- teristic Swedish garden. Austria’s building, like Sweden’s, was constructed at home, take apart and re-erected on the World’s Fair grounds. It is distinctively Viennese in style of architecture and stands on a prominent site between the Administration build- ing and the Swedish building. It is highly decorated with sculpture, and garden plots, interspersed with trees and fountains, adorn the principal front. Russia is next to Sweden on the east with a picturesque pavilion of old Rus- architecture. High towers of Byzantine design are a feature. The main building is connected with two minor structures in the rear by arcaded walks. X Cuba occupies a plat of ground 125 feet square, west of the British build- ing, with a one-story structure, dis- tinctly Cuban in style of architecture. It shows a well appointed dwelling house of the present day in the city of Havana. A flat roof is provided for promenading or sightseeing. This, with au interior court, is adorned with flow- ering plants. A garden of the rarest tropical plants found.in Cuba sur- rounds the house. Situated on the sloping ground be- tween the Administration building and the Belgium building is the Italian building, a picture of stately lines and harmonious color. It is a sample of gardening and architectural art trans- ported bodily from the shores of the Mediterranean. Standing high above the garden lJevel the structure is reached by a broad flight of stairs. Standards, crowned with bronzed vic- taries, tower 100 feet in the air on sian either side of the entrance. The gar- den which stretches in front of the building is flanked on two sides by a ten-foot wall. The third side is a peri- style of Ionic columns, through which entrance is gained. The walls and col- onnade are elaborately treated with porcelain entablatures and are broken at intervals with pylons which carry spouting fountains. Sculpture, rare flowers and all accessories of the build- ing art of the sunny lana combine to present a layout as picturesque and beautiful as any on the exposition grounds. Germany secured an advantageous site on a plateau in the eastern part of the grounds overlooking the cascades and cascade gardens. Here has been erected a handsome replica of the cen- tral portion of the famous castle at Charlottenburg, near Berlin. The cas- tle was bullt near the end of the sev- enteenth century by Frederick I, the first King of Prussia. Emperor Wil- liam personally prepared the plans from which the pavilion v-as construct- ed. The rooms of the castie are fur- nished with precious old furniture, gobelins and silver ornaments, the — N (R . products of bygone da These arti- cles now owned by the Emperor have been in the possession of his family many of them for hundreds of years. The building is surrounded with accu- rate coples of the gardens of the Char- lottenburg Castle. Japan has a commanding site on a hill south of the machinery palace. Here have been erected seven large buildings as well as a number of pa- godas. The pavilions were constructed by Japanese workmen and the material for them brought from Japan. Beauti- ful tiles and carvings have been used in their decoration. The main pavilion is an ornate reproduction of the “Shi- shinden,” the palace at Toklo in which the Japanese Emperor grants audi- ences to his Ministers of State. Besides the main structure the buildings in- clude a commissioner’s office, the Belle- vue pavilion, a bazaar pavilion, a Kin- kaku tea pavilion, a Formosa tea pa- S — ) '/Ji \’4’ vilion and a tea article show building. Numerous pagodas add to the pictur- esqueness of flowering gardens which surround the buildingst At the western end of the United States Life Saving Exhibit Lake is the Ceylon building. It is of Kandian arch- itecture and somewhat resembles a bungalow. The interior has a court in which tea will be served by Singhalese coolies, ‘dressed in picturesque native costumes. Surrounding the building is a beautiful tropical garden planted with botanical specimens from Ceylon. To the west of Ceylon and near the floral clock {s Canada’s clubhouse on the fair grounds. It is two stories high and surrounded by porticos. India is represented on a site just east of the Forestry, Fish and Game palace by a reproduction of the tomb of Etmad-Dowlah, at Agra. Minarets and bulbous domes, characteristic of the architecutre of that country, grace the structure. The foreign Government section can be easily and quickly reached from any portion of the grounds by the Intra- mural rallway and here during the fair will fly the flags of the nations and be heard the babel of many strange tongues. FranK Spearman’s Famous Stories Ten in All Will Follow the Thrilling Series of Brand New Stories by Albert | Sonnichsen, the Clever Young Californian, Now Running in The Sunday Call "IN LAVINIA’S : By Temple Bailey | (Copyright, 1504, by Temple Bailey.) R ISS LAVINIA’'S gar- den was a vegetable garden. “The young folks can have the flow- ers,” she said to the captain, who lived next door and kept a very shipshape little yard, ‘but give me something substantial. You can't ecat flowers.” Now and then, when the captain handed Miss Lavinia a bunch of sweet peas or a cluster of roses over the fence, he tried o argue the questioh. “There’s poetry in flowers, Miss La- vinia, and the language of love.” “Huh!” sniffed the little woman, “who cares about the language of love at my age?” And the captain would g0 away very sad. For years the captain had cared for Miss Lavinia in a sort of nautical fash- ion. She was what he called a trim little craft, and in spite of her sharp tongue, he lived near enough to see the tender acts that made her the blessed lady of the community. There was not a beggar, nor a stray dog nor a tor- mented cat that would not find help or shelter at the little white cottage on top of the hill. All the women of the village came to Miss Lavinia with their woes, and the men came, too, to get sharp bits of advice, and now and then a little loan of money without interest. So, for fifteen years the captain and Miss Lavinia had lived in adjoining cottages; he a widower longing for a wife and the comfort of a home, she a spinster, with buried hopes, living a life of helpfulness. The captain’s suit had not progressed, however, for after all their years of acquaintance he discovered no more tenderness in Miss Lavinia’s glance than in the beginning, and he hesitated to declare himself—yet there had grown up between them a friendship that pef- mitted him to offer her the fruits of his fishing expeditions, while in pre- serving and pickling time, Miss Lavinia always filled certain jars and glasses to be set forth on the little table next door, So things went on smoothy uptil one day the captain discovered that he had a rival. Miss Lavinia was a devout church member, and when Deacon Werner lost his wife it,was not long before people began to couple the names of Brother Werner and Sister Lavinia. For did not Brother Werner spend every Sun- day evening at Sister Lavinia’s, and did not Sister Lavinia set forth on the weekly supper table all the daintles of her skilled cooking? The captain pondered on these things one Saturday afternoon as he watched Miss Lavinia in her garden culling let- tuce and radishes and big red raspber- ries for the next day’s feast. The cap- tain knew just how that table would , look. Now and then, on high days and holiddys, he, too, had reasted ‘at his neighbor’s table. The lettuce ‘would surround a dainty salad made from 4 chickens oi Miss Lavinia’s own raising. The radishes would be-cut like red roses and would garnish the cold meat; there would be crisp rusks, and cream for the berries, thick and yellow. And, best of all, Miss Lavinia's face would illuminata tha faast and har ouiet wit would enliven it. The captain sighed Then he rose and went to the fence and looked over at Miss Lavinia devotion bitterly, deserves a reward,” as he watched her Miss Lavinia looked up at him from under her sunbonnet. What do you mean, captain? asked, she pulled up a half tender young onicns and in her basket Brother Werner is a lucky man,” observed the captain, his accusing ey on Miss Lavinia. 4 The little woman blushed, then she smoothed down her apron and looked she dozen dropped them self-conscious. The tug at the cap- tain's art was painful. What would he do he lost her—his little neighbor with tk “Captai keen blue eyes? said Miss Lavinia, “T wish you would step over to my porch for a minute and have a little talk. Would you mind?” Would he mind! It was the joy of his life to sit on that vine covered porch and be talked to by Miss Lavinia, for the captain was a rather silent man, while his neighbor was a woman of many words. “I want your advice,” said Miss La- vinia when the captain was safe in the big chair with the ruse flowered cush- fons; “I don’t know what to do.” The captain’s heart dropped like lead. He fixed his eves on the bit of blue sea visible from the porch as if he would draw strength from it. If Miss Lavinia wanted advice %bout the dea- con he felt that the e for th ase was serious, Miss Lavinia always gave rather n asked advice, “You see,” she Brother Werner's ised her that I explained, wife died I prom- would try and com- fort the deacon, and T have done my best. But, captain”—and here Miss La- vinia straightened her trim little figure and blushed—“captain, I did not under- stand when I promised to comfort s man what it involved.” o, “before 3 said the captain heavily don’t suppose you did.” 7 Miss Lavinia went on hurriedly. “It doesn’t sound just right to ;a)' it out,” she said, “but, captain, by an signs and feelings, T am sure that Brother Werner wants to marry me. T don’t doubt it,” said the eaptain, “it’s nature.” . ¥ .:\nd the trouble is,” said Miss La- vinia, “that by all signs and feelings— I don’t want to marry him.” % “What!” The captain brought his eyes back from the ships and a wave of rapture rippled,over his face “No, captain,” repeated Mijss La- § vinia. “By all signs and feelings 1 don’t want to marry Brother Werner." The captain drew his chalr cloger. “And you want my advice?" “Yes. How shall I keep him from asking me? I like Brother Werner and for his wife's sake I don’t want to hurt him. But I don’t want him to ask e “1 othing easier,” How 2" “Marry me,” said the captain, and hitched his chair a little nearer. Miss Lavinia's face grew pink like a girl's, and for a moment she looked very young. Then she laughed a little tremulously. “I never thought of that,” “Think of it now,” He reached eut and t hi said the captain. she said. said the captain. b ook her hand: “Will you, Lavinia > . “Yes,” said Miss Lavinia softly. After a blissful moment the- captain murmured. “You'll have to plant some flowers in your garden now.™ “Why > “Because flowers are love.” said the cantain the language q‘ tanderlv, .