WORLD PAGEANT

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 24, 30 January 1939, Page 9

WORLD PAGEANT

GOLDEN GATE FAIR.

BEAUTY AND ROMANCE

OPENS WEEK AFTER NEXT. SAN FRANCISCO'S TRIUMPH. (From our Own Correspondent.) SAX FRAXX'ISC'O, January 3. Weaving a chromatic pattern of distant lands into nn international composite u liich has grown from a Pageant of the Piicifk to a. Pageant of tlie World, tiie < ■olrlcn (late International Exposition to be opened on Saturday, February I i""]T thirty-five foreign | lin ,u I'kdged to exhibit within its border* .„i 1 reasure ]Aland in Kan Francisco Bav. Twenty-two foreign nations and two I nited Mates territories will have their own Imi 11 vi<liui 1 pavilions, while another <-n will exhibit in the International liiliiee, and "lie in the Hall of the Western States. Those countries electing tlieir own pavilions include the XetherjamN. Kitst Indies, Brazil, Mexico, Arj»i lit ine. New Zealand. Keiiador, Peru! ( hi,i , French Indo-China, (Ju.itemala! ( osta Rica, El Salvador, Australia. France. Venezuela, Italy. Panama, the Philippines, Johore, Norway Columbia, Japan, and the United States territories of Hawaii and Alaska. Countries exhibiting In the International Palace include Denmark, Holland, Belgium, Bulgaria, Creece, Sweden, Czechoslovakia, Turkev, Portugal and Hungary. It is very* probable that when the Exposition "opens, at least forty foreign lands will be represented. Outstanding among the foreign pavilions is that of the Netherlands Eawt Indies, copied from one of the temples dating back to the time of the Mod jo Paliit, when the world renowned Hindu Javanese temple of Horohoedoer was built. In a eeparate building, of similar architecture, is a Javanese retitaura.nt with a Keating capacity to accommodate 400 people, where the famous "rijsttafel" (rice table) will be served by Javanese boys in their native costumes. In contrast to this picture of the opulent Orient and equally as colourful is the exhibit of Peru, which brings to the com pew ito of Pacific nation** South America's golden Incan age. New Zealand Wonders. Tho New Zealand building is in the form of a native Maori dwelling, with great pillars faced by carvings of Polynesian gods. The pavilion will house a complete and elaborate tourist exhibit. Wall to celling dioramas will portray tho highlights of New Zealand's scenic wonderlands, and native Maori* will demonstrate their fainou* liaka, ancient chants and music in the pavilion. Japan's contribution to the Exposition is a pavilion in the form of an ancient Japanese feudal castle with a detached Samurai house. It will house a million-dollar exhibit, which will be divided into four parts, the most outstanding of which will be the dramatic portrayal of the romance of silk from the feeding of the silkworms on millberry leave* to the completion of the woven product. Everv step will be > demonstrated in a "working" exhibit with girls from Japan in picturesque ki mono, obi and geta, performing the 1 actual work. Greatest in point of aize will be the

7 n rain e * hib,t l covering more than 70.000 square feet of .pace. France's <In borate modernistic pavilion will house an exhibit divided into four sections one of which will depict the arrival of French pioneers in California following the discovery of gold in 1840. Another section dramatize* the ffreat tourist attraction* of France, while a third emphasise, the luxury articles for «hich France is noted. The fourth and last section brings to Treasure Island a h i is night scene, complete with all the Frenrh' f " r the 7 w k " ow "- Sidewalk cafes girl reviews and the typical -pots famous in Montmartre and Montparmuwe are to be included. from across the world in the jungles of Malaya come one of the KxrZTh m °: t t V ictureß 'l ue exhibits. Trpn t", . J0,,0r « w building on Treasure Island a replica of tfio "Johore Dcwan" or Sultan's Council House. Norwegian Sports Lodge. Norway is being represented with a pavilion in the form of tt typical Norwegian sports lodge, furnished exactly as tables Il° in , X "' wa y. with rustic la bles, chairs, benches, and sleeping quarters. The walls are to be decorated s P nr t U trophies, skis, skates, and puns, and one entjre end of the biff living room is taken up by a large fireplace A broad, long table, running the length of the room, acts as the testis board, where guests will be serve* with Norwegian dishes in community style. On several occasions during the 288 days of the World's Fair, Son |a, Henle, Norway's outstanding skating star, will act as hostess at the Both Brazil and Argentine will haw extensive buildings side by side, designed to acquaint North Americans with tho culture, history, commcrcc. industry, and the peoples of Argentine and Brazil. Both countries will have theatres within their individual i pavilions, in which pageants will reveal < the customs and recreations, music. 1 dances, and entertainment popular in ~ the gay capitals of Buenos Ay res ami 1 Kin fie Janeiro, as well us tho provinces, i One of the most fascinating Oriental ( pavilions and exhibits will be that of . !• rench Indo-Cliinu. This pavilion, fabricated in f;ir-off Saigon, is almost < solidly carved with intricate lias relief, I copied from the ruins of Angkor. Cam- I bodian marvel, and often referred to as l the eighth wonder of the world. ] Italy's Marble Palace. ' ( A marble palace, which will be ns unique among the foreign paviliqns j as Treasure Island is unique as < an exposition site, is Italy's con- i tribufion to the parade of nations. ( Reminiscent of ancient *Rome, the ) impressive structure is elliptical in j shape, fronted by a portico extending in ; a 200 foot arch and surmounted by a \ great tower, rising 110 feet above the \ fa cade. A pillared Coliseum with the , ellipse similar in appearance to a j stadium, the Italian pavilion is faced with three types of marble, all imported from Italy. A great tower in the centre if the pavilion is known 119 tho "Tower ■if Italian Cities," and lists in huge red metal letters twenty-two of the principal cities in Italy. The tower is faced with mosaic glass, which sparkles like a million stars in the California sun by day and under the rays of great spot" lights by night. Paintings by leading contemporary artists will completely cover tlie walls.

fts ,:?r h »,,:.' " rt •■"■••. •»« m i ? I >avilif, n of Hawaiian brin RS a touch of America'. n .f,,, m P a . r *dl*e. A sound Picture will depict in full colour the *Inn"li I, * ° f tl,e forme, - Sandwich IMnnd. There will be nallvi dam»<, uons of the Hawaiian people.

Inter-American Travel Congroaa. Adding further to the international Picture will be the first Inter-American I ravel ( on<rre ßß , to l, e held on Treasure Wand fro,,, April 14 to 21. This K reat nan V C ; Vi !' ~rh,ff from ever? I tec State, and ,U tomtorie* and tlependencies tn San Franci s « 0 for dis?n<ivl"* ° n , im l»oven.ent of travel ! facilities nnd travel promotion. The p£SEK * tato - Mr - Corde " Hul, ' *™ thZ p • , he co "» resß . a n «l is probable that Prmidtnt Roosevelt will attend. The neoiHj of the Western World's Fair Jβ estimated at .-,0,000.000 dollar? includ jnff the espraoitura of more than 2>o n i«trial exhibitor,.. Its designer* have '"It a compact Word's Fiir, etre*«in<r beauty and glamour rather than mere wearisome size, and have taken every n>,vantage of T.-h-ho Island's unique setting ,„, a man-made island in the centre of a great harbour.