The Flames that Clarify 



Strictly classic in spirit and outline, 

 its crowning feature the low-set dome 

 copied from the Campo Santo in 

 Genoa, it is slowly but surely falling 

 into ruin, and, when the Field Museum 

 is finally completed downtown, the 

 old Columbian relic's last days will 

 have come. Rabida and the caravels 

 are still with us. The German Building 

 is still permitted to stand near the 

 lake, and a little north of that the old 

 Iowa state pavilion may still be seen. 

 Upon the Wooded Island the quaint 

 artistic contribution of Japan yet bears 

 its testimony to the skill of the artisans 

 of the land of Fusiyama and the cherry 

 blossoms. A soul-inspiring marshaling 

 of the resources of a world at peace, this 

 celebration of the four hundredth an- 

 niversary of America's discovery. And 

 as I write, the city by the lake is 

 opening the gates upon a very different 

 scene. The Government is showing to 

 the people of the Middle West a 

 glimpse of what is meant by war — 



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