MILLIONS THRONGING TO THE GREAT PANAMA-PACIFIC EXPOSITION

Now is the Time to Visit America’s Huge Panama Canal Celebration at San Francisco; Be There When the Liberty Bell Arrives July 16th; Marvelous Exhibits From All Corners of the Globe on Display

All America On Exhibition This Year: Railroads Grant Low Round Trip Rates To See Universe’s Marvels

Privileges of Routing Never Before Offered — Hotel Rates Average Less Than Those of Other Great Cities and 125,000 Rooms Available in Hotels and Apartment Houses in San Francisco

There is something helpful and inspiring for everyone at the Exposition. Said Vice President Marshall recently: “Whoever can, even at the sacrifice of something which for the moment appears necessary, should come to see a real work of art never equaled, even by a mirage. If there be anyone in America with a thirst for knowledge and beauty and a longing for a liberal education, such a one can obtain it here.

This is the university of the world. It has a chair fully endowed to meet the wants and needs of each. The eye, the ear, the mind, the heart, the soul, each may have its horizon here enlarged. I came to hear a message. I remain to become a student. I leave the feet of this Gamallel of all expositions ‘with regret.’” And Miss Helen Keller, who, as all know, is both blind and deaf, having acquired the faculty of speech, although she has never heard anyone speak, said of her visit to the Exposition that it was the most inspiring period of her life. Said Dr. Frederick J. V. Skiff: “Here the world is shown in epitome. The visitor from whatever realm here enters into his native land.”

Apart from its costly and comprehensive displays, the great Exposition is an inspiration in itself. In its architectural beauty the Panama-Pacific International Exposition surpasses any of its predecessors. At night the great Tower of Jewels stands out satin-white, sparkling with a thousand changing colors, as batteries of searchlights play upon this pyramidal monument, the loftiest structure at the Exposition and as tall as the average thirty-five story city block. The coloring of the Exposition, the decorative lighting at night, the sculpture and the landscaping are all the work of foremost men in their respective fields.

At this writing the great Exposition is under full swing, and if you have not already made plans to see it early you should do so at once. Now is the time to visit the Exposition and the great Pacific coast region, and, in so doing, to take advantage of the opportunity to make the most wonderful journey in the world in the most wonderful country on earth, the United States of America, under more favorable conditions of routing and travel than have ever prevailed before. The railroads are reducing rates from every part of America, and the low round trip rates will enable the visitor to come by one route and return by another. Thus you see the same parts of the country but once, and both your going and returning journeys are new and distinct travel trips.