WHAT WE SAW AT
MADAME WORLD’S FAIR

BEING A SERIES OF LETTERS FROM THE
TWINS AT THE PANAMA-PACIFIC
INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION
TO THEIR COUSINS
AT HOME
BY
ELIZABETH GORDON
AUTHOR OF
“FLOWER CHILDREN”
“BIRD CHILDREN”
ETC.
WITH DRAWINGS BY
BERTHA CORBETT
SAN FRANCISCO:
SAMUEL LEVINSON·PUBLISHER
1915
Copyright 1915
by Samuel Levinson

San Francisco:
The Blair-Murdock Company
Printers

CONTENTS

Page
[Preface][v]
[A Letter Home][1]
[Festival Hall][6]
[The Palace of Varied Industries][9]
[The Palace of Machinery][12]
[The Palace of Mines][14]
[The Palace of Transportation][17]
[The Palace of Manufactures][20]
[Our Hostess][23]
[The Palace of Fine Arts][25]
[The Palace of Education][28]
[What We Saw at the Palace of Food Products][31]
[The Palace of Agriculture][34]
[The Palace of Liberal Arts][37]
[The Palace of Horticulture][40]
[Our First Lesson in Sculpture][43]
[The Court of the Universe][46]
[The Court of Abundance][49]
[The Court of the Four Seasons—The Court of Flowers][52]
[Mural Paintings][55]
[What We Did in Italy][58]
[Our Visit in Tehuantepec][61]
[Our Visit to Japan][64]
[Canada the Beautiful][67]
[Our Chinese Visit][70]
[More Foreign Travel][73]
[Our Day in Sweden][76]
[The Fireworks and Illuminations][79]
[The Panama Canal Concession][82]
[Our Day on the Zone][84]