. Livre de la Royal Blue . les arrondir sont les jardins submergés, riches en fleurs.debout à la tête de Cascade court une journée claire et donnant sur Rainier Avenue, le sommet enneigé du Mont Rainier, le plus haut sommet de montagne dans les États-Unis, 14,363 pieds de haut, est magnifiquement hors-ligne de quatre-vingts kilomètres. Le mont Rainieris est au sud du parc d'exposition; au sud-est se trouvent les montagnes Selkirk, et à l'ouest, les têtes enneigées des Jeux olympiques font un contour sauvage againstthe ciel. Dans le premier plan immédiat areLakes Washington et Union, sur les theshores dont l'exposition est construite.OV

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. Book of the Royal blue . rrounding them arethe sunken gardens, rich in flowers.Standing at the head of Cascade Court ona clear day and looking out Rainier Avenue, the snow-capped peak of Mount Rainier, the highest mountain peak in the UnitedStates, 14, 363 feet high, is beautifully out-lined eighty miles away. Mount Rainieris south of the exposition grounds; to thenortheast are the Selkirk Mountains, and tothe west the snow-capped heads of theOlympics make a rugged outline againstthe sky. In the immediate foreground areLakes Washington and Union, on theshores of which the exposition is built.Over the narrow neck of land whichdivides the salt water from the fresh, PugetSound comes in from the ocean, a greatinland sea of itself, that lies between twomountain ranges and brings the commerceof the world to Seattles door. The Court of Honor, around whichthe entire exposition is built, is a beautifulcombination of architecture and symbolicsculpture, to which has been added the ALASKA-YUKON-PACIFIC EXPOSITION, SEATTLE 3. By f■el■llli^si^>n (iieat NorthiTUMWATER CANYON, CASCADE MOUNTAINS, WASHINGTON magic touch of the landscape artist and thegenius of the electrical engineer. TheCourt of Honor comprises the ExpositionMonument, Cascade Court and GeyserBasin. The monument is a Corinthiancolumn, supporting an ornamental shaft, carrying an astronomical globe, showing thesigns of the zodiac, upon which is perchedan American eagle- The shaft is eighty feethigh and entirely covered with pure gold fromthe Alaska-Yukon territories. It required$7, 000 worth of gold dust to decorate it. A4ysterious names — mysterious to thestudents of geography — have been appro-priately chosen to designate locations; for instance, Arctic Circle incloses GeyserBasin; to the west of it is the KlondikeCircle, very naturally close to The PayStreak, which is the street of small con-cessions and catch-penny devices, of thekind which, having proved such a successat Chicago, have been followed at all

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