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exposition, and which will be remembered as a part of that great enterprise. The congress closed on the last evening in the Court of the Abundance with a grand pageant arranged by Miss Marie Hofer illustrating woman's part in the building of America.

Mrs. Colby read from her lecture on this subject a description of each tableau before its presentation, the whole forming a complete picture of the work of women in the cause of liberty in America. A large audience was in attendance, and much interest and general approval was manifested. After the congress she returned to Washington where she arranged a fine closing meeting which she held simultaneously with the official closing in San Francisco.

Among the letters given by Mr. Charles C. Moore, president of the exposition in the book called "The Legacy of the Exposition," we find the following:

"If, in admiration of the glories of the exposition, one might call it the eighth wonder of the world, we should still have to remember that each of the classic seven was for its own period and people, while the PanamaPacific International Exposition has stood for "World Service, World Peace, World Patriotism." It was a vision of splendor; its memory will be a cherished treasure of the heart. It engendered an increased reverence for hu 50