Note and Comment

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Sep 11, 1913

Rome's Representation at the Panama Exposition

THE San Francisco Monitor is responsible for the statement that the center of the exposition grounds will be known as “The Vatican,” and will be a replica of the world-famous structure in Rome. What is known as an old adage will be literally true in that every main walk, road, or boulevard will lead up to or past the “Vatican.” The dome of this structure will rise 183 feet above the ground, and will be surmounted by a cross eighteen feet high. This will be illuminated at night, and will throw its luster over the waters of the Pacific for many miles. The Catholic Church will doubtless reap advantage in the estimation of those who are attracted by pomp and glory by this representation. Eliminating the pageantry, or show, from her service, there is little left to make it attractive to the minds of men.