Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-05-23
OF THr EvrNiNo srAn.


one OF the questions most rcneraIly assad I'm
| regard TO the Worlds Industrial aud egItfon
| Centennial Exposition is: How does IL COMPARE
| with Philadelphia The answer by even fair
/ minded person must be-: The two are v,fr siit-
| tefent Philadelphia eNcolcd In the a,chitec-
| ture OF fits buildings, it's foreign. moci aa,is.l.
| horticultural, aud art display N.S orleans
| shows an increased number OF articles irI,,ua-
| ing ponderous milling machinery, sul dairy
,hpnnTlenanoes--a hanger and more variod cob
MORE COMPLETE FxHrRrr
"i The character and result of labor done Ia the
! federal departments of govern mcnt OF .le rr,
ducing capabilities of the states n more valu-
/ able educational exhibit, aud for the ri time
I presents diStinctiVely the highly suggestive
and instructive woman's and color.d ,.,.,,,,.,s
departments.
OF the foreign exhibits only the Mexican IL
exceptionally comprehensive. cofnpl,ts in
struciiNe and satisfactory. Mexico au told
has spent no less than
ONE AND HALF MILLION DOLLARS
upon it, exhibit. II IS a marvel OF Intelligent
painstaking-nothing hut live stock and ma
chinery seems 10 have been omitted. The most
unique and pretty building on the grounds has
been erected by Mexico of Pittsburg ir0A and
glass for its display OF minerals. Another com
modious and tasicfully designed structure
affords accommodations for the three hundred
ga more Mexican employees attending the expo
sition. The display In the main huildins i of
great extent and exceptionally well aEransed.
ably represented. In the womaus department
IL has most choice evidences of female skill aud
In the arr gallery II has supplied well nigh one
fourth Of the exhibits while ian it's excellent and
a6ly-conducted cavalry band of seNenit -five
pieces
MENICo HAS CLrNANEp
its efforts I'm the line OF exhibits for without
the ever obliging and untiriug Mexican band,
the exposition would have been deprived of It's
most unfailing attraction.
Belgium. Russia, Italy. France Great Britain,
Germany. Denmark and Turkey, China Japan
SIAM Brazil, Venezuela Guat.,,ala Hond,,,-s.
Jamaica and the Sandwich Islands are ali r..,,re-
scented Ia a greater less extent but g,ni Il,
complete they were I'm philadel,,hia swing
| perhaps, the ubiquitous Turk with his iney.
haustible supply of olive wood trinketS and
souvenirs of Palestine, who seems 90 have pre-
einptied every unclaimed space for the display
| and sale of his wares, until the main builaing
partakes more of the character Of "A great bazaar
than that of simply an exposition. 4 UNIQUE
ana effective international display IS that Oi the
American Association of the Red cI,sSs y hich
has very appropriately and tastefully fesls-ored
! hdgs of the thirty-two nations parties 90 tie
| Geneva convention, around the colossal arch
way of music hall. immediately facing the main
entrance, illustrative of at least
HARMONY AMONG NATIONS
upon the one subject of humanity I'm War The
so-calied government building il devoted
wholly TO educational exhibits To tho>.. ~ the
woman's and colored peoples department to
several trunk lines of railroads and t. those of
the federal departments and state goNernIa,ents.
In this building. although Ss5 by 56:, feet with
| a fifty-feet wide gallery extending aruuhd its
interior, the exhibits crowded i'm sfich a
manner that structure one-half larger would
| not more than have afforded the required space
| for their proper display. Maine, New lIaInp-
shire. Vermont, MASSACHUSETTS,, Rhode island,
Connecticut New York. New jersey. Pehnsyf-
| West. Virginia, North Carolina and south
Missis1isp, o louisiana "e Txa Alsasnms'
| Tennessee, Kentucky. Ohio Michigan Inaiana
Illinois; Wisconsin. Minnesota, Missouri lowe.
VI "A lrAtFk Nm
iona. Wyoming, Dakota, Idaho, Montana CAL
i i1r oregon, Washington Terriior, aud
| Never were state exhibits more
ARTIsTIcALLY BTsPLAYEn,
| never had states their educational and social
status and the advantages OF SOIL climate and
railroad facilities more effectively shown; never
have the products OF land and water, of Ilines
forests and mechanical skin been more i'm
pressfvely presented. Add to these the display
OF the various departments OF the federal gov
/ ernineht at Washington, OF State, War. Navy,
Interior, Postal, Treasury, Justice ard AsriciIl-
ture. including the highly Instructive sis.t.ial
| exhibits OF the Patent office. illustrating the
gradual improvement of certain machines. APP
piianccs and processes. such the printing
press, type writers, telephone Sc., of minin. by
| The Land Office OF the growth aud utilization
| OF various products OF the soil va uatsp and
| graphic statistical diagrams aud chronological
plates by the agricultural department: litstru-
| ments 10y the coast survey-tirecly expedition
| outfit by the Navy department. a nlicnssr.I,ir
international Nuhnn ia pdrro oi the industry
1 Oh nations by the state department. Ne,-lp-
uonally interesting geological and chronological
| display by the smithsonian institute aud
Others equally deserving OF mentioii did space
permit '1
THE woMANs DEPARTMENT
| i'm its display gives evidence as never has here
| tofore been done, of the scope and siili of
woman i'm all branches of domestic Industry
in literature. and especially the fine arts, and
also to no inconsiderable extent In the me
] chanic arts ana la science. The display tf
| THE CoLoRED PEOPLE
Is very encouraging and suggestive, clearly
showing the round of the ladder they are on as
a race in mechanics, arts ana science.
THE EDUCATIoNAL EXHIBIT
| is beyond all question the most comprehensive.
and, SO far "a France is concerned affords the
! most complete illustration of educational ar,-
| piances, methods and statistics that has ever
been presented in the United States. Several
| of the western and northwestern states the
Christian Brothers, and the American MsssIsn.
AIRY society have ALI extensive and xsli-ar-
ranged exhibits oi school work, Of educational
appliances and methods, of buildings and Statis-
teal charts. Were these educational "a 8iil,its
oi the exposition all arranged on AZ SPACE ten
feet wide they would exceed "a distance uFeatnr
than that from the navy yard Ia the farther
end OF Georgetown. kindergartens and kitch-
engardens, manual training classes aad .
full operation. All OF this seems 10 have been
inspired by the
NATIONAL BUREAU OF EDUCATION
which appears 10 have been interchangeable in
ildhlHS tile tuucatlOnai feature oil the kIsBSi-
ton prominently success. Fortunately for
the children of New Orleans and NiciniIv, the
prices Of admission To them was reduced 90 Is
cents, and i'm some instances waived altogether.
school officers and teachers emuiated each
other in af"rding children AN opportunity TO
visit the exposition Fridays being set apart
Tor schools alternately, in addition TO SATURDAYS
and other holidays, la attend in body, as-.,In-
panied by their teachers this great f,t,i,-ct
school IL IL most gratif Tying u see how eagerly
they embraced the opportunity how iD1sItly
many of them seemed 10 observe, and how
earnestly the majority endeavored 10 secure
information. The OBJECT lesson the Present
generation OF children in New Orleans has been
privileged to participate in viii prove 10 them
OF incalculable advantage for all time To s-,sne.
And the children of larger growth, the t.pople
of the south who have visited this exposition of
every race and condition in life have learned
as never they would without IL, their own short
comings and the possibilities of their seciion Of
country, and must realize now more fully the
Intimate
COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL
relations which naturally exist between the
gulf states, and especially New Orleans the
gateway OF their transatlantic trade aud the
great body OF states constituting the valley OF
the Mississippi. On the other hand, all who
have visited the exposition from the east ar the
west from the north or the south, unless pre-
JUDGED beyond measure, must have beep con-
WINGED that the fraternai ties of the yarious
tons of this country have boy this exposition re-
cclked material Streng tbening. such could
not have been attained 10y other mean - of states