Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-06-25
About 600 Visitors on the
Opening Day.
ALL KINDS OF ADJUSTMENTS
D. P. Banard Has General
Charge.
Exhibitors ut the Colored Peoples Expo
sitiOn--NeedIo-work and Culinary
achievements shown.

by the former, was 800. Very few white
people were present. All of the exhibits
had not arrived but those that had been
received were tastcfaly arranged and
gave promise Of creditable exposition.
The women's building was nearly filled
with exhibits and the main building CON
tanned fair display.
The exhibit in the main building which
excited the most interest was n flour mill.
It is n two-storied frame structure and
owned by the William Lea Il Sons Com
pany. Hettie Williams exhibited floral
and wax designs. A. Clark, Il Philadel-
phia Chiropodist. displayed manicure sets
and articles for removing corns. Mrs. A.
II. Hazelton Thompson of Philadelphia
exhibited hair work, and Mrs. A. d. Jones
of the same city silk Tides and paper de-
signs 7. S. Anderson had on exhibition
a tinsmith's outfit, and W. L. Harris ma
terials for conducting job printing office
4 steam churn was shown by j. w
Wesley A large space in the north end
of the building was occupied by a lunch
parlor conducted by st. Monica's and st.
Augustine's guilds of st. Matthew's Mis-
sion for the benefit of a day nursery.
large case in the west end of the
woman's building contained hard soap,
ginger snaps, Maryland biscuits, potato
clearstarch, rolls, bread made with and
without yeast, rlisk, cakes of various size
and flavor, pies of numerous ingredients,
iellies and preserves. Some of the pastry
looked appetizing and some appeared
most uninviting. The latter class how.
ever, consisted principally of pastry which
had been damaged by shipment Samples
Of the dressmakers art were exhibited by
Mrs. A. Clark and Mrs. Elvira B. Robin
son, the latter of Atlantic City. William
7. Hill exhibited masonry. In the centre
Of the room were numerous crazy quilts.
the handiwork of Mrs. Hester s. Lee and
Mrs. Lucy sheppard Of Philadelphia, Mrs.
Hannah Basley Of Columbia. Pa, and
Others. A fine exhibit by pupils of No, l6
school occupied part of the south end ofthe
building and included drawings of various
kind and considerable merit. specimens of
well executed penmanship, essays i'll man
nscript and mathematical problems. Two
novel drawings were water color maps of
Delaware and South America partially
covered by products Of their soil Among
the students who had exhibits were
Bertha Coles, James I. Wayler,
William II. Norris, Howard Walker,
Eugene Chase, Horace Wayler Florence
leireris, BESSIE Hunter and Arthur
Christy. Picture frames made of paper
were exhibited by X. NJ Adger of Phila-
delphia. Charles l.. Roberts exhibited
ornamental penmanship and +. s. Pierce,
Jr., H. A. Sumby, Lottic G. Seudder, Julia
r. Jones' Amos Dixon, |. J. Williamson,
hibited drawings in oil and crayon and
a few made with pen. Musical compost
tons Of William A. Barnard and the Rev
George II. Waters were exhibited by the
composers. j. I. Moore Of Philadelphia,
had fine exhibit of dental work. Mrs. G.
+, Ieferis exhibited hair work. Nearby
We're clay models, miniature lodge
room, cut with pcnknife, ornamen-
tai lamps, boat with floral rigging
rustic chairs and bouquet tables and speci-
mems of wood carving, none of which
We're labeled A unique exhibit consisted
of clay in the shape of fruitand vegetables.
]. G. Ellis of Philadelphia exhibited fine
specimens, Of photography. In the east
end of the Building W. Il. Grinnage
showed an undertakcrs outfit and Mrs. r.
L. G. Mallory of Baltimore had an elegant
exhibit of needle work An attractive
kindergarten exhibit was shown by the
Workingmcn's Club of Philadelphia.
Carpet balls scwed and wound by Mrs
Mary Mcdonald, an inmate of the Home
located in Philadelphia. said to have been
Il slave and to be no years old, were exam
ined with much interest. Other exhibit
tiOns We're John II. Williams H. A. Mills
Charles ;. Abele. ]. Griffin, Annie 4. Med
ford, Lizzie cornish, Mrs. c. J. Graves
Rcba Buck, Mrs. ]. 4. Moore and Mary +.
Kigin.
a razzle ,la2zle and carnnsel, 4 few fakirs
we're admitted to the grounds but they did
dot reap rich harvest During the after
noon the Nellie Burke Combination of
Ringgold, IA, gave exhibition running
chariot and dog races. Despite the
fac. that the race course was almost
covered with grass the races were good.
and J. Chandler Wrights orchestra played
in the main building A. l., Ainscow K
Go. had n restaurant under the grand stand.
The exposition delighted the patrons.
Despite the storm about 1000 people
visited the colored peoples exposition
Thursday. Everything considered the
exhibit is extraordinarily fair. During
the afternoon Hon. John NJ. Langston
of Virginia, delivered an address on
"rhe Colored Man as Factor in the
Industries of the Continent lie said,
in part There is nothing anybody can
do now that We can't. God is with us.
We came here as slaves. We will
demonstrate to all before long that our
Creator did not merely intend us for
slaves, but furthermore few years will
see the black man sharing in all the
walks of life with his white brother In
the south now tbY black man is engaged
in all the pursuits of his white neigh
bors. They are now engaged in sugar
corn raising, in wheat and corn growing
and all branches of agriculture. In
Jamaica one of the leading growers of
bananas is colored man. They also
have their fruit farms in the south and
many have comfortable homes. The
colored man has always shown a dis
position to fit himself to circumstances.
the colored mans progress
is remarkable. A progress, too, that |
is not circumscribed, but is as far |
as the extent of the territory |
over which the race is scattered. They |
are fast becoming astute in business, |
thrifty in habits and far-reaching in |
In education the progress
is equally marked. Colorcd children are
quick to recognize the advantage edu-
cation brings to them. Unfortunately
poverty prevents the educa-
Lional facilities from being equal to the
demands, Politically colored men are
naturally Republicans. This is true not
so much from choice as from necessity.
The negroes in the south are kept Re
publicans by the frequent actions of the
ltate legislatures and the position of the
Democratic party in national affairs.
The colored race still bear in mind the
party to whom they owe their present
lights and freedom. But still political
lHairs are not as essential to the colored