The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-11-24
THE WORLDS FAIR CATALOGUE.
Work Ca Thn: Mammoth Volume Will
Soon Begin.


complete it.
The task will be no mere childs play,
but rather one of considerable magni-
tude. Such catalogue. to be Of any
earthly use. must of necessity combine
accuracy with reliability. Not only this,
but it must be gotten out on time, TO the
end that it may be of service to the adj
vance army that will take time bv the
forclock and do its sightseeing before
the crush commences. Herein lies the
problem, how accuracy and prompt pub
LEGATION may go hand in hand and the
success of this important adjunct of the
exposition work be thus insured.
The Columbian exposition manage
ment will be its own compiler and its
own publisher. Incidentally it will
gather in all the shekels that NAV ac-
crue as profits on the undertaking. At
Philadelphia fifteen years ago certain
people paid IL round hundred thousand
dollars i'll good American gold by way
of concession, and relieved Director
General Goshorn and his associates of
all responsibility relating to the Centel-
NAL catalogue.
Both parties-and especially the con-
cesslonaires-repentedl later of their bar
gain 1t brought the conccssionaires, at
least so say the musty court records Of
that time, little glory and less profit.
The exhibitors, failing to appreciate the
Importance of the work. were backward
in coming forward with the necessary
data, and as Il consequence the initial
edition was SO incomplete and mislead-
ing that each and every page had OF
necessity to be corrected for subsequent
issues. and there was not Il page of the
last edition that resembled the first
Then confusion confoundcl resulted
from the fact that the concession was sub
let, the typesetting being done in one
state, the mechanical work in another
and the binding in third, and what
with these troubles and the fact that
display and reading advertisements We're
run in with the regular lists until the
most careful reading could scarcely de
termine which was the ol.n and which
the other it is very little wonder that
the catalogue in question was regarded
by experts as very much in the nature
of Il freak.
But the catalogue of the Columbian
exposition will profit by the mistakes of
its predecessor. The committee on press
and printing proposes that it shall be Il
model of its kind. AS first step in that
direction it has intrusted the task of
compilation to Major Moses P. Handy,
who will be able to utilize as assist
ants the entire force of his we'll organ
lied bureau of publicity and promotion.
as we'll as to call to his aid such expert
advice and cooperation from outside as
may he found necessary.
Much of the detail connected with the
task has yet to be agreed upon, but in Il
general way the ideas of the committee
ON certain leading points have been
clearly defined. For instance, no delay
on the part of exhibitors in furnishing
the necessary data will be tolerated.
Each exhibit will be entitled to three
lines of mention, and the material there
for will have to be turned in rs IL pre-
requisite to the Issue of Il permit for the
installation of each and every exhibit.
No display or illustrated advertising
will be tolerated, and matter relating to
proprietary medicines and patented arti-
cles, together with puffs and testimonials,
will be strictly barred. Exhibitors who
desire to add IL limited number of lines
of descriptive matter to the official desi..-
nation of their exhibit will be permitted
that privilege at specific charge yet 10
be decided upon, bnt the copy will be
subject to editorial supervision and an.
proval.
The catalogue will be published in
English, and English only, although
each foreign government will be granted
the privilege of issuing Il catalogue of
its own section. and in its own language,
should it be so inclined
There will be volume for every de-
partment or section of the exposition, or
thirteen in all. Hence, if visitor is in
terestcd only i'll one particular section of
the show, he will be enabled to obtain the
catalogue relating to that section mt tho
outlay of n silver quarter, and need not
tax himself for the entire publication.
On the other hand, those who NAV
prefer the catalogue i'll its entirety will
find the thirteen volumes neatly bound
III one, and procurable at an outlay of
500. These are somo of the details
thaG nave been or are certain to he
agreed upon by those in authority.
Our idea of catalogue" says Major
Handy, "is complete registration of
exhibits and exhibitors, properly and
concisely classified, together with such
information rs is pertinent and needful.
and to be in such form and at such
price as TO make it available without
unduly taxing those DESTROYS Of consult
Ing it," And this, in brief, describes the
sort of catalogue that Chicago will offer
to her guests next year.
HENRY NJ HUNT.
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