The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1892-02-01

the farm, the garden, the pantry and
the dairy. We should seek out cred
liable articles in wood carving, pottery
fine art, needle work, etching, paint
ing. invention. etc. A collection of
curios and historical relics will add an
interesting feature to our exhibit
Silk culture, too is beautiful and
most suitable industry for women. A
few in Texas are already engaged in
this work, and when we realize that
$50 900 600 annually is sent out of our
country for the purchase of raw silk we
may appreciate how lucrative such EN-
ployment might be to us, who have a
climate and vegetation peculiarly suited
to this industry.
A very effective exhibit may be made
by photographs of uniform size repre-
senting our public buildings, philan-
thropic institutions, exterior and in
terror views of our beautiful homes. bits
of scenery, etc. This, above all else,
will give to visitors a practical idea of
our advancement.
A collection of our native flora will be
another interesting addition. Our flow
ers in Texas begin to bloom III February
and no time should be lost in preparing
for this collection. 1t will be necessary
To adopt IA uniform size of paper upon
which to preserve them. Mr.. John
Thorpe, chief of forfeiture, proposes to
have the collections from different states
effectively arranged in revolving cabi-
nets. He will also have the flowers
classified and named, service which we
should appreciate as, believe, our native
fora has never been classified and
named. Making the collection would be
an interesting feature for the school
children of Texas
There are many articles of credit and
of great interest that will doubtless be
brought forward by the energetic mem
berS of the different county boards.
There is grand philanthropic institu-
ton at Galveston. the John Sealy Train
ing School for nurses, originated and
fostered by the women of Galveston, and
it is not too ambitious to hope that they
will alternate with Bellevue and other
like institutions in serving a term in
that department of the woman's build
ing.
| cannot impress too strongly the
great necessity of thorough educa-
tional exhibit. Mrs. Ed Warren of Fort
Worth has charge of this department
and will undoubtedly, with the assist
ance of the intelligent teachers of Texas,
place our state in the vanguard in this
most important department.
Clubs of Twenty.
The board of lady managers earnestly
recommends the formation of clubs
whereby a systematic plan for laying
aside sum of money each week in order
that by 1893 a sufficient sum may be
saved to permit each member of the club
to attend the fair. This plan should be
actively adopted by us, for it will greatly
increase interest and engender desire
among all classes to assist us in our en-
terprise.
Around our state building should cen
ter our Hottest ambitions. In design it
will portray the best thoughts of our ac-
complished architects. Its interior will
show in elaborate finish our incompar-
able building materials. We should
have columns of our native iron. granite
and marble. Rooms will be provided
for the perfect comfort of our Texas
visitors, and an assembly hall, where
the songs of Texas can be heard and our
silver-tongued orators will tell the peo-
pie of the earth the wonders of our EN-
pire.
Our state directors, if requested to do
so, will doubtless place at our disposal
number of rooms to be furnished, equip
ped and decorated as we think best.
From the penitentiary board we might
negotiate loan of handsome furniture
made from native timbers. The offices
and assembly hall might thus be fur
nished, and would show the skill of our
workmen and the richness of our forests.
The Sanger brothers have already ex-
pressed a cheerful willingness to carpet,
furnish and drape our reception room,
and doubt not there are many other
firms i'll the state that will be equally
generous.
That class of exhibits that are adver-
tisements to the individual firms giving
them would be attractive and instruct
i've feature and not only show the ele-
gance and liberality of our prominent
business houses but the taste and cul-
ture Of those who patronize them.
The governor and commissioner of in
surance, statistics and history think
favorably of IA loan from the state geo
logical department, which would itself
be fair exhibit of the ores, minerals