The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-24
WORLDS FAIR NOTES.

The Worlds Fair board of lady man.
ayers has issued q circular which Is
being sent to all the women's organiza.
lions in the country for the purpose OF
securing information 10 be used in a
catalogue OF the organizations con-
Quoted by women for the promotion OF
charitable, philanthropic, Intellectual.
sanitary, hygienic, Industrial, or social
or moral reform movements. Tho idea
is TO secure information sufficiently
elaborate to base conclusions ON regard
ing the growth of women's work In the
way OF organized societies, and the good
accomplished by the same. All this
from the various States will be dupli-
Gated from the encyclopedia being pre-.
pared under the auspices of the lady
managers for the womans building.
The statistics collected through their
efforts from every country in The world
Will form a most voluminous mass of
valuable information. 1t is the inten-
sion OF the lady managers To publish
these statistics of woman's work
throughout the world in :. convenient
and impressive form. The volume will
be given away or sold for n"I,inal sum,
aa may be advisable, in the wuman's
building during the exposition
The exhibit to be made at the Worlds
Fair under the direction of the bureau
OF hygiene will be Of special public in
terest and value because it deals with
sanitary subjects in every phase. Pny-
steal development, food supply. pref
aration OF food, cooking and serving,
dwellings and buildings, hygiene Of the
workshop and factory, fo,.i insp, ctiop,
quarantine, reception, cure ard protec-
ton Of immigranls-these are few of
the subjects TO be illustrated by the
bureau. Every possible sanitary pre-.
caution that tends to probing life and
minimize the dangers FROM u.sease will
be shown either by actual appliances or
models; the evils of the 1T, ut ment" and
Sweating" systems will be brought out
very forcibly by models OF old style
tenement and sweat shops exhibited
besides models Of the best possible
apartment houses and workshops Heat
ing, lighting and drainage sS stems will
be shown in contrast with exhibits IL
Illustrating the diseases and deformities
caused by unwholesome trades and pro-
fessions, or equally unwholesome quar-
tiers for the workingmen. The various
State boards OF health are already pre-
pairing exhibits Of their methods for the
bureau, and the comparison afforded by
such exhibits Is expected to be very
valuable, affording experts an unusual
opportunity for study. Mr.. f. W.
Brewer, OF Nebraska, has been nomina.
ted for chief of the bureau.
Seats for 125, 900 are to be provided in
the great manufacturers building at the
Worlds Fair for the dedication exercises
on October FL.
The British building at the Worlds
Fair will have among its DECORATIONS
flags bearing the arms of the principal
cities OF the United Kingdom.
The main railway station within the
Worlds Fair grounds, where all exour-
sion trains will discharge their passen-
gers, will be handsome structure
costing 1925, 900, and will a.commoda
1900 persons at one time.
The proposed building for a colltctiv
exhibit by merchant tailors at the
Worlds Fair will probably be nearo the
fisheries building AS planned, 1t will
be SIS feet square viii po,, CO extend
ing to the lagoon. The tailors of Chi.
cago have raised Sl0,C COO. and BIS, 900 Is
expected from men bers of the trade
outside.
Dauphin county, Pa, will send for
exhibition in the women's bui ding at
the Worlds Fair an deliberately carved
table of extraordinary historical inter
est. 1t will be composed of woods
taken from the famous "Liberty Bsll,n
from the house in which the first Amer
lean flag was made, from Washington's
headquarters at Valley Forge, from the
old ship Constitution, and from pillar
in independence Hall The upper sur
face will be inlaid with Indian arrow
heads. relics of the Six Nation, with
whom what Is now Dauphin county was
once favorite hunting ground.
Building material dealers will make
an exhibit at the Worlds Fair. Thew
will also hold an international congress
for the discussion of matters Of interest
to the building trade.