The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-04-19

lines Will be accurately shown. and til
lakes and rivers will be represented b,
vinegar. The larger cities will be indi
Gated by spices. The whole will be covered
with q single piece Of plate glass, which ii
being specially made for the purpose. Til,
EXPENSE of this interesting exhibit Of th,
SIS, 5000. =
Mrs.. T. M. Dryden, manage Of the Amer
lean Lutheran School for Girls. at Guntoor
south India, has applied for SPACE in the
woman's building for an exhibit of work
from That institution. The display will be
made under the patronage Of Lady Wsnlock,
wife Of tho resident governor. and through
tne assistance OF the nizam (Mohammedan
king Of Hyderabad. The nizam has been
pstitionsd to furnish to buy the
costly material for tho silver and gold en-
broideries which, in the form of curtains,
wall hangings, table cloths, altar cloths and
drsas trimmings. will constitute the princi-
pal portion of the exhibit. The nizam will
probably furnish the means to support the
womon while tho work is being prepared.
Director HiRinbotham. chairman Of the
ways and means committee, gave the con
grssslonal investigating committee an in
terest!nR estimate of the resources of the
expedition. The total resources. he thinks,
will aggregate over Ss35, GOO, COO. He be.
lleves the gate receipts will bring in $15,-
100000. or, in other words that there will DO
5O,OOO.UOO admissions at 50 cents each.
According to hia estimate the exposition
will receive SO, 700, 1000 from restaurants.
-, ooo,OO from other concessions and priv
lleges. and ISL, $50, 900 from salvage. The
stock subscriptions and city bonds figure in
the estimate at $11, 5G5, 456. The committee
was given estimates OF a moro conserya-
tive nature BY several. but all agreed that
the financial prospects OF the exposition
are encouraging.
E Vrss @s IT 800
Virginia promises to take as conspicuous
q place Mt the exposition as she has always
lature has already appropriated S25, 600.
ana 1t 1s regarded as almost certain that ii
Will voto US much more at an extra scssion
next winter. The counties and cities have
authorized to make appropriations also,
and many OF them are so deeply Interested
from $4,000 to $4,000 will be provided in
that manner Then subscriptions from
private sources, Gen. Qroner announces
arc being made liborally and promise to
reach $50. 900 in aggregate. Thus the state
Worlds fair board, which has been organ
izad, with Col: A. 8. Buford us president,
will probably have about $3.50, 600 to expcnd
to secute q areditablc representation OF the
old dominion. The state will erect a fine (
building.
Mrs. Alice Freeman Palmer gives a most
satisfactory and enthusiastic account Of
tho condition of the educational exhibit of |
Massachusetts,, of which she ia superin-
tsndent. Early in tho winter she called n
meeting of the super%intendents of all the
public schools of the state, and the ont
WAS the appointment of an advisory
committee seleoted from the most intuen.
men III educational matters in the
state. The committee meets svery Mon
day in the Offices of tho stats board, and
wlil secure q collection of exhibits, statis-
TICS and everything pertaining to a com
plete showing of the educational resouroes
this state. Much of tho interest and
lctlv1ty ID Inscribed to the efficiency of Mr..
Clarence Hoysy, tho state's executive COM
missioner. Mrs. Palmer also mentioned
mat many colleges had already subscribed
ioeral sums for special purposes in oonneo-
Ion with tho educational exhibit.
Steps hav0 been taken for a meeting in
NAY of representatives of all tho Amerienn
college frAternities to perfect plans for n
exhibit by those Influential Or
carnations III che liberal arts building.
The fratsrniticn, with a mcmbershin Of
'oout 10000 graduates from the leading
colleges, including many of the most emf
1ent men IN all professions, contemplate
nearly $40, 600 in displaying their
'aluAblo historical oollsctions and Tho
,ariad products Of their unique system.
heRo organizations hnvo taken part in nd
'orther. exhibition, but nsBufnncon hnve
,eeI given that space will be afforded and
'olne or the oldest and boat known have al
Higniiied their intention to purtioi-
'ate, probnhly in competition. Az a rasult
= the Undergraduate rivalry there ID no
loapt that the exhibit will BE- . center Of