The Russellville Democrat., 1893-07-27
ARKANSAS VISITORS.
They are at Chicago in Great Numbers
 Now.
CONGRESS OF EDUCATION.
The Pnblic School system win be Dis
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 CHicAGo, July 24.--[ Special. T. The congress of education, which IS now being hellss:: as the art institute, has attracted thousands of the most pro ninent educators of the world. It's daily sessions embrace kinde.- garten, manual art education, uni versity extension, deaf-mute, blind, Chautauquan education, stenogra- phy and general education.
 In the great manufactures and liberal arts building, which covers more than fifty acres, can be found tho educational exhibits of eighty nations, and just now it is beiog visited by an army of educators. Wonderful work, from the kinder garten to the highest order of the university and manual art work, is to be seen.
 It would be impossible to say which would most interest the visi tor. Undoubtedly the beautiful work done by "tots" of four years Is intensely interesting to all teachers as well as to every father and mother in the land.
 Professor Shinn was to be found in the Arkansas exhibit, and cer- tainly if one could judge by facial expression, the professor feels cer- tain that Arkansas will be in the procession.
 Through the courtesy of Mir. J. M. Page, secretary of the Illinois Press Associ ation, the correspondents of papers outside of Chicago have had the op- portunity of visiting the Midway Plaisance free of all expenses.
 The first place visited was the Irish village. Blarney Castle, of course, was the first attraction, where piece of the Blarney stone was to be found and which the visi- tors were asked to kiss.
 Here is the stone
 That whoever kisses,
 Oh, he never mieses
 To grow eloquent. Passing down the Plaisance one encounters strange and grotesque foreign people, who constitute it's population.
 The Streets of Cairo are visited, of course, but camel ride must be for others and not for your core spondent.
 Libby Glass Works is crowded daily, and we'll may it be, for it is really one of the sights of this big show.
 The Ferris Wheel Is another great attraction, and as it rolls skyward 264 feet a strange sensation is pro- duced, but one is bountifully re- warded by taking this trip, for in no other way can this great city and still greater show be seen. Take the trip, you will never regret it.
 Your correspondent was royalty treated by San Yanagiya, an educa- ted Japanese gentleman. Hand some souvenirs were pre- sented to our party, and many beautiful works of art were shown to us, and their history explained in excellent English by this little gen tleman.
 The weather for the past week has been all that we could wish, clear, warm days and delightfully."- cool nights.
 Swedish days, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, were duly ob- served by the thousands of Scandinavian residents of this city. A procession of more than 10, ,000 men blocked the car lines for some time, and if one could judge by this multitude, surely one would say this is Norwegian city.
 Professor F. D. Clark, of Flint, Mich, is in attendance at the deaf mute congress. He sends greetings to his many Little Rock friends.
 Arkansas visitors continue to reg ister at their pretty building and al ways receive a hearty welcome from everyone connected with it. Its comfortable. easy chairs on its broad porches are so welcome to the weary tourist, and as one drops into them these remarks are heard: "Oh, how comfortable l'
 Next week three days will be de- voted to the discussion of the public school system in the educational congress.
 Disappointment was depicted on the fase of every pedsgogue when it was announced that Dr.. Rics would not be present., nor would he send his paper, "Defects in the Public Schools and Their Remedy.p