Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-15
The Creditable Exhibits by the Col
ored Race.
A NEGRO WOMAN'S VIEW OF IT
Varied Illustrations in Educational
and Industrial Work. .
SIGNS OF PRO9RES
Core spoadente of The Evening Star.
NEGRO BUILDING, ATLANTA, Ca.


had a tendency to create a sentiment
against the fair and thereby keep the ne
gro away. Having been here six weeks
and having repeatedly visited all the pub
lie buildings and nearly all the buildings
in the midway, am prepared to say that
in but two instances have the negroes been
refused admittance. These are at the
German Village" and the Chute" the
former being a beer garden, and the latter
a sort of toboggan slide. I most heartily
denounce this unjust discrimination made
against us, but when I learn that many
privileges are being granted the negro
through the efforts of the exposition COM
pany, 1 am much encouraged for the fu-
ture of our race and feel that better
day is very near.
On all public occasions, like the receiving
of the liberty bell, President day, and the
opening of the negro building, President
Collier has expressed his great satisfac-
ton with the negro building and has
pledged himself to assist us in any way
within his power. 1t is The verdict of nine
tenths of the visitors to the exposition that
the negro building Is one of the chief and
most creditable displays Above the doors
of the building the busts of Frederick
Douglass, representing the capabilities of
the negro race; of a typical negro slave
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implements, musical Instruments the globe
and scroll and the famous Georgia mule.
Entering the building you are confronted
by the District exhibit The fancy work
is incloSed in glass cases, and on either
side are musical and Photographic dis
plays. The work of the Art Amateur So
ciety has received much praise. The most
attractive feature of the District exhibit is
a statue six feet high, on a pedestal three
feet high. 1t is the work of w. c. Hill
and represents the condition of the negro of
today-"Chains Broken, but Not or 1t is
a representation of a typical negro, large
and muscular, struggling to free himself of
the effects of slavery. This piece of work
receives favorable comment for the original
ity of design and its splendid execution. A
combination center table, ladies' writing
desk and work table receives much praise
The patents Of negro inventors show what
they are doing along that line. Since 1888
more patents have been granted to negroes
than before. There are to be found agri-
cultural, electrical and mechanical patents
The oldest patent granted to a negro was in
1915. on gridron.
Creditable Displays.
Hampton Normal and Industrial School
has the finest grade of work in the building.
The academic work is represented by large
screen, showing methods and results in
teaching geography, history and sociology
A hand-carved mahogany tile-faced mantel
a handsome hall seat of oak with hand
carving, revolving bookcase and mahog-
any Sldeboard would do credit to any eX-
Eibt on the grounds. The harness exhibited
is all hand made. The institute fills orders
for Wanamaker. They have constant de-
mand for all articles made by them A 1u0-
pound trotting buggy and small pony
phaeton show skill in wheelwright work
The drill press. 2S-inch swing, from the
Pierce machine shop, shows work such as
Is manufactured regularly for the market
thirty-ive papers. Among them is the Daily
opinion of Atlanta, which has headquarters
at the building, where the publishers send
out daily reports of the exposition.
Kentucky is represented by Photographic
and statistical display. The kindergarten
work from Louisville is among the best on
the grounds. The Louisville National Med
zeal school Is represented by photographs.
A neat exhibit has been fitted I'D by the
board of missions for freedmen, showing
by photographs the schools and churcnes
established by them. Their statistics show
10 ministers, of whom 166 are colored, ard
3Ob churches. They have schools in fourteen
states and territories. bust of Chas. sum
ner, by Miss Edmonia Lewis, is in this space
The Temperance and Collegiate Institute of
Claremont Va, under Rev. J. J. Smallwood
IS dong great work, as is shown by his ex-
hibit. His booth is tastefu1ly ARRANGED with
pictures and needle work. A neater and more
attractive exhibit cannot be found than that
Of the True Reformers of Richmond and
the buildings owned by the organiza ton. 1t
is benevolent and banking organization,
owned and controlled by negroes since its
foundation in 1881. 1t has membership Of
3o,OOO, with $SJOOO0 benefits paid. In 1888
it was the only bank in Richmond which
continued to pay currency to it's depositors
during the financial stringency The or
ganization recently paid w. w. Browne, the
founder. $oo'ooo for the plans by which it is
run.
The agricultural exhibits from North Car
DINA are the finest in the building. Hand
made harness. fancy tobacco exhibit and
a log cabin plush quilt valued at 500 are all
creditable exhibits. The crayon work here
shown Is very good. Florida has a charac-
teristic exhibit-beautiful flowers fine needle
work, industrial work. collections of sea
weeds, SpongeS, coralS and miniature ships
The most striking article is hand-caryed
cabinet made of five different kinds Of F'ori-
da wood. The literary, Industrial and me
chanical drawings of the Normal and In
dustrial School are very good. The botani-
cal specimens are exceptionally good The
women's exhibit from Memphis and Jack
Sonyille Is very good Central Tennessee
College has an exhibition of work done by
the students in taxidermS, entomology dem
tiStry and pharmacy that would be hard to
excel. Fisk University has Photographic
display of faculty. students and grounds. A
large oil painting of the original Fisk Ju-
bilee singers life size adorns this space
Knoxville College has an Industrial and lit
erary exhibit Arkansas has an attractive
ulSplay. ltS grains are OF the very best quail
ity. An engine weighing 100 pound and car
rying 100 pounds of steam Is exhibited An
oil painting from an original Arkansas cot
ton field, painted by DR.. j. H. Smith of Little
Rock, Is among the best paintings George
Jones of Little Rock has an exhibition of
some of his fifty houses, one drug store, one
livery stable and an undertaking establish
ment. The printing department of Philan-
der Smith has very artistic work.
Virginin's Exhibit.
Virginia's collective exhibit occupies a
very large space with exceptionally good
work from the old dominion. Some of the
most attractive exhibits are a 124-pound
handmade buggy. miniature model of the
United States steamer Raleigh, hand-carved
colonial chair, compartment tool chest, re-
lief maps of North and South America and
Virginia, and bicycle made Of wood by a
boy fifteen years old, who has made five of
them. They have made record of three
miles in twenty-five minutes. South Carolina
has a good exhibit G. r. Devane's exhibit
ton of biblical and historical carvings on
canes and horns is very artistic. He gave
the President a horn when he visited the ne
gro building. One cane has all the important
events of the discovery of America another
Is the presidential cane, with pictures of all
fba re be hot h