The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-10-19
THE EDITORS AT THE COTTON
STATES EXPOSITION.
Editorial Correspondence.

Editorial correspondence
ATLANTA, Ga, Oct. II, 1895.
The North Carolina editors, their
wives, their sweet-hearts, their sisters,
their cousins and their aunts are all
here, and having jolly good time
Most of them came by the Southern and
a few by the Seaboard and Atlantic
Coast line, all of which roads ''set up"
the trip. A lady who married a poor
country editor was once asked what she
thought of her husbands business. Her
reply tells the story of the country
editors life better than I can. She said;
az find that an editor can get every
thing he wants except money" They
always ''get in free to circuses and
other kinds of shows" including trans
portatio to the Worlds Fair and the
Cotton States Exposition at this great
city. The courtesy of a trip to this
Exposition by the railroads to lady
member of each editors family was
graceful recognition by the railroads
of the great assistance rendered
by the editors in increasing the
crowd of Exposition goers, AID a cour-
tesy that the editors, having "every
thing but money" highly appreciated.
Like the men invited to drink, they
accepted. every mothers son of them"
and headed by President Stevens and
Secretary Sheriff. marched in to take
Atlanta on Monday night. Senator Ma
rion Butler and wife, and Editor Ram
sey, who in his hurry forgot to take his
wife, represented the Populist side Of
fusion, while Senator Westmoreland and
Editor Goslin and wife made up tie
Republican side. The gold bug" Dem
ocrats were represented by those popu
lar and clever postmaster editors, Sner-
i'll. of Concord, and Marshall of Gas
tonia. who with their families upheld
the dignity of the prosperous ''gold bug"
fraternity Editor Dowd, OF the Char
lotte News, and Editor John f. Webster,
the leading spirits of free coinage Demo
Gratis. s'paired off' with the two 'gold
bug" -postmasters above named.
DoWd looked rather lonesome because
he had left his wife and babies at home.
He tried to persuade his wife to come,
telling her that the babies would not be
any trouble at all under the new tangled
regime of carrying your babies to the
nursery and getting checks for them, but
she was afraid she might lose her checks
or get her babies mixed up with others
and get the wrong ones back, and that is
why Dowd had that far away look on his
face. Editor Sheriff. thought Dowd's
far away expression was attributable to
'sthe dying out, as he puts it, "of the
silver craze" but then he wasn't into the
secret. Editor Webster was not accom-
panied by his wife, sharing the honor, or
dishonor, of being the only confirmed
bachelor of the State press. But, with
his usual gallantry, he was escorting
several ladies from Reidsyille and inter
spersing descriptions of the Exposition
with arguments in favor of bi metallism.
Speaking about Dowd and his babies,
puts me in mind to say that while not a
great many babies were left at the
nursery, the presence Of nursery at
the Exposition enabled many mothers to
see it who otherwise would have been
denied the privilege. The nurses are
kind and there Is every convenience and
comfort Some mothers leave their
babies, and come back every half hour
and personally see that they are com
Portable Adjoining the nursery is a
kindergarten wh3re little chilnren SIT
and are taught and made happy while
their mothers go on a tour through
Japan and other foreign countries. At
the Chicago Exposition these innova-
tions were inaugurated and proved sc
popular that now all the big Ezposiiions
have to make arrangements to care for
the children in order to secure the
attendance of the parents. OF course
this is not free. Nothing Is free
here or in any other city a charge Of
twenty cents day is made for each
baby. TIE nursery is located in thf
woman's building
What is the best thing 1T the Exposi-
tiou3 is the first question everybody
asks. According to my notion the best
things may be named in this order:
l. Tne u g. government building and
exhibit gotten up and directed by g
board Of which DR.. Chas W. D4bney is
chairman. His trained hand is seer
everywhere, particularly in the display
of the Agricultural Department. This