The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-08-02

about the middle of October.
A letter from far away Turkey to the
woman's board OF the exposition was
received few days ago asking for
space in the woman's building for an
exhibit from the ladies of Turkey. The
space was granted and they will make
display Of needle art and other fancy
work done by the women of Turkey.
The scope of the exhibits in the wo-
mans department is widening every
day, and 1t win doubtless be a. thorough
representation of woman's work of the
world,
The restaurant Of the Negro building
of the exposition will be conducted by
one of the most experienced hotel men
among the colored people, Walter Epps,
who is head waiter of the Aragon hotel
OF Atlanta Ga, He Is making extern
sive preparation to conduct as fine a
restaurant as may be found anywhere
on the exposition grounds and will give
the matter his personal attention. He
intends to make the restaurant an ex-
hlbit in itself of the ability of a negro
to run aofirst-class restaurant. Epps
is an Atlanta negro who has been in
the business all or MS life.
The National Afro-American Press
association, which recently met in Balti-
more, and which most of the colored
editors of the country attended, en-
bodied in their public address the fol-
lowing endorsement of the negro de-
partment of the exposition: eve be-
| lieve that all encouragement should be
extended to the efforts being made to
make creditable display of Afro Amer
lean genius and industry at the forth
| coming Cotton States and International
| Exposition to be held at Atlanta in
September" The address was signed
by such able and we'll known editors as
I. Thomas Fortune, esq.,, editor New
York Age; Charles S. Morris, esq, of
| Boston Courant, and Rev. c. H. Phil
| lips, D. D., editor Christian Index.
| The negro commissioners to the ex-
position through the chief Of the col
ored department, /. Garland Penn, have
issued an address to the colored people
of the United States, calling upon them
to redouble their efforts to make the
display of their lives at Atlantas great
| exposition. After citing the fact that
the Exposition company has complied
with their promise, the commissioners
call upon the negroes to do their duty
because north and 81 9TH will be to see
them, and they should make their ut
most endeavor to have such an exhibit
as they are capable of making The
address urges every negro who can send
anything of credit to the race for an
exhibit to send it directly.
| The agricultural ard horticultural ex-
hibit of the womans department of the
exposition will be one of the chief at
fractions of the coming great exposi-
ton to be held from September is to
December 81, 1895. The pride of Ameri-
can womanhood is involved In this work
and we ask and urge your hearty CO.
operation. Exhibits, large or small,
consisting of farm, garden and dairy
products, fresh and canned fruits, vege-
tables, wines, cordials, breads and cat
sups, palms, MOSES and ferns, orna-
mental woods, etc, will be gladly re-
| ceived Arrangements have been made
with the Southern Railroad and Steam
ship association to transport exhibits
/ to and from the exposition, free of
| charge; and the articles exhibited will
be scrupulously cared for and kept with
in the Woman's building. The names
| and addresses of exhibitors will be
| prominently placarded with the articles
| with such explanatory notice as exhibit
| ors may desire. Exhibitors in the Wo-
mans building will be at no further ex-
| pense than the boxing of the articles
and delivering to transportation lines
| May we depend upon you to give this
matter your prompt and best endeavor?
Please kindly write us at the earliest
possible moment, the articles and names
of exhibitors which we may expect from
your vicinity. Any information desired
will be gladly given by communicating
with Mrs. Henry L. Wilson, the chair
| man of this committee.
| The exhibit to be made by California
| at the exposition will be one of the
most notable of the state exhibitions at
the great fair. The interest in the Cal
| ifornia exhibition has been strong from
| the inception of the movement, and it is
now an assured fact that the State will
make an exhibit at Atlanta fully worthy
of the glorious climate of California.
| 1t will embrace not only the wonderful
l
Ties of the state, but also its rich and
varied mineral resources. The work is
being actively pushed, and the exhibit
will soon be ready for it's journey across
the continent to Atlanta
The work at the grounds of the expo
sition is being rapidly pushed to compile
ton. Nearly all Of the company's build
ings are completed and those still un-
| finished will be ready for the instala-
| ton of exhibits in short time. 1t is
now less than two months before the
gates will be thrown open, and work is
being rapidly pushed. The force of la
| borers has been increased, and there
is no longer any doubt that, by the 18th
of September, the exposition will be
| ready for the rush of visitors on the
opening day. Exhibits are beginning to
come in, and the work of installation
will be pushed from now on to the
| opening day. Arrangements have been
made with the telegraph companies, by
which a wire will be run to Gray
| Gables, and President Cleveland will
| touch the button at his summer home
on Buzzard's Bay, which will start the
great fair in motion.
| For the past ten days a perfect del
uge of water from the Atlanta City wa
ter works has been pouring into the