Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-22
WONDERFUL BIRMINGHAM Her Exhibit at the Atlanta Expo
 Sition Unsurpassed. BEAUTIFUL SCHOOL DISPLAY With Such Material and Intellectual Develop ment the Magic City Challenges the
 Worlds Admiration.

Mayor VanHoose has recently visited the exposition at Atlanta and he speaks in glowing terms of the magnificent dis plays there, and especially is he we'll pleased with the showing made by the Birmingham district. In speaking of the exposition to a State Herald reporter yes terday he said:
 Tn the first place I was very much pleased with the general appearance and arrangement of the buildings and grounds. showing very excellent judg- ment on the part of the architects and the engineers, who designed and carried out the plan of the exposition.
 'The transportation facilities are good and seem to give satisfaction"
 When asked in detail what buildings seemed to be worthy of special notice, he stated that it was difficult question to answer, as all evidenced careful prepara- tion, backed by considerable pride and enthusiasm of the representative depart ments; mentioning among other build ings, which especially interested him, on account of its being new and novel, the negro building. A careful eXamina- tion of the work in this, he said, showed a practical evidence of considerable ad vance and attainment by the colored peo- pie.
 He spoke most enthusiastically and naturally, as Brming ham man, of the work done by Birmingham in the prepa- ration of the display in the Alabama building.
 He said: q am glad that Alabama at- tempted nothing in the way of ornament al show, but contented herself with simple dignified and practical exhibition or its natural attainments and results
 He spoke in the highest terms of. the energy and enthusiasm displayed by Ma jor Anderson and others who had assist ed him so ably in the preparation of this exhibit.
 Continuing, he said: "I was informed by Mr. West, who is in charge, that the building was almost always full of peo- pie all of whom seemed to take a special and lively interest in this practical and plain exhibit of the wonderful wealth and resources of the state, and especially O. this district. It gave me great pleas ure as mayor of the city. to see what prominent place Birmingham had taken in this Alabama exhibit. I am enthusias- tic over the fact that the public schools attracted the respect and admiration or other places in regard to our school ex- hibit.
 "This will be of great practical benefit to this section, showing the unique and singular fact that Birmingham has achieved distinction along two lines usu- ally considered so opposite, viz, marked advance and attainments in material de- velopment and at the same time along the line of intellectual development and mental training, showing that although we have heard the roar and rush Of ma chinery and the smoke of furnaces and industries, that the fires of intellect are kept burning brightly in the minds of our people and our peoples children. A thoughtful citizen from another com munity would be struck with the fact that no town could show such wonderful material development and at the same time make such a splendid exhibit along its intellectual lines of development, and could not, with such great evidence, ap- peal unnecessarily to an intelligent yer dict of the world for appreciation and confidence"