The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-08-14

scented at the Tennessee Centennial ex-
position. This is a very fine college,
located just four miles from Hunts
Vile, Ala The chief aim Of this school
is to educate heart, head and hand"
Among the exhibits you will find very
carpentry display, specimens of botan.
ical work, and a good display of nat.
ural and chemical science, buggies,
Wagonettes, staircases, plows, black
smithing tools, agricultural imple-
ments, shoes, fruits, etc.
The Iuskegee Normal school is not
unknown to the world, for it has it its
head one of the greatest leaders of the
race, Booker T. Washington, who is
known far and near on account of the
great amount Of good that he has done
and is still doing for the negro in the
"black belt Of Alabama. And one OF
the best exhibits in the building will b.
found in the Tuskegee, space, which
contains work of all kinds, and all OF
a high grade.
Minnesota's exhibit, although men,
toned in the latter part of this article,
by no means occupies any small place
In the estimation of the hundreds OF
visitors that visit this department each
day. The booth is not only beautifully
arranged. but is adorned with many
valuable paintings exhibited by our own
home talent. The Photographic display
takes it's place among the high arts,
and the unique and beautiful display o.
hand work is interesting and instruc-
tive. 1t has been admitted without any
partial judgement to home talent, that
the paintings of j. R. White, Of st.
Paul are the peer Of any exhibited in
the building; there is such a touch OF
originality and blending Of colors in
his work. that it is at once commend
able and easily ranks among the fore
most artists of the race. The photo
graphic display Of Harry Sheppard is
Hazel. the designer and. architect OF
ST. Paul, has a beautiful exhibit Of
stained glass. This is one Of the mosi
novel and the only exhibit of it's kind
displayed by the negro people in their
building. 1t is handsome piece OF
work, and indeed, very we'll executed
it's tone and color being perfect The
ma Porter, is unique, delicate and
tasteful. The. work exhibited by the
following artists must be seen to b.
appreciated, the articles exhibited are
very interesting and artistic. and q
great deal of credit is due to Mrs. r..
H. Lyles, Miss Hattie Wear, Miss Mar
tie Grey, Miss Collister and the, Misses
Vera and Ada Lindsey, of Saltwater,
MINI. The musical compositions by
Mrs. Lyles and Mrs. Minnie Terrill, also
Mr.. William A. Wear, are good &C.
acknowledgements Of their ability. The
fancy work. by Mrs. T. H. Griswold,
Misses Kicks, Mrs. H. A. Kirtley and
Mrs. Mickels, who is sixty years old,
have contributed several handsome
pieces to this collection. Mrs. Alice
D. LIE Poe, Of Duluth, Mimi. deserves
much credit for fancy work. and also
a poem contributed to this work.
All this grand exhibit is due to the
last session of the state legislature, ap-
propriateing the sum of five hundred
. dollars ($500) to assist the colored citi-
zens Of Minnesota to make a display at
the Tennessee centennial and to main
tain their custodian over the same for
six months.
This exposition is inteded to be uni
versal and instructive in the largest
sense. The people of Tennessee feel
proud of their past history and have
invited the North, East, West and
South to see what they have offered
to the worlds market; and the Negro
building at the Tennessee centennial
shines forth as a beacon light, ard has
q bright and glorious influence like
a beautiful chandelies suspended in
the Vestibule of Ethiopian darkness.