The colored American., 1900-08-25

puZe) has been awarded by the Inter
national Jury representing the highest
recognition to be obtained.
Phe exhibit is as unique as 1t is pow
erfuI, occupying about oBe fourth OF
the entire United States space in this
building. Il hss been placed in the
immediate front, and is The first thing
TO catch the eye of the visitor. High
up at the top IN letters of gold is the
slgn-"AmerIcaA Negro Exhibit" Im'
;ne ediately uE der this abOuI 10 feet from
the heoT are three large pictures of
Afro Americans, whose lives sTe we'll
known; Booker T. Wsshing gton cceu'
pies the center, With the late B. K.
Bruce on the right, and Cn the left Reg
ister ]. ". Lyons, whose signature
must appear on every American bond
and paper dollar. To- night OF Bruce
is 8 large chart showing The wealth Of
A fro. Americans by states, and to the
left Of Lyons another chart showing
the decrease of 90 per cent IN lliteracy
in thirty five years. a history which
the world had neyeIseen before or else
where than in the United States, Next
follow a series of cases, just high enough
TO comfortably reach them. They are
worked 10 and fro by Feing hinged to
the tack ard having shining brass
handles. Here are display ed samples of
work, representing buggy work and
wagon making, shoe making, harness,
ali rorts OF skilled wood work. machine
hop work, casting, forging, tailoring
and dressmaking' In the same series Of
boards Is display of agricultural pro-
ducts cultivated by the coioTed people
OF the South. Grasses, seeds, cotton
and sugar cane products, etc., are
wrought into fancy shapes so that they
attract the eye and call the attention
to how much Negro is producing.
Next below tins series Of swinging
cases with another set Of cases with
wing frames. There are OF these and
each case contains 90 charts, 2S inches
high and % inches wide, making q
total of 196 cBarts. These charts would
line one side of the gallery 500 feet
long If spread out with few inches be.
tween each. But in the convenient way
OF opening tie ceses The charts are
quite accessible. Two eases of So charts
are devoted TO showing photographs of
the Hampton Institute, Fisk and How
ard Universities, AgrIc cultural & Ne.
chanieal College, North CaroIiba. Be-
rea, Cisf1in, Central Tennessee, Shaw
and other schools. 1wo other cases
com prise Sc charts which shew in
graphic display the leading facts of
Afro American progress. The two 9th
er eases show by other photographs
and charts, homes, stores faetorIes in.
suTapce companies, etc., among the
race.
In series of shelves below ie q large
collection OF books by Negro authors
and bound volumes OF newspapers by
editors of our race. There are alee five
hundred patents issued to Negro in
ventore, most admirable set of vol.
un es Gf written work of pupils fur
nlshsd by Fisk University.
mounted upon an iron rest stands
the thTee'feet bronze statuette of the
immortal Frederick Douglass, with his
face towards the door and his arms In
a position Of pleading. The statuette
is an exact copy Of the original at Roch-
ester, n. T., and was executed bv the
same sculptor, Mr., Stanley w. I'd
wards.
Adjoining this space is an exhibit of
nine models furnished by the public
schools Of Washington, l.. @. These
models show the deVeIorment of tho