Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1901-04-19

visions Of delight that lInger on the
western horizon.
Who can doubt the educative effect
Of these architectural lessons within
the hearts OF the American people?
1t Is, however. not enough TO have
evoked, like n mirage floating over the
plains, these phantasmagorial delights
which fill our lives with Joy and our
memories with dreams. The president
OF the French republic In the decree
which laid the foundation OF the expo
sition OF 1900 declared the purpose OF
that great enterprise to be "a presenta-
ton of the works OF art and OF indus
[ trial and agricultural products''-an as
, semblage OF exhibits. That is without
doubt the central, the formative. idea
OF the Pan-American Exposition.
Without exhibits there can be no ex-
position.
Each new and well arranged exposi-
zion is n new edition OF n worlds en-
cyciopedia constructed by scientific
and exhaustive arrangement OF ma
terial things. 1t Is also landmark. a
milestone In the history Of the worlds
progress and the development OF man
kind No one may expect. no one
should desire. TO read through from
first to last the marvels presented In
q universal exposition. AS we'll expect
TO memorize the Library of Congress
or or the British Museum. But. were
the exposition or the library truly uni
versal. every man should find therein
the latest utterance which the world
1 IN crfv
scope of human inquiry. Unless this
be the fact the exposition is In some
degree deficient In the fulfilling OF It's
whole duty. It's duty may be express
ed, less exhaustively, perhaps, but
with more practical truth, thus: It is
place not in which anybody will learn
all 1t can offer, but In which anybody
may enlarge the scope OF his Informal
ton. How far the Pan-American Elk
position can realize this criterion OF
completeness and OF excellence will
depend upon the area OF space at its
disposal and the skill OF Its officers In
/ the management of that space. 1t
looks now as II 1t VIII become not IN
encyclopedia OF all knowledge. but an
edition de luxe OF the most excellent
selections.
In this phase of the Exposition will
be found Its most instructive value.
Whether 1t will also be the most edu-
cative will depend upon the Individual
who is the recipient.
The Exposition has a third phase,
rendering another element of education
through Its power of amusement. Amid
the whirl OF sounds and scenes In the
exhibit departments mind and body ac-
quire intense fatigue which Graves rest
The toll OF simple observation becomes
wearisome. Music becomes restful
1 solace. The magician's wand lends
new life to tired limbs. There was
some froth In the Chicago Midway
But regarding the Midway after the
lapse Of seven years one Is convinced
that out OF 1t came more enduring and
| practical information and education
than there was of mere ephemeral
foam Years of travel leading to some
OF the remotest quarters of the earth
would have been required to give even
the casual observer so much insight
into the manners, customs and conduct
OF peoples differing from us in race,
color, religion and habits OF life and
thought as might have been gathered
In a single journey up and down the
ppriteus Of the Midway. An excellent