The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-24
FORTHCOMING EXHIBITION
ANNUAL OF MAS.
 SACHUSEITS CHARITABLE
Mechanic Association-To Be Held i'm Boston Commencing Septe mber 22nd --NlantfoId Lessons i'm Skill, in De- sign and i'm Workmanship to Ho Learned.

sign and im Workmanship so Bs
 Learned.
 At the age of twenty one" the youth
 of the race pass into the domain of
 manhood; and thereafter take their
 places with mature men everywhere. In
 this year of our Lord 1902, the Twenty-
 First Exhibition of the old Massachu-
 setts Charitable Mechanic Association
 takes place. It will indeed exemplify
 the change from old time methods. in-
 Ventions and devices, and enter the
 realm of mature manhood, with up to-
 date" exhibits; in this, the one hundred
 and eighth year of it's existence.
 Slxty-1ve years ago 1t held it's first
 exhlbltlon of science art and industry,
 in the city of Boston. Nearly twenty
 years earlier it had given prizes for mes
 chanlcal excellence; but not until 1887.
 thrty-tWo years after its organization,
 aid 1t hold regular exhibition; gather-
 ing many hundreds of exhibits from all
 over New England, and covering nearly
 every branch of productive industry With boards of judges, upon whose
 awards medals and diplomas were first
 given. Since that time at intervals of about three years, it has repeated it's l labors and efforts to encourage and | stimulate new nventions-improve old l processes-and thus advance the gen.
 eral prosperity and welfare of the peo- pie.
 | The records of the past century are
 full or instances where in this way this 1 old association has been a real help to | our mechanical interst; and no small part of the wonderful growth of our
 New England industries may be traced
 to this beneficent work
 | Within that time most of the cities and large towns of New England have contributed something to the volume of exhibits shown; and there is proba bly not hamlet which has not had some of it's citizens among the visitors, (which, numbering hundreds of thou- sands, have passed its doors in search of instruction, pleasure or profit
 And these great exhibitions, with
 their manifold lessons in skill in de- sign and in workmanship, covering the whole range of materials used in all of the many fields of human comfort or necessity-whether in the dwelling. warehouse, church, school, public or private institution--these are to be re- peated this year on new and improved plan, which, with their long experiences. is likely to prove uncommonly attrac- tive and useful
 On the 22nd day of September next the doors of the huge Mechanics Build- ing" so well known at this time as the great meeting place of everything of magnitude in Boston, in the form of political or other large gatherings, be- sides numerous fairs and shows in vari- ety quite confusing-wil open to re- ceive the influx of the multitude who will go there to be entertained, instruct- ed and amused. No visitor can fail to be entertained by the vastness and variety of the exhibits. arranged so systemati- cally that they seem almost a city in themselves; instructed by the character of many of the exhibits showing the processes in detail by which skilled workmen fabricate the thousand and one objects which go to make up no inconsiderable part of our home and other surroundings-and amused by the display of much that pleases the eye, and the strains of mu- sic that charm the ear
 At this early day it would not be pos- sible to descend to particulars, which. if told, might be forgotten before the day fixed for the opening. It is enough to know that the management of this association, numbering some of the leading mechanics and business men of Boston in their ranks, are deeply inter- ested in planning and carrying out the work to be performed in so many di- rections within the next seven months. before their big engines will turn the ponderous wheels to set this huge hive of busy bees in motion. Meanwhile our readers will not forget the good time coming" and be prepared for the final 
 In the nature af the case this exhibi- ton cannot be duplicate in detail of any Of it's predecessors, for the world of invention and improvement moves on so fast that the fabrications of yester- lay give place of necessity to the new er born ideas, devices and construc- ions of to-day. As an illustration of he changing character of the times in he mechanical world, it may be men, toned that when this great building vas erected, only twenty years ago. it vas provided with long lines of shaft ng thousands of feet in length, running he entire length of the building, with Ill the necessary complement of belt ng. hangers and pulleys.
 To-day this Is all taken down and 'old for junk the electric motor wholly superseding this "old fashioned'' method of transmitting power To uch as can command a spare moment o think seriously of this, these whole ale changes in the means of accom- ,lishng work of this nature in so short time, are furnished with an object esson in evolution of the most striking s ,ing. So In this twenty-first exhibi- ion, floor after floor will see machinery n motion doing it's appointed work with no sign of where the mighty giant $ located who is turning those wheels. 'hus one of the many marvels of elec- rical development will be well ilustra- ed. From time to time, as the multi ude of devices are installed in their faces, more of detail will be given; and te may well believe that when the 'hole is complete, more than one visit