The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-02-27

Late yesterlLQS afternoon the New Eng
land ssQeIatEsl, pf Arts and Crafts held
a meeting f0f TIC purposes OF oreaniza-
t'esr IN i.'--ffo--- IN the Banlgan build
Ing. An but .1our Of the members Of the
associatiSnswcre IN attendance. General
Hunter C. White presided AZ tho meeting
at which tho following officers were
elected.
President, George II. Webb. secretary
OF the Providence board Of trade
Vice president. George Leach.
Secretary and treasurer, George ~
Kngsbury.
Assistant secretary, Fred NJ. Rhodes
There was a general discussion OF plans
for the exposition TO be held az Crescent
Park from June until October next after
which Major Frank H. Haynes ol Boston
who has been remarkably successful in
the management OF food fairs, made am
address in which he made several wall
liable suggestions.
Mr.. +. w Dexter managing director
OF the Hope Land company, then gave
his views on the exposition.
lie referred 20 the character Of the
grounds and the company having them I'm
charge and, speaking OF the probable at
tendance. said the railroad facilities were
10 Crescent Park on every Sunday in
August.
He said the highest education TO bc
given was In just such eXpositions as the
association planned and said. I'm speak
Ing of the religious scruples of persons
who did not care To show their goods In
an exposition on Sunday, that he knew
of no more Christian act than 10 educate
and enlighten the masses that daily as
semble at Crescent Park
Mr.. Dexter quoted President McKinlcy's
speech at the Pan-American exposition
on the value OF eXpositions as stimulus
Ia trade and gave an illustration i'm the
case OF New Yorker who went To a
Boston exhibition TO see some engines and
who, as a result is TO purchase three IN
this city.
I'VE do not always get what we aim
for" he said. "but sometimes we get
better This | can illustrate by another
story which relates To the exposition held
by the board OF trade I'm the Fuller build
ing I'm 1897. This exposition was gotten
up for the express purpose Of showing
Rhode Islands goods 20 the delegates
from the Pan-American congress and
one of the gentlemen who was called
upon to make an exhibit there said that
ne would do so out of pure patriotism and
that he knew that there would be no
beneficial results.
during that exposition one OF the guests
al the Narragansett hotel. who had nothing
else 10 do, wandered i'm and saw the eX-
hibit which was made out of pure patriot
ism and began negotiations which result
ed In trade amounting To between S50.001
and $60.O0O I'm one year. / could tell hum
dred instances of "A similar nature"
Mr.. Dexters statements and sugges-
tions received cordial endorsement.
The disposition and desire OF the Hope
Land company TO do everything in it's
itself but all it's surroundings. upon the
highest possible plane was especially
commended. and the gentlemen present
appeared TO be very enthusiastic as 20
the prospects OF the exposition as a
thoroughly representative display of the
DIVERSIFIED industries Of this industrial
state.
II was felt that the announcement OF
the state itself should be given literally
to the enterprise. and the assurances OF
exhibits on behalf of the United States
government Brown University and the
Rhode Island School OF Design We're re-
ceived with special qualification.
A committee. consisting OF the Presi-
dent. vice president. secretary, H. An
thony Dyer and Martin w Kern, was app
pointed To pass upon all proposed eXhib-
its, with n view 20 excluding rgidly ev-
erything not perfectly in keeping with
the representative character and high
standards IN all things which the
citation is determined 10 maintain i'm tho
conduct OF the exposition.
H. Anthony Dyer advocated the desir-
ability of considering artistic ideas i'm the
general scheme of decoration, s.ld was
followed by Martin w. Kern. OF the Prov
idence Art club, who also believed that a