Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-12-26
Influences Of
the Exposition
4 Brief Argument IN Reply to Those
Who Ask in Relation to WorId"s
Fair. rs Il Worth While? r.
By Robertus Love.

NOW y linen one hears the query
~ Telation 10 the great Words Fan
which + being pr pared foi opening
az Sc Louis. Is ii worth whilem This
query comes from those who, after
viewing the rapidly growing spectacle,
are possessed Of the feeling that is il
a great pity 10 build 80 nightly and
and so beautifully and then destroy.
You are creating here they say,
"a colossal spectacle which will shine
resplenientiy. dazzlingIy. bewilder.
ingly, for a limited period. and then
fade again into nothingness. Is 1t
worth while TO expend 40 much money
and such s%tnpendous energies OF art
and industry upon a thing which. for
all lis m~agnifcence, must be torn
down and carted away 50 soon,.',
Those who ask this question look
merely at the material side OF the ex-
position, ignoring the deeper signia.
canoes o. II. The man Of keener
spiritual Visions dlscerns weighty
reasons to support the theory that the
exposition is indeed worth while;
he sees In every one OF It's multitude
OF features something (which sue.
gests that, despite the leveling hand
OF the destroyer that needs must fol.
low the builder, a universal exposition
does not die when its mlnarets are
shaken down and its temples broken
into fragments.
u Is no exaggcration to say that mil
lions OF persons who visit this exposi.
ton will carry away with them i'm
prcssions which will outlast even their
own lives, and. having wrought 9ene.
fetal effects UPON themselves, will be
passed down 70 their posterity.
Every exposition is eincative. even
the county fair has IT. instructive side.
! call 70 mind a certain boy who, until
his tenth year, had not been beyond
his snail native village. He attended
the fair al the county seat ana saw,
for the FIRST time In bis life. things
collected for display. He was amazed
a. & NWE &B
opened Up to him d wider view
d life than he had known. For years
thereafter he talked Of the wonders
the county fair, and when he be.
came thrice as old and a man OF cele-
brity In his state, a noted representa-
&C IN congress, a brilliant orator, i
i. oiound scholar, no was wont TIL
speak OF that oldstashioned county fair
ais the influence lhat haJ amaneneu
hitherto sluggish being ii glyen
am q new outlook upon lie.
The Louisiana Purchase LAposl
ton Will be % the county lair as a
solar system TO q ileck of star.dusl.
Il the ilomtiy little exhibition oil farm
products IN the fenced enclosure al
he county seat proves an awakening
influence upon the mind of the coun.
ny, what shall we say Of an exposi
ion In which the minute detail Of all
a.. al SCIENCES IL built
lp. item by item. into a world.cmbrac-
Ms composite Of display. where in use
mi beauty 20 In hand in hand?
The Worlds Fair whose gates will
thrown open the Both day OF next
april is 10 be an allinclnsiye exposi.
ion OF what the world has done and
3 doing, and how II has done and Is
ia gentleman who recently Wis.
ID the grounds remarked that he con
q season spent AT Il great ex.
as beneficial as d -four years
O.trse ilp spoSc from per-
onal experience, being a graduate Of
tl.aed with
ne Pan American exposition Al Buf.
A.eAt SaA0led hin
. make a thorough study % The enter.
rice IN all Us branches.
That uch an exposition Of such uni
,.cn have a
cry appreciate Influence upon the
res. ias.ai ill., e1ai
iercc of the future is not TO be dis
with any reasonableness. II Is
easonahle 60 predict that numerous
tiles and towns will derive i'm.
lediate and distinct benefits from,this
sposition, IN the adoption Of ideas
= civic Improvement, sanitation.
~Indscaping, architecture and educa
arrangements suggested by the
onderful array at Sc. Louis. In a
asnincent palace devoted TO that i'm
themc. education II 70 have
; first universal showing. and here !
III Be presented opportunities for
achers q compare the educational i
stems and accomplishments Of eycry,