Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-10-26

ture and in it the mother may leave
her child, secure in the knowledge
that it will be well looked after by a
corps OF trained nurses who will en-
terrain baby while mama enjoys her
SELF by reviewing exposition wonders
untrammeled The day nursery will
have a capacity for 800 children.
A model factory will adorn, not
merely occupy space in the ideal city
Dayton, Ohio. viii present this feature.
and the factory TO be shown is that OF
enc of the leading concerns of that
city. At the rear viii be built model
homes for the working men, with the
grounds improved and beautified in
such a manner that valuable lesson
will be taught.
New York is planning 10 make an
elaborate exhibit of wonderful trans
pOrtatiOn facilities. Tt is proposed 10
show all the tracks at various levels.
The underground, surface and elevated
lines viii be shown, the one above the
other, cars running on five different
levels.
A model hospital will be one of the
features. This building is finished. and
stands on the north side of the street.
near the east end. This will be main
tanned during the fair, as it is now. by
the exposition management. and will
be under the charge of competent
nurses.
On the same side of the street. fur
Their west, viii be a model police
station. Here, under the direction OF
Chief of Detectives Desmond of ST.
Louis will be maintained an actual
metropolitan police department, with
officers from all the leading cities OF
the world. Here viii be shown the
ideal police equipment, the Bertillon
system of measuring, phOtographing
and identifying criminals, the "rogues'
gallery" collections of burglars tools
criminal curiOs, etc. Each city will
contribute a squad of her most efficient
uniformed police for this feature.
There viii be an exhaustive exhibit
o. street fixtures. Lamp posts, towers
for electric lights, candleabTa and all
of the modern and attracted devices
acetylene and gas viii be displayei.
Mr.. Kelsey has secured may exhibits
along this line from several European
cities. There will be an exhibit of tree
planting with special reference to pro-
viding a sufficiency of water AID air
about the roots of trees planted upon
narrow street lawns, and the parkings
between the street and pavement.
Several methods of curbing will be
used for this purpose.
Sewer systems and conduits for the
most satisfactory and to date
handling of under ground lines for the
telephone and telegraph, water and g
pipes, refrigeration lines, and 9th
utilities, viii make up an interestins
exhibit These viii be shown in sec
tons of streets built off this main
street.
As an exhibit of civic pride the
Betsy Ross Memorial association win
present for Philadelphia a reproduc-
ton of the old Betsy Ross house,
which was the birth place of the Amer
lean flag. This will be an exact re-
production and in the room where the
first flag was made viii be life size
figures of George Washington and
other historical peTsonages who had to
do with the stars and stripes long be-
fore this land it represents was reck-
cned as the greatest nation on earth
The loop for the intramural railway
is at the main entrance. 10 the sdeal
city, and visitors may enter or depart
through the model railway station.
It's accessibility, its striking features.
and the lessons it will inculcate, and
its general attractiveness, all combine
10 make the ideal city one of the
strong exposition features.