The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-20
AM APPEAL
rOVIRC.IN|'I||.IA,N|.S';'
Asking Them to Subscribe to
Stock i'll Jamestown Expo
sition Company.
MONEY MUST BE SECURED {
! Exposition Can and Must be
Made a Succcss-Callfof In
tcrcst and Patriotism.

Asking tho people OF Virginia to take
stock III the jamestown Exposition
seems almost like asking a parent TO
feed his child. 5e
There was, perhaps not man or
womun III Tldewatcr who did not feel
thrill OF pride and satisfaction when
II was decided that this exposition
should DO held on Hampton Roads. they
pictured to Themselves magnificent
Worlds Fair that would bring them
prosperity aud pleasure, and self-con-s
graduation. But, like oil dreams. It
was wondrous contamination. lndc.
pendent OF processes. Now that the time
has como when ways and means must DO
considered, they stand appalled, by the
vnstncss OF the undertaking.
Ior tho last forty years the great
majority OF the people OF Virginia have
had to struggle for moro existence.
Poverty has prevented them from under
taking great enterprises, and they doubt
their ability to accomplish great results
But they have accomplished wonderful
results, heroic results. gGs8
Contrast the rum, the dcsolatlon, tho
lawlessness Of the Reconstruction days;
the young men, tho bone and sinc@ OF
the land, dead or crippled; those past
middle ngc used to ease and plenty
obliged TO 20 to work with unframed
minds and hands: to face complete So
cial and political revolution. Yes, con-
trast 1t with the peace, order, plenty, yea,
5 tho luxury OF the present and say, are
not tho results heroic? Have they not
been as great heroes in peace as In war?
Yes, verify! Then let them have faith
in themselves. Let the very vastness OF
the undertaking DO an inspiration.
Nature and destiny has mado the
Hampton Roads an ideal place for hold
Ing a worlds fair. Its temperate salt
breezcs make It a health resort all the
year round. 1t Is accessible BY railroad
connection to every part OF tho Union,
and TO NIL the world by Its deep, safe.
roomy harbor. Prolific truck gardens.
waters tcenling with all the products OF
tho sea. furnish cheap and abundant food
for largo crowds. Destiny has made the
Tldewatcr an historic center
The writer, with party OF tourists,
visited Paris during the Worlds Fair.
They spent two days on the exposition
grounds; tho remaining six Of their stay
were spent In Visiting places OF historic
interest in the vicinity; st. German, ST.
Denis. Malmaison, Versailles and Fon-
sIllNcOlcdu, pToVlH5 tHdL IliStoIy " many
lis more interesting than contemporary
shows. The number OF patriotic Amert-.
cans that VISIT Jamestown. williamsburg
and Yorktown increases every year.
Given cheap rates. and the added In
terest Of the exposition. thousands upon
thousands will come. Several years ago,
when the National Convention of Teach
crs met in Washington. the boats that
ply between that place and Norfolk
could not accommodate the crowds OF
bright young teachers who came TO Nor
folk just to see the ocean. many re-
turning West via New York for the
ocean trip on the Old Dominion line.
Thus. you sec, Just tho ocean Will attract
thousands from the far interior.
The jamestown Exposition can be made
a success.
Interest. patriotism, philanthropy.
beckon you Citizens OF Virginia. won't
you heed the call? i believe you will.
ELIZABETH HARRISON CLARKE.