The Mankato free press., 1903-11-27
IRELAND AS 1T Is.
A Worlds Fair Exhibit That Will Show
the Important Part the Emerald
Isle Has in the Worlds Industry


Ireland is drawing on her romantic
past, her beautiful scenery, her wonder
full SOIL her famed factories and her art
Worlds Fair that will adequately por
tray the resources of the beautiful Emer
aid Isle and the inductry and advance
ment of her people. All Irish organiza
tions, on both sides of the Atlantic have
united to make this exhibit representa-
tive, creditable and successful
Ireland will have no national pavilion
at the Worlds Fair, but she will have
more than that. On tract SIS by $50
feet, fronting on Lindell boulevard, near
the main exposition entrance, the Irish
Observation-Disclosures will create an ex-
hibit that will typify the industrial i'm
portance of ancient and modern Ireland,
and show her educational and social
achievements.
and processes of manufacture of many of
those articles in which the Irish ac<nowl-
edge no rival will be shown.
Sir Horace Plunkett, Lord Castleton
and T. P. Gill, of the Department of Ag-
ricuIt,re and Technical instruction have
cvinced much interest in the movement,
and will do all in their power to make
the exhibit a success. Sir Thomas Lip
ton is lending his encouragement to the
movement. In New York, the Hons.
John D. Crimmins, c. Bourke Cochran,
Patrick j. Egan, Myhes j. O'Brien, and
the Hon. Patrick Collins, mayor of Bos
ton, have identified themselves with the
enterprise. In St. Louis, the supervising
committee is composed of such represent
ative citizens as Daniel G. Nugent, James
Boyce, Edward Dewey and j. A. Reardon.
Mr.. j. A. Reardon left st. Louis re-
Gently for Ireland and while on the island
will secure many attractions. The laces,
linens, poplins, friezes, carpets. and
needle work will be shown in process OF
manufacture in model factories that will
be reproduced on the spacious grounds at
the exposition.
Entrance to this Irish Exhibit will be
through replice of the Old House of
Parliament, as it now stands today as
the Bank of Ireland at Dublin, Blarney
Castle and the famous Blarney stone will
occupy conspicuous site in the reserva-
ton.
There will be a typical theater, where
an Irish company will produce Irish
plays and where Irish music will predom-
mate.
Another reproduction that will appeal
to the Irishman and American alike will
be the cottage in ireland that was built
and occupied by the grand father of the
late President of the United States,
William Mckinley. Many of the histor-
ic relics of the Mckinley family will
be exhibited in this Worlds Fair replica.
Many of the beauty spots in Ireland,
famous in history and verse, will be re-
produced. Lake Killarney and the mount
aims surrounding it will be shown in min
iature. There will be photographed pan
oranic views and moving pictures OF
many of the most noted spots in Ire
land.
Two restaurants will be established in
the section, one where the strictly Irish
goods will be served in pure Irish style,
The other restaurant will be more pre-
tentious and cosmopolitan.
More than 100 Irish men and women
will leave their native land to assist in
the presentation of this exhibit that will
be typical of Ireland in every respect,
and which will be dignifed exposition
of what life in Ireland really is.