The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-11-23

raised just a lovely covey OF birds. at
which we were allowed two shots. And
the birds? Oh. well-they'll get over the
shock, | guess.
We came home about 4 p. m, tired
hungry and 1 with very painful hand
1t happened coming home. Ny cousin
thought | couldn't shoot. you see so
lust to prove to him l could I took aim
telephone pole, and that's when my hand
was burned by the powder but anyway.
| know we had a swell time; am equally
sure I had "swelled" hand.
Leslie L. stilwell, Griffin, Ga-Dear
Junior: l will try and compose piece
on "Our Great Fair Next Year" April
80 will be the one hundredth anniversary
of the Louisiana purchase. and 1t will
be celebrated by the president Of the
United States at the dedicatory exercises
of the worlds fair at ST. Louis, which
will be opened next year The fair itself
is in commenloration OF the purchase
whereby the vast territory of Louisiana
became a part of the United States. 1t
Included what are now the states and
territories of Montana, Wyoming, North
Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa.
Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri,
Arkansas, Indian Territory, Oklahoma
and Louisiana. 1t was the most impor-
tant peaceful transfer Of land perhaps
that was ever made. 1t contains the
great garden granary Of the world. This
vast empire cost US Slo,ooo.ooo, sum
that will not pay for the grounds and
buildings Of The great fair that will cele-
brate its purchase.
The fair is planned on e. bigger scale
than any of its predecessors. It will
cover a space a mile wide and two miles
long; there are now going up fifteen
great exhibit buildings, besides which
there Will be hundreds OF subsidiary
buildings of foreign countries and OF
states Of the union. The great buildings
are Arranged in fan shape and eight of
them are so grouped as to be seen at
once. Their construction IS now going
on at a cost of half q million a month.
The fund with which the fair started
consisted Of 5000 900 from private sub
scriptions. 100000 from the city Of
st. Louis and S5,ooo,0 900 from the United
States government. Including the build
ing expenditures that will be made by
thirty more states and by foreign
governments and great corporations, the
cost will be 50 great as to dwarf the
cost of any preceding fair The United
States government exhibit Will cost ST.
500, 600. Japan will spend LOCO, 600,
and China VIII for the first time take
part in Il worlds fair. SO large a. space
viii permit what every great fair has
wished for, but mono has achieved--an
exhibition Of processes. Hitherto we
have had exhibitions Of products. But
at st. Louis there viii be room and
power enough for machinery. great and
small, to be in operation. Thousands or
the most ingenious machines which will
make delicate and beautiful things will
be in operation. The instruction of such
fair will be alive" not dead" It
will be a great object lesson in industry
and everybody who can should attend it.
The "show" features such as eectri-
cal displays on land and on water;
great contest Of flying machines; land
scape, flowers, forest architecture-all
these are Included in The generous plan:
but the possessor Of skill and precision
md sneed whereby we have won the in
dustrial supremacy of the world, VIII
make the fair. In degree to which this
plan shall be carried out. the most IN
structive exhibition ever seen. What a
hundred Years of human history have
ACCOMPLISHED win I've thus told on the
banks of the river that Jefferson bought
for a pittarce and that many great
statesmen Of the time thought a useless
ana foolish bargain Correspondence So
hcited.