The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-30
VIRGINIA AT
WORLD !. AIR ..||.|R|'
Exhibits Of Old Dominion Rank li'l,.
First Among Those at the
Great Exposition.
EsCRlP'TIoNs BY. Nj r. MuRRE y !.
Visitors Declare Displays to 3 be
PrettiestsTl They Have We
Seen in the Buildings.
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s,rs LOUIS, July 29.-In the character
and presentation Of her EXHIBITS a : TN, y!
\, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, Virginia
,& HAS zone to the front with a suddennesss
y that is all the more Impressive W i,s''
\ compared with her efforts at previous '''
ernos,tions. At the Columbian EXPOSE
a lion. with the exception OF small
Ii mineral exhibit. her Industrial display l
wa. farcial; whereas at st, Louis no
state With the same appropriation equ ll'l''
4 her showing in the departments tents IN
Il which she enters and In the artistic ar ar
4 rangenlents Of her products
There is no State at the exposition !, re-
gardless Of annropriat ton. hat sxcels her,
# and It is cannon with visitors, upon
viewing Virginia exhibits to 3 exc clam
33S..This Is the prettiest thing I have seen
y IN tho building 7" 4
Agriculture Exhibit.
ss The agriculture exh ibit, following q
& Moorish style Of architecture, presents
\ a n rye central pavilion surro2 'l ed 4 Dy
Y eight b subsidiary domes. Using blue
II rro,,nd the artist has wrought an effec-
five A harmony OF decorations with pea
nuts. corn tobacco cotton and va rious
u grains and grasses. carrying the scheme,
onto the dividing partition separatmg
Virginia and kentucky, and sHrmounttng
"a this latter with an immense State seal
Il Il worked out entirely in field prod ucts..
The central pavilion is given over to
Il al peanut display. This exhibit presents
not & only the different brands Of nuts,
II but alse% shows the yarious uses to when
Il peanuts are put, and together with the
3 nuts used for decorative curtains and
n oth her affects; shows several tons OF TINS
" product. ~
The lesser pavlions show special ex-l
y libits, one being an exhibit Of fifty or
more varieties or COW peas, Y being the
Il most complete pea exhibit made by any.
firm at the fair. In an adjoining pa
syilions their various brands Of Cham
u payne and wines made from the SOUP
Il pernong grape are shown, While partlc-;
&gularly unique is a pickle exhibit In which q
is shown pictures of famous charac ters
J and events, and a great variety Of
flowers, a II worked out In vegetable
&pickles; altogether making the pickle
feature of the xposition. q
Y s. The remaining five pavilipns exhibit
Vi grain form nearly every section Of the
VI state, while on the counters before them
n is shown part Of the thousand bushel
II corn display that Virginia brought to
u show her western sisters her abilities
Is in this line K l5s III, e
s53s Large cotton bales from Southampton;
n and Brunswick counties are shown, tell
Sing the story OF over ono hundred GIN
II ming mills and the production OF q cotton
& said by the leading thread-makers to be
the peer fof any grown for their purpose.
"a Ii play of forage plants and sheaf.
grain together with a sseries OF beau.
\ tiful transparencies illustrating the ag7i-i
cultural Industries OF the State fairly.
,S descrlbe the leading features Of this
space. 81 nv t$ ss5 N Sill ~ 95i j34 ~
4 Just across the aisle is virginla's spc-
& Gal tobacco exhibit the central feature
" of which is a twenty foot statue. repre-
II senting an Indian girl clothed N tobacco
with right arm extended, holding In her
Y hand a bundle of tobacco leaves Grouped
u around the base Of this figure axe cases
containing exhibits of leaf and manufac-
Sstured tobacco from the different markets
OF the State.
Horticult ttre Exhibit.
4 Y. In the horticultural building. Virginia
N has a very attractive INSTALLATION occu-
& plying blocks az and 81. In the. one in
q stance The treatment. copsisting of ali
n siWnlense cornuGopia from which apples
63nre presented by illusion as continually
pouring on to the pyralnidal pile below.
RI and IN the other by light pavilions join
ed u by grill work, and festooned with
rs grape vines below Which are hung trans
parencies illustrating orchard scenes and
~ on the bles nf which are displayed six
y hundred plates of sapplcs and other fruits
for tho replenshing Of which between
Il 800 and 900 barrels of Virginia fruit were
Ii placed in the St. Louis cold storages.
Fish, Forestry and Game.
In the forestry. fish and game builds
ing. Virginia has one Of the best ex-
3l,ibi,s shown. starting with an attractive
Il installation in brown color scheme
worked ont with fine cones. gun bales.
and sea- shells. framing an immense pic
ture of Hampton Roads with the Cham
Il berlin Hotel in the foreground. The
site of the coming jamestown EXPOSE
ton, and Norfolk in the background
arc effective settings providing for
showing a very complete exhibit Of
nlpunted game. birds. waterfowl and
animals. while the exhibit of shell fish,
consisting Of composition models In
natural shells showing types Of oysters
land clans from all the leading coves
of The Chesapeake.8is said by experts
II To be the finest exhibit OF this character
yet made.
IN Mines and Metallurgy.
Virginla's mineral display is not only
one Of the best of her series but is
rs also one Of the most striking Of The
n Palace OF Mines and Metallurgy, Fol
flowing designs drawn by w. r. shep-
IL pard. the Richmond artist. this exhibit
q presents a massive lowered arcbway con-
tEicted of copper ores from Buckingham
NJ and Halifax, gypsum and coal from Wise
and Washington counties, As a center
ii piece for the vista OF this archway Ia
IA tableau REPRESENTING King Coal and his