The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-02-20
NATIONS ARE MANY.
All People of the World Are to Be
at St. Louis.
seven Mutton Dollars the sum They
WIN spend in Partieipation-W m
derful Displays and Beauti-
ful NATIONAL PaVilions.


ful National Pavilions.
Over forty foreign nations are to be
represented officially at the Worlds
Fair in ST. Louis. This means that all
these nations will send important ex-
Mbits that they viii have onicial rep
esentatiyes at the exposition, and that
host OF them will build or have built
ational paVilions on the grounds.
Duch a gathering OF the nations of the
Rorld was never known before. Every
nation of any consequence is included
Ia the list. No previous exposition has
been able to attract such a universal
participation. The flags of all the ma
tons of the world win be floating IN
lhe air near Skirker road when the
exposition throws open its gates April
80. and such a seen will be presented
as no man has witnessed since the be-
ginning of civilization.
All the great nations and a number
OF the lesser ones are erecting build
lngs Of their own on the grounds.
some OF the foreign government build
2ngs already are completed, while
many others are well under way.
Some few of the smaller ones are yet
% be started. Hundreds of wOrkmen,
some Of them sent from their respec-
tive countries, are working away on
the foreign buildings with might and
main, and satisfactory progress is be-
ing made.
Following is the list, alphabetically
arranged. of the foreign nations that
have given official assurance of par
ticipation: Argentine, Austria, Bel
GUM. Bolivia, Brazil, China, Canada,
teylon. Chill, Colombia, Costa RIGA,
Cuba, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt
France, Germany, Great Britain,
duadeloupe, Honduras, British Hon
duras. Hayti, India, Italy, Japan, Ko-
rea, Mexico, Morocco, Nicaragua, New
Zealand, Netherlands, Peru, Persia,
Paraguay, Russia, Salvador. Sweden,
@am. San Domingo, Spain, Turkey,
Uruguay.
North and South, East and West,
Orient and Occident, Arctic and equa-
thrial lands are included IN this list.
All continents and many island nations
are represented. Governments so old
that they may be deemed ancient Of
years are TO participate along with the
baby nations, such as Cuba, and per-
maps also little Panama, the latest to
be received into the family of nations.
The men and women who will be
10 charge of the foreign buildings and
exhibits will represent every language,
every race and every hue of skin. In
their clothing they viii be uninten-
dOnal exhibits of the various costumes
Of the world. Modes of dress, amer
and languages will mix and mingle
ia a marvellous composite. There will
he, however, no tower of Babel difficult
ties, for the world has advanced far
since Bible days and the nations are
no longer strangers to each other.
Expositions such as this serve to make
nations mutually acquainted. At st.
Louis there will be introductions, so
to speak, of nation to nation, and
those that have been comparative
strangers will become acquainted and
exchange civilities.
In their buildings the nations will
show the various styles of architecture,
China's pavilion is typically Chinese.
The Ceylon bungalow represents the
style of building popular in the great
tea colony. Japan, with her castle on
he hill. exhibits Japanese architecture.
France re~produces the Grand Trianon,
grounds and all. Great Britain con
tributes a replica of the famous Or
angery at Kensington, surrounded by
a quaint old English garden Of the
style popular two hundred years ago.
Cuba's building is patterned after a
Havana residence
IN addition TO the displays in their
own buildings, the nations will show
important exhibits in the grand pal
aces of the exposition, according to
the classification arranged by the d.
vision Of exhibits.
Agents OF the exposition in foreign
lands are sending most encouraging
reports, showing that universal inter-
est is being taken in the enterprise.
The fact that approximately $1,000, 900
viii be expended by these forty ma
tons for their participation in the
Worlds Fair serves TO give some idea
as to the extent Of the exhibits and
the imposing character of the foreign
buildings.
Many Big indians.