Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1904-04-27
NATIONS ARE MANY.
AL People of the World Are to Be
at St. Louis.
Seven Million Dollars the sum They
Will Spend i'm Participntion-Woa
derfui Displays aud Beauti-
ful National PaNiIions.

Over forty foreign nations are 10 be
represented officially at the Worlds
Fair in St. Louis. This means that all
these nations will send important ex-
hibits that they will have Official rep
resent2uveS at the exposition, and that
most OF them Will build or have built
national pavilions on the grounds.
Such n gathering OF the nations Of the
world was never known before. Every
nation of any consequence is included
In the list No previous exposition has
been able TO attract such universal
participation. The flags OF all the ma
tons of the world will be floating IN
the air near Sliinker road when the
exposition throws open its gates April
80, and such a scene will be presented
as no man has witnessed since the be-
ginning OF civilization.
An the great nations and number
OF the lesser ones are erecting build
lngs of their own on the grounds.
Some of the foreign government build
inSs already are completed, while
many others are we'll under way.
Some few of the smaller ones are yet
10 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
ucipation: Argentine. Austria. Bel
GUM. Bolivia. Brazil. China. Canada,
Ceylon, Chilli. Colombia, Costa Rica.
Cuba. Denmark. Ecuador, Egypt,
France. Germany, Great Britain.
Guadeloupe. Honduras, British Hon
duras. Hayti, India. Italy, Japan. Ko-
rea. Mexico. Morocco, Nicaragua, New
Zealand, Netherlands. Peru, Persia,
Paraguay, Russia. Salvador, Sweden,
Siam. San Domingo, Spain, Turkey,
Uruguay.
North and South East and West,
Orient and Occident Arctic and equa-
torial lands are included in this list
All continents and many island nations
are represented. Governments so old
that they may be deemed ancient or
years are to participate along with the
baby nations, such as Cuba, and per-
be received into the family of nations.
The men and women who will be
in charge of the foreign buildings and
exhibits will represent every language,
every race and every hue Of skin. In
their clothing they will be uninten-
tonal exhibits of the various costumes
of the world. Modes of dress, manners
and languages will mix and m1ngle
in a marvellous composite. There will
be, however. no tower of Babel difficult
ties, for the world has advanced far
since Bible days and the nations are
10 longer strangers TO each other.
Expositions such as this serve TO make
nations mutually acquainted. At st.
Louis there will be introductions, so
10 speak. OF nation TO nation, and
those that have been comparative
strangers will become acquainted and
exchange civilities.
In their buildings the nations will
chow 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
the hill, exhibits japanese architecture
FRANCE TepTOuuCeS IDe GTdDu lTlanOD,
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 pail
aces of the exposition, according TO
the classification arranged by the di-
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 81 .O0O, 0O3
will 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.