The Mankato free press., 1904-10-07
PLEASED WITH THE EXHIBIT.
Manual Training Is Great Thing fol
the Boys.
From Wednesdays Daily.

the Boys.
From Wednesdays Daily.
DIR. and Mrs. c. j. Holman and DIR.
and Mrs. d. ID. Smith returned last night
from st. Louis, where they had de-
lightful weeks sojourn, taking in the
worlds fair.
One of the most interesting depart
ments of the big show was, in their
view, the educational building. They
were particularly attracted by the man.
ual training work that is there on ex-
hibit, and realized how well the Ameri-
can boy is being taught the use of tools
in the study of this subject in high
schools throughout the country. Boys
who have studied manual training will
always know a good joint, when they
see one, whether that joint is made by
themselves, or by some carpenter. The
manual training of today will have a
great influence on the architecture of the
future. The furniture exhibit of the
Minnesota section of the educational
building, was produced entirely by the
pupils in the manual training depart
ments of the high school system of Min
neapolis, ST. Paul, Sank Center and st.
Cloud. The educational exhibit from the
Minnesota university is quite prominent,
and is accompanied with a beautiful rep
resentation of the group of buildings on
the Ski-U Nah campus. Conspicuous
among the school exhibits is that of
North Mankato, the drawings of those
school children cause much favorable
comment.
The transportation department is very
impressive. The evolution of the rail
road train is here shown in most
fascinating manner. The automobile fea-
ture is excellent. Eleven years ago at
the Chicago fair there was on exhibit
just one horseless carriage, propelled by
steam. The number and variety of the
automobiles that are shown here impress
one with a strong idea of the wonderful
progress that that product of human
ingenuity has made in the last decade.
Minnesota has a fine display in the
horticultural department. This is es-
pecially true of her apples and grapes
which are exhibited in magnificent
quality and profusion.
In the Filipino section of the grounds
the performance of the children on the
stage of the Visayan theatre is very at
tractive. These little natives of the far
eastern archipelago range in age from
eight to fourteen years. They sing and
dance beautifully. Their extreme bright,
ness is shown by the ease with which
they were taught to sing "The Stal
Spangled Banner" though they did not
know word of English, when brought
to this country few months ago. These
people are certainly teachable and must
have a good capacity for civilization
and much can be hoped from their con-
tact with the American people
The city of st. Louis is going ahead
at tremendous rate. 1t has already
an estimated population of several hun
dred thousand. Building can be seen GO
ing on in all parts of the city, especial
ly in the new portion in the neighbor.
hood of Forest park. The water works
system is indeed interesting. As the
Chicago & Alton trains come into the
city, the passengers go past the place
where the water is pumped from the
Mississippi river and filtered in set
Ting tanks, being strained through a
foot and half of stones, gravel and
sand, and coming out as clear as the
most fastidious temperance devotee
would wish to have it.
Another attractive sight of the city
is the Eads bridge over the Mississippi
wonderful piece of architecture, built
for Jay Gould's railway system.
1t is beautiful city, and the Man
kato visitors thought that if they had
not already tasted of life in the charm
ing metropolis of southern Minnesota
their choice of place of abode would
certainly be st. Louis.