The Breckenridge news., 1904-07-06
KENTUCKY AT
WORLDS FAIR.
Blue Grass Traditions Splendidly
Upheld and Reputation of
Y State Enhanced.
lBy L. X. Hedrick.l

If you ask Kentuckian what is
the principal exhibit of his state at
the Worlds Fair, he probably will
point in the general direction of the
Administration building, and say
President Francis' President
Francis is Kentucky product, but, as
Missouri and the nation at large
claim some proprietary interest IN
him, Kentucky has seen fit to make
other representations exclusively
her own.
The qualities and resoucers of the
state are comprehensively and elo-
quently attested to in these ex-
hibits, and citizens of Kentucky may
well be proud of the showing made in
every department to which the state
has contributed, for it is represented
in nearly every major department
of the Exposition. In art, history,
commerce, and in natural resources,
Kentucky stands we'll forward
A state of noble traditions and
rich IN storied memories of great
deeds and great men, 1t has yet seen
fit to subordinate these in some de-
gree TO matters of more present
moment, deeming it advisable to
/; show the world not so much what
heftucky has done, as what it Is
doing and can do. Without any
abandonment of those social features
which have made ner famous for open
hearted hospitality, Kentucky yet
shows that sne strands second to no
locality in her commercial oppor-
tunities, nor the rewards she has to
offer to individual effort, rightly APP
piled.
Accepting the keynote OF the
World s Fair, which is sounded as
IAN exhibition of processes, - the state
has got in harmony with the idea,
and shows the full range of her pow
ers. In the Palace of Agriculture,
Kentucky's displays include an
exhibition OF hemp culture and man
ufacture and all the evolutionary
processes of the tobacco plant, from
its growth to Its manufacture into
finished products which bring roseate
dreams to the consumer OF the
'sphilosophic weed. :" And OF course
there are illustrations of what can be
done with rye and corn, without which
a Kentucky display would be incom-
plete.
Kentucky's display OF clay in the
Palace of Mines and Metallurgy is in
itself a wonder world To him who
has imagined that clay was used
simply to maze churns and jugs, this
EXHIBIT is revelation. 1t Is liberal
education in ceramics, and III the
1 utilitarian uses of humble material
in building, fire. -proofing and in art
pottery. The rock quarries in oper-
alton, and the display of camel coal,
in the same building. further attest
the'riches that lie beneath the surface
of the once Dark and bloody
ground.
The Kentucklan visiting the Fair
should not fail to take cognizance
of these things. not to hear witness
to what his state is doing In the
way of education and art In the
Palace of Education is shown the de-
velopment of the public school sys-
tenn of Louisville through period
of 115 years, and, no less interesting,
the proress that has been made in
the manual and literary education of
the blind, as exemplihed in the
work of the pupils of the Kentucky
School for the Bind
Testifving to the artistry OF the
state, and showing that its worth
has won recognition from the masters
are several pieces of stat uary by
Kentucky sculptors, which are ilncor-
porated in the decorations of the
main building of the Fair. Notable
among these is a beautiful "Ylctory"
by Miss Enid Yandell, of Loul 'ville,
drowning the dome of the Cascade
restaurant building.
In the Palace of Fine Arts Ken
tucky Ia also well represented, but
perhaps the states best display of this
nature is In the Kentucky State Build
ing where it shows a complete and
interesting art gallery of its own
Here are numerous fine canvases by
Hewitt Greene. Miss Thumb, and
other artists, besides striking sculp-
tural decorations and single pieces
OF statuary.
The building, 1.-THE New Kentucky