The Newtown bee., 1904-11-11

LOUIS BY MEANS OF THE LANTERN
 IS MUCH FUNDAMENTALLY S2O
 NETTED FOR THE GOSPEL WAGON
 FUND IN THE CONGREGATIONAL
 CHURCH.
 When the 50 or more chrysanthe- mum plants that had been brought in by the children were banked up against the wall in the lecture room of the Congregational church, last Saturday they presented pretty sight. Some of the plants showed real wealth of bloom, the stalks bending with their heavy clusters of fragrance. The plant grown by Miss Lillian Beers seemed to be facile princeps among the group; but some others came in places of honor. The prizes for the first three best plants, however, were finally awarded by the committee as follows: One dollars worth of bulbs, first prize, to Miss Lillian Beers; 75 cents worth of bulbs, second prize, to Master Gordon Gale; 50 cents worth of bulbs, third prize, to Master Paul Wolcott. All the plants that were in good bloom found ready buyers, and were left in the church for a very handsome chrysanthemum display at the Sunday morning service. Some of the little folks by their experience in digging in the earth have become ex. pert hOrticulturistS and are quite will ing to give points to the nurserymen and florists. A tasty lunch, provided free by the ladies of the church to the members of the Sunday school, filled up the gap between the afternoon and the evening, and put all in good humor to enjoy the trip to St Louis.
 Rev Frederic A. Holden, pastor of the gave the stereopticOn lecture on the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in the evening. There were nearly 200 views, and with very few exceptions they were clear and brought out the objects we'll. The pictures followed one an other in rapid succession; and it was as if one on the Intermural railway were hurrying from point to point. The size of the buildings was astOnish- ing; MT Holden described it when he said boy in stocking feet running at full tilt would cover the inner circum- ference of the largest building in l5 minutes. The "Pike," of course, had it's attractions, especially the Filipino villages. The Negritos are the lowest of the tribes. The children are almost naked and sport like the young of an- imals in their play. Uncle Sam is doing much: for these islands; and when he leaves them, the people will have much occasion to bless the Stars and Stripes. The effect of the illumi- nation of the grounds by night was finely shown. St Louis is hardly up to the Buffalo exposition in the abun- dance of it's electrical display because the Pan-American had the inexhaust- ible Niagara as its source of power. The one word that expresses what is new in the development of machinery is the word automatic; a man can tend dozenu machines in a room, simply removing the finished product as it falls into pans and receiving for his labor the munificent sum of one dollar day. This fair is attended by the common people. Being further west than great fairs hitherto have been, the back districts now have a chance to send their folks to see the sights, and they are seeing them.
 The audience by their keen atten- tion showed that they were with the speaker from start to finish, and they felt glad that they had had the oppor- tunlty to visit the fair in so easy and inexpensive way.