Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-01-02

pity to build so nightly and so oeautl-
bully and then destroy.
"You are creating here they say
"a colossal spectacle which VIII SHINE
resplendently, dazzlingly, bewlldcrlng'
~. for a limited period, and then fade
again into nothingness, Is It worth
while to expend sc much money ana
such s~tupendous energies Of art n IN
dustry upon a thing which, for all its
magnifcence, must be torn down ana
carted away 80 soony'
Those who ask this question look
merely at the material side Of the expo
sltion, ignoring the deeper signiheahces
OF Il. The man OF keener spiritual VS.
ion dIscerns weighty reasons TO sup
port the theory that the exposition IS
indeed worth while; he sees In every
one Of It's multitude Of features some
thing which suggests that despite me
leveling hand Of the destroyer mat
needs must follow the builder, a uni
versal exposition does not die when It's
minarets are shaken down and It's tenn
pies broken into fragments.
II is not an exaggeration to say that
millions OF persons who visit this eS-
position will carry away with them I'M
pressions which viii outlast even thelr
own lives, and, having wrought Dene-
fetal effects upon themselves VIII De
passed down TO their posterity.
Every exiS sltlon Is e%ducatlve; even
the county tair has It's instructive side.
/ recall 10 mind a certain boy who, un.
III his tenth year, had not been beyond
his small native village. He attended
the fair at the county seat and saw Tor
the first time In his life, things collect
ed for display. He was amazed. Tnere
opened up TO him a wider view OF lie
than he had known. For years there
after he talked Of the wonders OF the
: county fair, and when he became
thrice as old and a mar OF celebrity In
his state, a noted representative In
Congress, a brilliant orator, o. profound
scholar, he was wont 10 speak OF mat
old fashioned county fair as the In
fuence that had awakened his hitherto
sluggish being and given him a new
outlook upon life.
The louisiana Purchase Exposition
will be TO a county fair as a solar sys-
TEN to a heck OF star.dust. IL the
homely little exhibition Of farm pro-
ducts In the fenced enclosure at the
county seat proves an awakening In
fIuence upon the mind Of the country
boy, what shall We say Of an exposition
In which the minute detail Of all In
dustrles, all arts, all sciences Is hu
up, Item by item, into q worid-embrac-
ing composite OF display, wherein use
and beauty 90 hand In hand?
The worlds fair whose gates will be
thrown open the s0th day OF next
April In to be an all-inclusiye exposition
OF what the world has done and Is do
ing, and, how II has done and Is doing
II. A gentleman who recently visited
the grounds remarked that he consider
ed a season. spent at a great exposition
as beneficial as a four years course at
college. He spoke from personal exper-
fence, being a graduate OF Yale and
having been identified with the Pan
American Exposition at Buffalo In a
capacity which enabled him to make a
thorough study Of the enterprise In all
its branches.
There are today In New York and IN
other cities OF America and in Europe
q number Of men and women gaining
place and fame In the fine arts, such
as painting and sculpture, who ac-
knowledge that the Columbian exposi-
ton at Chicago gave them their first
definite inspiration toward the artistic
life. There are poets and n0yelists,
teachers and lecturers, who received
from that exposition such impressions
Of beauty and such deepening Of know.
ledge AS enabled them to find their
proper ~life-work. Hundreds OF thous'
aAds OF young men and women who
were children 10 years ago and who
were privileged to spend a number OF
days at the Chicago worlds fair now
look back with gratitude for the per-
manent impressions received there,
which have served to broaden their
views and give them a moral and spirit
ual upllft that endows their lives with
q lasting benefit.
Beauty Is truth, truth b~eauty--that
II all we know on earth, and all we
need TO know" wrote John Keats, pre-.
eminent singer Of the psalms Of life,
nearly a century ago, Delightful az
are the songs OF the British bard,
uOrt cOul NuN tlttHtN lU NUt oHi'lhV'p
OF Greek ideallsm, the present age de.
MES the accuracy OF his observation.
In this age We need to know much
more than beauty, otherwise we may
fall into an early decline. This IL the
strenuous era. II Is the III OF achieve
ment, the day OF doing things. The
worlds fair purposes to be the ex-
ponent OF the present day; primarily.
though by no means neglecting "the
glory that was Greece and the grandeur
that was Rome" At this exposition
history Is 10 be taught by object les
sons-the exhibition Of costumes, arms,
implements, manufactures, precious
documents, from the beginnings OF
civilization 10 this day. The indus
tries also are to be taught by actual
operation Of the mechanlsms necessary
In the making Of things and the mvoe-
ment and disposition Of commodities,
That an exposition OF such univers-
atty Of treatment must have a very APP
preciable influence upon the arts, M
dutries, education and commerce OF the
future is not to be disputed with any
reasonableness, 1t Is reasonable TO pre-
diet that numerous cities and towns
win derive immediate and distinct bene-
FITS from this exposition, In the adop-
tion OF ideas for civic improvements,
sanitation, handspring, architecture
and educational arrangements suggest
ed by the wonderful array at st. Louis,
In a magnificent palace devoted to that
important theme, education Is TO have
It's first universal showing, and here
will be presented opportunities for
teachers Il compare the educational
systems and accomplishments OF every
American state and practically every
foreign land, Who can deny that a
seasons study Of the science OF edu-
cation under advantageous auspices
will have It's effect for good upon thous-
ands OF communities the world over.
In manufactures, mining, agricul.
ture, the displays Of both products and
processes-things made and things
making-will be marvelously compre'
hensiye. One finds II difficult 10 with.
hold the prediction that multitudes Of
boys and youths who visit this exposi-
ton will absorb impressions which viii
be the primary influence toward shap-
ing their careers. The lad from the
backwooods Of Arkansas VIII watch
with curious interest and operation OF
shoe.maklng machinery. Twenty years
hence he may be one OF the great cap
tains OF In the manufacture