Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-05-18
THE UNIVERSAL
EXPOSITION
The achievements of Individuals and Ma.
tons Faithfully Recorded by This
Encyclopedia Of Society.
ny FREDERICK J. v. skIFF, Direct
or of Exhibits, Worlds Fair.

| great for the worlds work. In this
/ single salient sentence, uttered In his
| famous address at Buffalo in Septen-
| ber 1901, President Mckinley de-
scribed the object and the result of
expositions.
a modern universal exposition Is a
| collection of the wisdom and achieve
ments of the world. for the inspection
of the world. for the study Of Its ex-
perts. by which they may make COM
parsons and deduction and develop
| plans for future improvements and
progress. Such universal exposition
might well be called an encyclopedia
of society. Ii constitutes a classified.
compact. indexed compendium OF the
achievements and ideas of society In
all phases OF its activity, extending TO
the most material as well as the most
refined. 1t offers Illustrations cover
ing the full field of social performance
from the production of the shoes on
our feet and the pavement beneath
them to presentation of the rarest
and most delicate creations of the
brains and hands of men in what are
called the fine arts Of civilization.
The Universal Exposition In st. Lou
is in 1904 will be such n social ency-
clopedia in the most comprehensive
and accurate sense 1t will give to the
world in revised and complete details
"a living picture of the artistic and in
dustrial development at which man
kind has arrived and viii actually
provide "a new starting point from
which all men may direct future exer-
tons" 1t will present for the inspec
ton of specialists in all lines of indus
trial and social endeavor and for the
public an assembly of the best which
the world has done and has TO show in
industry. art and science. and. what
Is very important. II will offer these
achievements of society. these trophies
of civilization. in highly selected. ac-
curately classified array.
The creators of the St Louis EXPOSE
ton have had the experience of all
previous great expositious by which to
plan and effect Its high organization.
The continuous and repeated burden Of
the message of experience handed
down by all expeditions has been more
perfect. more effective classification
and arrangement of exhibits.
The classification of the St Louis
Exposition has been prepared to pre-
sent a sequentiai synopsis OF the de
velopments that have marked mans
progress. On its bases will be MS
semblcd the most highly organized ex-
position the world has yet seen.
The St Louis classification 10 divided
into l6 departments. la groups and
S07 classes. These grand departments
in their order will record what man
has accomplished at this time with his
faculties. industry and skill and the
natural resources at his command ia
the environment in which he has been
placed.
At the head OF the Exposition elias
sification has been placed Education
through which man enters social life
Second comes Art. showing the condi
ton OF his culture and development
Liberal Arts and Applied Sciences are
placed third. TO indicate the result Of
his education and culture. illustrate his
genius. scientific attainment and arts
tic expression. These three depart
ments equip him for the battieegIid
prepare him for the enjoyments of life.
The raw material departments, Agri-
culture. Horticulture. Mining and For
estry. show how man conserves the
forces of nature to his uses. The De
partment of Manufactures will show
what he has done with them; the De
partment of Machinery the tools be
has used. The Department of Trans
| portation will show how he overcomes
distances and secures access to all
parts of the world. The Department
| of Electricity win indicate the great
| forces he has discovered and utilized to
convey power and intelligence. And so
| through the several departments to
Anthropology. in which man studies
| man; and to Social Economy. which
| viii illustrate the development of the
| human race. how ii has overcome the
| difficulties OF civilization ard solved
| problems in which society is involved.
| Last is placed physical culture, in
which man. his intelligence having
reached the supreme point. is able tc
treat himself as an animal. realizing
that his intellectual and moral consti
tutions require a sound physical body
to prompt them to the proper perform
| ance Of their function.
| Education is the keynote of the Uni
versal Exposition of 1904. Each de
partment of the worlds labor and de
velopment will be represented at st
Louis. classified and Installed in suci
manner that all engaged or interested
in such branch of activity may come
and see. examine. study and go away
advised. Each of the separate sections
of the Exposition will be an equiyalen
of-or. rather. will be Ia actually /,
comprehensive and most effective OBJ
ject lesson in-the line of industrial
and social achievement and progress
which its presents.
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