Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-11
EXHIBIT AT BIG FAIR
PLANS OF BUREAU OF CRIMINAL
DISSATISFACTION.
Meeting Of Board Of Governors to Be
Held in st. Louis Mon
day Next.

There Is to be special meeting OF the
board of governors of the National Bureau
of Criminal Identification held in st. Louis
next Monday. Major Sylvester. who is one
of the most activeJmembers of the board.
will attend the meeting. He will leave here
Friday afternoon and will spend several
days in st. Louis.
The principal business to be considered at
the meeting of the board Is consideration or
the exhibit of the proposed bureau at the
st. Louis exposition. It is said that some
members Of the board are in favor OF re-
moving the bureau from this. city to ST.
Dpuis. to remain there during the time the
exposition is being held. while others favor
only the taking of an exhibit.
Many police officials from all parts OF the
world it is believed, viii visit the expo
sition and the work Of the bureau Will nat
urally be of great interest to them Inc ex-
hibit Of the bureau will form part Oh .he
section of charities and corrections. WhicI
will come under the department OF sociai
economy.
Mr.. Alvin E. Pope, superintendent of the
section of charities and corrections, mas IS
sued another circular to the heads OF m
situations which Will make sho"iheo -" ~
section stated. ,., a
the limited amount of space the exnlpiI III
the section of charities and correction VIII
be collective. For example, exhiplts from
the prisons of the world will be placed sioe
by side instead of being arranged accorains
to locality. In a similar manner exhipies
from hospitals, asylums for the insane.
child savings institutions. etc.. Will pc
grouped together and scientifically ciaSsl
fed. By this plan exhibits can be STUDIED
comparatively Visitors VIII gam more
intelligent conception of the subject as q
whole, and more thoroughly appreciate tfe
merits of the different systems ana the
worth Of individual exhibits.
"A state or national exhibit thus divided
will appear in several places, thus proini-
nently displaying that in which 1t excels'
and emphasizing the efficiency OF the al
ministration, and more striklngiy setnns
forth the superiority of an institution Inc
ability with which state protects us GU
nearly as great an inducement for immigra-
ton as It's natural resources. ana Inc
standard of it's population can be judged ny
the manner in which it deals with the de-
fective, dependent and delinquent classes:
Leaf Cabinets Provided.
Leaf cabinets each with top and base,
are to be arranged for the use OF exhibitors.
The base is to be either table or snow
case. A leaf cabinet contains sixteen swing
ing frames. one of which is the door or
cover of the case Each frame holds two
cards twenty-five inches wide and twenty
eight inches high. An extra card is placed
thirty-three cards, the outer one being pro-
,tected by glass. Exhibits must be mounted
on one side only of the cards, two of them
being placed back 10 back in each swinging
frame This cabinet contains the equiva-
lent of one hundred and forty square feet
of wall space and has the advantage OF
being on the "eye line" Experience at
former expositions proves this to be much
more satisfactory than placing exhibits
along an extended surface. The photo
graphs are to be mounted on cards, and are
to be of uniform size.
The exhibit willscontain photographs, sta
tistics. models and interesting information
of all kinds relating to police work. 1t will
show the prisoner from the time of his ar
rest until his release. Prisons of all kinds,
reformatories and courts will make show
ing in the collection. The work of Juvenile
courts will form partof the exhibit, and an
interesting feature will be that part Of the
exhibit which relates to penitentiaries.
which will show the nature of the work
done in Them and tell what disposition is
madet Of the results sof prison labor