The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-05-04
MINNESOTA DOES
WELL AT ST. LOUIS
One of The First States to Have
Its Educational Exhibit
Complete.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, May 3.-The total
attendance at the exposition on the
opening day, April 80, 1904, was Off
cially announced tonight as 1878
persons. OF this number 17S,423 were
recorded admissions. The total num-
Der of admissions on the opening day
of the Columbia exposition at Chicago
was 1857.
Director of Exhibits F. ]. V. Skiff
announced tonight that the chiefs of
the different divisions have stated that
all the exhibits in the different pal
aces will be installed by May IL.
The board of lady managers began
session today that will continue
throughout the week. Mrs. Daniel
Manning, president of the board, pre-
sided. The principal matter before the
board today was the consideration of
the application of the auxiliary board
of the Worlds Fair Fraternal Building
association and for the contribution OF
$4,000 for the purpose of establishing
and maintaining a day nursery and the
request Of the st. Louis Society of
Evangelists for a contribution Of 81 900
for the erection of tents on the grounds
for holding religious meetings.
Women Turn Them Down.
The board passed a resolution de-
claring that it is clearly within the
meaning of the act of congress grant
ing the board a loan of 100000, that
the money should not be used for out
side purposes, but entirely for mat
tiers which directly concern the board,
and both requests were refused
A general demand is being made for
Photographic season tickets. The price
originally named for placing the own
erS' photographs on each coupon of
the season ticket book was 50, but con-
siderable complaint was made and the
price was reduced to 81. This met with
general approval, and the sales up to
today have amounted to $500 season
ticket coupons, according to the state
ment of Local Treasurer John W.
Dunn.
In the south side of the agriculture
building Mexico has a conservatory in
which are planted 10000 Towering
bulbs, which will constantly be in
bloom during the exposition. During
the exposition prominent organists
from all parts of the country will pre-
side at organ recitals, beginning the
middle of May
Comte Eugene Brunetta d'Usseaux,
secretary general of the international
Olympic committee and the Italian rep
resentative of the body, writes ex-
pressing his regret at his probable in
ability to attend the exposition at the
time of the Olympian games. Comte
d'Usseaux announces his belief that
upon the meeting. of the international
Olympian committee in London June
1, Rome will be selected as the seat
of the fourth Olympiad.
Minnesota to the Front.
The states whose educational exhib-
its are complete are Colorado, Con-
necticut, Kentucky, Wisconsin, Iowa,
Minnesota, New York, Tennessee, Vir-
ginia and New Jersey. The foreign
exhibits complete are Great Britain
and Sweden. The art work of the
higher grades in-the British exhibit is
especially striking. Features of the ex-
hibit are the pen and ink and charcoal
drawings of nude subjects which ap-
pear on the walls of the pavilion. The
manual training work of the New
York schools is the important feature
of that exhibit.
Minnesota has made a feature of
the water color work of the lower
grades; Iowa, of it's manual training
and chart work; Wisconsin, of the lace
work of the inmates of the home for
feeble-minded people,