The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-08-05
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Kansas at the Worlds F air.
Emily Grant Hutchings

the Worlds Fair makes answer
"She's all right" No state In the
entire union has more Creditable
showing than Kansas. To the people
of the East, who are apt to remember
only the drOuLh plagued, provertY-
striker state OF he western prairie,
the cxb bits of Kansas in the Palaces
OF Horticulture, Agriculture, Mines
and Education is an cye-opener In
deed.
The Kansas building, which faces
on Commonwealth avenue, ana is
located between the Exposition homes
of New York and Iowa. Is one OF the
most popular CT the state pavilions.
Ii owes its popularity as much to the
| fact that everybodyis given a genuine
western welcome and INVITED to come
again" us to the real beauty and at
tractiveness of the building and
furnishings In architecture the
building follows the lines of the
western mission structures; but 1t Is
sufficiently decorative to be IN thor
Oueh harmony with the ornate build
| ings around Il. From the outside, the
most delightful feature is the multi
tu6e of wide verandas where every
weary passer by is urged to stop and
rest. The promise Of the outside Is
fully kept by the appointments OF the
interior. The reception hall is 30 by
G5 feet in area and is furnished with
| luxurious. comfortable chairs and
divans IN weathered oak with leather
upholstering. The carpet and hang
ingS are rich and in good taste. The
entire interior Is marked by an ex-
Quisite refinement OF taste. There Is
nothing snowy or inharmoniouS;
nothing that one would want to take
away and keep in his own home.
There are two grand pianos on
which those who are unsteady in
clined are invited to play. Surround
ing the reception hall, which Is
covered by great sky-light,, is a
gallery the walls of which are lined
with the work of Kansas artists.
Among the art works to be seen by
those who ascend to the second moor,
none are more worthy Of consideration
than the marvellous hand made laces
and embroideries of the Kansas
woman.
Opening faom the reception hall are
the Offices of commission. the gentle
mems smoking room, the rest and
reception rooms for the ladies, the
check room and postoffice, the emer-
gency hospital and the day nursery.
This last feature is a most valuable
one. There lisa attendant in charge
of the little ones, and the building
was constructed with one broad
veranda entirely walled in so that the
children could neither fall off nor run
away while the mothers were out
enjoying the greatest exposition.
The display in the Palace of Mines
and Metallurgy is almost as much OF
q revelation to the visitors from
Kansas as to those from other parts
of the country. Few KanSans have
any ADEQUATE conception of the
mineral resources of their state
They know about the coal and the
crude oil, and they have some notion
of the salt, cvapOrated by the suns
heat, and also Of the enormous rock
salt productions; but they do not
realize the value of the Portland
cement and gypsum industry. NO
native Of the great state of Kansas
should fail to look up the mineral
exhibit.
or equal interest is the Kansas
display in the Palace of Education.
Here the exhibition Of pupils work is
truly remarkable. The length to
which manual training and art have
been carried is astonishing. There
are many ane examples Of carved and
turned wood and the relief map show.
ing the plan Of campaign In several OF
the most important battles of the
Civil war, map that was modelled |
and colored by the pupils OF the sum
mer school. is a wonderful piece or
work.
In the Palace of Horticulture there
is a splendid display on tables, OF
fresh fruit, that is changed as the
new crops come on, and all the
vegetable resources of The state are |
shown In preventative fluid In glass
lars. The most extensive exhibit is
that ia the palace of Agriculture.
There is the picture, worked out in
butter. showing the old and the new
methods Of handling dairy products,
and there is the grain pavilion, a
Of art and ingenuity Perched
above the columns that flank the
main entrance are two very life-like |
eagles, the one made Of corn husks
and the other Of straw. 10 the center
OF the pavilion, On lofty pedestal
that is decorated with grains and
grasses, is the Kansas steer. not fed
with, but actually made OF Kansas
corn. He may look trifle large to
some of us; but they really do grow
that kind Of cattle in Kansas.
Another striking object Is the globe
made of grain, colored to show the
land and water areas Of the earth
A bove this is great cornucopia. with
electric motor attachment, upheld by
a Cupid made Of grits. From the
horn-of- plenty a perpetual stream OF
wheat flows down over the globe to
rlgnify that Kansas could furnish
wheat TO the whole world. 1t is
scarcely necessary to mention the
majestic Indian, made entirely of corn
products, for no one who passes the
booth could fail TO observe him, he is
so tall and life-like.
The display of natural and other
resources In the various sections OF
the Exposition gives the world plainly
to understand that Kansas has sur
vived her years Of hardship and has
come to be one of the most important