The Irish standard., 1904-12-03
ERIN'S DISPLAY.
The Coming Exposition Will
Include Irish Industries,
Irish Art, Literature, Language,
Music and Archaeology.

1
der date of Nov ~, says:
Great interest has been excited
throughout Ireland by the publication
of a letter addressed to the Irish Ma
tional Exhibition Committee by the
newly-elected president of the United
States. President Roosevelt expresses
cordial approval of the national ex-
hibition project, and his warm wishes
/, for it's success.
AS now planned the national exhibit
ton will be opened in Dublin in May,
1907, and it is intended to be an exhibi-
| ton not alone Of Irish products, but Of
the possibilities of the country. One
Of the objects of the promoters is to
induce wealthy Irishmen in America
and elsewhere to aid in developing the
resources of Ireland, and thus, by pro-
viding employment for the people, put
an end to the emigration which threat
ems to depopulate the country.
The exhibition will comprise the
y
Besides these there will be:
An Irish Peat Section, including an
exhibit Of the manufactures in Ireland
and abroad which depend on peat.
This section will be modelled on the
lines of the Peat Exhibition, held in
Berlin, 1908. 1t will demonstrate the
ineXhaustible and untitled wealth
which Ireland possesses in her peat
boys.
An Irish Mine and Quarry Section,
including an historical view of Irish
iron, coal, copper, lead, silver and gold
mining and manufacture. This section
will comprise illustrations of products
and wrought work from the iron mines
and foundries Of Tallow, Mountrath,
Kings County, Roscommon, Leitrim,
Cavan, Tyrone, Derry, Carlow, etc.,
which formerly successfully competed
with English iron in the English mar
ket, and which are capable of being
again successfully worked.
An Irish Fisheries Section-sea and
Misunderstanding the breeding, curing
and marketing of fish and cognate in
dustries.
An exhibit of Irish cottage indus
tries.
An exhibit of the Industries carried
on in the Irish-speaking districts.
An Irish Woman's Section, showing
the industries, arts and crafts carried
on by women in Ireland at the present
time. This section will comprise a
model Irish home, showing that all
articles required for the household
food, fuel, furniture, clothing, books
music, etc.-can be provided for of
Irish material and Irish manufacture.
Subsidiary to this section will be a
/ Domestic Economy Department, which
will provide demonstrations in cook
cry, laundering, nursing, dressmaking,
housekeeping, hygiene and physical
culture Specimens of Irish women's
work in the past, and the appliances
used by thcm, such as the bro, or hand
mill, and the tuirne, or spinning wheel,
and examples of the ornaments and
dress used by Irish women of all ranks
, at different periods will be shown in
| this section.
An Irish Archaeological and Liter
, airy Section, including all illustration
of the arts and crafts peculiar to Ire
land in medieval times. In connec-
ton with this section, entertainments,
, consisting of Irish plays and Irish con-
certs in Irish and English, Irish tab
lcauX and lectures on Irish subjects,
will be regularly given.
In connection with the exhibition,
congresses of Irish resources, Irish in
dustries, Irish education, Irish art, the
Irish language, Irish literature, Irish
music, Irish archaeology, etc, will be
held.
The outdoor amusements will in
cludc Irish and classic pastoral plays,
aerid-heachtcanna, band concerts,
sports, athletic contests, including a
revival of the Tailltcan games, and the
+; usual recreations provided in connec-
ton with exhibitions generally. A
vast ground-map of Ireland, showing
at Il glance the resources of the indus
tries carried on in each of the thirty
two counties, will be constructed on
the grounds.
1t is intended that the buildings
shall be entirely composed of Irish
materials manufactured in ireland by
| workmen resident in Ireland.
The main building will be construct
| ed to remain as Il permanent momento
of the exhibition.
Mr.. John O'Callaghan of Boston,
was entertained on Wednesday even
ing at dinner by some members of the
United Irish League in the Gresham
Hotel, Dublin. Mr.. O'Callaghan, some
weeks ago, was the recipient of the
freedom Of Kilkenny, but motion by
the Limerick Corporation to confer a
similar honor on himself and Mr.. John
Redmond, NJ. p, last Sunday was de-
feated, owing to the strong opposition
Of a clique Of Councillors, led by Alder
man John Daily.
| CASE IS SETTLED.