The Republican journal., 1905-10-05
A Day at the Worlds Fair.

the morning., we are here reminded of
the rugged soil and rigorous climate
which furnished to the world the great
est OF American poets. Illinois comes
next with representation of the only
home Lincoln ever owned. New York
has display of we'll mounted animals,
from the hedgehog to the panther and
raven to eagle. Her school system and
buildings were also we'll represented.
AS we pass from one building to
another we see the people gazing sky
ward, and what should we see but people
travelling over the city in an airship.
The merchants of all nations come here
to sell their wares, the Italians with
statuary, the Japanese with toys and
fancy articles, the Turks and Egyptians
with their fabrics. Here is sample of
all the minerals dug out of the earth
The White Elephant potatoes from
Idaho were about equal to the Burbank
from California, being about one foot
in length. Washington's forty-pound
cabbage seemed to be without rival
The roof of the Forestry Building rests
upon numerous trees or logs six feet in
diameter and "a feet long, requiring 112
horsepower to raise one into position
We see a log from "a fir SIS years old and
8 feet inches in diameter. A plank
from a Seattle mill is 5 feet ! inches
wide. California brings corn stalks
with ears ten or twelve feet from the
ground, an ostrich and model of the
State capitol of nuts, an elk made of
beans, huge elephant of walnuts and
bear of prunes. Washington furnishes
cucumber 16 inches long, vetch feet
high and peas feet inches. A spruce
board from Tacoma is 9 feet 10 inches
wide. In addition to a display of fruit,
vegetables and grains of the various
States the Deering Harvester was rep
resented by small model in its various
degrees of development.
Children were much interested in
watching toy moving machines doing
actual work: also in watching the toy
trains of cars moving around the estab-
lishment Of Libby, Mcneil & Libby,
and seeing the cattle going from train
to slaughter house. We saw life
saving crew shoot rope over wreck
and bring the men ashore: fish in all
stages of Development; cannon and
guns of every description; an art gal
lery 200 feet long lined with paintings
on both sides; models Of battleships.
and an old wagon which spent four
years in the Civil war.
But after seeing all the merchandise,
manufactures and agricultural produc
tions, we were most interested in sever
al lectures illustrated by moving pic
lures. Ladies were requested to re-
move their hats so the pictures could
be seen. The lecture and pictures
moved along so smoothly that we could
almost see the heaving surface of the
thin portions of the earth's crust and
see the geysers spouting from the
earth. One picture represented Roose-
Welt driving four horses in Yellowstone
Park. Whenever the President APP
peared in the scenery there was ap-
plause The work of the Panama
Canal was explained and illustrated.
The National Cash Register Co. of
Dayton, Ohio, Illustrated the steps by
which they have secured harmony be-
tween capital and labor. In one scene
we see the girls eating cold lunches.
In another we see them eating a warm
dinner furnished by the company for
five cents. We see them enjoying re-
cess in both forenoon and afternoon.
We are admitted TO the interior of their
reading rooms and flower gardens. We
see the whole force of employees en-
tering the train to go to the st. Louis
Worlds Fair the company paying part
of the expenses. This company claims
to make every possible effort to i'm
prove the intelligence and increase the
happiness of their laborers and thus
their business grows more prosperous.
GEORGE NJ. COLE.
Husum Wash Sent ~ 1905