The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-09-30
Not a Dollar Wasted.


To make diversion from the inr1edl- I
ate subject under discussion. Il should (
he noted that not dollar OF the money !
wulch may be spent. out OF the ar2ropria
ton, % procure material for this exhibit I
VIII be wasted. AL pictures. maps. fac
SMILES and other objects o. historic IN
t'rest which arc bought. could be turned ,
over 20 the State AZ the close ~ the ex-
position. and ind place "a tho capitol /
or state Library
In TIE July number u the America n !
Historical Review. Professor Cheyney has !
Wy suggestive article on THE Eng
land ~ our FOrefathers." II relates 70 /
written history. but contains many /
thoughts valuable IN the present conre,.- I
zion. The author says: There Is one
period ~ English history O5s0-leSO OF ]
more Significance than all the centuries
which have preceded and have followed /
f. Tor 81 IS the pr from which our ma
ton was digget. and the rock from which
!. was hcwn-' OF course, the greater /
part az Tie history Of this time cannot |
be shown IN object lessons. but some
tling can be- done.
We should have good oil copies OF good !
PORTRAITS of Elizabeth. S0euser. s9as.-- /
speare Bacon. Raleigh Drake. Gren-
vAle James. Charles. SIR Thomas smith /
Sir George Somers Hakluyt. Purchas. Sir |
Luwln Snn1ys. Nicholas Ferrar ana the !
Earl 81 Southampton. There are others
~ whose painted or engraved portraits I
good Photographic copies should be
taken.
As England great naval victory made |
English colonies possibility. there
should oe copies % the engravings Of the !
famous tapestry depicting the defeat ,. /
the spanish Armada. and other pictures |
and models OF the ships of the time in I
Guiding. ~ course. as accurate models "a s
possible ~ the Susan Constant. God |
Speed. and Discovery. We should be |
able % See what sort OF houses our Eng
hsh forefathers lived in. and what The |
appearance Of the towns. Old views of /
London could be copied. and from old ]
prints reproduced by Photography We
could obtain examples OF the homes. from
hall 70 cottage, and views Of the town and /
country churches could he readily OBJ |
tanned These same old prints wo,l5 /
also show the dress Of all classes. their
Gmusemcnts. their work and much Of /
the life they lived. II models OF dress
arms and implements could be obtained. /
they would add greatly 10 the interest.
What They Thought.
Aftc- iring our best TO discover u,hat
the English OF the colonlzing time were 1
like. We should also try 10 show vhat
they thought and knew OF our country
America For this purpose there should |
b. good collection. originals or fac (
Smiles. OF early maps OF America. II /
boy OF girl COR would have done it when
We older fellows We're at school to and
that the apparently idi0tic EFFORT to reach
the Pacific by going up the Chickahonni- /
ny. was not so idiotic after all because |
most people then thought that there was |
a great bay extending from about wheret
Seattle now stands 20 a point Just west /
Of the Allcghanies.
To illustrate the literature Of this
Eclden age some OF the original edi- /
tons of the great books might be shown |
Posing from the people who coIonizei !
English America, we should next illus
t-etc the native people with whom the
colonists came IN contact The manage /
ment of the exposition will be relieved OF
all trouble on this score ~ they can per /
suadc the National Museum and the Blu !
reau of Ethnology 10 make this section |
their particular care.
At Chicago. Buffalo and St Louis the 1
living and extinct Indians OF the West
were illustrated. but II the institutions
named would. through Mr.. Mooney and
ether experts take up the subject of the I
tribes which the early settlers knew
they could make an exhibit Of unequaled /
interest For portion OF IT, Indian life
as Illustrated I'm to- pictures OF White
and those In Smiths works, might be re- /
produced I'm that marvellous wax-worls. /
which rs one of the chief attractions OF |
the National Museum.
Next In order would come the history /
virginia proper There should be q series /
Df photographs of vlews OF places nro,ni- |
neft IN colonial history. a collection
tchiehy loans) of portraits Of men and
women or note in the colonial era. begin /
ming with Pocahontas. John smith
George Percy and Lord Delaware. OF
books associated with the colony and colo
nists-Smth's History Hamor Pnrrhoe
Sandys's. ovid. and all the rare volumes
which can be gathered. Then let there
be a collection Of autographs 90 dozen
ments as intrinsically interesting as nos
sibie) Of our Governors and other men
OF note The state Library and Virginia
Historical Society could contribute largely