Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1907-11-01
JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION NOTES.

In cordial letter to Governor Swan
son, Governor Hughes, of New York
says this among other things: ''Your
delightful hospitality and the cordial
welcome which Virginia extended to
New York will never be forgotten.
Hoping that l may have the pleasure
of greeting you in New York in the
near future, / remain, with high re-
CARDS, "etc.
The N. Y. Americans first page
Sunday had a brilliant picture of the
illumination at the Exposition. The
article accompanying it says the Expo
sition is one of the grandest shows this
earth has seen. 1t costs $3.50 an hour
to light the Exposition. Assistant Di-
rector General Dixon, the man who
planned all the brilliant illumination,
has the economy of lighting down to a
pin-point. When the crowds begin to
thin out he cuts off the outlying build
ings and by still keeping the central
picture in brilliant outline satisfies the
visitors.
1T is really distressing to think tha;
the attendance at the jamestown Ex-
position is not what it ought to be by
any means when you consider the great
ness and beauty of the show" said q
Richmond man at the Jefferson.
Thousands would swarm there from
alldirections if they had any conception
| of what is offered. The electric display
at night is the most magnificent spec
tacle of the kind have ever seen, and
l was among those at Buffalo and the
others. To go in the gates and find
those big structures filled with great
exhibits of every character and to think
that the people of this country have
not gone there to see for themselves is
to my mind pathetic.
I Although no murmur or complaint
has ever been heard from those who
suffer the most, it is whispered around
among the initiated that the ladies in
charge of the Virginia building have to
work long and hard to keep the house
in proper order and to protect it from
the wear and tear to which the popularity
OF the rendezvous naturally subjects it.
Thousands of people from every state
in the Union visit the building indeed,
it is one of the sights of the Tercen-
tenary-a not few of these feel
| that they are entitled to take all sorts
of liberties with the house. At times
the mansion is converted into a sort of
Kindergarten, and the halls swarm with
mischievous children. More than once
the weary and heavily laden have fallen
asleep In the building, but the record
breaking incident occurred recently
when whole family six in number
lay down on the floor to take a snooze.
Imagine the horror of one of the lady
custodians when, on darting into room
she was suddenly confronted by six pair.
OF feet and as many supine human
forms. Another individual who wen
TO the bath room to lave the Hampton
Roads dust from his person accidental,
locked himself in and somehow coul,
not get out when once the latch ha,
been sprung. Perceiving himself
prisoner, the unhappy mortal raised
howl which brought horror to all on tn
premises. He seemed panic-stricke
until rescued. The trouble at the Viz
ginia building has been due to the libers
policy of the Governor in allowing Wis
y tors so wide range over the hous.
Most of the other states have been fs
a more, inhospitable, and have roped o
considerable parts of their building
but this policy does not suit Virginia
democratic Executive.