Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1907-06-21
THE JAMESTOWN
EXPOSITION
As Seen by Staff Correspondent.
Criticism Has Been Unjust---A
Big Show That is Worth the
Money.

answer it as best | may in a publiC
way. | shall therefore try to be AS fail
II to the Exposition rs to the prospective
!. visitor. In all candor the Exposition
lOes not deserve the criticism it has
r received in some quarters 1t is
+ great show, and with a few weeks OF
good weather will be greater There
Is enough there now complete to break
: you down-what more could you
Wish? At the end of five days constant
but We had not seen all that we wish
A ed to see, and had to leave without
completing the round of all the build
ngs. The incompleteness spoken of
refers in great measure to the placing
of exhibits and IN this there is a per
ceptible Improvement with each pass
ing day. But as | have said there is q
big show there nOw-enOugh to break
you down. The great military parade
and naval display on Georgia day was
of itself we'll worth the trip. These
pageants were grandly Impressive
sight of life time. Where else has
the country seen such martial brilliance
as passed in review before the Presi
dent on that day and where else such
ilumined beauty as shone at night from
the Assem- bled fleets IN Hampton
Roads? The canonnading that greeted
the President as be passed in review
before the dOu BILE line of mighty bat.
tleships. was an Inspiration But
aside from this the show is worth the
| whlle-this exposition is historic, in
structive and interesting. There is
not that surfelt and gorge of exhibits
encountered at st. Louis, but enough,
and in this there is feellng'of relief.
The exhibits at jamestown are choice,
the best of their class, and sufficient.
In the States Building the exhibits
are complete, and all of them excel
lent. Every Virginian can feel pride
In the beautiful exhibit made by his
State-nO. other states exhibit can
exceed, none we think can equal it.
The Philippine Village, the Porto
Rican building, the building for Arts
and Crafts, the exquisite works in
Italian marble found there, the Educa-
tional building. the Pure Food exhibit,
the government exhibits in Fish |
cries and Military, the Smithsonian
exhibits, together with many other |
attractions. go to make up a program |
for several busy days sight seeing, to
say nothing of the water sports at |
hand or the many attractions of the /
War Path.
The president of the Massachusetts,
Press Association said In my hearing |
that the night illumination of the l
grounds as seen from the approach es
to the main entrance was equal to any |
thing of the kind he had ever seen,
and the lay out and conception of the
Exposition city is excellent. No. the |!
show is all right and will be better as
the days go by. Let those who are dis |
posed to criticise, refresh their memo |
ry Il bit. Let them remember that |
the st. Louis exposition was not com
plete till July. that ~ ncle Joe Can
non, - III he is called by those who like |
him-for we do not-stood directly i'll |
the way Of the jamestown apprOpria- |
tlon and did not allow the bill to |
pass congress till within a few
months of the opening day. Let them |
remember that the Exposition man
agement has had to contend with labor |
organization extortion, little short Of a
scandal, and further let them remem- |
Der that the Exposition has had to
contend with unprecedented weather
conditions, conditions which necessa-
rily retarded work OF every kind. When
these facts are considered it can readi- |
ly be seen what great work has been
accomplished. How under adversely
| the exposition has grown into a great
show, how it has given to the world
and to Virginia an exposition as unique
as Ii is interesting and instructive.
| While all the other great expeditions
are but memory, Pine Beach will in
all probability become An established
town, the summer homes of the rich and
the sea resort Of the masses. This it
seems is the strong prObability-with
Norfolk building toward it and the
Tidewater Railway locating its termi
nails there. Besides this, all of the state
buildings, the auditor um and some Of
| the other buildings We're erected for
perms memo e,and will not be pnlled down
with the closing of the exposition gates.
No handsomer row of residence build
ings will be- found anywhere than those
of the STATES stretching for nearly
mile along LIE water front. Some OF
these are models both i'll point of REIN
ed taste and elegance-colonial style.
moderLized.
| SOME THINGS YOU SHOULD SEE.
i When you go to jamestown, OF
course, you will 10 on the War Path.
/ This is most attractive after candle
, light, when the illumination is on. The
I War Path Is quite extensive and pres
ents every Kind OF shOW-sOme OF them
excellent and should not be overlooked.
But whatever else you miss don't fail
to see the battle Ut the Monitor and
the MerIiMac,-thls is probably the
best thing Oh the Path. The battle is
not an encl clUraIna, but an animated
and most exciting scene i'll which two
days fight is wagtd, endlng III drawn
y battle. Tne first days fight sees The
II sinking ut the Federal war vessels in
Hampton Roads, the coming on OF
night, the twinkling shore lights, the
: stars, the rising moon, the scurry1ne
clouds, the approaching storm and byt