The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-04-26

ing, but a Larger Lie Remains.
Standing for the most glorious memories
Of early American history is the James,
town Exposition. which opens al noon to-
day on the shores and waters o. Ham9-
ton Roads. near t-e city of Norfolk Va.
Set IN motion 10y The touching of o geld
button by The President Of The United
States. this unique exposition viii con-
tinue untl midnight on the 5-th of No
vember
The jamestown Exposition is In com-
memorauon OF the el8th anniversary Of
the FIRST permanent English settlement in
this country, a settlement which has a
significance Of worldwide importance; a
settlement which has resulted IN ths
growth 0f q nation tbat stands in the
forefront OF the world to-day. That IS
what, IN SIS ultimate sense. the James
town Exposition stands for; an exp1si-
ton Of the growth Of an AnEl0-Sax0n
nation during three hundred Yeas Of Ilfe.
Upon the waters Of Hampton Roads.
and within radius. iandward. of
one hundred miles, much of the history
Of the early colonists. much OF the his
tory OF tHe United States and Of this
American continent was made.
It was al point almost opposite the
site Of the exposition grounds that the
col0nists frsr found resting place after
their long and peTll0us voyage across she
Atlantic. They had been driven eff Cape
Hegry by hostile s4vages. and ia rec5g-
milton Of the rest and the asylum they
found ghCy -chnstened it Point C1mf5rt.
rs il is known to-day Rested here, they
moved on through Hampton Roads into
what was then known as the Ponhataa
River They renamed it the James gige-
in honor of their sovereign ana lhey
settled at the point which they called
jamestown. The old settlement has al-
most disappeared. The waters came in
and converted tile old city into aa island,
and nov only fey crumblng walls and
/ the old foundations are Ieft 70 marx tbs
historic site.
/ CiFiIization's Progress.
! But. before the pendulum o. time sw4ns
Iback ana v.riHily 8hlf-erated Jamestown
/ from the face of the earth. TIE Hrt.e
J
I izati0n that has ciTaIed the globe alI
/ shed its rays of influence upon many
/ lands. NOW. go years after that hrs- set
i Element. we find every nation. practically,
/ ia the world. exhibiting It's W yes and il-
/ dustrles at the jamestown Exp .t-l.
! They come with their armies AID their
/ navios. examples OF their educational de-
/ velopment; thsir historical records If
/ progress. their arts and sciences, th-r
/ mauulaetulag and their commerce. Three
/ hundred years OF progress this James
/ town Exposition signifies our mi u6.y
( rivals in the worlds narkes want TO show,
/ too. what progress they have made. one
I does not need ro go back SD years 10
1 mark the miracle of progress. The old
/ wooden moldb0ard has been succeeded Iy
/ the more modern east Ul1W- ana -lIt II
{ turn bE the smooth steel r-oWs ct to-
Z day, the latter noW lrsseel aefess the
/ vast areas of farming lands DO rle West
I by massive traction engines ia gangs II
/ a dozen or more The oid Sickle gave
! place to the scythe. that ~ tLe grain
cradle. and that in turn to the hTs5 crude
/ rcapiug machines. Then followed tie
! Buckeye Cropper. the selt-biular. aud
( now iu the VASE wheat areas lf tbs a-I
other countries tire grain Is cut. thrashci.
/ cleaned. and sacked in ono 1Eerlti-1.
The old cardiEE macailes ana tbe cid
spinning H'hcc.s have been succeeded hy
modern machinery that would i1ve been
a uystlry tseD. and q million s-eei
/ Spipdlgs -rle- the manipulation Of q
single hand nov Go she work in "a fe7y
hours tlal a whole community could not
have done in q season.
Modern Industry.
The boom OF the old hand loom is TO
more heard, but it has ions since been
laid away with the fax and scu-shing
knife. the spinning wheel and reel The
good housewife ro longer fills the Old
lard laHp ANA makes tae tallow dip. The
( kerosene lamp appeared on the scene for
a short time 90 blaze the way for tse gas
light ard Jhe iucandescent amD. Work
that it required many hours to pelfo1m
with the needle and thread IS now done
in few minutes with the sewing ma
chine The giisteniug tin paas and earth
enware crooks ne longer stand ia long
rows in the spring house filed with
sweet milk, waiting for the cream TO rise
to the top Go be SKINNED off and chuIned
into butter. The milk, almost before L
gets cold. is turned into centrifugal and
the cream separated from St. and by ma
chinery chuncd tiu the mass of yellow
butter appears before the barefoot boy
had time to drive the cows to pasture
The slow messenger afoot or mounted
has been succeeded by the lightning ex-
press the telegraph. the telephone. and
now by wireless telegraphy. while the old
sailing vessel that consumed many weeks
in crossing the Atlantic has been r-D0wed
By the ocean greyhound that makes the
trip in GTe OF six DAYS. The acolian harp
no longer makes its weird. sweet music
from the half-0pen window OF the cot
tager, but ln IFS stead tire sraphophone
or phonOgraph. from the center table.
sinss the songs OF oldeu days. the modern
opera. and amuses with dialogue, mono
lovIe. lecture or recitation. The black
smith no longer tolls fer hours over a
bar of iron 90 forge out horseShOes or
horseshoe nails. as me was wont T. DO
of Old. for the modern machine now turns
them out faster than he can count The
4 baker no longer kneads the dough with
his hands. but tosses 1t into d machine
and watches the work 80 on The shoe
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