The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-25
PRESIDENT WILL
SEE old HOMES
ON JAMES river
Take Trip Up Historic
Stream After Exposi-
ton Opening.
WILL BE READY
FOR EXERCISES
While Everything Is Not Come
plete, the Exposition Will Be
Found in Good Shape To-
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
to Arrive To-
Day.

AMEsTowN EXPOSITION
GROUNDS, April 24.-After day
Hampton Roads, playing the principal
part in the oponing ceremonies OF
the jamestown Exposition, celebrating
the three hundredth birthday Of Amer
lea, President Roosevelt will spend q
good portion of Saturday, the day fol-
lowing, on the quiet waters of the
James. enjoying the beauties OF tliaS
famous section which was the cradle
of American civilization and institu-
tions.
Probably about dawn on sa' lrday
morning the Mayflower will start up
the James with the President and Mrs.
Roosevelt and possibly one or two
guests aboard. jamestown Island will
be visited and then the vessel Will pro-
coed on up the river, going at least as
far as Brandon, one of the historic
Colonial houses of this country.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt Will
go ashore and see the old mansion,
Shirley. and even as far as West
over. The return Will be made In
the afternoon. 1t will be late when
the party reaches Washington.
The fact that the President and Mrs.
Roosevelt would visit the historic
jealously guarded. owing to their de-
sire to mako the trip as quietly as
possible, in order to enjoy what they
intend shall be a purely pleasure trip
and thoroughly Informal visit.
After dining with Mr.. Tucker, presi-
dent of the exposition, Friday night,
Mr.. and Mrs. Roosevelt will return To
the Mayfiower and go to sleep. When
they awake they will probably be OH
their way up the James.
The impression existed in Norfolk
to-day that Governor Swanson would
reach the Exposition Grounds this
morning. and a party OF Norfolk ctti-:
zens went down to meet him. He
will arrive tomorrow morning.
Plans Changed for
Dinner to President
The appearance of measles In the
family of Harry st. George Tucker,
president of the jamestown Exposition
Company, has necessitated change
in the arrangements for the dinner to
be given President Roosevelt hy Mr..
Tucker Friday evening following tho.
opening of the exposition.
The original plan was to have the
dinner at Mr.. fuckers residence. the
Myers mansion. one Of the oldest
houses in Norfolk. and the home OF
Barton Myers. governor of ways and
means for the exposition. has been tens
dered for the purpose and accepted.
Thousands at Work
Getting Things Ready.
Thousands of busy men labored un-.
der smiling skies to-day feverishlya
.exerting themselves to have the Ex-5
position Grounds show something ap-s
preaching an air of completeness when
the President and thousands of other
guests of more or less distinction ar
rive Friday to attend the opening ex-i
ercises at noon. Tho sunshine and tho
wind caused the mud of yesterday to
vanish rapidly to-day, and they seemed
to put fresh heart in the workers, who.
pushed along more rapidly than usual.
Efforts now are being directed to-
making the grounds and tho buildings
present a cleared appearances instead
of trying to complete streets and walks
and buildings. Tons OF lumber and
rubbish are being moved out of sight
and many yards of drapery are being
put up TO conceal unfinished plastering.
In fact the latter has proven such n
satisfactory means of Disgusting the
backwardness of interior finishing that:
there is talk of allowing bunting to
supply the lack OF plasterng in sew.
.eral OF the buildings throughout tho
exposition
The fact that so many OF the buildings
are incomplete has been so much COM
mentcd on that it IS we'll to recall that
the following buildings are finished. ready
for exhibits, many OF which have been
Installed:
The three large buildings containing the
government exhibits, the Manufacturers'
Building, the Transportation Building. the
Liberal Arts Building. States Exhibit
Palace, Mines and Metallurgy Building,
Virginia Mineral and Lumber Exhibit
Building, Historic Art Building, Pure
Foods Building, building OF Education
and History, Arts and Crafts Village,
Palace of Commerce, and nearly all the
State buildings.
These alone would make brave show
inglfor opening day, but work on other
structures is far advanced. On many,
however, work has not progressed beyond
the skeleton stage e
Beautiful Lee Parade
With Fruits and Flowers.
Tho work in tho landscape department
has been practically complete for some
weeks. Many large trees were trans-
planted last year. Lees Parade was an
apple orchard, for the most, part, and tho
trees were transpanted and set out u
form fringe extending around nearly
the whole OF the immense space.
The trees nre in fun blossom to-
day. forming a spectacle at once bcau-
tiful, and so far MS Exposition Grounds
are concerned, enique also. Flowars
and bulbs are almost ready 70 blossom
lin beds OF artistic designs scattered
throughout tho grounds, chiefly In
spaces on which tho buildings front,
Many rare and beautiful plants wera
brought from Europe to. adorn thu
flower beds of the exposition. and the
tropics furnished palms and uxpriant
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