The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1909-04-30

De kuoWu - the CedIue EXPOSITION.
Seattle has made 1t and is entitled to
the honor. One Of the meritorious new
features Of the enterprise Is that II
has not asked the United States gov
eminent for a cent, while the othel
expositions have yelled for loans from
Uncle Sam or appropriations outright.
Seattle Is financing this affair herself.
In one day she raised $65O,OO0, or
$4,000 more than the management
had called for. That is the Seattle
style. During the past ten years 1t has
grown faster than any city of its size
on earth. With such a town behind II
the exposition cannot be other than a
success.
Another grateful departure In the
A.-Y.-P. Is that 1t is going to open
actually on the opening day. Some
other expeditions have opened when
they were half done and did not get
ready to appear properly In polite so
city till month or two later. Seattle
has advertised this as ''the show that
will be on time" That settles the
matter, for Seattle makes good. When
President Taft presses the button on
June l he Will start the machinery in
completed plant. That is assured,
Tor, 1t is practically completed now.
This house will be builded befara the
date for the occupants TO move In. IL
will start right and depend on that
fact TO help IT finish right
Still another Improvement over past
expOsitions is the fact that many
buildings are to be permanent They
will be turned over to the State uni
versity, on whose campus the fair is
held. This saves a useless waste and
shows good business Judgment. One
Of these permanent buildings is that of
forestry. which is to be made wholly of
logs from the gigantic trees Of the
northwest. Most Of the other build
ings are In the French renaissance
style. That OF New York state is a
facsimile OF the home Of William III.
Seward at Auburn. There is also to
be a fine statue Of Seward, the man
who purchased Alaska at a time when
the wise blockheads of the day grinned
and called 1t Stewards iceberg" PeO-
pie who look far ahead are always de-
rided by those superior worldlings who
cannot see an inch in front Of their
noses.
A Temperance Festival.
A fourth upward step made by the
Seattle fair is that 1t is to be dry"
The state law provides that liquor
shall not be sold near the university,
and the law will remain In force,
though 1t is not because Of the statute
alone that intoxicants will be prohibit
ed in and about the exposition grounds
The new departure will be a recOgni-
ton Of the great and growing temper
arce sentiment throughout the coun-
try. Thus the enterprise Is to be made
a prophecy OF the future In more ways
than one. The experiment will be
watched with interest, and friends Of
temperance will doubtless see that the
fair does not suffer because II has de-
throned King Alcohol and banished
him from its domain.
Every exposition has had It's mid
way, where the barker barks and Co
ney Island shows are In evidence. In
st. Louis this was 'the Pike" In Sc
attic it is to have a name still more
original. ''the Pay Streak" Any one
who has ever Travelled the midway and
has seen the dimes and quarters melt
ing through his fingers will recognize
the appropriateness Of the title.
There are to be many other novel
ties. For one thing. a Siberian village
will show to civilization a really primi-
tive people. The human race Is sup
posed to have had its earliest home in
Asia, and 1t can readily be imagined
that these Siberians have not changed
their modes Of living since the distant
days OF the first man. They live IN
tents, kill their game with rude weap-
ons, allowing none OF the blood to es-
cape. pray to the devil and propitiate
him with blood offerings and STAY
their own hOpelessly sick, aged and
cripples. The village that has been
brought to Seattle had one child born
since Its advent. This young Sibe-
rfan and others Will be features or the
village.
Another unique feature is a fox
farm. the exhibitor being a man who
has actually started such a farm, on
which foxes are bred for their furs
Stewards Iceberg"
Perhaps the greatest spectacular fea-
ture OF the exposition is a gigantic
cyclorama Of Alaska. The enterprise
was originally started to exhibit to the
world the possibilities OF Uncle Sans
arctic possession OF the Yukon valley
both on American and Canadian terri
tory. The popular idea Of Alaska is a
land Of cold and gold" As a matter
OF fact. 1t is country with great pos
sibillties In agriculture. 1t is no far
Their north than Finland, and the cli-
mate Is even milder than in the ex-
frpmp north ~ Euronn II 60 NOM zeal