The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-07
rHE RICHMOND NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., ocToBER ! 1911

widely Known than the great tioofudt
of india. Each Of these great marts
and festivals combined is attended by
hundreds OF thousands Of people who
deal there in many millions OF mer-
chandiee.
Who knows what the great ST.
Louis fair has done for that great
and rapidly growing city. Even wnen
the writer was u boy he mas seen
on these spacious grounds over one
/ hundred thousand people on Thurs
day. public holiday.
The W orids Fair there was
greater even than that at chicago, or
any Paris Exposition. Perhaps the
Panama celebration at San Francisco
will be the greatest fair the world
ever knew.
We can only guess al the size OF the
fairs ana festivals held by the pre-
historic Aryan, Aztec or Atlafitean
millions.
But The Boy-Farmers as well as
the new Light farmers, and the old
timers are all working together, each
ia their own way, to make virginia
the first state in the Union in agri-
culture as she is in other important
respects.
Ii is said that there are ten million
acres OF Virginia land In which the
! man with tsfe~hoe'' DOTS not delVe,
and which does not know the plough.
The VERY best way to get this land
under cultivation is To boom the
state fair" attend 1t yourself. get all
your friends 10 attend H. ana aoN eI
tise FAR and vide the advantages IL
offers to iearn at first hand about the
wonderful fertility and proddchVeness
of Virginia lands when 1hey a4e
rightly used.
This fair is your fair. and your
AFFAIR, in whatsoever OF The hundred
counties in the OLD Dominion YOU may
reside 1t IN provided for Nirginiahs.
for the good of the whole state, aho
ought not every Nirginian Go his or
her part towards making II SO much
4 of a success that next year IT'S man
! agement Will feel justified in having
our State fair far larger ana grahaet
| than 1t ever was before
AS an educator for Old ana youhs
alike next week at thar fair would
bring more OF practical knowledge 70
I ewes that will see, and ears That Will
hear than ii whole session at any col
leee In the United States. 1t WIN ne
a demonstration of that proficiency
in wise foresight and executive AFFINITY
that ever means efficiency in results.
The real question for each one 10
decide is, Can l afford not to so 10
the State fair
Not to go viii be Ike refusing to
I pick UP money!
If you are mother or o father. the
vital question win be. can l afford
TO have my son or my daughter miss
such chance OF gaining useful, prac-
teal, Interesting educational informa :
ton, the kind Of Information that WIZ
help build up both character and bus
mess? because 1t represents actual,
. successful results
, The greatest force III education is
| suggestion.
The good thinker, old or young. will
profit not only by what is seen and
heard at the state fair. hut also py
what Is suggested.
The slow thinker, or the one who
: thinks ebut little. sadly needs the In
5 SEPARATION to thought which the my
Rad interesting things a the fair VIII
{ give.
i There you can learn what others are
) doing as 10 fertilizers, tools. equip
ment, machinery and markets, as well
G as to seeds, methods OF cultivation
Y and products and prices.
. The free lectures. the circulars and
: other literature to be had there with
4 out asking, are good to fake one
' WISE" with wisdom that Will be
only helpful
A The things TO anluse win of them
- selves ho eaAtatioliAit some bfoaBh
g from far away lands Ia the historic
+ Orient.
d Many visitor who has travelled fal
r and wide will be heard to exclain3
4 We'll, / never saw the like or ina
Z before!"
a There Is another thing worth con
sidering. No one has better thing
To eat or more OF them than the NIr'
gilman at home: but we all occasion
r ally like something different"
Is it not a. notorious fact among al
=, who have been privileged too happil
= prove it, that the variety of delicslcie
= provided by the ladies of Virginia 70
:, sale by tho different charitable insu
II tutions represented at our State fat
~ | never were surpassed anyWhere3 TIL