The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-08-30

do 1t by means of large variety of
exhibits, by showing a model home de-
signed to conserve the energy of the
house wife and at the same time to be
artistic, convenient, efficient and not
expensive. They do it by means Of
an electric kitchen and an exhibit of
modern labor saving devices designed
to conserve energy.
In the big new Land Building of the
exposition conservation lessons are
taught in great number of ways. In
this building are installed the displays
of the United States government.
These include the forestry exhibit, the
land, the animal industry, the ento-
mology, the chemistry and the good
ed especially for the National Conser-
walton Exposition; all are complete;
all are comprehensive.
One of the government exhibits is
designed to show how necessary it is
that timber land be properly cleared !
There is before and after" display |
showing what happens to land proper
ly cleared and what happens to it
when improperly cleared.
There is an exhibit that teaches a
graphic lesson in the subject of the
conservation of the soil and that shows
what erosion will do if land Is not
properly looked after. There is an
exhibit of a model abattoir showing
what the government is doing in the
way of conserving the health of the
people by close inspection of these
places. The great railroads of the
South also have large and very attrac-
tive displays in the land building.
The educational department exhibit
is study of days. There will be liv-
ing exhibits of this department, boys
and girls at work showing different
phases of modern educational work.
No line of education is neglected in
this exhibit; it embraces every line,
mountain work, settlement work and
many other kinds.
The big Machinery and Liberal Arts
Building is filled with commercial ex-
hibits from all sections of the country.
Some of the exhibitors have mini
mized the commercial side and have
so arranged their displays that they
, will teach lessons of the necessity for
conserving health and energy and life
, in the factories, on the farms and In
the homes.
There is a big health exhibit that
, has to do entirely with the subject Of
the conservation of health and life
understand, old as well as young, o.
the subjects of good and bad water
milk, sanitation, wells, good house
:. keeping and bad, control of disease ant
. a host of other subjects.
There is a display of a cheap hydro
electric power plant showing the farm
= err how to harness his stream and maxi
; it furnish him his power.
> In the great new Southern State
Building the manufacturing South wit
: it's multitude of manufacturers is o.
display as never before. The line Q
commercial and industrial exhibits
large and nearly every manufacturin
, city in the South is represented.
There is building devoted to mine
and minerals and these displays hav
been so arranged as to emphasize tn
> fact that all of these ores have a con
mercial value. A model coal mine du
into hill forms a feature of this e,
hibit. Many of the Southern State
= have state exhibits.
a The Child Welfare Building Is d.
=. u, voted to the cause of child welfar
and nothing like the exhibit made
g Knoxville ever has been in the Sout
8. before. The displays all deal with tn
subject of conserving the health ar
the lives of children, improving the
condition and making them better ar
stronger citizens of the country.
There is also an Arts Building on IL
grounds and live stock building al
arena. Amusement features are n
lacking. Joy Street" is indeed
street where Joy reigns. All of the ;
fractions are on the grounds. II
~ street is complete.
ia Large numbers of special events a
nd special days when prominent men a
I women from all parts of the count
will be in Knoxville have been arrar
'er ed for the National Conservation I
20 position. The exposition will run l
til November 1.
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