The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-05-03
C|TY'S DISPLAY At
MAOE-|N-R|CHM0NO
SHOW ATTRACTIVE
Cooperation With Local Man
ufacturers Shown by City
Government In Only Exhi-
bition of Kind In South.
Richmond's Newest Permanent
Institution Has Daily Attend
ance of More Than l00-Is
Showplace for Visitors---New
Features Planned.
BY HORACE +. SMITH.

BY HORACE r. SMITH.
Over one hundred people a day has
been the general average Of visitors
to the Manufacturers Exhibit. Rich
mont rfewcEt permanent 0TEaT1 ia
zion. The attractive and substantial
manner in which the displays have
sbeen installed has been the subject
of general comment.
The exhibit occupies the second,
third and -<urth floors Of the new
chamber oi commerce and Inanufac-
turers' building, at Sixth and Main
streets. The visitor is taken in the
elevator 10 the fourth floor and the
entrance made through the spacious
lobby 10 the exhibit ON entering
this floor the municipal exhibit comes
first to view. this exhibit being main
tasned by the city and divided into six
departments. in which displays Of the
water finance. electric gas. school
and health departments are attrac~
lively made.
Reproduction Of the settling basin
worked down to a scale OF eighty feet
to the Inch. attracts attention in the
water department.
Photograph charts designs and
printed reports present the financial
status Of the city, In an attractive and
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partment
The electric department displays
work Of the electrical inspectors,
showing defective material discovered
and removed by them, also new meth
eds in electric lighting y 1900 can
t.ter@preF fstss. desc lat s fsFtzs!-
nenuy displayed.
:. The gas exhibit Is very interesting
aid complete showing modern mefh-
n y 4s,a f1~ Em ~ r~az
In heating. lighting and cooking.
The School Exhibit
The school exhibit occupies a most
prominent position showing the
work Of the school children from the
kindergarten to the most advanced
normal classes. and Il is hard for
many to believe the evidences pre-
Tented by this exhibit OF the wonrer-
ful work accomplished by the school
children OF Richmond
By charts. statistics and designs
the wonderful preventive work ac-
compl!shed by the health department;
ts revelation to all who view it
The municipal exhibit is the only
display Of its kind made by any
Southern city. and ia most credtahle
not only for It's educational value. bat
As an illustration OF the cooperative
spirit that exists between the municl-
pal government and the nlanufactur-
inr interests uf the city of Richmond
Manufacturers Displays.
Over sixty leading manufacturers
of Richmond have displays - the
various floors. The quality OF the
goods displayed, the attractiveness TN
design and elegance with which they
have been Installed. makes the exhibit
~ a whole most impressive.
Special show cases finished in ma
hoganv or oak have in many instances
been supplied. The rooms are espe-
cially adapted 10 the purpose for
which they are being used and spa
cious isles covered with 1inoIeGm and
Ranked as the sides by ornamental
hosts and chains make Il easy for
vssttora Tn view the scnres OF exhibits
The exhibit Is maintained by the
rentals received from the various eN-
hibitors. and nothing but Richmond
made goods are permitted TO be
placed on display Nothing is sold
within the exhibit building as the dis
pfays are intended solely as an adj
vertising mediu-N for the manufactur-
Ing interest of Richmond and the
manufacturers who participate. At
present the exhibit is omen every
week day except Sunday from . A. NJ.
10 I p NJ These hours being sub
tect to change as the plans or the
exhibit develop.
Arrange Special Nights
Plans are being worked out hy tho
management for special nights. at
which various organizations Will be
Invited to visit the display and spe-
ciai entertainments will be provided.
A. soon as possible the employment
department will be established and
operated for the benefit of those seek
ing employment with the manurac-
furers who are members OF the ex-
hibit
Another feature Is the establish
ment as soon as possible Of the Eff
f'ciency Club The membership of
this club will consist of the superin-
tendents and foremen of the various
factories represented in the exhibit,
and study classes, lectures and con-
ferences will be held once or twice a
month along the lines suggested by
the name OF the club.
The Manufacturers Exhibit is a
permanent Institution. having lease
on the three floors occupied. fer five
years. and is not, as some may think,
a temporary exhibit,
Educators Cooperate.
The institution is q new and practi-
cal thought in civic advertising and
craftsmanship. through the educational
Influences, which Is radiated among
citizens Of Richmond, as we'll as Wis
itors to the city,
I. The many conventions coming to
Richmond. In an increased number
each year. will be brought to the ex-
hibit and shown the wonderful activi-
ties in Richmond of a manufacturing
nature.
Hotel managers and railroad agents
keep the management OF the exhibit
posted in advance of parties OF tour
lists booked for a stop-over in Rich
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