Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-15
10000 Persons Parade Streets Of
New Orleans Upon Opening Of
Campaign for Funds to Finance
Great Exposition of Big Ideas
Project, Planned for 1915, to En-
body Industrial Advance of the
World, viii Have Participation
Of All States and S. America.

NEW ORLEANS, March 14.-Men
If New Orleans, and the women, too,
seem to have mustered all their en-
thusiasm for the Exposition of Big
Ideas. which is planned for the period
from May, 1915, until January, 1916.
Already more than 100000 has been
raised by popular subscription. Op-
timistic business men and the mana
GERS and officers of the exposition are
confident that the 100000 which
New Orleans is asked to subscribe
will be raised in short order. And
then. it is pointed out, when the Cres-
cont City has thus shown its own
good faith. the task of obtaining the
other 100000 desired from the
country at large, through subscrip-
tons, donations, and the sale of con-
,esslons and moving picture rights,
viii be comparatively easy.
To Show Advance.
The exposition. to be held at the
same time as the great Panama "a
rife Exposition in San Francisco, Will
he marked by the active participation
of most of the States and the Central
and South American Nations. Ihe
enterprise will have great Industrial
significance, it is planned, being prl-
marily an exhibit of developments oil
great value to the world of trade
commerce and industry, as well as OF
IDEAS that bear a promise for the fu-
ture. Herbert Kaufman, Wen
known magazine writer, is the orlgl-
nator of the exposition plan and heau
Of the organization.
Evidence of the enthusiasm con-
corning the New Orleans eXposltloh
was displayed in great public oem-
opstration the other day, when more
than $1,000 persons watched the leau-
ers of the enterprise record the prog
ress of collections. and heard them
tall, honAf1llv of their plans. Thou
sands we're in a parade, among them
Cardinal Gibbons, of Baltimore
Archbishop Blenk. prominent ran
road men. the leading business men
Of the city, and many public ofnclals'
BY special arrangement, all tranlc
was stoned on Canal street for the
space of an hour, on account OF the
parade and speaking.
While the men volunteers were
holding the ceremonies dozens oil
public-spirited women wers doing
equally good work in distrloutins
thousands of circulars concerning the
exposition from street corner booths
Eacn woman wore a badge MARKED
Information" This service VIII De
continued several days.
Women Join Movement.
With about 80 present, the women
volunteers effected an organization TO
carry on booth work and to assist the
exposition in every way possible
NnOUS those WHO dAbNAiNNN 49,
Ing held in the green room OF the
Grunewald Hotel were Mrs. Chin Blhg
and Miss Marguerite James, repre-
senting the Chinese women OF the
city. Other meetings viii be held Tor
organization among every class and
coterie of women in the city.
More than 1000 business men have
given over their times to the task OF
cdnvassing for subscriptions to the
exposition. w. B. Utley. president OF
the exposition, was a speaker at the
gathering the other day, and he an
rounced that even the poorest sec
tons of the city have yielded sub
scriptions averaging 5000 a sub
scriber in a house-to-h ouse canvass.
Other subscriptions are Of large
amounts. one rumor has it that a
business man, whose name is not re-
vcaled, will subscribe 100000.