The Adair County news., 1919-05-28

at the Celebration at Columbus to
Be Held June 20 to July 10, Will
Reveal the Progress of Christianity
the World Overall Nations Will
MIngle at Exposition Grounds.
{ The visitor who comes to the
methodist Centenary celebration at
Columbus, June 20 to July 13, will
find himself transplanted to large
park of more than 100 acres, which
has cost the state of Ohio millions
of dollars to develop, with an i'm
mense oval in front of which is an
amphitheater seating $4,000 people.
the Coliseum with seating capacity
of 5000, and eight exhibit buildings
with a floor space Of zoe, 900 square
feet scattered over these exposition
grounds.
The exhibits will come from every
part Of the world Settings built I'M
der personal direction of men who
have just returned from the countries
represented are now in construction.
Later, natives will begin to arrive,
bringing their strange customs, cos
tunes and industries. A true picture
of the lives of these people is the
aim Of the directors of the Centenary.
A miniature Ganges river actually
flowing through the India building is
the center of queer heather religious
customs. Here will be found the
Hindu temple, Mohammedan mosque
and sacred monkey temple, filled
with chattering monkeys. Here, too,
the sacred pigeons will be fed every
day, amid much ceremony, and a
fakir on his bed of spikes proves to
less stoical observers that his soul is
above the trivial sufferings of this
world.
An Indian bazaar, overlooking with
silks, wrought metals, idols and
flower shops, occupies large part of
the India building. Public letter
writer, sweetmeat seller, teeth-clean-
er, beggars and curio seller mingle
with the crowds of sightseers.
Indian village scenes and an Indian
marriage procession, with the bride
groom riding an elephant, are in
cluded in the plans of Dr. Lewis E.
iLnzell Of India, who is in Columbus
to direct this building for the Gen.
tenafy.
In an immense Kafir kraal, con-
tanning five full sized huts and a cat
tie Enclosure, 60 Ethiopians will be
found working at various typical in
dustries, as a part of the African ex-
hibit. The desert life of northern
Africa, with Bedouin tents and Moor
ish town, is pictured in another Sec
tion of the African building. This
exhibit is directed by ]. T. c. Black
rore of Algeria, who is also direct
ing a reproduction of early Roman
civilization in the same building.
Another part of the African build
ing is devoted to Roosevelt and
Rainey motion pictures, episodes
from the life of DR.. David Living
stone, lion hunts and Kafir dances,
the Uganda railway and African mis-
sion scenes. Other sections of Africa
are fully represented in the large
building which is under the direction
Of DR.. E. H. Richards of Oberlin.
The high gray walls of a Kwang
city confront the visitor at the en-
trance to the Chinese building. At
the left is a farm scene; inside the
walls are the principal exhibits, in
Guiding a large Chinese restaurant.
open to the public; curio shop, money
exchange, Confucian temple, typical
Chinese homes, and a Methodist
church such as is found in the Celes-
tial republic.
Art, medical and educational ex-
fhibits revealing the progress of Chris
itianity in that country form a part
OF the plans of DR.. John NJ Gowdy of
Fuchau, who with Y. c. Yong of the
chinese legation in Washington is
directing the building.
Devastated France and Belgium are
realistically reproduced in the Euro
pean section, under the direction of
DIR. e. M. Triple, who has recently
returned from abroad. The reproduc-
ton of a ruined French cathedral
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for lectures and pictures. Through
the shell-shattered walks are seen the
plains Of Lombardy and ravaged Bel
GUM.
Separate sections dealing with Rus
STA, Scandinavia and the Balkans oc-
icupy a large share of the European
building. DIR. G. B. Winton, DIR. w.
III. Teeter and S. A. Neblett are in
charge of South American, Cuban and
Mexican sections.
A Japanese garden, with wishing
bridge, lily pond, pergola and pavilion,
is being built for the Japan building
ny a Japanese expert gardener. A
gold mining scene and the famous
Hiroshima kindergarten will also be
Reproduced in this section. DR.. E. r.
Bull, formerly Of Tokyo. is in charge
iof the Japan building. Exhibits from
Korea under Dr. w. H. Cram Of Nash
vile, Tenn; from the Philippines un-
lder DR.. Harry Farmer of New York,
and from Malaysia under DR.. J. R.
iDenyes Of Pittsburgh, will be held in