Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-06

The inches which were IL feet across, consisted
of three panels. The center panel in each
niche was Illustrated in colors, while the two
side panels told the story in facts and figures.
On table In front of each niche were models
illustrating the evolution of International CO.
operation in transportation, wireless and cable
communication between the continents.
The story told in the panels was divided into
three parts: Yesterday, To-day, Tomorrow. 1t
aimed to bring out the steady growth through
out history Of cooperation between men and
nations for their mutual benefit. The first
group OF panels was historical in character and
told the story of primitive man, with his
change from hunter to herdsman and from
herdSman to farmer. With each stage of de-
velopment was shown the increasing dependence
of one individual upon another and one COM
munity upon another as civilization expanded.
The beginnings of trade were shown as a
result of the discovery that some climates grew
one kind of things necessary for life better
than other climates and that certain tribes
and communities made certain things better
than other tribes did The distrust of the
primitive man for his neghbor was shown
giving way before the friendliness engendered
by association for mutual benefit.
THE central i6ea of the second group Of
panels was the growth of the machine age
and the world of today. The pictures illustrated
how hand methods were replaced by ma
chimes and the factory replaced the home as
a center of industry. The development of
specialization was brought out, and the growth
of towns and cities shown as a result Of this
grouping OF industry in factories.
The panel at one side of this niche gave the
figures of the population of the world $50 years
ago compared with those of today, illustrated
by pictures Of the carriers used in those days
for commerce and travel-the cumbersome OK
carts. man powered boats, Chinese junks, sedan
chairs. palanquins, covered wagons and coaches.
The center panel of one of these inches was
a door which led into an economics room.
Here were pictures, models and literature show
ing more in detail the development of modern
industry transportation and communication.
There was map on the door showing the food
resources of the world, the mineral resources
and the power resources. The text on the side
panels showed how manufacturing needs raw
products, such as coal, IRON lumber and power,
and how these must be taken from all parts
of the world. with no country sufficient unto
itself. Maps in the economics room showed the
undeveloped sections of the globe as we'll as
those which have been industriaZed 1t showed
also which peoples are hunters. which are
farmers and which are chiefly industrial. One
striking panel Illustrated graphically how it
takes all sorts of people to feed and clothe the
world.
One section of the economics room was de-
voted to pictures and models showing the
evolution Of transportation across land and
water and through the air. One of the fea-
lures of this section was model OF the original
B. & O. steam passenger train, the Atlantic"
Models of the latest aircraft also are shown.
Still another section of this room dealt
chiefly with labor. Screens showed the workers
of the world and what they are doing There