The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-06-29
New Worlds Are
Revealed AT The
NY. Worlds Fair
By MRS. ED. M. ANDERSON,
Staff Writer

Back home again from the
New York Worlds Fair and ever
when reviewed from this dis
Ntance there is so much to be SAID
about what one has seen that il
/ is difficult to find either begin
ming or an end
No one can view the impress
sive exhibits without acquiring a
encouraging and optimistic out
look about the future. For "The
World of Tomorrow, so wildly
dramatized by the fair, will be a
cleaner, finer, more peaceful place
in which to live. Americans parti-
cularly, cannot fail to see that the
happier way of living is through
the recognition Of the interde-
pendence of man, and that a bet
ter world of tomorrow can be
built with the tools of today.
A glimpse into the future re-
|veals so many wonders that we
cannot help wondering how ma
|ny more surprises the future
holds for man. At the fair one
sees wool made of cheese, that
not only feels and looks like
wool, but smells like it when we
burn it; there too are Women's
sheer hose made from coal which
not only appear to be more sheer
than the average silk hose, but
are said to be far more durable.
One observes that in the evening,
may go forth in formal
gown manufactured from glass;
and that in the future if grand
father drops his eye glasses on
the sidewalk he may pick them
up In one piece, that is if they
are ground from the new I'M
breakable type. Instead of the ira
ditional lunch basket, man may
carry his lunch in a pill box, pro-
vlded he selects those pills con-
tanning the concentrated food va
lues which he needs. All these
and many other possibilities re-
sulting from research and deveI-
opment are shown. This is enough
to make us look with confidence
on the future, for there is much
more to be discovered. If we
glance backward for SO years, we
find that within that period of
time 100000 Americans have
been given jobs in industries that
were not known before that time.
These figures in the presence of
today's development do not point
to jobless future!
: Democracy is another impress
'lve element of the fair that can
not be overlooked. The federal
building as well as those of the
Is states reflect what 1--WE the
people are doing for peace, pros
oerity, and happiness"
South American nations, Ar !
5entina, Brazil, and European ma
ions emphasize the fact that they
lave democratic governments.
Graphic murals in Russia's
building show smiling, happy
aces among the working class.
This is stressed so strongly in
he case of Russia one can hard
y help wondering if it is not a
lit overdone. Czechoslovakia's
building shows nation strug-
Cling for freedom, a freedom won
hen lost as a democracy; but
till with hopes of the future.
From the standpoint of travel,
fair visitor may see Is of the
E8 states, and as many foreign
nations. AS to be expected, Eng
and, France, Italy and Russia
nave the largest and most COM
olete exhibits. And among the
states, Florida, long recognizing
he value of favorable publicity
las the most elaborate display. |
Pennsylvania, with it's back
ground, presents a true study in
American history.
Of the industrial exhibits, Gen.
eral Motors highways and hori-
.ons", showing the world of 1860,
S one of the most vivid and in
While not so dramatic.
he Ford exhibit is a splendid
of the interdependence
If man. On a giant revolving
phere the history of the large
lumber of elements which 20 in
% making of Fords is shown from
he raw state, to the finished pro-
lucts.
Health is definitely allied with
happiness and all of the food ex-
libits point in this direction. An
OBSERVER readily sees the relation
'etWeen vision and vitamin, diet
md disease.
h Food manufacturers have not
My learned how to improve on
he finished products but can
give mother nature a
IN for the money. Hienz shows
nat science has discovered the
GOD values plants extract from