Indianapolis Journal, Volume 54, Number 129, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 May 1904 — Page 30

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Judge TwinKle Discusses Divorces; Case of Particularly Pretty Woman

N TIIE divorce question I am a Rood deal as old Jim Hunter used to bo about dog fights," remarked Judge Twinkle when the smoking room squad ap pealed to him for a decision. "Jim's tenderheartedness urged him to throw a pall of water on the brutes and separate them, "while his sporting instinct made him hanker to let them fight It out. lie was so long very time In making up his mind that one of the dogs was always licked and at home whining under the woodshed long before he had fully decided what he ought to do- In the meantime he had had the benefit of witnessing the fight. "About divorces Jim was much more positive. 'It marriages are made In heaven. Til give you one guess as to where divorces are made he used to say. but I hardly agree with him. Divorces are a whole lot like surgical operations painful and rather xriussy, but mighty useful and I'd rather think that the marriages that later on need them were made In tho other place. It's a libel on heaven to say so many botch' Jobs are turned out there. "They are raising a tremendous howl Just now over the fact that 70.000 divorces were granted last year in the United States, but I can't get up any more indignation over It than an old maid over a proposal of marriage. It simply means th,e separation of 110.000 people who never should have been married In the first place, and the sooner they got away from eachNother tho better. They might raise more children. "A good thing may be rather overdone, though. I never hear of a divorce case without thinking of tho peculiar love affairs of Mrs. llelyn Iiuyth Cuthbert-EUer-cn-Rangs - Cuthbert - Cuthbert - llolmes--Xlithersficld-Hlcks-Cuthbert. There Is something mighty dashing about a woman vho has been divorced a few times, and the last time I saw Mrs. Cuthbert-Ellerson-Bangu-etc, she was stunning enough to make a man like Russell Sage go right out Into the street and throw away money. She came of a family of children who all had different surnames, through different marriages of tho mother, and she moved in an exclusive Chicago circle, where stern parents often refuse the hands of their daughters to deserving young men who are, alas, not able to provide those daughters with the amount of alimony they are accustomed to expect. "Cuthbert was really her soul's mate, ahe informed mo the first time she came to see me, but tho dear boy had plnwhcels on tho subject of South African explorations, and was determined to go awny on a two years' cruise. So she was after a divorce. 'We'll be married again as soon as the darling fellow gets back," she said, but two years is a long time, and no telling what might turn up. Dailing Harold might get lost in the Jungle for ten years before he got eaten, and it would take me the rest of my life to straighten out the property. I gueoa I've get a head like a tack, eh? So now about business. I hate to intrude cold, sordid financial lines of talk into a gabfeat where the tenderest emotions of the heart are before the meeting, because I'm so refined, but hero is a list of dear Harold's property, cash and Income, l'lease get me all the alimony possible. 'Hut my dear Mrs. Cuthbert, think what you are about to do!' I protested, being younger then, and she beautiful. 'A divorce is ü terrible thing. It 1 the rieathled of undying devotion; the ashes of burning life; the end of the endless affection; the icicles of ' " 'Kxni.no me,' she replied, somewhat coldly. "Divorce 1 the safety valve of matrimony. Do you want my case or shall I take It elsewhere?' "I took the case. Cuthbert was a first rate sort of a fellow, and he helped us all he could. He perjured himself with the ase of a tailor promising to bring your ault home next 1 Saturday, compromised generously on about one-filth the alimony his wife asked, and allowed us to force the case through in almost record time. Ills ex-wlfo went to the train and cried on his shoulder the night he started for tmth Africa, and sobbed all the way homo In tho carriage. Within two weeks she had married Ellerson. "'He's a charming chap Mrs. CuthbertEllerson told me when she came around to attend to a little property transfer. 'Of course he can never take dear Harold's place In my affections, but he's such a Handy follow to have around that I took him until Harold gets back. Will loves me to distraction, but I told him that my heart belonged to Harold forever, and that I would have to divorce him before my real pet returned home. The devoted dear was mo touched by my loyalty that he agreed to give me grounds for divorce any time I wanted once.' " 'Shades of my Puritan ancestors!' I gasped when she had gone. Mv hereditary Irteaa of morality got an awful Jolt that day, but nhe was so matter of fact about it that before night I had resolved. If ever I had an infant non, to start an alimony fund for him at birth. I got another shock when she came In two or three months later and announced that she wanted a divorce fron Kllfrson. " 'Why I thought he was Just about the star utility man In the big league!" I exclaimed. 'Whut's the trouble?' 'No trouble whatever,' she, assured me. Will is Just the dearest man of course, nothing to approach tear Harold, but still one of the mo!t perfectly lovely fellows on earth. Hut I have met my affinity next to Harold, that Is. It nil began by my edging up among the blue-ribbon favorites In the Society sweepstakes. You know, op to the time of my nrt divorce, wmie I nad a good glaring acquaintance with all the social record-breakers, dear Cuthbert and I never fi:ur'd except In tho list headed "among t)i present." I got a swell dope-nheet record, though, out of my divorce, mid now gues th mc?t of the fiIl i.s trailing long with my duat in their dripping eye.' Real society like that is worth going aftT,' I interjected, pausing to remember that Mr. Ellerson was a very horsy man nd spent moft of bin rime ut the track. Jly way of amusement I should think the pmart set had the malljmx and the penitentiary beaten by a Sabbath day' Journey.' " "Ain't It the goods?' she enthusiastically agreed. 'Well. It whs at my very first crush after I married Will that I met Ilegt&M de l'eystcr Hangs, and 1 felt, right off

Indiana Building at the "World's Fair

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the ticker, that he was my fate always barring dear Harold, of course. I had on about two pounds of diamonds that night and. If I do say It myself, I had all the other Jewelry displays on the premises hunting their powder rags and primping up every time I sailed by. Reggie was all for me. from the drop of the Hag. He told me so himself. He cornered me up In the observatory and ripped a lot of language out if Ids system that for real poetry would havo made old Tennyson and all that bunch paw and gasp for air. He started in on my hair and eyes and never overlooked a point, and by the time he had me catalogued I was naturally a little Interred. After a try-out like that 1 thought he must be all in, but he wasn't. He developed more speed every time he hit the track. At last I gave In. I looked him up through Dunn and Rradstreet and told Mm he might have hope. He went right out and started his own divorce proceedings that same day, and I tackled Will. I sat down on his lap that night and rutfied his hair. " 'Wills', dear." said I, I notice that you are getting mighty chummy with Mrs. Ebbits.' " 'Yes." he admitted, 'she is verytlonely, poor woman, and I feel sorry for her. You know she recently lost her husband under rather unfortunate circumstances.' " 'I heard about it," said I. "He went broke trying to corner mess pork and could not allow her any alimony. She's a dear woman and I'm glad you like her gait. She thinks you are about the model they sculped Adonis from.' W1U expanded some at that and stroked his mustache, so I applied another massage of the ointment. 'I admire you myself," I went on. 'but she has me left at the post. Why, Will, she worships the very ground you own!' " 'To tell you the truth, she does seem to know a good thing without needing a label,' Will agreed. "'That's Just it".' I exclaimed. 'You two seem made for each other, and I feel that It's a shame to stand between a pair like voti. I believe you could be happy with her for life." " "I think I could If she didn't live too long." said Will. . , I thought so," I told him. "And. Will, knowing this. I cannot consent to re main your wife any longer. I am willing to sacrifice myself to make you happier. Just pay the fees and fix up the alimony agreement, and I'll begin divorce proceedings at once." """You angel!" cried the dear fellow, and folded me In his arms. So here I am. Wa?n't it cute of mo?' "Well, It was cute. I got her divorce, and in a very short time was Invited to attend the Rangs-CuthJert-EUison nuptials. I didn't think much of Reginald de Reyster Hangs, however. Ho was too handsome to be useful, and as I left the place I reflected that I might get another Job by and by. I was not at all surprised, threfore, when, in about three months. Mrs. Cuthbert-Eller-son-Rangs came breezing in with another case. " 'Marry In haste and divorce at leisure," said she. I want my. release from Mr. Rangs.' "'I didn't think ho would suit you for long." I commented. "There Isn't enough truth in the world to make good all the agreeable remarks he sheds in the course cf ah evening." "Why Reggie is perfectly lovely." she declared. I don't think there is another woman in this town who has been so lucky In getting nothing but ace-high husbands. I'm the envy of the whole set. but I've been so worried lately about not hearing from precious Harold that I can scarcely sleep of nights, and so, when I met Harold's cousin who looks so much like Harold. I made up my mind that Everard Cuth-bert-Cuthbert was the next best thing to my own darling boy, and sol I felt It my duty to have him and keep as much in the family as iosslble until Harold gets back.' " 'And Mr. Rangs,' I venture!. 'Is he wlllln-r?' "'He might be willing," explained Mrs. Cuthbert-Ellcrson-Rangs, 'but In money matters he is as close as levers on a dark nlgnt. I 11 have to get a strangle hold on Foxy Quiller Rangs to get anything worth while out of him in the way of alimony, yo I'll Just sick Nellie Swiit on to him. She's a professional co-respondent, "you know, and she'll guarantee to furnish me evidence inside a week. She's one of the kind that makes the most careful men talk in their sleep, and I know my Reggie. He's not even a careful man.' " 'Reggie was so far from careful that a score of reporters lived off of his scandal for weeks, and their divorce was the most rtchercho function that had been held Jn Chicago for months. Mrs. Cuthbert. etc.. gained so much added prestige by it that seven fashionably dressed women were trampled to death at her wedding to Mr. Everard Cuthbert-Cuthbert. Refore the honeymoon was well over, however, &he was back In my office. v " 'I'leaso take the ax to the silken cord that binds me to this Cuthbert-Cuthbert counterfeit!' she walled. 'He's a shinplaster raised to a century William, and 1 must have had the pip when I took In such a clumsy piece of work. He's the first bad greenback that has been handed over the counter to me, and I want to puss him luick!' " 'You are not the only one.' I said, consolingly. 'People are aa likely to make mistakes in picking out life partners as they are in buying a horse, and a whole lot more likely to be "gold bricked.' You ought to do as the rest of the world does, outside of Chicago. When a man gets buncoed with a pneumatic front and a hand-made complexion, he comes down to breakfast and kicks the dog. regularly. When the ordinary woman runs up against a game like that she takes to hysterics and matinees.' "'With me It is not the same," she stated. 'There is a law In this State for weak, defense! s women!' '"Indeed, there is!' I agreed. 'When any weak, defenseless woman of your face and figure and gowning appears before a Jury of twelve healthy men they chloroform Justice and trot out any kind of law she wants. Rut what Is the matter -with your latest? ""There's so much I'll have to tell it in a letter." she paid. 'but. worst of all. he's so Jealous that he don't like to see m smile at his own reflection in the mirror. Why, only the other day he went into a regular tantrum because I kissed my second husband, Mr. Kllerson. good-bye when he was starting for Europe. And he my own relative by marriipe! Just get mo a hurry-up dl'vorni. ami I think that will te the last one. My Harold ought to be home in less than A year now at any rate." "Nevertheless I appreciated her reason for marrying Mr. Holmes." " 'I was Ju?t compelled to marry htm for the sake of euphony.' she explained. 'You see. I have Just been divorced from Mr. Cuthbert-Cuthbert. Now, when I marry my dear Harold my name. Chicago style, would Mrs. Hclyn Ruth Cuthbert-Rllerson-Rangs-Cuthbert-Cuthbcrt-Cuthbert. People would think I Jlbbcrotl when I came to that last part, and so I married Mr. Holmes to have his name in between.' "Rut Mr. Holmes lost her. Captatn Rllthersfield gallantly saved her life for her llamlil one afternoon and claimed It until Harold came home again. Mr. Holmes

couldn't seem pleased with the Idea nor pee the logic of it. but he might as well have kfpt still and paid his alimony like a good loser. The day after the Rhthersfield wedding. Harold came home at last, and he was so angry at having arrived two days late that he up and married Mrs. Ebblts-Ellerson out of spite. " I Just wish they would issue marriage licenses with a divorce coupon!' exclaimed Mrs. Cuthbert, etc., in my office, shortly after "I'd tear off my Rlitherstiekl coupon to-day and cash It in. Divorce without alimony is like quinine without capsules, but you may get me one from the brave captain if I don't make a cent on him. I lost my i wn precious lad, Harold, perhaps t jrever, to marry this hero, but he overpiays the part. I lind that he has the habit of saving lives, lie's a fiend for It, but If they are not women and good lookers, he lets them drown. Why. at Newport, ho. saved three of them in one day, and during our lake trip the women of the party took turns in falling overboard so he could ncue them! I'm through with men!' "Rut she wasn't. Her next marriage was a bit of spitework. She laid deliberate seige to Mr. Hicks imd won him because she found out that Mrs. Ebblts-Ellerson-Cuth-bert was desperately in love with him. Then she was sorry. Her heart-still turned to her Harold. One day she caught him alone for half an hour and it was all over Mr. Cuthbert called on Mr. Hicks at his office and proposed that they trade wive ? through the medium of a friendly divorce eavh, with the same amount of alimony on both sides. "I was Just on the point of leaving Chicago when they came to me with their cases. I had Just been married myself, and I was afraid to stay In the lakeside city for fear the divorce microbe might get into my own system, and I was too old-fashioned to like tho idea. I was very glad to accommodate so good a cllnet. however, and I remained a couple of weeks to see the cases throuph. I am delighted now to think that I did so, for through my instrumentality Mrs. Cuthbert-Ellerson-Rangs - Cuthbert - Cuthbert - Holmes-Rlithersfield-Hlcks-Cuthbert came to her happlnrs3 at last. I haven't heard from her since, and I don't know how long It lasted, but I know she was happy when I left. "Chicago Is a great town. I'm glad I don't live there."

Plentiful Supply of Language Pearls Boston Post. . . I t t 1901 crop of American slang is I now in a flattering state of cultlvauoii. u. icn iiuiuuvcis from the preceding- year it presents an outlook of much cheer members of the anti-dictionary to tho organization. The present place of honor must without question be given to tho phrase, "That's the answer." Here is a unusable expression, the delivery of which stamps the speaker as a wise gazaboo of the first water. It is to be employed thus, for an example: "I see Knocker has been roasting Getthere's new play, while everybody else agrees the play's the goods." "Oh, Getthere turned down one of Knocker's songs that's the answer." Or again: Employer Mr. Comelate, you are behind time again this morning. Mr. Comelate Well, you see, sirEmployer I don't want any excuses. Next time this happens you hit the bricks for yours that's the answer." "That's the answer" may bo appropriately used in almut twelve conversations out of every dozen, and is a distinct addition to the picturesque phraseology to the work-a-day world. "Frisk" Is a new word which Is attaining wide popularity in certain circles. It means "to go through one." Thus, a gentleman who has been made the victim of a personal robbery has been "frisked." A "frisker" is in plain language a thief, though the term Is becoming elastic and may mean a form of skylarking. "Up the pole" is the latest and smartest synonym for undeviated sobriety. Time was when "on the water wagon" was the accepted formula, but this is no longer fashionable In knowing circles. In 104 when a man bids farewell to the demon drink he goes "up the pole." "Out of luck" Is a commendable expres sion, being used ou theslightest provoca tion. Ii a man has lost a million dollars in Wall street he is "out of luck." With equal appropriateness If he fail to get a seat on a street car he is "out of luck." lu using this phrase one is permitted to anticipate. Thus. "If we don t make that 2:4" train we'll be out of luck." Further. "If the boss hears about my going against the wheel I'll be out of luck." It's a fine expression. It rolls on the tongue. "Tin-canning" goes for the getaway. So, in a report of a prize fight which. en passant, must never be written in Englishwhen one of the gentlemen runs around the ring in an effort to escape the reach of the other gentleman, the smart reporter must chronicle. "The boiler maker 'tin-canned.' but the former bank clerk waa wise to the play and apprehended him." If a "gun" or thief is pursued by the fiy cops he no longer "takes it on the urn." as he did last year: he "tin-cans." The expression comes from the getaway tactics of the dog of glorious memory, to whose tail was attached a tin can. "Cuh" and "kick" are concomitant. No one in these wise days of the twentieth century ever has money in his pocket. Instead, he has "cush" in his "kick." or. if he le strapped, he has no "cush" In his "kick." The origin of the term Is shrouded in mystery. A favorite term and one growing daily In popularity is "crab," to be used as a verb. Thus. If the second comedian seeks to offset the efforts of the first comedian by questionable methods he is trying to "crab the act." If a confidence gentleman is restrained from his industry by the arrival of the "bulls." or policemen. "his play has been crabbed" by the interfering gendarme. "Crab" is the lf04 equivalent of the verb "queer," which had a vogue In Its day. A "rave" is any form of conversational endeavor. The ofttce Ioy listens to a "rave" by the boss, the humble manager harks to a star's "rave," and lesser mortals are also permitted to indulge in the "rave." When the "rave" Is extended it becomes a "talkfest." Earlier In the history of American letters the "rave" was a "'wheeze," and still earlier It was a "soleU"

C CT f i ii ti ill ... di. mollis cxpo.-iiion man inuiar.a. The work of getting the various departments of the State's ex hibit together has taken months of ceaseless labor on the part of the commissioners. In fact this work has been actively- engaged in since last July and the men who have accomplished the great task are deserving of much credit from the people of the State for the admirable and complete manner in which all of the natural resources nd Industries of Indiana are represented at the exposition. The Indiana commission for the fair Is composed of representative' men of the State. They are Lieutenant Governor Newton W. Gilbert, of Fort Wayne, president of the commission; II. W. Marshall, of Lafayette, vice president; J. W. Cockrum, of Oakland City, secretary; W. W. Wicks, of Bloomlngton; W. W. Stevens, of Salem; W. II. O'Rrien, of Iiwrenceburg; Crawford Fairbanks, of Terre Haute; I). W. Kinney, of New Castle; N. A. Gladding, of Indianapolis: Frank C. Rail, of Muncie; C. C. Shirley, of Kokomo; Fremont Good wine, of Williamsport; Joseph R. Grass, of Huntington; Stephen R. Fleming, of Fort Wayne, and M. W. Mix, of Mlshawaka. Th ne men. who are all engaged In affairs of their own which take up all of their time, gladly took hold of the exposition work, and by surrendering to the people of the State the time they so needed themselves have made the Indiana exhibit surpass that of any other State At the world's fair held in Chicago In is:t.'l Indiana did not make a creditable showing, and neither did it at the Ruffalo exposition, which was held only a fewyears ago. The people generally got it into their heads that the State had nothing: to exhibit, but at this fair every 011 will be surprised at the abundance that will be shown, and It will also prove to the country at large that whenever the Hoosiers undertake to do u thing of this kind they go into It right and have considerable more to show that is out of the ordinary than most States. In the first place the Indiana building is one of tho most beautiful on the grounds .V, v. :.-:-. ' s. ,V.. ' 5 V.V.V-. -fr 1 ... .::.: .V.V.-. . . . ,X ---' ''-';-. :: J. "W. Cochrum, Of OaKland City, Secretary Indiana Commission and no doubt it will be continually crowded by visitors from this State, who will find every convenience there to make it their headquarters while seeing the many attractions of the exposition. The building is constructed on the order of a largo clubhouse and this gave the opportunity of putting in many comforts for the tired sightseers who will not be slow to take advantage of them. The building is of the French Renaissance style and is very artistic in every respect. It is built after the plans by Wing & Ma-, hurin ef Fort Wayne. It faces the north front on two of the main avenues. The structure is painted white, the color of the exposition buildings, and stands on a slight elevation. The building is large and the dimensions, extending to the edges of the great verandas, are PX) by 133 feet. This gives ample scope for the spacious apartments inside the building. In the center of the north front, to which there is a wide portico, & tho main entrance that opens directly into a large lounging room. The rest rooms for women and men open directly off of this and in connection with them are nicely situated washrooms. -The postcfiice, check room ami the office of the custodian are on the same lloor. At the rear of the lounging roon Is a wide stairway leading up to a landing six feet above the tloor level and opening off of this directly toward the south and on the same level is a large reading ami music room. There are two branches to this st.'.irway leading east and west, and these ascend to the second lioor on either side. The stairways are broad and are large enough to accomodate all. so there will be no danger of crowding. Rising from the landing four giant columns support the dome which is of stained glass, twenty feet in diameter. The dome is so arranged, however, that it does not appear above the roof of the building. COM FO UTA 1 1 Li: LUNC 1 1 ROOM. As there will be many Indiana visitors who will desire to take their lunches with them, a large lunchroom has been provided under the music and reading rooms. This room will be provided with accommodations so that persons carrying their lunches can eat them with comfort and under the most favorable circumstances, and it will prove one of the most useful rooms in the building. The verandas, which are continuous, will prove very popular and no doubt when the hot days of July and August come, will be filled with loungers. On the east and west ends of the building these verandas are widened to a distance of sixteen feet, thus Insuring shade at all hours of the da v. The Indiana building cost In the neighborhood of $:s:,o. which left Ilii.ot'O of the original appropriation made by the Legislature to carry out the other plans. The appropriation made by the General .Assembly of Indiana was exceeded only by that of four otlnr States California. Illinois. Miss uri and New York and was equaled by but one other Colorado. The appropriation made for this State was so expended by the commission 'that the. showing made at the fair Is equal to that of any of the States, even those that had sums nearly twice as large as this State. The Indiana commission, by using sound business ponse, was able to nnke the appropriation go a long way, and not a dollar was pent that did not show for itself. The whole interior of the Indiana building Is devoted to the Indiana art display, which represents the advancement of the State in this direction. This arrangement was decided upon by C. C. Shirley, of Kokomo, who Is chairman of the literary and fine arts committee. While there is quite a large and creditable exhibit of fine arts by individual exhibitors, this work was made a part of tho large collection in the art building, which is devoted entirely to works of art from all over the world, and has no distinct state characteristic. It was this motive that prompted the commissioners to have a collection of works of art by Indiana artists displayed on the walls of tho Indiana building. These pictures are so arranged that they are In keeping and perfect harmony and the best peisslble artistic effects are gained. The tinting of the walls has been taken Into consideration, so that a fitting background is obtained for all of the pictures. The commissioners fclected a committee of artists of wide reputation. The artists that compose this committee are: J. O. Adams, T. C. Steele. William Forsyth, It. R. Gruelle and Otto Stark, of this city, and J. K. Dundy, of Richmond. These men devoted all of last winter to selecting tb

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A Newton "W. filbert. Of Fort "Wayne. President Indian Commission and these go to make the exhibit from this college exceedingly unique. For the display of th? State Health Roard an appropriation of JüCJl was made and Dr. llurty has certainly mane the best possible use of it. One of the principal features cf the exhibit will be the various methods used in the cities of this State, under the approval of the board, for the prevention of the spread of disease, such as crematories, filter beds and the progressive methods of displays of sewage. There will also be in this display records showing the decrease of the death rate and the manner In which the spread of contagious diseases is prevented. ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS. As Indiana has gained such a world-wide reputation as a literary state it was deemed necessary by the commission to have a display In this Hue entirely out of the ordinary and original In every respect. To arrange this exhibit the original manuscripts of most all of the notable books by Indiana authors have been secured and are displayed in glass cases in the state building. This is oue of tho most valuable displays the Indiana building will contain and will attract much attention throughout the entire fair. Handsomely bound volumes of all works by" Indiana writers will be placed in the building and at the disposal of vlsltofs. Every newspaper in the State will Cra-wford FairbanKs. Of Terre Haute, Member Indiana Commission also bo represented in the state building, copies being on file during the entire period of the exposition. The woman's department of the State is under the direct charge of Mrs. W. L. Rerryman, of Tipton, who has worked incessantly to make the exhibit unequaled in every respect, and in this she has been successful. Space was reserved for 2"i0 pieces. This, however, does not give a correct idea of the display. In many instances there are sets containing several articles which must be entered as one piece. Indiana in this department Is therefore probably displaying over ?M) pieces at the exposition. These displays are of every department known to woman's work needlework, china painting, pottery, lace making, pyrography and other arts of a similar nature, as well as the charity and educational work carried on by women. Mrs. Rerryman says the exhibit is the finest ever collected in Indiana for any purpose. She canvassed the State thoroughly and enlisted the most skillful artists In the various lines of work. She believes that Indiana will make one of the finest displays In this department at the fair and will walk off with numerous prizes. St. Mary's of the Woods, a Catholic school near Terre Haute, where much needlework and china painting of a very excellent quality is done, contributed largely n:. '. ' - , lb. .... 1 i Senator Fremont Goodwine, Of Williamsport. Member Indiana Commission to this collection. The sisters In charpe of the institution gave every assistance to Mrs. Rerryman. and a collection of entirely new work was got up expressly .for the fair. The charity institutions were another excellent source on which Mrs. Rerryman drew- for her display, as most of these institutions engage In fancy work of all kinds, and the specimens securc-d from them were far above the average. The Indiana agricultural, horticultural and live stock display Is one of the mot important made at the St. L.ouls exposition. Indiana is largely an aprlcutitural State, and it will always be greatly interested in farm products of all kinds; therefore th e xhibit the State i.s making at the fair will do much to further the interests of Indiana. On this particular display there was more work, time and money expend d than on almost any either department because nf tho Keat extent of the Ik 1-1 that hail to he covered. This work was acconiplished successfully by W. V. Stev, ns. of alein, wlin is chairman of the committee. There are ntnty-two counties In the State, and Mr. S'teveuy has every one of them represented In the display. This means that specimens eif grains, cereals, vegetables, fruit and garden produce, as well as live stock, had to be collected from every part of the State. Indiana is noted for its fruits, especially for its apples, and the products of the orchards make an exhibit which is lar ahead of anything the average Indlanian thinks Is grown in this State. Much of the collection of fruits was taken from last year'3 I crop ami preserved la gold storage until tho

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' :- .. :; o D. W. Kinser. Of 'New Castle, Member Indiana Commission time came to remove them to the expos!-' tlon. These' samples will be placed on exhibition until they can be replaced during the summer with fresh varieties taken direct from the orchards. The apples, pears, peaches and other smaller fruits all did well last summer and what the crcp this summer will be remains to be seen. The collection of the live stock exhibit was a task in itself sunlclent to keep several men busy. The ork was subdivided and placed in the hands of subcommittees composed of experts in thf ir particular line, and the outcome has been that the collection of horses, cattle, swine, sheep and poultry is one of the best that was ever got together in the State. Cight youns men of Grcenstown have put on exhibition at the fair a monster Meer, which they claim will outwelsht any other animal, and they feel confident that they will capture the first premium. DAIRY EX1IIDIT. Frof. II. E. Van Norman, of Purdue University, Is in charge of the dairy exhibit. He was for many months before the opening of the fair engaged in the work of getting .together this display. To make tha exhibit of a superior quality he established a dairy school to which the dairymen of Indiana sent samples of butter and cheese every month and their products were judged and marked. Directions were thin sent them giving remedies for the defects pointed out. The special exhibit of Indiana corn will be one of the most attractive features at the fair. An appropriation of $Ö.J was made by the commissioners for the purpose of arranging this exhibit and it Is in the hands of Clore & Overstnet. agriculturists, living at Franklin. There is a huge monument made of corn as well as a number of pictures representing farm lifo in the State. These pictures are very unique from the fact that they are mad entirely of corn, grass and seeds of various sizes and hues. The colors have been made to blend perfectly. The exhibit of sheep was given over to several well-known breeders of the State and each one looked after the particular breed he is Interested in. Consequently 11 of the various kinds of these animals raised in this State will be represented in a way which will make it difficult for the other States to excel Indiana. Another Indiana exhibit that will attract much attention will be that of natural resourcescoal, oil and stone. The stone that comes from the quarries of Indiana is recognized as one of the best for building purposes that is quarried in the country, so that this special exhibit is of great interest to people from all parts who are interested In building materials. W. W. Wicks is chairman of this committee, and he experienced much trouble in planning a display that would" show off the building stone to advantage and at the same time not be too great an expense. The building stone and mineral products display, of th State is combined. An ornamental ston wall is constructed around the space where the mineral exhibit is located. Thl6 wall constitutes the stone display and is about three or four feet high. It is made of plain quarried stone, polished and finished as when prepared for building purposes. R" the arrangement three shies of tho wall are visible. At the corners and at the openings carved stone pillars are placed. The decorations of the pillars show the availability of Indiana stone for carving. The operators of the Indiana oil fields, who htive great Interest In the development of the Industry, have prepared a display of the resources of the Indiana oil field which is the first of the kind that was ever sent from this State. This Industry is comparatively new to Indiana, and it has only been in the last few years that any great activity was shown. It is the newness of the industry In Indiana that made it imperative that a display should be made that would demonstrate to the world that the Indiana oil fields are Important. The exhibit shows very plainly the quality of Indiana oil. Also, there is complete data regarding the Cost of boring, the depth at which oil is usually struck, and all information of that nature. Senator W. H. O'Rrien. chairman of the mineral committee. Is looking after the mineral products and mines at the exposition. He has arranged coal as the principal feature of this exhibit. A huge pyramid thirty feet at the base and forty feet high 1 i V ,.v: ,. I V. W. Wichs. Of- Bloomlngton. Member Indiana Commission has been constructed. This Is built of the various kinds of coil mined In Indiana. The base of the pyramid i made of Rrazil block coal and the" other varieties an arranged on top. Another exhibit of coal will b of monster pieces, the aim being to -show the largest pieces that can Ix- taken from an Indiana mine, .on chunk of c-jal Is displayed showing a vein eleven feet thick. There are about 147 manufacturers of machinery in this State, Thew manufacturers all exhibit their products in machinery hall and any one who thinks that Indiana is nut a center for the making of machinery will b greatly surpri.-.el when he sees the;e various displays at the f;Ur. espec ially that of farm implements. The majority of machine fr-hops in Indiana are represented and th arti .Ks are ef everything from .1 threshing machine to an ordinary handsaw. t f the concerns manufacturing other article." there are about 3.0 In the State, ami nearly all of them are represented .it th fair. Their displays are In manufacturer's ha!!, one of t lie l;trp-t and most N-au-tlful buihMngs on th grounds The displays in this line are in eJirT n aa classifications and evtryth'.mr that onus from Indi.ma is of such excellent quality that it will bring credit to th manufacturers of Indiana from all over the world. One of the largest displays of manufactured articles from liuliana is that of vehicles ef all kinds. In all there are Ui Indiana lirms that manufacture vehicles. , The automobile manufacturers have a large exhibit and their showing at the fair Is a very creditable one for Indiana. This Industry is comiaratlvely new, yet lta futuro hi exceedingly bright.