Show On April 30 New York Reveals The liThe World of T Tomorrow to Millions Who Visit Her Fair By Dy ELMO SCOTT WATSON II C Western Newspaper Union 30 1789 ARIL George Washington stands on the portico of Federal hall hail in New York City and takes the oath of office which makes him the first President of the United States of America No matter how farseeIng farseeing farseeing see far ing the Father of His Country Country Coun Coun- try may have been been or or any other man who witnessed that ceremony years ago it it is not likely that he could have looked into the future and even dimly realized the greatness which the new nation nation nation na na- na- na tion was ws to attain attain in in territory territory terri tern tory p population wealth cultural cultural cul cul- tural and scientific achievement achievement achievement achieve achieve- ment social and political progress April 30 1939 It is another historic occasion occasion occasion occa occa- sion in the annals of New NewYork NewYork NewYork York City For on this day the gates to what New Yorkers Yorkers Yorkers York York- ers believe is the greatest international exposition of all time are being thrown open to thousands of visitors visitors the the vanguard of an estimated 20 millions who will see the New NewYork NewYork NewYork York Worlds World's fair before at it closes And significant of the changes that have taken place in a century century cen cen- cen tury and a half these visitors unlike those who thronged NewYork's New NewYork's NewYork's Yorks York's narrow streets for Washington's Washington's Wash Wash- ington's inauguration will wiil be beable beable beable able to look forward into the future future future fu fu- fu- fu ture even farther than years For the theme of this fair is The World of Tomorrow One of the theme spectacles of the fair is a model of designed by Henry DreyfusS Dreyfuss Drey Drey- fuss which deals in comprehensive sive fashion with the possibilities of improvement in design of our cities in the future In a brief space of six minutes a visitor on one of the two moving plat- plat s 's I 1 o t l a I Is 4 j t tL L- L The Farm of the Future where more than practical applications applications applications of electricity on the farm will be shown at the New York Worlds World's fair From the painting painting- by Leon for the citizens of ity Outside surrounding the city separated from it by a green belt of farms and parks are industrial industrial industrial indus indus- trial towns towns these these decentralized factory centers where man works and lives and depends on the central metropolis only for direction in his business and in his cultural activities is a practical suggestion of how we should be living today today- in a city of light and air and green spaces Stretching out in inell ell nil directions from the central city are fine roads sweeping over overbroad overbroad overbroad broad green belt areas and connecting connecting con con- the various industrial towns with the metropolis will present the general plan of the City of Tomorrow Tomorrow Tomorrow To To- morrow details of our future American living will be clarified in many of the fairs fair's individual exhibits In so far as the pros pros- I I tf r t I c c r 3 I t rr r tit t t r 4 t t S A view of the dream city of the future which Henry Dreyfuss has bas designed for the exhibit In the Theme Center of the New York Worlds World's fair This photograph was made from a amodel amodel model less than twelfth one the size of the projected exhibit which measures feet In diameter forms inside the can look down upon a representation 24 hours of life in The central city has a vast transportation center where t cean liners limited trains air planes and dirigibles come to a single terminal The audience will see a central city catering to a million people with a working working work work- ing po population of none of i whom will sleep there at night Homes apartment houses and hotels are built on the outer rim of the city centered in parks facing a vast green belt which surrounds the central city In Inthe Inthe Inthe the outlying satellite towns men will walk home from work across parks which separate the living section from the working section Between the satellite towns and the central city is a mile 30 green greenbelt greenbelt greenbelt belt devoted to agriculture Suburban Suburban Suburban Sub Sub- urban homes are placed upon hills or along the banks of rivers riv nv- nv ers so as not to utilize land designed designed designed de de- de- de signed to produce the fresh food of America always has and probably always will depend largely upon the prosperity of her farm population one of the major exhibits is the Farm of the Future Future a a practical working work ing farm with a farm house and buildings completely equipped with cattle horses chickens in intact fact tact every last thing one would expect to find on a farm evento eyen even to the flower and vegetable gar den near the house And all of it will be on less than one acre I Electricity will do the work on this farm efficiently and econom More More- than one hundred practical applications of electricity elec dec will be shown shown all all under I I working conditions The house is an attractive two two- story frame structure with a tile terrace On one side is a flower flow er en and vegetable garden apple trees and elms make a picture picture- esque setting for the house and I maples in the pasture lot provide provide pro pro- I vide convenient shade for the cattle At one end of the plot grouped for convenience and I efficiency are the silo sUo and barn and close by the workshop and horse shed at at the other end o of the plot the poultry house brooder brood brood- er house greenhouse hotbeds community packing house and the orchard The farm house is the hub hut around which practically all activity activity activity ac ac- on the farm centers centers par particularly the farm kitchen And L what a kitchen this is In it scientific sd- sd planning is evident in the location of each piece of equipment equipment equip equip- ment designed to conserve time labor and footsteps The barn is complete and up up- to date in every respect respect proper proper lighting and ventilation drinking cups the latest type stalls grinding grind ing and mixing of feed and pumping pump pump- ing lag of water On one side of the barn are eight tie stalls for milking cows on the other four box stalls with witha a pen of calves a cow and calf and two bulls These cattle are areto areto areto to be supplied from famous herds by the breeder associations the first six weeks Jerseys the second Holsteins the third in the last period pe pc- pe- pe nod of the fair The top of the barn which barn which would ordinarily be bea a hay loft loft loft-is is a room accommodating accommodating accommodating dating about one hundred people and will be used as a meeting room for farm organizations and others at the fair The workshop on the electrified farm is completely equipped with electric forge anvil electric drill electric saw and a portable electric welding outfit With this equipment in his workshop a broken casting or piece of machinery machinery ma chinery doesn't mean a trip to town toWn sometimes sometimes when the farmer farm er en can least spare the time In the poultry house a complete poultry unit is shown In this poultry house some of the hens will be kept in laying batteries and some in the conventional type laying house The incubator in the service room of the poultry house will wil have chicks hatching twice a week so there will always be new chicks to put in the battery brooder which is also in the service room Some of these chicks will be kept in an electric hover brooder in a separate brooder house just outside of the main poultry house To complete the installation there will be an egg cleaner and grader and latest lates' type candler also scalding and waxing equipment for removing feathers in preparing broilers for foi market Across a small court from the poultry house is the community packing house In the center ii iia is isa isa a complete fruit cleaning anc and grading system electrically op op- crated Near the community packing house is an apple orchard with witha a stationary spray pump for spraying and maintaining the health of the trees At the enc end of the plot is a greenhouse so insulated that the only heat necessary necessary nee essary in addition to that supplied sup plied by electric heating lamps controlled automatically by thermostats thermostats ther ther- is the suns sun's rays through the glass of the greenhouse which is slanted to catch every bit o of sun Flowers out of season anc and an early start for garden plants are made possible with such a greenhouse Adjacent to the greenhouse are electric hotbeds hotbed which also insure the starting o of early garden plants for sprint plan planting tint The soil used in plant plan beds is freed of weed seeds ir insects in- in sects etc through electric so sol sterilization I I If George Washington who was vas one of the most progressive farmers of his day could have seen this electrified farm I And speaking of Washington Washington the the opening opening op op- ening of the fair on April 30 the date late of his inauguration is not the he only coincidence reflecting the he association of our first President President dent with New York City and its fair air On October 10 1789 President dent lent Washington wrote in his diary Pursuant to an engagement formed ormed on Thursday last I set oft off from rom New York about nine o'clock in my barge to visit Mr Princes Prince's fruit gardens and shrubberies shrubberies shrub- shrub eries at Flushing on Long Lon Is- Is land and The Vice President Governor Governor Gov Gov- of the State Mr Izard Colonel Smith and Major Jackson accompanied me On this and a subsequent trip President resident Washington was searching search search- ing ng for a plot of ground on which to o erect a national capital But Butor for or some quirk of cf circumstance Grover A. A Whalen president of the Worlds World's Fair corporation has said the site of this greatest of expositions might have been the capital of the United States Dominating Constitution Mall the he central esplanade of the fair Is s the largest portrait statue fashioned by mankind since the Egyptians carved the figure of Rameses Jameses II out of rock in the theand land and of the Nile The work of James Earle Karle Fraser noted sculptor ton tor or this statue portrays Washington Washington Wash- Wash ington as he arrived in New York for or his inauguration S Dominating the trees buildings and fountains of Washington Square from which his figure rises 65 feet the Father of our Country appears to gaze across two sculptured groups by Paul Manship the celebrated artist One denotes the passage of time as it affects the human race The second group includes a gigantic sundial with an foot 80 gnomon Washington seems to gaze at the i story 18 and the 50 story Try his Ion his back to the I years of progress in the past as ai I represented by the Federal building building build build- ing his face toward the future i as represented by the Theme Center Standing solidly behind Washington Wash ington and carrying out the patri patri- 5 i ii ii 5 I s J r 3 i i Design of the three cent starn stamp p commemorating the sesquicentennial tennial of the inauguration o oGeorge of George Washington as first dent of the United Stales States which will be placed on sale for the first time at the New York city post office on April 30 the openIng openIng open open- Ing lag date of the fair otic theme are four tall figures which represent the foundation strength of the government They are Freedom of the Press Freedom Freedom Freedom Free Free- dom of Religion Freedom of Assembly Assembly As As- and Freedom of Speech From this group which has cometo come cometo to be known as The Freedoms Freedoms' and which was sculptured by Leo Friedlander came the inspiration inspiration ration for the historical thread threat that is carried through the Mall Mai pa pattern To the north of the Freedoms Freedoms Free doms dorns the historical theme is continued through another 1500 foot section of the Mall by the grouping of the buildings and exhibits exhibits ex ex- hibits of 62 foreign nations around the parade ground or Court o of Peace where the flags nags uniforms and costumes of all nations are ore shown in various drills pageants and other colorful spectacles This grouping also suggests the strength the United States ha has drawn from the infusion into it Its pop population of seeking liberty-seeking elements elements elements ele ele- ele- ele ments from foreign shores Numerous buildings and exhibits exhibIts its are dedicated to George Wash Wash- ington The state of New Jersey Jer Jer- Jer sey has a replica of the barracks barrack the general used as his headquarters at Trenton during th the stormy days of our struggle fo for independence Motion pictures I exhibited in the Federal building I feature Washington I In line with the commemorative 1 I live tive theme of the fair a copy of Washington's oath of office a picture picture pic plc ture tune of his inauguration ceremony ceremony ny on the balcony ot Federal hallIn hallin hall hallin in New York city a bronze statue of him and wax impressions of the seals he used are locked within with with- in the cornerstone of the fairs fair's imposing administration building Washington Perrine of Baltimore Md closest lineal de descendant of ot the first President of the United States deposited these seals in inthe inthe inthe the cornerstone I |