The first exposition of conservation and its builders; an official history of the National conservation exposition, held at Knoxville, Tenn., in 1913 and of its forerunners, the Appalachian expositions of 1910-11, embracing a review of the conservation movement in the United States from its inception to the present time . s. The general efifect upon entering the building was such that one marvelled atwhat women had accomplished. Everywhere there was order, harmony, color andinterest, and the beholder was at a loss where to begin a detailed insi)ection, so im-posing was the general a])pearance
The first exposition of conservation and its builders; an official history of the National conservation exposition, held at Knoxville, Tenn., in 1913 and of its forerunners, the Appalachian expositions of 1910-11, embracing a review of the conservation movement in the United States from its inception to the present time . s. The general efifect upon entering the building was such that one marvelled atwhat women had accomplished. Everywhere there was order, harmony, color andinterest, and the beholder was at a loss where to begin a detailed insi)ection, so im-posing was the general a])pearance of the main floor. However, upon closer inspection, the exposition visitor realized that the exhibits])ace had been planned and utilized so that every avaliable square foot wing to the left of the central court had been fitted up as a reception room andthere, during the two months of the exposition, receptions, afternoon teas and socialafifairs of a more or less formal nature were given. This reception room was spa-cious, and afforded ample room for these functions. On the walls hung the cele-brated Freer collection of oil jiaintings, consisting of fifteen large canvases valuedat $30,000. This exhibit of paintings came from Nashville, anfl is a rare collection THE FIRST EXPOSiriOX OF COXSERF. IT/OX 137. VIEW NEAR ENTRANCE EXPOSITION GROUNDS of art gems. On the floor were many handsome rugs, while easy chairs and loungesmade the place one of heauty and comfort. Just hack of the reception room was tliepresidents office. To the right of the central court a large wing was devoted to the arts andcrafts exhihit of whicli Mrs. |. R. McDowell was chairman, and Mrs. W alter \an-gilder vice-chairman. This was one of the largest and most complete exhihitsin the huilding and was, without douhl, one of the most exhaustive collections ofthe kind ever shown in this section. The arts and crafts exhihit occupied considerahle floor si)ace, and its chiefinterest was that it showed the
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