But one of the best things we see at the hull Fair wuz there in the Palace of Varied Industries.  For to the thinkin’ mind, the countless display of articles, the marvels and magnificence of this Exposition is not its main value, but its educational worth, its power to inspire and teach the people of the world better ways of living and working, how to make the most and best of life for themselves and others.  And among the educational exhibits one of the most interestin’ to my mind is the one I speak on in the Varied Industries Palace.

The company that displays this has other interestin’ exhibits at different places at the Exposition, but here they have a display that I wish the head of every big concern that employs labor could see and study and take to heart.  This company employs thousands of men and wimmen in makin’ a machine that wonderfully simplifies labor.

But where the real educational value comes in hain’t in the machine itself, or the makin’ on’t, though that’s interestin’, but the way this company treats its employees.

You sit in a neat little theatre, fitted up with easy seats, and electric fans and every comfort, and right in front of you, throwed onto a big screen, are pictures from real life showin’ Capital and Labor dwellin’ together like a lion and a lamb, and the child Justice leadin’ ’em.

Here you see and hear in the interestin’ talk of the lecturer pictures from the old time, when the company first begun its work up to the gigantic plant and immense buildings of to-day.  You see a woman tryin’ to warm some coffee over a radiator, they say the president of the company see that, and it first made him think of furnishin’ a lunch room with a kitchen and every convenience for his employees.

You see pictures of the women employees goin’ to their work a half hour later than the men, so the cars won’t be so crowded.  You see ’em at their recreation time of fifteen minutes, at ten in the forenoon and three in the afternoon, goin’ through their physical exercises, or some other recreation to brighten ’em up for the rest of the day.

Then you see ’em at their clubs and classes, or playing tennis or baseball, or in the big auditorium built for their use, listenin’ to some great orator or fine musician.  These employees are not drudges, but joy is labor and labor is joy.

Then there is a picture showing a street of the homes of these employees, pretty houses with windows and doorways covered with vines and bright blossoms, makin’ a picture of what some say is the most beautiful street in the world.

And there are pictures of noted people who have been there to study and learn their methods, folks from foreign countries, who will carry the blessed and beautiful example seen here to other lands.  In one view is a Prince and Princess who went there to learn their ways, lookin’ admirin’ly on.  In another is a Cardinal givin’ his benediction to thousands of the happy workers.