instructors who have been engaged to conduct classes in the palace is
Dr. Maria Montessori, who is to give a course of lessons based on her
famous system. The Philippine exhibit shows that Americans have
developed in the Islands a system of practical education which American
teachers should study.

The Palace of Agriculture is an instructive presentation of modern farm
methods, as well as of raw products of the soil. It shows admirably the
great advance in agriculture in the United States, giving due space to
the work and influence of the state agricultural colleges. Particularly
impressive is the array of farm machinery and the wide application to it
of the gasoline motor. After seeing it, one wonders what place is left
on the farm for the horse. The fundamental nature of agriculture has
brought more states and foreign countries into this palace than are
represented in any other. A significant representation is that of the
Philippines, an exhibition of enormous natural resources. Its display of
fine hardwoods is the finest ever made by any country. Similar exhibits
of Argentina and New Zealand are also excellent. Forestry takes a large
place in this palace, the United States Government making a big forestry
exhibit in addition to the great general display of the Department of
Agriculture.

The Palace of Food Products is a temple of the tin can and the food
package. It is made one of the most interesting of all the Exposition
buildings by its numerous processes in operation. A large part of it is
really a factory, turning out before the visitor's eyes the different
familiar edibles of the magazine advertisements. A mint of money must
have been spent by these exhibitors. A flour company, for example, has
installed a complete mill in which flour is manufactured, and then made
into many kinds of cakes and pastries by a row of cooks of various