The age-herald., 1900-05-19
GREAT CROWDS AT
 THE STREET FAIR
Attendance Increases as the End
 Approaches.
GATES WILL CLOSE TONIGHT
This is Labor Day and Great Time is Expected. Band Contest Occurs at Two O'Clock Thisa
 Afternoon

The great street fair and trades carnival, which since Monday has attracted large crowds will close tonight. and the at tendance today is expected to hrAat the weeks record.
 The day has been set apart as labor day, and while the horny-handed sons of toll will be the patron saints, all other classes will mingle with them in giving a rousing, roaring send-off to the Elks and their en- terprise.
 This afternoon will be especially for school children, and a great crowd is ex- pected.
 The grand band contest will take place this afternoon promptly at o'clock in the streets of India, and promises to prove one of the features of the day.
 Two prizes will be offered, the first $50 and the second $25, in gold, provided more than two bands are entered. The contest will be conducted under the direction of Prof. F. L. Grambs and the bands are re- quested to report at 1:30 o'clock to Hon. Mel Drennen, who is filling the post of di- rector general in the absence of Capt. Meglemry, who was called to New York.
 Confetti battles will be the order on the Midway tonight and society will be abroad
 
 Broke The Record
 The weeks record of attendance was smashed again last night the immense crowds of Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs day night almost paling into insignficance In comparison to the immense concourse of people who thronged the Midway between the hours of and 12 o'clock It is given out by the management that more than 12,000 persons were present and that the re- ceipts so far have placed a snug balance to the credit of the enterprise.
 All citizens are loud in their praise of the way the Elks have handled the big affair. They have given the people good clean show. This was made possible by doing business with Colonel Frank w. Gaskill, whose monster aggregation is put ting on the midway. MT. Gaskill is not a snowman, but business man. He fulflls promises and redeems pledges Director General Meglemery who was at the head of the Elks part of the work, has furnish ed MT Gaskill with a letter complimentng him highly on the style and form of his midway shows and stating in no uncertain terms that there will be street fair and midway here next year, and that the Elks will not have any other midway than MT. Gaskilrs.
 Judge Aliens Recommendation
 Judge Allen, grand exalted ruler of the ElkS, several months ago sent out a cir cular regarding midways and gently hint ing that few were not worthy of recog- milton. The fact that MT. Gaskill got the date here, 'the home of the Elk of Elks,' gives to him a feather that otherwise could not be obtained at any price. Judge Allen says MT. GaSkill is deserving Of warmest recognition; that the shows are clean and worthy of patronage by all classes of people.
 The German Village is the most popular feature of the midway. Here the Waldron brothers, German dialect comedians; the Arnold sisters, duetists of worldwide rep utation; Kline & Herring in "A Hot Re- ception," and the Kohler family, Tyrolean singers. It was crowded last night rom T D. m till midnight, and then the crowd dispersed with regret.
 Forest Temple the educated horse, nlayed to phenomenal business. There Is no comparison between him and Jim Key" The latter looks like thirty cents alongside "Forset Temple" He does all the tricks that Jim Key does and others that Jim Key'' could not begin to do. He actually adds up rows of figures and writes letters. He cay say ives" and mo" better than a. good many people.
 The work of Achille Philion on the spiral tower was clothed in artistic beauty last night It was the best performance of the week, in executing his almost miraculous work on his magic ball he makes at a sin gle performance 4,644 steps. Every day he makes 9,2SS steps, He has been doing the act twice a day for about twelve years. A little mathematics will give an idea of the endurance required in his wonderful work. The midway will pull up stakes imme- diately after the show tonight, and by $ a. m Sunday morning will be speeding to- ward Charlotte, N. C., where it is billed for next week.