Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-11-19
is BEST FAIR YET
That Opened Last Night by In
dustriaI Home at the
Rink.
INTERIOR ELABORATE AND TASTY
Program Throughout of High Or
der of Merit-Large
Attendance.

The annual industrial fair. held for
the benefit of the building fund of
the association, commenced last
evening at the rink with the largest
attendance which has ever been pres
emf on an opening night. The at
fractions furnished, it may be added,
fully justified the patronage.
| In the first place the interior of the
rink has been more deliberately and
tastefully decorated than il has ever
been during past fairs. The braces
that grid the roof are hung with
scores of streamers and flags that
Capt. Sorcho, the deep sea diver, car
ries with him. They are for the most
part the banners used in the signal
service in the United States navy,
but there are also elaborate designs
in bunting arranged purely for dec
| orative purposes. The stage. too, is
a work of art. c. G.. Imhof, who is in
charge of this feature, has erected Il
large stage at the west end of the
hall and draped it with the richly
colorcd tapestries of theatre troupe
which disbanded a short distance
west of here few weeks ago. In
front of the stage is the orchestra
pit. also set off in bright colors. and
north of it is the apparatus of Capt.
Sorcho. The wheels. baby and cane
racks and the popcorn and candy
booths. etc. are grouped at the east
end and the space on the outside of
the floor * pretty generally taken
up with the booths of the exhibitors.
! Altogether the appearance of the
rink is far more imposing than it has
ever been during any of the fairs of
the Fast.
The Program.
The program was fully up to the
general appearance of the place. On
the stage there appeared J. II. An
derson, the statue poser. and Arthur
| Oberlander. the contortionist. who
won the plaudits of the crowd. Then
there were the moving pictures of
Prof Shank The building was
darkened and the exhibition shown
under the best possible circum-
stances. The StereOpticon used is
good one and the pictures shown are
perhaps the best from humorous
standpoint that have ever come to
town.
Last. but not least. was Capt.
Sorcho's deep sea divers. who gave an
exhibition in large tank with
glass front. The performance con-
sumed over an hour and included an
explanation of the parts used as we'll
as the work under water. showing
the use of the devices for talking
back and forth and the safety appG-
ances to he used in cases of emer-
gency. This exhibition alone is well
worth the price of admission. being
both clean and instructive. Both ii
and the moving pictures will be
shown every night in addition to the
changes in the stage program Capt.
Sorcho intends connecting his tcle-
phone used by the diver with the
city lines and anyone who desires
NAV call up the man under the water
and hold a conversation with him.
Fair Committees and Officers
Following are the committees in
charge of the fair:
Executive Committec-M. w. Bat
ties, j. w. Cavanaugh, Harry Lewis,
Thomas Mabley, William Lloyd.
Amusements-Jo Batty. j. W.
Cavanaugh, William Lloyd, Charles
Imhoif.
Ticket Seller-IIarry Lewis.
Cigar Cigarmakers' Union.
Refreshment Stand-John Batty,
Ed ThurStou.
WheeI-H. i. Daughcrty-
Shells and Novelties-Frank Cav
anaugh
Candy Stand-Petcr Nelson.
The officers of the Industrial Home
association are:
Presiuent-E. {. Berry.
Vice President. c. Buck.
Secretary. W. Cavanaugh
Treasurer-N. W. Battles.
Agent-T. II. Thomas.
Executive Committee-Peter Mel
son. John Batty, j. c. Buck. L. {. Ber-
nv. Gus Bergerson, !. W. Cavanaugh,
NJ. w. Battles. G.. Thierman, John
Teska. OIof Olson.
The city councils of the three cities
were expected to he present last
night. but il is now announced they
will attend some evening later in the
week.