The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-05-27
CAN'T BEAT THE GATE.
Devices to Defeat Trlckery al ST.
Louis Worlds Fair.


Devices to Defeat Trlokery al St.
Louis Worlds Fair.
If the person lives who can beat his
way into the coming Worlds fair, its
managers will pay well for his system.
Every device to defeat trickery, to as
sure accuracy and save time has been
employed by Director Gregg of the
Division of Concessions and Admis-
sions. When you pass through the
turnstile an electric message of your
arrival is flashed by underground wires
to a dial tower, where It is instantly
registered. Any hour, any moment Of
any day in the entire exposition peri
cd, you may know at a glance how
many thousands have entered the
gates at the precise minute of your
curiosity. The same look will tell you
the total number of persons who have
paid to sec the great show from its
inauguration until the second that the
eyes have sought the automatic rec
ord. Around the walls of the dial
house where these records are me-
chanically centralized for instant in
spection, one may read adult No. L."
Children No. @" over the clocb-like
face Of dials colored red and blue
and green. Red may mean the east
of Forest Park gateway. mo.
Adult" signifies the turnstile num-
bered one in the series at that particu-
lar gate. and mo. children" Is the
official designation of the stile at the
same gate to be used exclusively for
half rate tickets. For there are stiles
for the gpown-ups and stiles for the
youngsters and stiles for automobiles;
one class OF stiles. The corresponding
dial in the central ofiice registers only
one kind OF admission.
When the gates of the exposition are
closed at night no lightning calculs
tors will cast up the sum of the days
business; not scrap of paper will be
needed in this mechanical bookkeep-
ing. A single reading of the dials on
the wall to an operator at an adding
machine in the centre of the room
will give Immediately the earnings Of
the exposition between a. m. and
midnight. Each dial carries its grand
total of admissions as the months of
the show slip away, besides the total
of the last days business. The sum-
mary of admissions is carried for.
ward at the end OF every "a hours by
the adding machine. The network of
buried electric wires has told the story
of finance. So has each turnstile at
every gateway. In the top Of the metal
dial post a cyclometer has registered
every quarter turn of the four-spolIed
wheel.
Each ticket received by the stile-
keeper has been perforated as 1t en-
tered the slot of the chopper box. The
ticket has been utterly cancelled. The
numbers on the cyclometer must cor.
respond with the cancelled tickets and
thus the check is absolute.
Go to the expedition with your chill
dren. Try to keep a tight hold Of
your hearts delight, to, avoid losing
her in the crowd, and attempt to car
ry her by gate. You are stopped
Immediately by the stile keeper An
inspector takes her arm and leads her
to the children's stile. A pretty mat.
ron on the other side receives the ap-
pie OF your eye and keeps her in
charge until you have entered the
grounds. when grille is handed over
safe and sound.
1t is necessary. You must register
a full admission to the dial house and
she half rate. Her electric wire has
flashed her arrival; yours has licked
so cents more into the enormous re-
ceipts Of the big show.-St. Louis Re-
public.