The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-10-21
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Fully two thousand more people attenu- ed the fair yesterday and last night than attended on Monday, and from early in the morning until midnight the grounds were crowded.
 The day was almost perfect and very l few people were willing to stay at home when they could spend few hours at the 1 fair grounds and enjoy themselves. To 1 get an accurate idea of the number of people at the fair yesterday there were $500 paid admissions at one of the gates before o'clock yesterday afternoon, and there were several other gates which were not heard from at that time. Last night 2ooO more people passed through this gate, and every one of them was a paid admission.
 Estimating from that the fair manage ment states that more than 12,000 paid admissions were on the grounds yesterday 1 and last night.
 Probably $5o,ooo. If the weather continues fine and the 1 crowds do not grow smaller the fair will :, take in through the gates more than s50,- 900 for the ten days This will make it the most successful fair held in years and will give the management a good basis on which to work next year.
 Not only was the crowd larger yester- day, but the midway shows did a much | better business. It was stated by an l officer of the midway that the shows had | done a large business all day and that last night the business was almost phe- nomenal. The midway people have no | l1io ha at 1o, pA 1 this is something which rarely happens i All of the shows were in active oper- ation yesterday. and last night the mid- way was an attractive place with the thousands of electric lights illuminating the various performances. The electric equipment yesterday and last night was in excellent working order and 1t increas- ed the beauty and effectiveness of the shows
 l No Objectionable Features.
 Of all midway shows ever presented in Birmingham Robinson's is by far the ceanest. and 1t is the only one which has no feature which would mar the pleas ure of witnessing it. There are no vul- gar dances nor tough specimens on the grounds, and no loud or unpleasant talk ing to which ladies might object.
 Millie Christine is attracting much att tention, and many people are studying this strange freak. She is a double wo- man with the exception of her trunk and her actions are quite an interesting thing to watch.
 The trip to the moon Is an electrical display which is clever and amusing. Beside the moving pictures there are sev- eral other things in connection with the show which interest the people, Aimee, the fire queen, has some beautiful cleo trcal effects, and concludes with the lily dance which is a fitting climax.
 Laughing Gallery. The laughing. gallery probably arouses more laughter than anything else and few people who go there once fail to make a second trip. The concave and convex mirrors distort a persons figure in all kinds of unearthly shapes.
 The dog and pony show is proving very popular for the women and children. Ther are some excellently trained animals in the show, and at each performance there is a good crowd. The ghost show startles many, and leaves reco1lections in ! their minds which cause dreams after. The old plantation, the baby incubator ! and several others are doing good bus mess day after day.
 New Features on Track. Two new features were introduced on the track yesterday afternoon, and both were popular The first was a standing Roman race by three members of the  of horses. The race was pretty anl is the real thing. There is nothing fake about it and each rider Is out to win if possible Yesterday Ward finished first. short distance in front of Miller, with Waite a good third. These races ara risky and attract the, attention of the