The Cairo bulletin., 1904-10-23
Stranger Looked Diligently IN all
the Big Buildings for 1t.
JOHN DEMANDS ACTION
GETS TIRED LOOKING AT THE
STILL EXHIBITS AND
WATCHES BADEN POW
ELL FLY KITES - THE
GERMAN PROBES
SORS.
Bx the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
st. Louis, Oct 22.--As we emerged
from the Japanese section OF the va
rled Industries building where Jane
had been Pricing $500 cloisonne vas
cs. $3.50 screens aad other ine&pen-
sive trinkets we ran into a iong-hair-
cd individual who wore spectacles and
looked as though he might be pro
fessor in a German university, He
inquired:
Can you tell me in what building
| will nnl .he Ferris wheel, l looked
all through the Machinery hall with
out finding 1t and | suppose ii must
be in here somewhere"
We explained to him that the only
Ferris wheel we knew anything OF
stood IN yonder on q Hill near the
Japane-e pavilion and was much too
large to be put into building, John
thinks the professor was one of those
perpetual motion cranks who inn
agine the Ferris wheel has solved the
problem.
What Makes Professor in Germany.
Speaking of professors, | notice
that in Germany when a man makes q
fine piece Of furniture or creates o
beautiful and artistic composition in
domestic decoration he is called a
professor" Many OF the arts and
crafts exhibited are from Germany,
for instance, are by the "profe sors
of Darmstadt. | notice tina. grand
prize has been awarded Professor Al
fred Gronadier's sitting room" from
Berlin.
Imag.ae an American "prcfes or
exhibiting a sitting room" at the fair!
In this country the men who teach
the dead languages and useless Ian
guages are called professor"
John Wants "Aeti3n.'
John got so weary Of viewing what
he calls "still exhibits the other day
that we had to hunt UP soale move
out door amusement for him ana VIC
found il in the kite-fiying conte1
which .csk place in the Stadium and
in that portion of the fair around the
Stadium. Jane said it looked ridicu
lous to see a Let of full grown men ap
parently playing with large assert
ment of variously shaped kites, but OF
course. she didny see the scientific
aspect CT it all They were not flying
the kind that John rggel up in his
boyhood days with few sticks and Q
newspaper and long tail manufactur
ed from the contents o. the family
rag-bag.
The kte-aying that is going on here
is not boys play but a scientific con
test and II you talked with Major B
Baden-Powell of the British army you
would learn that kFe-fying is very
likely TO become a very important fac
tor in the military operations of th'
future finally taking the place of th'
war balloon.
3aGen-Powel's Kites.
| This Is not the Baden-P0well whit
commanded the British troops at Ma
feking in the Boor war. but his broth
err This particular Baden-Powell run
two kites He is major in the Brit
ish army and It was while expert
mentlng with a war balloon a. Alder
shot that he conceived the notion o
using kites instead Of balloons fror
which to view the operations of tn
enemy The balloon was dangerou
and cumbersome.
In flying kites fine steel wire is use
and it r. unwound from large woode
reels or winches. There are s0ofoc
contests aud the man who gets hi
kite-wire nearest to perpendicular
most apt to capture first prize. Tn
contests are not only Interesting fror
a scientific point of view bu. illu
trate the efforts of the expositio
management to provide novel and pl
.uresque outdoor diversion f.
worlds fair visitors
LITTLE EGYPT