The Cairo bulletin., 1904-10-19
Exhibit Of Toys is Rare, Beanti.
iul and Ingenious.
BABIES OF MISSOURI
AN INTERESTING
ExHiSIT - THEY ARE THE
REAL THINGS" - TRAV-
E. ABOUT GROUNDS
IN GO.cARTS.


of the man who wanted to know wha
they fel the gondolas. also Of III
young lady from Hardin college VIII
wanted 10 know what building the ID
goons were In. | thought these wer
personage5 evolved from ihe imas
nation of newspaper reporters. but
lam n0g prepared TO believe most any
/ thing since John eonyulsei a larg
group OF spectators while looking a
New Jerseys tank in the Forestr,
sign over the tank which reads "Thi,
water is from the Atlantic ocean.
and into the tank water constantly
pour5 from a two-iuch pipe. Looking
at the sign ana the pipe John care
| Iessly observed; That's a long way
to pipe salt water isn't it?" John
says this is good story TO tell on
some visitor TO The fair think it is,
myself. and that's the reason | am
telling il on him.
The Missouri Babies.
The people who come here, after all,
constitute most interesting exhibit.
And FIR among them. in point Of in
terest. are the Missouri babies. They
have babies in Missouri And they
bring them to the Worlds fair. They
don't ;eaye them at home with Hilda
or Fiossia. They don't check them a.
the cAllGren's playground like box
of ham Sandwiches and pickles Aud
you don't have to SO oy1r to the in
euhator exhibit on the Pike To see
Missouri babies, The incubator ba-
bies" are from New York and Bos-
ton. They don't raise babies tina, way
in Missouri They ere the real thing.
They come in their mothers arms.
and in fathers arms whenever the
latter can be persuaded to carry
them, which is not .. en- But the
most of ;hem find come to the fair in
little go-carts which seem to be made
e pecial.y for these infantla sight
seers. Eyea though he baby is only
six months oll-anl few Of them are
go-carts clal la Il to as.
sumo sitting position there it car
take in all the exhibits, and. s.rlngc
to say. il never spills out.
They Ericy the Fair, Also.
have seen them BY the dozens il
the various exhibit palaces ard even
On the crowded. Pike In the mora
ing they START out with eyes wide open
5iewing everything with apparently
delight and satisfaction. As you pass
Them they emile AMI blink at you as
much as to sa~ Great show. isn't !
il? Fine nj. souri, weather we are
having. res"
But along about noon their peppers /
gently close and they drift softly in.
0 tie land If Nod, all unminltdI OF |
he din OF the megaphone chorus OF
be martial music OF marching bands
md '-hoy snooze away peacefully |
al the afternoon while they are be- |
ng showed about, dreaming 40 doubt |
If the toys they saw in Toyland in 4
he Gerlaa exhibit Of tn Palace OF /
Varied Industries.
Isn't Il pity the way they bring |
babies to this exposition" said
dressed lady az sac view. /
81 one Of the smiling infants through /
a PAR OF gid eye-gIasses.
Il guess YOU don know Missouri /
babies" said a man who overheard \
her. out here they rai1e babies in
he good oldfashioned way. They
don't hatch them out nor feed them
from bottles. They want them to see
81 the sights Of the exposition aad
he outdoor air does them good
ctrmanys Toy Exhibit.
And. speaking Of babies. if some
1ne shouli ask you where the exhibit
)f toys was and you knew nothing
about the expedition, what would you
say? You would say: In the Ger
nan section Of the Palace Of Varied
Industries. Of course" You would
lnow az cnce that Germany. the home
u Santa Claus. the maker Of the
grandest toys that ever claddene1 the
eyes OF children. would be certain to
have a great exhibit OF rare. beauti.
ful and ingenious toys. And here il
Is. in the Palace of Varied Industries.
You generally stumble into il By acct.
dent as Won wander through the Ger.
man section Here in two rooms are
enough fer a hundred big Christmas
trees. enough to OIL he childhood OF
every home in Cairo with dreams Of
voyages through Toy.
iand. and still have plenty to spare.
One room is devoted entirely to the
iamous anchor blocks" and shows a
beautiful German mountain scene
with houses and bridges made Of the
blocks. In the cher room is every
10Y known to Toyland. from dolls Of
every size and pattern to zchras. ti-
srs. lions ani elephants. a life-s.zcd
samel ana a pony are laden with bag
5ulging full and running over with
toys and there is large collection Of
'elt toys cho9ing the en-lrc animal
singiOHf. all made in Gieganbrenz.
Germany.
and ;he dolls No u-e to Try to
iescrihe them. Tar more beautiful
are they than the coils Of the Alaskan
Indians. or those made by the Brit