The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-10-20
"0n the Pike" Has In
creased Attractions.
AMONG THE EXHIBITS
"FIYins Bicxetts" Give Really Thrill
ing Free Acts, and The Splendid
Line of Exhibits are Such as to
Keep the People Busy and
Delighted.

A crowd that was immense yeStef-
day and the prospects for record
breaker today.
The people at the Great State Fair
surged this way and that yesterday,
they good naturally elbowed each
other and got in everybody elses way,
stood on each others toes. and naught
but smiles were seen.
1t was a great big crowd. and it is
hard TO say whether there were ten
or fifteen thousand people present or
even more. They We're everywhere
where things We're to be seen.
And there is lots to be seen at the
Great State Fair of 1904, for things
of al! kind are to instruct, to enter
tain, to amuse. and there comes more
of these every day, with high water
mark today.
On the Pike.
con the Pike" the great crowd of
Yesterday enjoyed itself and found
there many things that had not been
there Tuesday for new amusement
features arrived yesterday morning,
and these are attractions of the first
class, that can be patronized by ALL
and enjoyed by all.
Lunette. the flying lady is here. and
there is also the great attraction.
"Fairyland," which gave its first per-
Torrance yesterday. Baby Ethel is
another new attraction, as is also
1.-The Life of an American Fireman"
of the thrilling sort. Another Ferris
wheel, another merry go-round are on
hand. while the Great Train Rob-
berry" the splendid Glass Blowers ex-
hibit. the Female Minstrels, the fat
children and the fat man. and the
big headed curio on the little horse,
and the other features are all keep
ing UP the fun.
The Free Acts.
The Fair is particularly strong this
year in the splendid free open air
shows. 1.-The Flying Bicketts,' five in
number, three men and two women,
do daring and hair raising stunts on
the bars, on rings, in swings, and in
each others hands way UP in the air.
They are good lockers, and this ADDS
to the interest of the show.
And there is he Hindu show that is
free, while the dashing high hurdle
horseback jump of the horsewomen
who rides astride is worth seeing every
hour in the day. The crowd shouts in
delight every time the lady and the
horse take the jumps which get higher
and higher.
Inside the Buildings.
But while there is fun and frolic
outside. and while the racing horses
draw thousands to the tracks to see
the dash for the wire there is a never
ending stream of people pouring in
and out of the main buildings for it is
there that the great exhibits of the
Fair are to be seen.
1t is the comment of many that the
exhibits and displays in the main
building this year are of the highest
class, and that there has been more
taste displayed in the arrangement
and decoration ofthe various depart
ments than ever before.
Going from the hubbub and whirl
of the merry making throng outside
and entering Floral Hall building at
the main entrance. there is the great
display of the Blind Institution show
ing the work done by the pupils, this
in clothes making, fancy work, mat
tress and broom making, work in
wood. and Their lines. The band from
the institution furnishes excellent mu-
sic during the day.
In the surrounding spaces there are
exhibits, that of pantry supplies being
an excellent one. Bread and butter,
cakes. preserves, pickles and all kind
OF the best of eatables are there.
Across the way the Raleigh Electric
Company has it's splendid display
In the section to the right there is
the great display of the A. and M.
College. Here is to be seen speci-
mems of the textile work, the dairying,
the wood wrk. the designing, the work
i'm metals The exhibit is a highly
creditable one. In the same section
Kings Business College has display,
and here too, the thirsty may stop
and refresh themselves with some of
the genuine Mecklenburg Lithia
Water and Chloride Calcium Water
from the famous mineral spring of
Chase Cit, Va. Free samples are
distributed by the Mecklenburg Min
eral Springs Company, of which Col.
w r. Hughes is the president.
The State Department of Public In
struction has an instructive exhibit,
with literature bearing on education
n North Carolina. Near TO it the
Melrose Knitting Mills, of Raleigh,
exhibit work in summer and winter
underwears that is first class. Both
of these exhibits, though dissimilar,
are similar. for both teach education
and its value