The Cairo bulletin., 1904-10-23
Stranger Looked Diligently in all
the Big Buildings for 1t.
JOHN DEMANDS ACTION
GETS TIRED LOOKING AT THE
"STlLL EXHIBITS" AND
WATCHES BADEN POW
ELL FLY KITES - THE
GERMAN PROFESS
sORS.
By the Associated Press.

6y the Associated Press.
st. Louis, Oct. GAS we emerged
from the Japanese section of the Va
rled Industries building where Jane
had been priceing s400 cloisonne vas
es. $3.50 screens and other inexpen
sive trlnkcts we ran into a long-hair
ed individual who wore spectacles and
looked as though he might be pro
fessor in a German unlvers.ty, He
inquired
Can you tell me in what building
| will nnl the Ferris wheel, | lookel
all through the Machinery hall with
out finding It and | suppose it mus
be in here somewhere"
We explained to him that the only
Ferris wheel we knew anything Of
stood up yonder on hill near n,
Japane-e pavilion and was much toe
large to be pat into a building. John
thinks tie professor was one of those
perpetual molten" cranks who i'm
agine the Ferris wheel has solved tine
problem.
What Makes a Professor in Germany
Speaking Of professors, | notice
that in Germany when a nan makes q
fine piece Of furniture or creates Q
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 thai a grand
prize has been awarded Professor AL
fred Gronadier's sitting rcon" from
Berlin.
Tmag.1o an American "prcfes or
exhibiting a Sitting room at the fart
In this country the men who teach
the dead languages and useless Ian
guages are called professor"
john Wants "Ac;,3n."
John got so weary Of viewing what
he calls "still exhibits" the other day
that we had to hunt Up some novel
out door amusement for him ana We
found It in the kite-fying contest
which tcsk plsce in tho Stadium and
in that portion of the fair around the
Stadium. Jane said 1t looked ridicu.
lous TO see lot of full grown men ap.
parently playing with large assort-
ment of variously shaped kites. but Of
course. she didnt see the scientific
aspect cf it all They were not flying
the kind that John rigge1 up in his
boyhood days with few sticks and a
newspaper ana long tail maaufactur-
ed from the contents o. the family
rag.bag.
The kite-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 klte-hying is very
likely to become a very important fac
tor in the military operations of the
future, finally taking the place Of the
war balloon.
2aGen.Powell's Kites.
This is not the Baden-Powell who
commanded the British troops at Ma.
feking in the Boor war, but his broth
er. This particular Baden-POwell runs
two kites. He is a major in tho Brit
ish army and II was whil2 expert
menting with a war balloon a. Alder.
shot that he conceived the notion of
using kites instead Of balloons from
which to view the operations Of the
enemy. The balloon was dangerous
and cumbersome.
In flying kites fine steel wire is used
and II Is unwound from large wooden
reels or winches. There are sO0foo,
contests aud the man who gets his
kite-wire nearest to perpendicular Is
most apt to capture first prize. The
contests are not only Interesting from
a scientific point of view bu. illus
trate the efforts of the exposition
management to provide novel and pic
turesque outdoor diversion for
worlds fair visitors.
LITTLE EGYPT