Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-09-27
AS A SAMPLER
BUT A SUCCESS
Some of the Wonders aud Beau
ties of the Great Hall where
Products Of Many Lands
Are Gathered.

fering a severe case Of acute dyspep
mia as a result OF sampling all the
breakfast foods, soups, pickles, prunes
and catsnp that were given him
In the Agricultural building and we
may have to check him at the chill
drens' playground This playground
Is one Of the unique features OF the
Exposition. 1t is located near the
main entrance, Is enclosed with high
wire fencing and Is provided with all
the games and outdoor amusemenfs
that are dear 10 the heart Of children.
The grounds are spacious and attrac-
tive and there are matronly nurses TO
look after the little ones. Almost any
child would rather rcnp around In
this delightful toyland than TO tramp
through the Exposition. The chill
dren are checked al luggage Is check
ed at a parcel Don and there ID
trouble ahead II you lose the check
or the child chews up his tag.
/ noticed that everybody who came
out Of the Agricultural building was
eating. With mouths bullying full OF
'puffed rice hot-cross buns. cakes.
prunes and other eatables the women
were trying to tell each other obout
the wonderful sights In the Palace OF
Agriculture. The sight OF so many
people chewing something made John
and Jane SO anxious to get into the
building that | could hardly get them
to look at the great floral clock that
lies on the sloping hillside between
the flights Of stairs that led to the
main entrance OF the Palace OF Agri'
culture.
have seen floral clocks" before
deeprooted in the earth. very pref
ty, hu: m~ot;on.ess and useless. But
here's one that moves. 1t has wheels
II liz typical OF this exposition Every
thing moves here. Motion and color
are the keynotes OF this fair. Thii
Is the greatest clock yer built. The
diai In liz feet In diameter and iht
minute hand II IA feet long. The
minute hand moves five feet ever,
minute. or 500 miles each year. Th'
numbers on the dial the flowers Of
different color from the $50 yerbent
plants that make up the rest of th'
detail. This clock, which strikes
the hour and half hour on a big 5000
pound bell. does not run by spring
or weights but by compressed air
not the kind that IL handed OUT b,
the politicians who are running TO
office. but real atmosphere, which i
controlled by a master clock.
In the Agricultural palace, again
everything Is full OF life and motion
Even the butter. OF which there ar
tons and tons, Is full OF life, that Is
II Is moulded in the shape OF animal
and human beings. All the officer
Of the exposition. Roosevelt. Gran
and Lincoln are done In butter.
And the likeness are strikingly faith
fui. North Dakota's butter EXHIBIT
shows Roosevelt as a cowboy OF
horseback moulded OUT Of rich yellow
butter.
Why don't those butter busts al.
animals melt?" inquired a woman
whose nose was pressed close again
the glass Of one OF the big cases.
Il think there's a bust Of Senate
Fairbanks In there, somewhere" sal,
a wag from Indiana who was stand
ing.
What's the senfe OF having butte
made into such shapes instead of ha,
ing II In tubs" asked a farmer VIII
had been studying the exhibitions 70
an hour.
That's TO attract YOU attention I
the exhibits" said one OF the men /
charge. How long wouli you loo
at tubs OF butter?"
And several hundred people inclu,
ing ourselves, were at that momer
demonstrating the truthfulness az h
statement. But you dat have
look at the butter exhibits alone. @
one side OF the building Is a complet
modern, working creamery. whic
shows each day the entire process
separating cream from milk, extraC
ing the butter and preparing II Il
market. The dominant idea here
demonstration. There are tobac'
and rice fields with miniature labo
ers in them. rice mills, rice harves
ers, cane and beet sugar factors
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