The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-08-30
OPENING or THE EXPO.
PlTTSBUkG'S BIG SHOW TO SUR
PASS ALL RECORDS THE
COMING SEASON.


Though the opening of the new ex-
position at Pittsburg is several weeks
off, there Is an air of activity which
pervades the buildings at the Point
which has a semblance of the days in
the height of the season. Scores of
workmen are busy in all parts of the
big buildings getting everything in
readiness for the opening, Wednesday
evening, Aug. 80, when Walter Dam
rosch and his magnificent orchestra
will dedicate the seventeenth season.
During the summer months the in
terror Of the exposition has been re-
juvenated with coats of brilliant paint,
myriads of electric lights and hun
dreds of yards of purple and yellow
bunting. Artists are now engaged In
the decorating which must be begun
weeks before the opening night, so as
to have every detail in completeness
for the half million or more people
who are expected to take in the musl-
cal and other treats at the Pittsburg
show this year.
First in Importance is the announce
ment of the musical scheme for the
season. Walter Damrosch, who has
closed the Expo for many years, will
reverse his engagement this season
and open Music Hall. He viii remain
until Sept. 8. Sousa follows on Mon
day, Sept. Ii, and will fill a weeks en-
gagement On the following Monday
Victor Herbert, the ever popular Pitts
burg leader, will come for a week.
He will close his engagement Sept 23.
On Monday, Sept. %, Creatore will
come for two weeks, remaining until
Oct. T. Sorrentino will be at the
Expo with his Italian band the follow
ing week, Oct 8 to IA, and Sousa will
play his return engagement, closing
with the week Of Oct. 16. The engage
ment of the five leading bandmasters
OF the world will prove a truly rare
musical treat.
Aside from the engagement Of the
quintet of bandmasters, the Expo man
agement has not overlooked the in
Vulnerable entertaining features of the
main building, machinery hall and the
acreage of amusement where the roll
Ter coaster merry-go-round and other
fun-making devices are grouped. Nota
Bile among the new features obtained
In the way Of exhibits will be the soil
product display being placed in the
foyer of the main building by the
Canadian government. At an outlay
of nearly $4,000 Canada is erecting a
series of arches, booths and decorative
models composed of grain, fruits, and
in fact every product imaginable
raised in the Old Dominion.
Another feature which has been Sc
cured for the coming season and which
is partially completed in machinery
hall is model of Manhattan Island
truly small city composed Of frame
houses and plaster paris hills and
dales. This model is being placed at
the Exposition by the Pennsylvania
Railroad company and will cover $500
square feet of floor space. 1t shows
the Pennsylvania railroad terminals,
sections of Brooklyn, Long Island Jer-
sey City, the Hudson and East rivers
and the Broad street station at Phil
adelphia.
Among the other attractions which
are already under course of compile
tion In the main building is a gallery
of notables, containing 200 Sepia col
orings of the leading business and
professional men of Pttsburg. A
number of paintings have been re-
ceived at the Exposition ready for
hanging. In the way of art ex-
hibits mcst wonderful miracle paint
ing has a so been secured for the
new Exposition by Manager Fitzpat-
rick, entitled I'm the Shadow of the
Cross" This painting Is life sized
oil work of Christ. In the darkness a
cross appears in the background
though 1t had never been placed there
by the artist.
Arrangements are also being made
for an extensive exhibit of game and
fish. An exhibit which is on view now
at the Lewis and Clark exposition at
Portland and which was seen by many
Pittsburgers at the worlds fair in st.
Louis will be brought to the Exposi-
tion this year. 1t is a magnificent dis
play of stuffed birds and other game
mounted as in a picture, with back
ground of artistic arrangement.
With the innumerable other attrac-
tive features which are being rapidly
collected for the entertainment of the
exposition visitors, the seventeenth
season, from present indications, aug
urs of nothing but success. Excursion
rates of one fare for the round trip
are now being arranged for with the
various railroads entering Pittsburg.
The announcement of the dates Of
these excursions to the Exposition will
be made later.