Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-28
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READY TO SHOW
BIG EXPOSITION COMPLETE
FOR OPENING MAY 2
Nothing Like II Ever Held Here.
Displays Things Made Right
Under Visitors
Eyes

A living, practical denomination of
what Los Angeles makes-not what she
sells or advertises or displays, but what
she actually manufaotures--tha Is
what the Made in Southern California"
exposition is designed to be.
And that It will fulfil every expecta-
tlon is evidenced by the present COM
pleteness of the affair in the Pano-
rama building, where, were 1t expedi-
ent, the doors could be thrown open to-
day on a living, moving city of booths
wherein these very articles are actually
making. No wonder when the idea
was suggested to the Merchants and
Manufacturers association, that It took
UP the scheme greedily, gave 1t most
hearty Endorsement and fathered the
whole project. There is no longer doubt
that the exposition Will be the one most
valuable feature to the future of Los
Angeles of the Shriners' week here.
There is O reason for this. 1t Is be-
cause the made in Southern Cali
fornia" exposition will not only dem
onstrate that this is a factory city In
contradistinction to the prevalent east
ern idea that 1t is only q winter resort,
but 1t will show the goods made here
and the way they are made.
Actual processes will be exemplified
in every display; actual machinery will
be at work making actual goods that
will afterward be sold in actual stores
to real customers. Each display will
be a little corner of a genuine now-in-
operation factory, taken out of the
heart of the parent plant and put down
in this miniature city, that all visitors
may learn in a few hours and with q
minimum of exertion what otherwise
would take weeks of study. There is
no money making scheme in the affair;
it is wholly method to draw attention
to Los Angeles wonderful strides as a
factory city and to emphasize this
feature of her development.
That the show will attract for its
beauty and novelty as well as for its
utilitarian possibilities is without
question. In the first place it will be
like small city Of well built houses,
all of a set skyline but of myriad vari-
ties of architecture and color scheme.
Brilliantly lighted with hundreds of
electric lights which will burn day and
night and policed by polite ushers, 1T
will be carefully and studiously the ef-
fort of the management to give every
one all possible information about the
variety Of things that will greet the
eye.
There will be exhibits, too to fas-
cinate every one. The dainty maiden
who loves bonbons will have the same
opportunity to see them made as will
the man who is interested in how the
hat he wears is manufactured. The
woman who collects souvenirs Will have
armloads of them thrust at her and she
will watch the paper box made before
her eyes in which che will take them
home after partaking of biscuit from
the Bishop exhibit a waffle from flour
display and a muffin from another. The
small boy will find enough machines
| going to set even his head to buzzing,
and they will be of so many kinds and
doing so many things that he Will
never tire of them. Most of all, the
man who wants to know how Los An
geles makes it's sewer pipe, its con-
densed milk it's felt Shoes its break
fast food, it's newspapers, its pumps,
it's wine or a thousand other things,
need seek no further; he can go right
there and find it all under one roof.
And incidentally he will be enter
tanned by the Catalina band of twenty
five pieces and can rest between in
spections in the balcony and get an
ensemble view of it all.
The possibilities of the show are mag
nificent and Manager Newman seems
to have grasped all of them. Certainly
with his 125 booths he has secured a
variety of exhibits simply limited by
his space and a color scheme of great
and enhancing beauty. With the bunt-
| ing draped roof and the galaXieS of
lights the big building will be won
derfully attractive place and no visitor
will be wise who misses it. No one need,
unless he is foolish; free tickets to the
extent of the demand will be issued,
and season passes are handed to every
Shriner with els coupon book of events.
The exposition will open May and
will last two weeks. Los Angeles peo-
pie are urged to go this week. as much
as possible, to avoid the rush of La
Fiesta.