Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-09-10
ONE BLAZE OF GLORY
ONE WEEK OF PLEASURE
So Say the People Who Visited Wausau Last Week
and Witnessed the "Doings Most
Successful Fair Ever Held.

Marathon County Agricultural associa-
tom The secretary that morning pro-
vided his ticket sellers with IA 900 tick
cts, which it was thought would be
sufficient for the day. He was mis-
taken. He was called upon to furnish
more. Figuring in the school children,
who were admitted free, the life mem
bership tickets and those given out in
exchange for courtesies, it can be con-
servatively estimated that at least is, 900
persons were on the grounds. There
was such jam that it was difficult to
get around and see the exhibits. An
ticipating jam, the people began FL
ing into the grand stand during the
dinner hour. Soon the stand was
packed and the ticket sellers were
given orders to sell no more tickets
Had the grand stand been twice as
large it would not have accommodated
the people. They were lined up three
deep along the fence clear around the
track and another crowd paid 1Oc for
the privilege of going inside the track.
From the agricultural building up past
the refreshment stands and the midway
there was one black mass of people,
Had the fair management caused a
picture to be taken of the scene it
would have been a good advertising
medium for another year. AS it is The
society has already received plenty of
advertising for next year. Those who
came from distance will come again
in 1908 and bring others with them.
Another agency which helped make
the fair success this year was the in
terest taken by our merchants and by
the people, generally. The merchants
voluntarily agreed to close up their
stores on Thursday and Friday
afternoons and to decorate their places
of business. The work of decoration
was given to Walter Mueller, who went
around and visited each merchant on
the street and secured his signature to
decorate. He then started at the work
and carried out one scheme of decora-
ton throughout, which gave a harmon
ious appearance. The sum of $4OO, re-
ceived from the city and county, was
expended in illuminations and the
result was one which will always be
remembered by our citizens. These
decorations, put up early in the week
when people came in to do their trad
ing was great advertising feature and
no doubt served to bring many here
who otherwise might not have come.
Travelling salesmen admired the decora-
tions and spread the word along, in
their travels.
Another agency which helped to make
the fair success was the reputation of
our fairs in the past. This reputation
has spread all over the state, and our
fairs are known to be always on the
square.
The fact that carnival and other
features were advertised also had
tendency to bring out many people
who like such attractions. In this line
there was plenty of amusement and
those who felt like divorcing themselves
from their dimes to see "She" fight the
flames or view the lifeorama or trained
animals, had plenty of opportunity of
doing so. The carnival company had
extra posters printed, advertising the
fair and Homecoming, and had them
posted up all over the surrounding
country.
EXHIBITS.
There is an old saying that familiar
ity> breeds contempt" In years past