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new EXHIBITS FOR
FITTSByRG EXPOSITION
1903 Season Will Open First
Of September

On September 1 all signs will point
toward the Pittsbulg Exposition,
which opens its twenty first annual
season on that date. No matter what
may be the trend of the times this
greatest of all industrial exhibitions
has always served as magnet to at
tract pleasure seekers who go there
to be amused and entertained. For
the past twenty years the opening OF
the Exposition has yearly been red
letter event in Pttsburg and it can
be safely said that the coming season
will be no exception to the rule. The
cry will be ITO the Exposition" and
the avenues and streets leading to
the big show at the point will be
crowded with people from all walks
of life Fastening to participate in the
festivities OF the opening night The
great halls brilliantly Illuminated
with myriad of dancing lights, the
Wonderfully attractive displays, the
scientific exhibits, the mirth-compelling
amusements, the sweet strains of en-
trancing music vibrating through the
air and the joyous merry crowds VIII
all tend to the making of memor-
able scene.
Work of getting the Exposition in
readiness has progressed with unusual
rapidty and the booths have been
taken from their winter quarters and
placed in position. Decorators and
painters are putting on the finishing
. touches and great changes have been
wrought in a few short weeks.
Those who go to the Exposition
this year expecting to see something
new will not be disappointed. There
will be something different to be seen
at every hand, but it would take un
limited space to go into details of
the various novel features.
Among the new exhibits will be
that of the Norfolk and Western rail
road, which will have most inter-
esting display showing the magnifl-
cent agricultural lands and the de-
velcpment of the vast industries in
the vicinity and along the line of the
road. Another feature that will hold
and attract the attention of the
visitor is the irrigation exhibit which
is new here. The subject of irriga-
ton, although little understood in sec
tions of the country where there is
an abundance of water has long been
a matter of the most serious consider
alton in certain sections of the West
and Northwest. Inventive men have
solved the problem and crops are now
raised in places that were barren not
many years ago. The object of this
exhibit is to show the results of irriga-
tion and how they have been ac-
complshed All the big electrical
concerns will have space to display
their work and incidentally give
practical illustrations of the latest de-
vices operated by electricity. Many
new inventions have been perfected
within the past year and the exhibits
will in the main be new
Another new display will be an
archaeological exhibit, which will in
clude a lot of Indian relics taken
from historic Blonnerhasset island
This exhibition shows the evolution
in many things and it will be instruc-
tive as well as interesting.
And the amusements! The music
will of course be one of the strongest
attractions and the features engaged
for Music Hall have not been excelled
in former years. The Russian Sym
phony Orchestra, which made such a |
profound impression last year, will be
the opening attraction. This cele-
brated company of Russian musicians |
which recently returned from a
triumphant tour to the Pacific coast !
with Greet's players comes back with |
a new repertoire selected from the |
best works of Russia's most eminent |
composers. From September l to IL |
the Russian Orchestra will hold forth |
and then comes Arthur Pryor, the |
brilliant American bandmaster and |
his company of American players, ap-
pearing from September 13 to Is in
elusive. The famous Walter DAM |
rosch and his orchestra will follow,
September 20 to %, in classical con-
certs. Other celebrities will appear |
up to the close of the season. October
90, and music lovers will have over
seven weeks of the finest melody
heard here.
The hippodrome and the other
amusement places will have new and
attractive features, all combining tc
make one of the most successful en-
tainments in the history of the Ex-
position.