The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-11-09


must not be imagined from this that
only ladies go into the, woman's build
ing rs during the day yesterday. hun
dreds Of men spent much time in look
ing at the bsautiful exhibits. Per-
haps more people passed through the
Woman's Building yesterday than
through any other department Of the
fair.
side Shows Busy.
On the Midway the concessiOnaries
were out early. engaged in tho chase
for. the festive nickel almost before
the sun had dried the dew. from the
the grass, and the methods employed
IN this diversion were as ingenious az
they were amusing and. judging from
general appearances, successful. TIE
machinery in the various industrial
exhibits was started with the opening
Of the gates and ran coritinus usly
throughout the day, the noise of the
motors vieing with the other discard
ant sounds in various portions of the
grounds, and almost drowning out the
laughter that generally accompanied
Q "nihble'' at one of the numerous
games of skill which dot the grounds.
More interest was also displayed in
the races, and the grandstand was
well filled when the bell tapped for
the first event of the day. Incident
ally, fast time is impossible on the
Fair Grounds track, as 1t. was con-
structed for runners and is from five
to six seconds slow-horsemen allege
that 2:18 on this track IL as good as
All on q first-class trott,ng course.
There were four races yesterday, and
all of them were good. To-day four
are scheduled also and the entry list
Indicates that they will be hotly con-
tested.
The Horse Show last night drew a
much. larger crowd than on the night
previous, and, az the rings were better
lighted, the events were more enjoy
able. Tonight there are four rings
In the. Horse Show and the indications
are there will be several entries in
each. No admission il charged to
either this feature or to the races, al.
though q small charge 10 made for a
seat in the grandstaTd.
The Woman's Department, as usual,
was the centre Of the greatest attrac-
ton throughout the day, being
thronged with ladies the greater por-
ton Of the time. The Electric Com
pany ran an additioDA wire into this
building yesterday and as result the
illumination last night was much
better than on Monday. Visitors to
this. department are unanimous In the
statement that the Pensacola exhibit
10 the finest they have ever qeen, and
Miss Elise Chipley. who II IN charge
has been showered with conzratula-
lions.
Forecastdf Reed of the weather bu-
reau this norning installed two
frames for weather service bulletinA.
one in the agricultural tent and an
other In front Of the Newspaper tent,
and both Of these were scanned dur
ing the day by hundreds of visitors.
Navy Band Concerts.
The concerts by the United State
Band. from the Navy Yard. is fea-
turc thst Is greatly appreciated by
Fair visitors. This band, which il
one Of the finest a the country,
played upon broadway" yesterday
afternoon and. during the intermis-
sions between racing events, enliv-
ened things with number OF excel.
lent selections. Tomorrow the Marine
Band will be replaced BY the Military
Paud from Fort Barrancas. The
Marine Band will play. again ON
Thursdey. and the Ba-Pancas Band
will close the week by furnishing the
music on Fridav and Saturday.
Coffee. tea, hot biscuits and syrup.
batter cakes and refreshments Of
like description are to be had upon
the Esir Grounds without money and
without price," and the philanthro-
pists who are doing % much for hun
cry humanity do their best to induce
every visitor to stop and partake.
Souvenirs Of vsrious descriptions are
given ont with,a free hand. and the
fist ranges all the way from q picture
postal TO m embroidered Din cush.