The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-12
s|OElIGHTs Upon
FAIR SIDE SHOWS
v-Jr-Jr HANRoo VILLAGE MAS
GREAT ATTRACTION FOR SIM
FILE CIVILIZED FOLK.
SYMBOL OF SAVAGERY
WAR DANCE OF WILD NEGROES. IS
SENSATIONAL WITH BACK
GROUND OF WHAT NAY M
vtrHERED HEADS.

Mercy eNftalHlSl St''t w.
man as she .tolied mp the stairs Of
the bridge thar crosses the railroad
track 1t seems 10 nae there ought
to be some other way OF getting INTO
the fair without this awful climb.
Never mind. observed her tain
and sympathetic companion, neat
year it viii be different Next year
The Fair directors are going 10 have
elevators Installed here. Not one OF
tao. but a series Of perhaps score.
stretching all along the 'front.' " here
The cars come IN Each elevator VIII
he "a pabie OF carrying II carload with
cut crow ding. and as each car stops
ii will discharge it's passengers, they
will enter the elevator, be whisked -
the top III a jiHy and find smooth
boardwalk across the tracks Ia n Sc
Ties Of HITS. You see, these Will be
iifis--not elevsfors-for as someone
pointed ont elevators can only ele
waite ynu up. while lifts can lift you
down.
And that Is not the only thing the
association Ia going to have, but Il
will he next year, you understand
next year
Believe Whca Seeing.
You tust stop" said the stout wo-
man. for they now fAd reached the
Top. "Ill believe 1t when / see it
next year
still for all that. the State Fair
Association has made many improve
nents over uast years for the Fair
Of 1877 Folks will tell you that the
Midway IL not nearly as sensational
as In years gone hy hut the fact re-
mains that the shows there are a
great Improvement over previous
Midway entertain tients
In hA .1f bt. y rtnr
day two girls were edging their way
forward with a remorsefulness OF
purpose that bespoke great determi-
nation.
My. did you see IT," gasped one.
They call II the bamboo village, but,
honest. II isn't no village at all. but
the funniest collection If hives you
ever saw. Kumen. May, for you1l
haftuh see It. too"
The bamboo Village
II was plain they were hound for
the r-ii-pi village. which IL not in
the Midway proper. hut close to the
krandstand. Near the main exit from
the grounds Is seen what appears Ia
he great of BAN haa- but which on
closer inspection turns out to be "A
number of tail BAN boo rods set up
close together
A wide strip of canvas lines the
!nside OF tbs rods, hiding "a view If
tlie Interior from he eutsidc Ah!s
10 tho u-ti-pi village. A good sized
Platform Is erected near the on
trance and here or diver. occasion.
during the day may be seen a half
dozen Of as wild negro savaaes "a
~ver dAueed their faces with paint
Whether Henry III. Stanley discovered
that the negroes OF U-i-ii added Il
Nfeir ferocious beauty by plasterinp
their faces with paint II a matter be
yond recall hut anyway. the ne~roe,
If the U9fi-u village have that fash
ia and the circles Of hlus and rel
and white give them anything bu
peaceful appearance. one wears
hat that would make an Indian ghoA
dancer look tame.
Calm inRepose.
However, when in repose th'
Rayawes have an almost mid look no
unlike that of goodnatured porte
In search of ii tip, but with tn
bamboo village. an apparently wither
ed head or two, n few dauhs of re,
that might be dried blood and few
other accessories the tf-n-f vtiiag
furnishes quite d. savage attraetlo,
for the simple. civilized fox VIII,
rnrong about IL and sometimes ven
tara inside
Passing the village ana the hin
doc fakir the visitor No the fail
comes across the latest invention o
civilized mankind. aeroplane. tn
heavier -than-air machine by whicl
mankind may ride the heavens.
The hiplane near the symbol %
savaxery Is IL Richmond production
built by Edward Grass II ~ some
what on the lines OF curtiss bi
plane, but ii has additional feature
In the shape OF balancing wings tina
make II move.
Ir Van 10 Try Binanc.
This biplane has had T. few tria
Sights and its inventor declares tina
In tho best heavier than air machin
built yet. Young Howard LeFan. tn
aviator who Is exhibiting at lhe Fair
has locked the Richmond hipjans
over and is favorably impressed witt
it He declares that he will TT,
the new msehlne. test Il thorough.
next week and tnd out II II is equa
TO all that Is claimed for It.
LeNsn' has won great praise b.
fis work a.. the fgfr. He In by III
means "a spectacular performer, bu
he gives an excellent exhibition. Witt
the dirigible balloon, the areopian
and the sensational parachute per
farrnantes OF George Sewell the fair |
not without It's spectacular features
il will be hard " improve on then
next year.
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