The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-20
SPEND $25,000 FOR FREE ATTRACTIONS Treat Planned by State Fair
 Management ON IMMENSE SCALE Airships Will Be Only an Incident in the Great List of Novel
 and Sensational
 Attractions


 will be truly surprised when they come
 tn discover the magnitude of the free
 amusement programme which has been
 arranged for the great Alabama State
 Fairs twelfth annual exposition in Bir-
 m,ngham next october.
 Never before i'll the history of the State
 Fair has the amusement feature been
 rlanned upon such large ana varied
 scale and it may be truly salo H'hdl
 .cvery hour of every day for the whole
 series will be crowded with fun, frollc ana
 instruction"
 l It is hard to believe that the sum or
 25.OOo is to be expended upon free amuse-
 rnents alone, all to be seen by the pay
 nent on one admission fee. Yet Secretary
 T.. P. chaffee has the contracts calling 1 for the expenditure of such an amount
 and at this writing B. B. Burton presi-
 dent of the Alabama State Fair associa-
 ton. is in Chicago considering additions to the amusements which may increase that amount by thousands more. Undoubtedly the most sensational fea,- ure of the long list will be the man. birds" the daring aviators whose death- defying performances will thrill the spec tutors.
 Flights will be made twice daily each
 Of the 10 days of the fair, and 1t may te announced later that one of the wom- e,, ayiators, either Miss Harriet Quimby CT Miss Matilda Mossant, both of whom have been recently licensed, will be in -rt,r hi the fair.
 The great Innes, personally conducting lis famous band of artists and soloists, | is another "headliner." He will give three performances daily for the whole 10 days, and special programmes for spe- l cial days have been arranged. Innes has a worldwide reputation. and
 Is an ideal director for a popular audi
 ence. He is a sef-made man, and being
 one of the so-called common people. | is great enough to be natural at all tlmes | his unaffected simplicity winning for nm the instant interest and regard of his 1 audience Few of those who know him only as the artist director realize that 1 this man of dynamic energy has social side But Innes, besides being an Elk, a Shriner Knights Templar, Royal
 Arcanumite and thirty-second degree | Mason, is an all round good fellow.
 Pains new military spectacle
 Battle in the Clouds" which comes to the Alabama State fair for ten nights, is | a peep into the future, a thrillinfi realiza-
 ton of the horrors of coming wars when I the latest development of science are utilized for destruction-dealin purposes. Gigantic sceneries depict progressive city of the year 2O0, on the streets of
 which several hundred gayly costumed performers are enjoying fete day With processions. sports and acrobatlc feats
 while the military army is busily engaged | in preparation for expected attack by the enemy's air fleet. The scouting aero planes arrive soon after darkness settles and are soon followed by the larger craft which hurl torpedoes and grenades upoa the fort and town, causing fire and ex- plosions. The batteries of the fort aad defending airships vigorously oppose the attack, and for an exciting period the air is filled with exciting fiery thunder bolts, electric flashes and detonatlng shells. Then follows a 5000 display or Pains magnificent fireworks.
 | Over 250 people will be engaged in 'The
 Battle of the Clouds" with it's grand pa
 geants wonderful mechanical effects and the slSirmishes and combats between the land troops and the aeropanes. Eacn performance will be followed by a spec | tacular fireworks display the cost of which is estimated at 5000 each night. The trotting and pacing races. in whicn some of the most noted horses in the southern circuits and some from the grand circuits will be entered, is another fine feature, 5000 in purses having been hung up for the coming show in the stake and | open events.
 The purses for the motorcycle races. amounting to $l0O0, have attracted tho worlds record holders to the local track and this particular number will be one of the most exciting on the Whole pro-
 gramme.
 1 The list of free attractions is too long to enumerate in detail, and include Gus | Henderson, the premier tight wire clown, who will act as official announcer during 1 the performances. The Morsoff troupe of | Russia dancers are heralded far in ad- vance as being the equal in grace and | artistic ability of the gerat Pavlowa and | Mordxin. and will vie with the Senten- allos. "rhe Human Butterflies" in amus- ing the mutitudes.
 A three-ring circus, premier comedy ar lists. serial tumblers, clownish mules and Heiskels animal circus will give per formances twice daily, while the Tyrolean troupe of Swiss yodellers, the Olura
 Japs, and many other entertaining and amusing acts will add to the enjoyment of the crowd. -
 The football games between Howard college vs. Georgia Tech, on Saturday, October :, and University of Alabama vs
 University of Georgia, on the following Saturday, october IA, offer a diversion oa sports that will be enjoyed by thousands especially those interested in the gridro l game.