The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-15
BIG STATE FAIR
THREE WEEKS OFF
Only twenty-five Days Scpa-
rate City From Great Car
nival Week.
MORE AND LARGER EXHIBITS
Amplifcd Industrial Displays
and Free Attractions Will Add
Lustrc 70 Bio Show.

Lustrc to Big Show.
T'ycn'y-two DAYS more and the oity
Win turn host to holiday crowd
numbering ia the thousands. come 70
disport itself at the rbes. fair o., ~,
Atlantic Seaboard" Nothing i'm tha
whole state calendar compares with
tho annual carnival which atlantis I'm
the big playground west OF TIN. CITY
colored bunting
And II tho word OF the state Fall
Association IS TO be taken ut par. tho
show VIII this YEAR surpass the ex-
additions OF former years hy several
parasangs EXHIBITS Viii be larger
and more varied. new buildings Will
take the place OF temporary make
shifts, races VIII be more varied and
more numerous and the midway will
be longer. brighter hued. and noisieI
than ever. IN short. the Virginia State
Fair. already tho premier fair on the
Atlantic seebOard. WITH this year
strike a new salt which vii. rank it
with the largest sectional exhibitions
in the country.
The FOREGOING Is something moro
than the nero palaver Of press agents
General Manager Warwick and his
corps OF assistants have succeeded in
getting together for tho biz show.
Z. Est Of exhibits and attractions which
look imposing IN print. and promises
even more IN realization. The premi
YIN list which has been out Tor some
time makes Il substantial book o, l25
pages, oue-h half OF which are devoted
exclusively TO descriptions Of coapeti-
lions and prizes. and rules governing
entries
From the publicity Office OF tho state
Fair Association comes more detailed
Information about exhibits already
contracted for and others on the eve
OF signing. Following out suggestions
offered at meeting of the state Fair
Association last fall. tho commission
ers have adopted tho principle that
the State Fax. is intended primarily
to instruct. and only sccondarily TO
alnuse With this end as the object TO
DC sought the mana gers have laid
srcat emphasis on the department Of
exhibits. with the result that the fair
Will this year display an array OF edu-
cational. agricultural. mechanical and
live stock exhibits never hitherto at
tempted
Par;iai List
Fret IN order CT Importance this
year will be the exhibit OF 1--we stock.
4 new building has been erected TO
take care OF the poultry show. and II
will be large enough to house num-
Der OF the minor 4lNc tAl4NslS. 1 ne
cattle and horse shows. always a feat
ure OF the state Fair. Will DC largely
augmented by importations from
other states. and will exhibit blue rib
bon specimens ~ practically every
domesticatod breed
Large space viii be devoted 10 the
oNhibition OF farm products This de-
partmcnt has been enlarged TO include
everything produced on the farm from
r- ~
department OF agriculture. which Will
ne under the direction OF State Agent
T. O. Sandy. nifty counties VIII place
on exhibition every agricultural pro-
quot raised within their bounds. The
county exhibit last year was ono OF
the novel features OF the fair. although
only thirty-nve counties were repre-
scented.
Individual farm exhibits Will this
year be more numerous than ever Ap-
piicatious already on file in the Of
nee OF the State Fair Association. In
didicate that moro than 100 individual
farms and estates VIII maintain booths
exhibiting their products.
Industrial Exhibits.
Industrial Hall Will mold 7 array
more varied and imposing than ever
before in It's history. Tho automobile
Industry with exhibits OF ncw mode
ground with EXHIBITS or new models
and numherless automobile accessories.
lA4tIIlDll ana : ma Industries VIII
hold largo concessions 10 advertise
their products The exhibits VIII In
clrde cigar and cigarette factories In
actual operation. and SILK mill show
ting every process or SILK nianufac-
ture from cocoon TO Eossamcr fabric.
Nothing Ike Il satisfactory list OF
educational exhibits can be attempted
until within week O. tho opening.
Among those already arranged are OK
tensive exhibits by the schools OF Rich
mond and o. Honrico and other coun-
ties. Chief Health Officer L. G. Levy.
Of Richmond. Will conduct interesting
hibit data aud charts illustrating the
vital statistics OF the city
Corn clubs and corn exhibits. as
usual. VIII he given large space. This
adjuncts of tho agricultural exhibit.
and without peer in educational value
This department viii be supplemented
With exhibits OF canned and preserved
girls club which abound in the rural
districts.
The Gay JOY pike.
hasty sketch OF the big show this
Of the midway. which Will stretch in a
blatant crescent for mile or more
IN the southern end Of tl-s grounds
The main entrances VIII pour their
daily army into the yawning lane or
mystery and strange noises. The con-
cessions number in tho hundreds ana
include the whole samut OF diver
sions from tho wild man who consumes
snakes to the native African village
with its tom-toms and strange dances
The fair commissioners have again
enforced q rigid rule against exhihi-
lions OF suggestive nature, and moth
ing viii be permitted on the painted
pike which might cause the most sen
stvc to blush The list OF free at
fractions has been practically doubled
for this year and include number
Of acts hitherto exhihited only in the
largest cities Of the country
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