The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-06
.b|G STATE FAIR
. STAGEDANOR READY
"Opens With Complete
Card Morrow, Great.
or Than Ever.
CITY OF WONDERS
RISES OVER NIGHT
Five Hundred Workmen With
Pick and Hammer Rear Magic
Town of Canvass and Color
for Entertainment and In
struction of Virginia's
Thousands.

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The premier fair OF the South At
iantic States-it comes but once a
year. 1t stays a weck. it's here to-
morrow. Seventy eight Virginia and
North Carolina newspapers have been
telling its wonders for two months.
Polychrome posters have been flaming
its attractions from a thousand walls
and fences. Streamers and banners
suspended across downtown streets
have told the tale TO thousands OF
hurs>:ng business men. Virginia
great carnival has this year been
thoroughly advertised.
II is to be the best one in the State 8
history. says the Fair Association.
Fairs are always the best ones yet
never was a fair that wasn't They
resemble colleges in this respect. There
never was one that didn't enroll the
largest number Of students in the
history Of the institution. The pub
lie. always trusting. always generous.
believes both The claims OF the fair.
however. are the only ones II tnvesti-
gates.
So. When the fair claims to be
the best in history 1t has to make
BOUu thSfe Wal pS - AA&s~s
1t will make good thai 1t will sur
pass the best Of the carriivals which
have SO far been staged in the big
enclosure. in short, thst 1t will send
every visitor away amused. instructed.
and satisfied that the price of admis-
sion has been returned ten-fold. il
the conndeBt belief Of every one who
has watched the mounting Of to-mor-
rows festival
DuGlAsng TIE FsRy City.
Five hundred men yesterday welded
pick and shovel. and hammer and saw,
fashionipg tn carnival city which viii
burst forth fulls blown to-morrow
,moRninG For moes tsian . weak TINS
force has been remodeftng. rebuild
ing. repafnttng and rewiring. with the
result that when night came yester-
day and the lights were turned on.
the fair enclosure had already much
Of its festive appearance. Scores Of
booths were already In place on the
midway. and . thousand brilliant
banners sent abeoad the signal that
wahoo Lane-noisy. nutty. Wahoo-
was on the Job.
Although admittanee to the grounds
was granted only to concessionaares
and employees. the big lot held more
than . thousand people yesterday. A
regular and frequent street car ser
vice was maintained. and hundreds
rode out to the grounds for pre-
liminary inspection. only to be turned
away At the gates
FeeAAnG the workefo.
In point of enterprise. the cnurches
nut one over on the rest OF the con-
cessionaires. The army Of workmen
had to be fed, and no less than fifteen
church and benevolent societies were
yesterday engaged in feeding them.
The menu, for the most part. began
and ended with sandwiches ana col
fee, but fair builders are not fastidi-
Gus.
The steam-rolier has worked over
time and the roads and driveways OF
the enclosure are In the pink OF con-
dftion. wahoo Lane. as well as tne
o.her freouented walkways. have
been oiled and rolled to reduce Is Tar
az possible the dust nuisance Tne
Of, On the midway was applied sew
eral days ago and has been tnor-
ovehly ABSORBED. with the result that
there VIII be no danger OF damage 10
trailing garments
whitewash and paint IL everywnere
in evidence. The man with tne otu<n
has left no shed or building untoucneo,
and fences and structures alike VIII
emerge TO the public eye tc-morrow
.,ornsn~ newborn and fresh from the
h.,h The seats in the grandstahu
h,ve been scrubbed and washed, ana
the roof has been given pssn uest-
rent Of alternate white ana oiue'
PRODUCING IN awning effect winch "A
,uontxes well with the festive aPpe
auce OF the grounds. 49,. +.
The lsrEe motordrome. IN ~nlcn
~roun cf performers WIN ca"se
faded nerves TO Jingle unoes t"e
Of speeding automcbtes. ~sS ~ ~
complete yesterday. TIE
knife elan Was represensee ..-S
81. MA. and n number Of SHOOTING
c-,,.r,s. n.A their buIletproof booths
vel Under way
Msr.S~r Abram warwick and DE
.rcrr a Inducements were Al tne
yeas erday In . quite OF oc ses
the south end ~ the erandsss no
an intercommuniestins s,,s.
.y.,.m connecting the various ou,
,,ss. On the grounds az its disposal.
The stan directed the big ense.p'
which win al this week enscr'a'n "s
'n SssseTs os the Fair Association
stated Hasa night that the o1 sus,s,
ssaDr. and was more tncrcuemy
syssematixp0 than ever before: IN sne
DAY or two preceding the OPENING ~
I'll the bug1er Sounds taps nexs sssu.
dsx night. ana fair ~ 1872 has become
history. the entire Once force VIII cs
keps as shs ereun1s 70 take ar o.
the stream % bu0eress which Souows
In the woke - the sxhsnsss ana s"sse
sycs.. e . $780,; , IN
TIE vyrUfnea Stote Fair cf ts1s VII
a D Vc10S& TNegO Win ~ no u.s.
0ucesvp csrU00usso. Pair ervw3s wat
SAy - OpooeA0aksag aN4 ar sAest .
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