The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-03
MANY THOUSANDS
OBSERVE HOLIDAY
NEAT AND AMUSEMENT ATTRAC-
TIONs LEAD HUMANITY TO
PARKS AND RESORTS.
CANDIDATES GALORE
REFREsHMENTs IN PLENTY AND
ADJUSTMENTS GALORE MAKE
SUCCESSFUL etstEnnsrrux
ny LOCAL UNIONIsTs.

With the delightful advent of
cooling shower in the midst of a siz-
zling afternoon, ten thousand men,
women and children fittipgiy observed
Labor Day at the State fair grounds
yesterday.
The listless breezes OF the early
morning gave slight indication of a
low temperature. The atmospheric
condition. with the exception Of the
cooler that accompanied the shower,
was about what Farmer Evans. the
weather man had said 1t would be.
But 1t was Labor Day. the one day
in all the year that liz looked forward
to by every man or woman who has
to keep from being INDECENT by the
exercises of brain~er Drawn. or both.
Early IN the day the street cars be-
gan to fill with pilgrims to the shrine
of rest and pleasure Az typffed py
the State Fair grounds.
BY noon there were several thou
sand people on hand. and the care
were running on shorter schedule,
with crowds aboard. and along about
the time OF the shower the gate
keepers indicated that there were
between eight and ten thousand merry
makers on the grounds. BEFORE o
O'Clock. and while the motorcycle
races were being pulled of. any one
could have counted ten thousand peo-
pie.
In addition to regular people there
were administrative board candfoates
galore. One would think there were
two hundred candidates, rather thah
seventeen.
Many Prize-winners.
In the meantime the amusement
; ha manages
ment of H. Hoffman. were being pre-
scented. and the thousands were fuffF
ENJOYING the same. The winners or
the various events are here given:
Three-iegeed Race--Sanderson ana
Helker
Calder.
Two Hundred yard Race-w. W.
Bauer.
Fat Mems Race. NJ. Gentry.
Baseball Throwing tLadiesD Miss
Bessie RIOS. ~,
Married women's Race~-Mrs w. l.
Mays and Mrs. J. 8. Mitchell
, Tug. OF Wag-fLocamoeaNe Worhs
team.
Boys Bicycle Race-Eddie turner
Handsomest Mani. e. Williams
Oldest Married Couple-Mr ana
Mrs Ball. Brooklyn Park
| Tallest Mani. A. Sherwood.
| Prettiest Young Single Lady-Miss
| Carrie Gentry.
Best Looking Boy. Between Five
! and Ten Years Old--Master w est
| sf6 North Twenty second street
| Prettiest Girl. Between Five ane
| Ten years-Miss Bosby. 22l6 r
| street
Bun Fasting Contest--Percy Rid,
dick, s22 North Twenty-seventf
street
Prettiest Baby Under One Year OF
| Age. p. Burcher, Ill Loulsans
, street
| Second Prize-Master Dolan. go
| South Pine street
| Homeliest Mandolin Jones.
= Some difficulty was experienced BY
| the Judges in each event. There wert
so many aspirante for the prizes
| This was particularly true in this
| pretty girls contest and that for the
1 ugfiest man.
The baby show was really worth
| the admission to the grounds. Their
We're babies OF all kinds. and babies
! with all the attributes OF goodness
/ and beauty. The Judges nearly col
| spsed when IL came to time to Sc
| lect the youngsters whose names
| would go down into history as IN.
best and prettiest of their generation
Those who were not selected mus
feel like the administrative boart
candidates who are not elected
There were 80 many good ones tim
Il was rard to condense them all int
ts.e ataiFea- Esnabsr- .
PersOnfhcatton Of Grace.
Dancing In the big exhibition build
ing was kept up nearly all day. Thu
feature OF the exercises was great,
enjoyed. Hundreds Of couples tippet
the light fantastic, and when the tim,
| came TO pass Judgment upon the can
didates for prizes. the judges were b!
no means able to do 30 in moment
1t took several moments. In fac
II took half an hour.
Grace was personihed by hundred
OF young folks The committee afte
IT