The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-09-24
GREAT ELECTRICAL SHOW
Biggest Exhibition of the Kind Ever
Had in New England.

| Building into an actual Electrical
! Wonderland" Two weeks ago there
was not a stick of loose material in
the building. Today it is almost
ready for the exhibitors to move in
1t has been tremendous task, but,
apparently, very easily accomplished.
This is all due TO the discipline
and careful planning. One man des-
eribed the making of the forest in
Automobile Park graphically when he
said: st was great sight to see
squad of ten or fifteen men, each
with a pail of different colored paint,
file into this room. The first one
with white paint, gave slap and
dash at canvas-covered post; an
other with the black paint gave a few
touches here and there; the next,
with the green paint, added the foil
age; another gave the flick or sun
light on the side of the tree; and the
others came along and added the lie
hens; and when the last one had had
his slap with his brush, the line filed
out into another room ready for an
other scheme of decoration, and the
forest stood complete"
Throughout the building the same
system has been adopted, and from
the German village into which Grand
Hall has been transformed; automo-
bile park, the big basement space, the
l}aronial cafe, etc, on the second
fiooH the great building is now a mar
vel of beauty.
This show, that has been two years
in building, represents the very finest
thing of the kind ever seen. 1t is the
biggest electric show ever held in the
world, runs for a longer time than
any other electric show-Sept. 2S to
Oct. 20, inclusive-and has cost up
wards of 100000 to develop.
Interest is being shown in this dis
play all over the world Letters of
inquiry come from foreign countries
and a great deal of this interest will
be pleasantly satisfied with the for
mai opening at p. m. Saturday, the
2Sth. for the 700 delegates to the
fifth congress of international cham
bers of commerce.
The show will include practical il
Illustrations of every economic. con.
yenient use of electric service. There
NAiA W AiAOuodlhS vi lllONlIlE GAHlUlIS
all using electricity. They will ap-
peal to the people not only because of
their novelty to many, but because
it will be so quickly seen how much
these 90 toward future comfort, econ
omy and efficiency
Thomas A. Edsons latest inven-
tons, never before exhibited to the
general public, Will be seen here.
The Thomas A. Edison, Inc, has tax
en- a large space in which the new
amusement disc monograph, which
has never been shown in public, will
be demonstrated, and where the edu.
cational moving picture films, in
which Mr. Edison has been so inter
ested will be shown In fact, much
of the mystery of the Edison labora-
tories, much of the enhancing inter
est concerning Mr. Edison himself. as
the most wonderful man of modern
days, will be revealed to the people.
The Edison storage battery factory
will be reproduced in miniature. and
storage batteries will be built lust as
they are built in the Orange shops.
When they are completed they will
be taken to the big electric vehicle
garage and charged with electricity,
ready for immediate use.
a remarkable feature of the New
England Telephone & Telegraph Com
pany's exhibit will be the microphone
which reproduces the slightest sound
and as one man commented. when
first hearing it: III fly walks across
the transmitter it sounds like a
train OF cars going through Hoosac
Tunnel This, of course, is an exag-
gerated description, but il will be pos.
slble by this instrument for people to
hear the faintest sound from all parts
OF the building and even from a dis
lance.
People will be greatly interested to
see daily newspaper printed at the
Show, and a set of moving picture
films will show the complete process
OF the handling of copy by the daily
| newspaper city editor down through
all the various departments TO the
| newsboy running away with the
papers on the street. In fact. these
Illustrations will be so graphic that
II VIII be almost possible to see what
Is on the victims mind when the re-
porter is interviewing him on the
| piazza at midnight.
The eye win be entranced with the
beautiful decorations on Huntington
avenue where a system of lighting
mas been provided that surpasses in
beauty and novelty anything ever be-
fore undertaken
Mechanics building itself has been
completely outlined with different
colored lamps, mosaic effects have
been built in over the porte-cochere
and the other entrances. The tower
is completely encircled and mantled
with lamps so that now, instead of
using as originally planned. 10000
nearly $4,000 have been put in posi-
ton on the outside of this great struc
ture.
The musical features have been
provided upon an elaborate scale in
keeping with the whole undertaking.
For the first two weeks. the great
World-iamous Creatore's band will
hold the center of the stage. During
the second two weeks Liberati's band
VIII be on duty. More money has
Oeen expended for music during this
Tour weeks show than has been ex.
pended in preparing and giving. with
one or two exceptions. the whole
electric exposition in other cities.
hundreds of thousands are going "a
attend this show. Thousands upor
thousands in Greater Boston will
come again and again, while the more
man 40 special excursion rates for a
trihe more than one fare for the
round trip. are going to bring hun
dreds OF thousands from all parts OF
New England.