The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-24

give S5 to every creditable bazar that
is ready by u o'clock noon, Wednesday
October s, and a number of prizes are
given by merchants as specials for the
church bazars. A total of $500 in prizes
for jefferson county booths is offered by
the Birmingham Chamber OF Commerce,
divided into IS prizes ranging from 500
to $25.
Exhibits of All Kinds
No feature of the annual fair is of more
interest and Importance, or attracts great
er attention than does the woman's de-
partment which for the past is years
has been conducted by Mrs. J. B. Reid.
There will be found exhibited each year
the best handiwork of Alabama women
in amateur and professional art, needle
work, and embroideries culinary exhibits
for household use, canned fruits and yege-
tables as well as home grown plants and
flowers-in fact, specimens of everything
to which the good housewife may turn
her hand to ornament the home or to
decrease the cost of living, and living
we'll
Then, there is the baby show. The BEST
Baby Contest will be conducted in the
womans department October IA at 10
o'clock In the morning, with the co-opera-
tion of the usual number of bachelor
maids and men and the Commercial State
bank The judges may wear disguise
and be well protected from the irate
parents of the losers, if such there be.
Vulcan the great iron god, who towers
above the State Fair grounds. Acting Sec
cretary FowllSes of the fair association
says, needs only a little polishing and
retouching where the rust has worked
through the aluminium bronze. For three
years a swarm of bees has hived within
the metal monster, using as a doorway
the crack in his hand. which was pre-
srma bly, broken when he was striking at
| his critics at the St. Louis exposition.
Even Vulcan could scarcely be expected
to look pleasant with several hundred
pounds of honey and wax on his inside.
Free Attractions
But he will forget his troubles and smile
when the midway opens. which proves
that there has been a bond of sympathy
between faIirs for all time; Vulcan hav-
ing been leader In that class in his
happier days, according to the mytholo-
gists.
lie will bend his stiff neck to see the
fascinatingly trained animal exhibition
provided by that premier of carnival en-
tertainers, Con 7. Kennedy, when Rajah,
the only performing tiger in the world
goes through his eyolutions in the steel
barred arena, finishing his performance
with a race in competition with a leopard
on horseback while the Gathering of
! the Gallants." including "a lions and many
other wild beasts. is held III check by the
magnetic glance of Col. John T. Bachman.
who has personal charge of this geological
exhibition.
The iron nerve of Vulcan win be
strained to the breaking point when
Chefalo, one Of the free attractions of the
fair performs his Death Trap LOOP"
With nerves of vulcanized steel, which
is stronger than iron, Nicholas Chefalo
defies the laws of gravitation and twice
each day takes his life in his hands to
provide an entertainment replete with
thrills.
Splendid Free Attractions
I Before the immense grandstand, which
comforta bly, seats 5000 persons. a stage
has been built and there will be an almost
continual string of free attractions from
early morn to late of night There will
be nothing to obscure the view Of the WIS.,
itor and the admission permits a view of
all that is going to happen at the fair
with the exception of the Pleasure Plaza
side shows.
There will be the concerts and maneu-
vers of the First Cavalry band, said to
be the greatest attraction of its kind ever
offered in the south.
At night the pyrotechnic spectacle
Pioneer Days will be given in the in
field in full view from the grandstand
and other parts of the grounds. There
will be battle between settlers and In
dians and about 300 persons are engaged
in making the scene realistic In the ex-
treme. The Indians burn the settlers
homes and the whole show ends with a
grand display of fireworks.
The Five Ferris Wheel Girls, Kinks
Comedy Mules, the Yamato Troupe of
wire walkers. and a dozen other features
| will make the free show the best ever
offered by the fair at Birmingham.
| Then there will be the horse races,
showing some of the finest trotters and
PAGERS in the country in action. Many of
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