Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-01-11
SAN BENITO DAY BRINGS HUN
DREDS OF SAN BENITO NISI-
HORSEPOWER PARADE BRIL-
LIANT EVENT.
TODAY IS HONESEEKERS DAY.
EXPECTED TO BREAK ALL PRE-
NIOUS RECORDS OF ATTEND
ANCE
TODAY -HOMESEEKERS. DAY.
GRAND FIREWORKS DIS
PLAY AT L. NJ.
TOMORROW MATAMOROS
DAY.

n DAY. !
With probably over four thousand
people i'll attendance ut the Midwintcr
Fair yesterday. all records thus far have
been broken. The crowd continued Ill
during the day. and last night the carni-
val route was filled to its capacity. Fair
weather and the beautiful flower parade
proved Il drawing card that could not bc
resisted, and people SWarmed to the fair.
Yesterday was San BcnitO Day. and
big buttons announcing that they were
boosters were worn by everybody from
he huStling town mp the valley. The
san BcnitO special arrived in the morn
in" CARRYING about four hundred pe0-
pie, and many others arrived on the aft
ernoOn train They were met nj the de-
pot by fair officials, formed in line and
marched to the fair grounds. with the
carnival band in the lead. Everybody
bought admission tickets.
All departments Of the fair were in
full swing. The san Bcnito boosters
began with viewing their own exhibit AZ
the main entrance to the Agricultural
tent. swung around to the agricultural
exhibits on both sides Of the tent. and
then over to the Administration build
ing to see the ether departments. Later
the carnival attractions were opened.
and with the free lOop-hc-loop perform
ance. the ballv-hOOS for the biggest
crowd yet in attendance commenced.
The shooting tournament drew many,
the tennis tournament was another at
traction and there were MANY other
ways Of amusing the visitors Many
brought their lunches with them. and at
the noon hour hundreds of spreads were
to he seen scattered over various parts
Of the grounds.
SCHOOL CHILDREN'S DAY. TOO.
The Brownsville public school chill
drcn met at the high school at 9 O'Clock
in the morning. ana formed Il line Ol
march and marched to the fair grounds,
accompanied by their teachers. alto
gcthcr 200 strong They were admitted
free and took in everything that was to
be seen Oh the grounds They came pre-.
pared 10 spend the day. and spend the
dav they did.
The teachers went along to watch
their pupils but when they reached the
grounds the little ones scattered and the
rules Of the SchoolrOOm were forgotten
and placed i'll the background along with
other school matters. The teachers gave
up their attempt to use ScnOOlrOOm tx
ties with the young ones. and turned
themselves about and sought amusement
such az they desired.
There were also classes from some of
the Catholic schools in the city and with
the San Bcnl;o ciIilGren and Browns
Vile nUnilS. there were easily Loo stu
dents on the grounds ut all times during
the day.
The ticket sellers called for held sew
cral times during the day. and ut times
even two Of them could not supply adj
mission tickets fast cough to handle the
crowd. Immediately after the flower
parade the thousands that witnessed
that event Oh the streets seemed all at
once to bc moved to 90 into the fair
drawn evidently by the pulling force of
the parade.
THE BEAUTIFUL FOLK DANCES.
Fully two thousand witnessed the foil,
dances by Brownsville high school
athletic class on the tennis courts. under
the direction of Misses Wilhelmnia Gus
ter and Lee McCaughan. teachers in the
school. Misses Custer and McCaughan
have since the beginning Of the school
wear been inStructing the high school pu-
pills III dances that promise the young
women grace and activity, and the per
fOrmancc Yesterday was declared by
many to have been one Of very finest eX-
hibitiOnS of the kind ever witnessed.
1T was generally cOmplmcntcd by all
who witnessed it. The program lnclnd-
ed the Danish Dance OF Greeting. Shoe
makers Dance. Blcking Ga Swedish
Dancc). TantOli Ia Swedish dancc), and
Finnish Reel.
Those who took part were: Misses
| Dorothea Holt. Florinc Pierce, Soyla
| Tiierina. Kathleen Craig. Eva Cowen,
| COnSuela Tiierina. Nellie Earle. Mary
Weamer. Claire McAlceSc. Maggie
| TumlinSon. Stella McGOvern. Annie
Musel Ruth MonsesS. Luclla Bennett.
| Alice Muscll. IIcrmenia COrteZ. Mary
| Fletcher. JOSephinc Casteneda. Anna
| Laroc and Louise Putcgnat
| The dances proved 50 popular that il
| is probable the fair association will en-
dcavor to have them repeated before
the ending Of the present entertainment.
HOME :EEKERS DAY.
| Today is IIomcSeckcrS' Day. Hun
dreds of tourists from the frozen north
are eXnectcd. and the truck displays
| have been reinforced that they may have
| convincing proof Of our great midwlnter
possibilities.
One of the important events annOunc-
ed is the fireworks display, to take place
on the banks of the reSaca at o'clock
| tonight. One thousand dollars will be
expended in giving such 4 display aS was
/ rarely seen before. Some of the scenes
will he among the bets turned out by
! Paines fireworks people The fair as
/ Sociation has made special effort 70
| make the fireworks display the best that