The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-26
FLOOD. OF LIGHT
affair GROUNDS
Vast Enclosure to Be Made Bril-
liant During Big Exhibition
in October.
GOOD MUSICAL FEATURES
Performers Engaged to Entertain
Crowds in the Grand
stand.
GOOD MUSICAL FEATURES

Twelve enormous electric search
ttigntS pi ai,, %, on top Of the amphi-
Virginia State Fair Grounds as Iie chr
az aay during the six nights. begin
n miit October 6. These searchlights
streamers OF smaller Iights scattered
tnrouehout the grounds, and the r,vs
a anh tnem VIII penetrate every nook
EEn'inS system Will be in charge OF
o,ay ELECTRICIAN Thompson. who has
Week. lie i viz us OF 40 absence for that
electricity to make the State Fair
Grounds the greatest white WAY.
place ere w aousn' ana the safest possible
see me sights now planned for their
entertainment
PAYS Will be The Battle of Santiaeo"
winch VIII cost $1,000 an hour to 5re
sem sem we've great battleships viii be
pc destroyed by Il submarine DESTROYER
iollo"ing Il lavish display OF roctet.'
whici, h ana , nely novelties. the like OF
liancy. al o'i'-
Much Like Cabaret.
another night attraction will be tho
o. nug from me stage In front OF the
mer ' t 1esh ce, 81 Miss Helen Mac Ham
voice reputed to carry it's sweetness
i nuSo nc Inc limits OF the grounds Dur
IT'S inc mornings and afternoons Miss
ZION Building. as viii also Mias Hsi.n
lie Nour. soprano
me singing feature Of afternoon .rd
night at tho grandstand will be e,yniIar
70 CABARET snow. only more startIino
and beautiful. Featuring this act viii
p'iora al "" ,Detahey, tenor. a1ld Miss
Blaney. the comic singer. will pitch his
Soico against the combined EFFORTS OF
Mace GAYS band OF twenty-five so.
ioists. These singers will also be sun
W ~ l. D.
mer and Miss DE Nour. making az a
whoic an array of song birds whose
vious fairs "a
F., The lover Of graceful, wonderful
trecia. the dancing sensation OF Eu-
rope Trips onto the stage in front OF
lnc granustand each afternoon and
night Director Anderson who re-
Gently returned from European trip
made especially TO secure something
new Tor The eighth annual State Fair.
says he has seen many dances. but
none that can compare with Patrecia
Auto Polo New Wrinkle
.razy Curran rolled into Richmond
Yesterday in one OF his speed machines
VIII which he startled thousands last
year in tho Circle OF Denth." Believe
me, he said, the directors OF the Vir-
GINA state Fair secured a real free
attraction when they contracted for the
auto polo feature. Those who thought
our stunts with the auto last year were
iIAlN c!puS VIII witness In auto polo the
most thrilling scene Imaginable. Ger
tainly the drivers who go after the
polo ball In speed machines are
protected TO an extent. but the thrills
come when the machines turn over in
making quick plunges after the ball or
the autos meet hend on. going a great
speed. 1t keeps an army or mechanics
busy repairing the ears used in auto
polo. and sometimes surgeons and
whitc-cappcd nurses are added to the
scenes OF activity"
peola. AN Italian aviator. viii come
TO Richmond 10 make two flights daily
In his horsepower Curtiss biplane.
professor Hutchison. who makes two
balloon ascensions daily. and in one
fall from the skies uses twelve para
chutes. thought the Italian aviator
would make greater attraction for
Richmond than Art Smith. the clipping
neronaut. because the Italian has made,
good In every place he has appeared,
and is one OF the most sensational hi
plane rnanipulators In America to- day.
Many big Attractions.
Among other attractions Will be
Fcrrarfs trained animal show, the
Jolly. Harvesters. gymnastic comedians,
Oklahoma Bits Wild West snow
Staine's comedy circus. Captain
Sorcho's sea divers, Pattee's diving