The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-05
More Than 1000 See
Home Products Show

The Home Products exposition came
into its own last night when it Is esti-
mated over 200o people filed through the
doors of the Gipsy Smith auditorium
saw the exhibits. got souvenirs. enjoyed
the evenings programme and went away
happy. The unanimous verdict of the
crowd was that the exposition is the
best thing of it's kind ever held in
( the city. Enormous crowds are expected
the rest of the week
The usual prizes were awarded last
night but SO. far no claimants have ap-
peared The set of dishes awarded bv
Loveman, Joseph & Loeb was won by
ticket No. 12s21; the bridal cake awarded
by the A. B. c. factory, was won by
No. 41;s03 and the box of crackers Of
fered by the same company was won
by No. 1923, which was held by o. q.
Bennett.
Musical Numbers Well Received
The musical programme last night held
the crowd spellbound while it lasted and
every one of the numbers and the recita-
tions were applauded Mrs. Earl G. Nc
Lin gave two recitations in negro dialect
that threw the great crowd into convul-
sions of laughter and she was loudly ap-
plauded. Mrs. McLin is a well known
local reader and elocutionist. The vocal
solos by Erin Farley, Miss Norma SCHOOL,
ar and Wyatt Hefiin were greatly ap-
preciated. All three are well known Bir-
mingham singers. Mr.. Farley and Mr.
Heflin have voices of great power and
Miss Scholar captivated the crowd 1t
was one of the most enjoyable enter
tainments of its kind held in the city in
long time.
A baby show has been arranged for
Friday afternoon. II IS expected to be
one of the biggest days of the expositioai
Several prizes will be awarded to fhe
future men and women of Birmin CHAM,
among them being a handsome gb-cart
All fond parents desiring to enter their
heir in the contest should get in touch
with John Henley, chairman of the en-
tertainment committee. Mr.. Henley states
that the baby show will be right in line
with the rest of the exposition, which,
of course, means' that It will be some
show.
The miniature working model of the
Panama .eanal on the stage is proving
a greaf attraction The exhibit is free
to alLfwho buy tickets to the exposition
- dCIHoIiSltdlcu I'LL lnSi time DY a
leeturer. The exposition is 60 feet long
and eight feet wide and gives several
different perspectives of the Panama ca
nal and contiguous territory. There is
one part of the exhibit which shows
how the gates open how the water es-
capes and all particulars concerning the
operation On another table is a minia-
ture view of one of the big locks, per-
feet and identical with the original except
that it is very small comparatively. It
has water in it and the gates of the locks
are operated by electrical machinery let
ting the water flow through exactly as
In the canal itself and floating two minia-
ture ships through the locks
Then on another table is a miniature
perspective of the entire canal territory
from the Atlantic to the Pacific side
showing the lay of the ground and every
Typographical feature. A striking phase
of the canal to the first observer is first,
its crookedness, and, second, the enor-
nous amount of territory that is under
water considering the parts used The
damned up water in some of the places
runs back into the foothills for many
miles, creating lakes and swamps All
of the towns and cities in the canal zone
are shown.
To Award Mattress
Tomorrow night the first prize will be
q Perfection mattress, awarded by the
Perfection Mattress company; a cake by
the A. B. C. company and a made-to-
order shoe by the Cato Shoe Manufacture
ing company.
An amusing incident occurred yester-
day at the booth of the Cato Shoe COM
pany, when gentleman of the darker