The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-08
LAST DAY OF HOME
PRODUCTS SHOW
Baby Show Yesterday At
tracted Many Entrants
CROWDS INCREASING
Record Attendance Expected Tonight.
Special Events Being Planned.
Amateur Night Productive of
Much Entertainment
CROWDS INCREASING

The Ad club has proved 1T can be
done There were probably 5000 peo-
pie in the big Gipsy Smith auditorium
last night at the Home Products expo
sition when the evening entertainment
was begun. 1t was the largest crowd
of the exposition so far but still larg-
er one is expected tonight.
To accommodate the school children
today the doors of the exposition will
open at 10 o'clock this morning and
the exposition will close at 1890 o'clock
tonight. The programme will be one of
the best of the week. Besides some pro-
fessional vaudeville acts there are sew
eral special events being planned by the
committee, among which are to be pie
eating contest between several negro
boys and the other will be contest
between negro boys in which dimes and
nickles will be placed in pans of -four
and the boys can have all they get by
roofing them out with their mouths.
Prize Winning Babies
The baby contest was a big event
yesterday afternoon. There were over
awarded as follows:
l. >'ocdiI given DY OSler 6folherS.
Won by Elinor Garden, 4425 Avenue B.
2. Five dollar savings account in
American Trust bank. Won by Benja-
min Opal
3. Five dollar savings account in
American Trust bank Won by Mar
jorie Hargrove.
4. Solid gold ring given by Bromberg
Jewellers. Won by Orville Clair Crump
5. 100 engraved cards and plate by
Roberts & Son. Won by Julia Mae
Bell
6. One pound box inertia candy. by
Birmingham Candy company. Won by
Curtis Bragan.
Z, s, and 10. One-half box inertia
chocolates, by Birmingha Candy com
pany. Won by Robert Enscoe, Hazel
Davis Rosenberger. Welton Thomas and
Sarah Hardin.
The prizes last night We're as fol-
lows and were won by the numbers ap-
pearing opposite:
Any mattress made by the Birming
ham Mattress company-6240
Six months subscription to the Bir-
mfngnam Age e-Herald-1a3S7
Three-pound can of Royal Gun Bat
terton coffee--43236
Five gallons mineral water from Bir-
mlngham Ice factory and Fowlkes &
Myatt-21170.
Suit of overalls by the Phillips Hen
derson company-48922.
Cake by the A. B. c. company-1e572
Tin of crackers by the A. B. c. com
pany-2963S
Thes.prizes to be won tonight are
tf-ee pounds of coffee from the Bat
serton Conee company pair overalls by
the Phillips- Henderson company, sx6
rug by the Southern Steam Garnet
Cleaning company. one Golden Rod ham
by the Birmingham Packing company.
500 printed letterheads by the Com
mercial Printing company five gallons
OF jackson water by Fowlkes & Myatt.
one dozen SILK garters and one dozen
silk arm bands by Alabama Textile
company.
Amateur Night Enjoyable
The amateur programme last nieht
was the best entertainment the expo
sition has afforded this week Miss
Mary L. Brodrick, a High School girl.
gave vocal solo entitled "Slumber
land" The song was composed by Mrs.
j. U. Hardman, a Birmingham woman
Little Catherine Welsh, a tiny girl Of
about years, won first prize with a
vocal solo. 1t was So. Mary and Fred
densley. sister and brothers. about <
and 10 years old. won second prize of
s3 with duet and dancing act Miss
Brodrick did not compete for the prize.
Edgar "caruso' Strauss, however was
the sensation of the evening, Edgar
has many friends in Birmingham ana
when his name was announced the
crowd went wild. He sang two solos
IN spite of considerable opposition from
the audience and two recalls from the
PLATFORM by the use of the proyerbia1
hook" Edgar's heart was in the right
place, however. and he sang all the
harder when he got back He won
third prize of 81.
The rest of the programme last night
was furnished by three professionals.
Mr.. Clark sang One or two parodies
that were received with great enthus-
aasm and the team of Kane and Wag-
ner. wnlch appeared once before earlier
in the week. repeated their star ner-
formance of comedy songs.
The exposition has been one Of tho
most successful things of its kind ever
given In the city, II is freely admitted
The exhibitors are delighted They ar.
planning for an exposition twice as bie-
next year and have already begun nego
t1ations for more space. One man stat
ed yesterday that when ne took the
booth he thought he was Just giving
that much toward charity, but that he
now realizes that it is the best piece
OF advertising he has ever secured
The officials of the Ad club are de-
lighted with the show and the crowds
and. they state that the beginning has
been made which will lead to a per-
manent exposition of Birmingham made
goods In the new Peoples auditorium
Many children are expected to go
today to see the Panama canal work
ing model.