The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-10-10

The women'S department under the di-
rection of Mrs. j. b. Reid is without
doubt the most beautiful and artistic dis
play of it's kind ever given in this part
of the country. This department was
ready for the opening yesterday in every
particular. The booths are remarkable,
not only in their color and arrangement
schemes but in their individuality. They
are unique in that all are striltingly orig
inal not even copied after each other
The former open space ON the second
floor of this building has been covered
and there Is much more room for the
booths. The entire hall itself had been
artstically decorated. great blue and
white cloth ceiling being put in to hide
the crude rafters. There are flags and
bunting hanging about with flowers
ferns, potted shrubbery and all kinds of
green plants in every nook and corner.
1t resembled some great conservatory or
garden. The women of Birmingham and
Alabama have no doubt scored a triumph
The Birmingham pantry is very credit
able, but Mrs. Reid stated yesterday that
the pantry had suffered from a lack of
cooperation from the merchants of Bir-
mingham There are a few firms which
have always been with me and which
are here now. but there are many more
who are not and but for this lack of CO.
operation the pantry would have been
much larger and have accomplished what
it was originally intended for" said Mrs
Reid.
In the womens department there are &c
booths 6 church bazars and art studios.
On account of the non-arrival of part
of the cattle exhibit yesterday, no cattle
judging will be done until Monday.
First Arrest Made
The first arrest of the fair was made
yesterday by Detective Fred Thomas,
who arrested Birmingham man and
charged him with running a blind tiger.
Stevens was turned over to the city au-
thorities. The detective claims to have
found suitcase full of evidence" Mr..
Thomas makes a speciality of following
fairs and acting as detective. He has
been connected with the Alabama State
Fair for several years
Mrs. Willie Stevens 212 North Twenty
third street was the first person to pay
admittance to the grounds yesterday
morning.
Yesterday morning at II o'clock the
Berliner First Cavalry band appeared on
the downtown streets and created much
| excitement. The band is a departure
| from the ordinary musical organizations
l found at fairs. 1t is expected to soon
become very popular with the fair goers
For the first time since the State Fair
has been held in Birmingham, the down
|
with flags and bunting. This work was
done Wednesday night and Thursday
| morning the citizens woke up to find the
| town in gala attire for the big show.
| The races yesterday We're very good
although the track was dusty This
will be remedied today, it is claimed. In
the 10-mile, Glass A, professional motor
cycle race yesterday, Bake won in the
time of 1882. Gaudy was second Cree
vaston dropped out on the fourth mile,
| as his machine was out of order
! In the smile, Glass B, professional
motorcycle race, Monty Groves won in
| 432 2-5 and Tommy Lewis was second in
| 4:37 rs. They were the only two entries
| to finish, the other six dropping out.
| The fireworks and PAINS spectacle does
not begin until Monday. The first accident
of the fair occurred about o'clock last
night, when a young lady fell down the
stairway from the women's department
and was unconscious for few minutes. 1t
was stated she was not seriously injured.
Moxie Flies, superintendent of races,
| says there are more horses on the track
this year than ever before, and more than
| he has ever seen on a southern race
| track before at any time. There are en-
tries from nearly every state in the union,
he says.
EthelegO Wins Tr0t
The special 2:15 trot, which made it pos
sible to fill in for the 3-year-old races
which did not fill, were very exciting and
showed the class of the horses entered for
the races this year. There were five en-
! trants to the race. Ethelego, owned by
~. w. Thomas of Nashville and driven by
himself, won the race. The race was run
in three heats. Ethelego's time for the
heats was: First 2:161a, second 2:19, third
2:161a.
4 Tramp Hal, owned by William Gala
CHER, Selma, and driven by Tansy, fin
ished second. Tramp Hal showed fine
form. but little hard luck prevented
him from winning. In the next race he
is entered it is expected that he will make
a sensational showing. The entrants in
Yesterdays race were Princess Poem,
Ethelego, Tramp Hal. Peterwood and Dan
Wilkes.
A 10-mile open motor cycle race is on the
programme for today, there being five
enthusiastically, Crevistim. Graves. Bake
and Joyce, the latter being local man.
The division Of money will be SEQ first and