Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-11
ARMORy IN GALA
DRESS FOR LOCAL
INDUSTRIAL SHOW
Extra Corps of Workmen Rush
ing Work on Exhibit
Booths.

Newark's Industrial Exposition
will open tomorrow night in the
First Regiment Armory. It will con
tinue until September 26 1t was an
nounced today that the opening eX
eroises would take only few min
utes and that by SIS o'clock the ex'
position will be officially under way
and in full swing.
President A. V. Hamburg, of the
Board of Trade, will open the exer-
cises with a short address. Mayor
Haussling has sent word to the ex-
position committee that it will be
impossible for him to attend the
opening. In his place will be substi-
tuted Board of Works Commissioners
Arthur r. Denman. Rev. Edmund
A. WATSON will offer the invocation
which will be followed by a short
address on 1.-The Star-Spangled BAN
ner," which will be delivered by
Rev. Henry r. Rose, pastor of the
Church of the Redeemer. The open
ing exercises will take place in what
is known as the palace of Fashion
which has been erected in the south
east corner of the armory.
In order that every exhibit might
be complete for the opening, an extra
corps OF worl1men were engaged to-
day. Practically all the booths are
complete The big drill shed has al
ready been transformed into a small
settlement of booths, divided by aisles
that run to a point in the centre OF
the floor Here is found the crystal
fountain, one of the most interest
ing features of the exhibit The foun-
tain rises thirty-two feet and may be
seen to advantage from any part OF
the floor. The color scheme in the
decorations is blue and gold. The
rafters have been completely covered
with bunting of those colors that run
from the caves to the top centre, CIV
ing tent-lil1e effect. The balconies
have also been draped, and all the
decorations run to the northern end
of the armory and form themselves
into an immense sunburst.
One of the most interesting features
of the exhibition will be the palace
of Fashion" Here live models will
exhibit all kinds of women's wearing
apparel The exhibit, however, will
be for women only.
Another feature of the exhibit will
be the novelty dances that will BE-
performed by Ladye Vivian and
Walter Langdon. of New York, who
will give exhibitions of all the modern
dances such as the Brazilian Maxine
the tango and other forms of terpsi-
chorean art.
There will also be an exhibition of
the ilctagraph, the loud-s speaking tel
ephone and a display by the jewelry
manufacturing industry. The latter
display is said to be valued at three
quarters of a million dollars.
One of the most novel exhibits viii
be the parcels post booth, established
with the approval of the United
States postoffice department. THE
booth will be in charge of Superin-
tendent Fred G.. Stickel, ST.
Various kinds of containers will be
exhibited at the booth and the correct
protective wrapping for various com.
modities will be demonstrated.
on one side will be a demonstration
of the Hartley Steel Crate Farm Pro-
duce Box Company. This firm makes
a steel crate In which whole meal
of farm products can be shipped from
the farm to the consumer by parcels
post Eggs, milk, butter, vegetables
and everything are provided for in
the crate.
THE how and why of your water
bill"--the watchdog water meter, ex-
hibitor, Canon Meter Company;
dairy products, Fairfield Dairy Com
pany; work of the blind, New Jersey
Commission for the Blind; Autographs
in the making, Newark LithograPh-
ing Company: woman suffrage, Wom-
ems Political Union. There are scores
of other exhibits, demonstrating
everything from properly made pea
nut butter to artificial flowers.