Weekly journal-miner., 1915-03-17
ZONE" IS FAIRS
 HIGHWAY OF FROLIC
BY KIRK WHITE.

Visitors to an exposition as a rul
 after having viewed the mdre digni
 fled displays turn to the anlusemen
 sections of any fair. Chicago had it
 Midway, St. Louis its Pike and Sal
 Francisco has its Zone, which rep
 resents an outlay of $l4,OO0,000 anC
 has already provided amusenlent fol
 thousands. This aggregation of show.
 runs from the dignified and instruc
 tive Creation" which is really the i first chapter of Genesis reproduced
 in manner that shows how the
 world was created, to the '49 Camp
 where are depicted the scenes of early
 days in California. Both of these
 shows have been well staged.
 It would perhaps be better to take
 the reader up one side of the Zone
 and down the other, giving briefly a sketch of the more important shows.
 The first attraction is the Cari-ous-
 sel with its many colored animals on
 which young and old ride. Next is
 the Crazy House, full of funny cap
 CTS, then the Mexican Village, with
 its gay colored hangings, its garden and fascinating senoritas; from there
 we go to Alligators Joe's Farm where we see many of the denizenS of the southland. Next is the Underground China town which shows with accur acy this section of San Francisco as it was before the fire Here we see the Chinaman with his fan-tan lay out, his opium pipe and his theatre with its wierd and plaintive music Next comes Toy land with its many shows for young and old. Then there is the Battle of Gettysburg and the Evolution of the Dreadnaught; each of these is instructive as well as en- tertaining. The cost of these two pro ductions is over $350,000.
 The Hawaiian Village and the Home of the Samoan are in line as we come to the Horoscope, a gigan- tic steel arm to the end of which is attached an observation car. This re- wolves and gradually attains great heighth, giving magnificent view of San Francisco, the Golden Gate and the surrounding country. Next isl Mysterious Asia where the Turkish dancers and the sword whirlers hold forth. This brings us to the end of the street and we cross to the other side. The first object which attracts the eye is the Yellowstone Park con cession, where Old Faithful, the famous geyser may be seen at work sending up thousands of gallons oi water every minute.
 There is the Russian Theatre and then the 1O1 Ranch with its wild west show, its COW girls and flashing broncho busters; Australia with its | wonderful whipmen who perform most remarkable feats with their short stock and long lash whips. | Then comes the Old Plantation with l its old time darkies playing and sing l ing the plaintive tunes of the Sunny | South. Filmland, where moving pie lures are taken is next to Japan Beau tiful, where dainty geisha girls serve | tea while their sturdy brothers dem onstrate the mode of wrestling em'' ployed in the land of the cherry | blossoms. The Baby Incubators with their tiny mites of humanity | each struggling to grow to man or womanhood while white garbed nurses watch over them every min ute of the day
 Then there is the Irish Village with its pretty colleens who have all kiss ed the Blarney stone which is at the top of the turret of the castle. Next comes the '49 Camp with its dance halls, its miners garbed as in the Jays of Mark Twain and Brete Harte, its siuicing ground where one may pan for real gold nuggets. Then the Dayton Flood realistically show ing that terrible disaster which shock ,d the world.
 Creation, the marvellous production showing how the world was made and the Panama Canal are the two ,eatures of the Zone. Space will not permit descriptions of these attrac lions as they are too large and far Creation. like the Panama Canal, is instructive as well as en- Captain Scott's trip to the South Pole is another of the wonders of the amusement lane and shows low this gallant explorer made his way to the pole. There are many other attractions, such as shooting galleries, Bowls of Joy, candy floss booths, "hot dog" stands, etc.
 Taking it all in all we find that the Zone has improved much on the old ashioned shows that we saw years 100 and t,,au,, Of t1e concessions arc