The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-31


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 It was One. at a. labor meeting in Trafalgar Square, London. I saw small boy swept off his fathers shoul- der and go rolling like a tumble-Weed in a wind for a hundred yards across the packed heads before he fell through. Also in 1910, I had watched from the balcony of the National Pal see in Mexico City, the rurales of President Dfaz savagely falling with carbine butts the crowd that checked the X0coIo in a vain effort to open passage for the procession of the esCAn4ennaRi0.a Yet both of these notable crowds could have been lost in the vast aasembIage that packed Stlae Avenue of Palms, in front of the Tagver of Jewels. on opening day. For five hours the batteries Of turnstlles had clicked with the persistence or telegraph keys in a busy railroad of- Eca, registering the broad streams that poured through a dozen gates, j xza the count passed the quarter elas1Non mark All that une ger ger laln ssla Of the early birds had waited for the @fac&r4o spark which. sped by Presa- dent Wilson's finger. should throw 4qfde the doors of the exposition; and zsraaszr 1t came-as though sucked in SraA as powerful current, the naassed ElalEzsaaxaity flowed into the palaces i2areEgh a hundred entrances, in few minutes flooded the forty-seven xns1as of aisles throughout their length
 thousand exhibits were all ready for in psction- From such 9 mass all selected products of the last ten years al iu4erestings it is extremely diff ssaxze to pick and choose. Eventually, fa6En one pen or another, each will receive its just due For my part. sXsa merely follow the crowd and xry to make an imperfect record of afs preferenees Down the great cen trm1 aisle of A4acEih6ry Hall. through groves of engines boilers turbines, tracfaO Oaas We1l-boreHs and rock crushing plants, past tin can factory in fuu b1ast-which had it's admirers k-and a great Hoe press that was SrT7nIrar. out a coIored Sunday "sup- p1exneness at one hundred thousand sto the hour, the main stream made for Uncle sam's army and navy ex-
 Covering . wide range Of activities and functions. from the coast light service to the island Alaska patrols this exhibit Is of almost universal interest," In the section devoted to huEe vernaz1lion mushrooms for some lime before recognizing them for the apparently small red buoys tka&e mark our coasts and harbors. Wh1sthpg and light buoys that are made to emit hoots or flashes by wave action are dominated and thrown into the shade by the giant ssRsun' bs1oys which. however have nothing beyond their size to recona7 mend tnen Near them stands a. fog signals brazen below soi that a G0g-bcs1ne q mariner can judge his po- na1ozass bysss timing the intervals. But the jam of the exhibit is huge re- FFEz. feet high and six in diameter, its poll ashed glass and crystal lifts it into the realms of jewels. One. might fancy it as bedng worn on ger bosom by a Rro391dnAgian giaLtess or Guilt werss Travels And there are other 1amteEns some cunning contTdvances for isolated stations that light them selves at night go out by day, and keep it ID for months without any cage Add to these certain models Of famous HghthousesA and large framed photos which explain every detail of the service, and it will be aeen noW easily ozs may comprehend the tender care Uncle Sam evidences for his coastw1se mariners.
 In these war times the army ex- hibffs naturally command great deal of attertiOm The rail a1ongside the loading machine which turns out 24, 900 complete Cartridges in eight hours is always crowded In a rack close by sections Of shell are shown. cut down the center that the con tents are exposed to visw-tne timing Rnashfnary which expAodes the burst Ing charge and drives out the close packed shrapnef in a half of death Tn size the shells range rom three inch for quick-dr1ng garrison arti1- 1ary. to the s1xteeninchs that go with the big guns we fare mounting at Panama. Set up on end, tha latter stand five feet high. arc big around as q wash tub. weight quarter of 9 ton. and require 665s poundseof pow der for their discharge They are the ssBlg Berthass of the Germans and after seeing them one IS in a posftion to understand both the sl1r- prise of ths French that such enor- rnOus guns could be used in land war and also the tragedy of t1ae Belgian xoEaL A sixInch armor plate, which has been shot through and through at trial target pract1ces helps in the understanding of the latter. Around the holes where the shot pierced the pzaEes thehneta1 warped, twisted and burned till it locks like half melted ora
 Even more interesting is the glass tank where a model vessel floats ir the midst of a nest of mines Will their corrugated iron bodies. zbr1stl< of cnn3Act, long snake-like tails reaching down to the anchor, and certatn tndenta4ions painted red that simulate big eyes. they look like some devfI-fish or giant crustacea The first cousin, the Whitehead torpedo on an adjoining rack, might pass, f1 turn, for an arnored porpoise Thk sailor who explains it's deadly func- tfong also shows how 1t is discharg ed from model subnna1fne, and dis pengss general information concern. ing fifty and odd models that cover every type of vessel in the American navy Then, in 8 gigantic cyeIora7na you may watch the gradual develop. ment of the navy from the ssBor Homn1e Richard of Paul Jones ts t1ae latest dreadnought. In stately