Evening journal., 1917-09-05

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vacuum cleaners, Victrolss, grocery
products, silver plate, and we're carry
Ing free fans and ysrdstioks, and wear
ing free Indian feathers. Tho Rcd Cross
wisely put away some Of It's literature
before the devastating hordes descend
cd, IN order to have some left for tho
adult visitors
The soldiers were followed around
the grounds by admirlng small boys.
/ one small boy Informed his comrado
that two soldiers who were taking a
ride 10 the Ferris wheel 'Nwere prac-
tloin' 10 go In them there olryplanes." {"
Besides The wheel. tho monkey auto
4 racers amuso a great number Of young
and old.
Today's race track program at tho
( fair includes harness races this after
noon and running races tonight. The
( fireworks at night are well worth
seeing.
THE EVENING JOURNAL watermelon
contest at the Millard f. Davis booth,
IN behalf OF the "Our Boys In France
Tobacco Fund.-" Is always a center Of
attraction, and Miss is47" Is ever
busy keeping tabs on the guesses as
20 number OF seeds. A chest Of "iei1n
silver is the award to the lucky.
Tomorrow viii be the big day Of
the Fair when the largest crowd OF
tho week Is expected 70 be within the
gates. The harness racing will be
the best OF the week.
Strange things may be seen st the
Fair, should one observe what one
sees after one gets inside the gates.
and one does not have TO go very far
inside to see things, either. For IN
stance, yesterday afternoon, as the
crowds were beglnning to spread oul
inside the gates, one inqusitlve news
paper man Ia strange kind ot news
paper man, that isl wandered over 10 2
large, bowl-llko structure, probably 3,
feet high, and looked inside. 10 will be
used, from It's appearance, for the
'death-defylng' motorcycle girl TO ride
around the sides at an angle which
apparently denes the laws Of grayita.
tion.
Just as he looked In, man whose
overload OF "knock-em-stufi" had com.
menced TO play havoc with his legs
waddled up and asked the permission
OK the newspaper man TO 20 ln there
and lay down awhile until my leey
got better. Don't care, DO ,hic, youg'
he gurglod.
surely not. old man, you have my
permission" returned the scribe. and
the inebriated one wandered IN and col.
lapsed. The reporter escaped FAR enough
TO be out OF the way when ne came
out, and that was IN about two
minutes, when some husky workman
put moro life into the drunken legs
than they had felt FOR many dav
and the rest OF his body was Vigorous.
ly calling for the man who gave him
permission TO rest his weary bones
But he was gone.
Then there was 20 be seen. inst
below that point. on the Midway. Che
Water Sylphs." Surely, II they were
like their painted pictures on tho ble
screen they were some sylphs, OF sup.
pie, fairylike construction. But stand.
ing on the stand beside the ticket
seller was a woman. in black bathinr
costume, who must have weighed more
than 250 pounds One wag asked II sht
she'd when she went on for her act
but the reporter, scenting trouble
wandered along until he found th,
snake OIL man, who guarantees. by
smelling his product three times a day
to keep microbes and other bugs ou
Of the inside of peoples heads Her,
The scribe found his "big-a-boss,n ap
lparently waiting to see If he had some
thing that was good Tor them. bi
again The scribe faded IN time.
Back OF the grand stand. at the enc
Of The Midway, many persons werl
much interested 10 the layout Of Ia,
z attractions, which came in this order
I suburban Theatre, wherein are dis
{ played the mysteries Of oriental dance.
p and dancehrs; then comes the Womeni
b. Rest Room This in turn. is nanke.
by Votes for Women in large letter.
in front Of the suffrage tent, and last