Evening journal., 1917-09-04

Brockway trucks. n. p. stapleford OK
hlblts tho Grant Six and Oldsmoblles,
Cam Brothers, Of West Chester, have
an exhibition Of Mitchell cars.
Much interest centered IN the auto
mobile races yesterday afternoon, and
the largo throng watched with interest
the try-outs Of The various cars, and
tried at the same time TO keep out OF
tho way Of the clouds OF dust which
tho dying cars raised as they sklddsd
around tho curves at each end OF the
track. Several times some Of the cars
came dangerously near doing the swift
and destructive fence-dlve. and sent
showers OF yellow dust out over and
through tho fences into the crowds
which rambled up and down tho mid
way. Between dodglng the various at
fractions and the dust Of the flying
cars, they had quite an active time
for q few minutes every now and tAcn
during the afternoon.
There are many more midway attrao-
tions this year than ever before, and
care has been taken 20 insure that
nothing "unsanltary" should find It's
way into the street" which, this
year, extends from almost the main
entrance all the way around the track
10 a point IN rear Of The grand stand
In q double column. The tw0-headed
babS, the twins who remind the old
folks OF the SiRmese twins Of their
early days, the hlgh-roarlng gorilla
whose continuous roars remind one
susplclously OF their Old-time friend OF
wedding serenadcs, that prince OF mu-
slcal instruments, the horse-nddle; the
human-headed spider, snake charmers
galore: the h0bltual mermaid, though
this time she revels in another name,
"ali, all are there, the old familiar
faces" and then some.
Automobiles by the hundreds were
parked in the space between the grand
stand and the western and northern
fences, a space equal 70 q dozen OF
more city blocks; and they were
packed in so closely that the unlnltl-
ated wondered how they would ever
become untangled.
Much interest was shown IN the
hospital tent, which Is directly In rear
Of the grand stafld, and is conducted
by Miss Duncan, OF the Delaware hos
pital. This, too, Is an annual lnstitu.
tiOn which Is at once Of immense prac-
tlcal value, Ia case Of illness or accl.
dent, and OF great interest TO visitors.
Horses there He In large numbers
and the best OF all kinds Of brands
or do they call them breeds Anyhow
they are all there, from the huge per
cheron, which Is almost as large as {
small elephant to the cute little sad
die ponies which look like carved
images, and which are surrounded a
all times by hordes OF admiring young
sters.
In the Swine exhibit, there are mum
bers Of these birds" which seem Il
have grown IN direct proportion {,
the growth OF their cost when con
verted into pork chops. Some Of then
weigh, 10 judge by the eyes OF a fel
low whose most intimate knowledge
Of them was gained many years ago
when he remembers having eaten I
pork chop before the pork-vine grew
so high in the air that its fruit wer,
out OF sight OF the ordinary human
being. farmers excepted, must have
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more. Then there were some tiny
seedlings" methinks they call them
which, II the hard Of the grim reaper
doth not cut them down to roast viii
apples in their mouths, as they useC
TO do when farm mortgages were
known, respected and unpaid, ma!
grow, too, TO heights heretofore un
Z known. Surely there Is q future before
a swine. these days.
There are many strange relics o.
past times 20 be found at the Fair. an'
one Of them is what, in the days O
our youth, we were told were chick
ems, whose principal uses IN the worlC
those days were 10 lay eggs, whicl
were colored and hidden in the yarC
for children 20 hH0t at Easter, and q
feed the good old dominic who used
az rare intervals, 20 visit the homes
Of the ungodly, there TO feast on th
chicken, and pray for the family. Aye
them were happy days, and the fai
is the place or places where ihes
fond memories win be aroused. Go Of