Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-09-04
RECORD CROWD
At State FAIR
ON FIRST DAY
Clear Skies Sends Many
More Visitors to Elaborate
Display Today
MANY AWARDS ARE
MADE BY JUDGES


vare state Fai ron tis second day to-
dav. The fair managers are optimistic
Yesterdays crowd was the biggest nrS'
dav crowd in the history Of the asso-
citation. and today's crowd, drawn by
the first day racing program and the
varied fair exhibits, is expected TO be
a Tuesday record crowd. The fair Is
in full swing day and night.
About 5000 thousand visitors regis
tered at the opening day yesterday, and
The crowds arc expected TO break the
records before the gates close on FRIDAY
night. especially If the fine weather
continues. The exhibits are all IN great
shane. and Of excellent quality ana
variety. The races held the breath
lc~ attention of the crowds, even
though the swirl of amber dust kicked
up by the racing autos put everyone
into khald-colored garb, but that only
added TO the fun.
From the moment the visitor was
greeted by the click OF the ehtrsho"
ftirnstile. the ragtime OF the merry-go-
ro,,nd and the roar OF the human
gorilla" ." until he passed through lndus-
striai agricultural, needlework, live
stock exhibits, and viewed the equine
,ristocrats daintily showing their PAGES
In the horse show; thrilled as the
putos skldded around the curves IN tne
races and laughed at the trick mule
until the very end OF the evening, dur
ing which the popular running races
engrossed him, and fireworks addea
ravetv. ne found out it was live wire
fair The fireworks, by the way, are
made right on the Fair grounds.
This afternoons program incluoes
horse show and harness races. hal-
hess racing will be a feature every al
fornoon until the close OF the falr
~onigbt there will be motorcycle races
iromorrovv and Thursday nights Wi
~ devoted No running races. Ihe uot
sho,,- etarts tomorrow and continues VI
rbe army and navy recruiting tenu
.ra nronninently near the entrance iu
srroy secured the following new mel
Ceorgs W. Ayers. John Border
r.eorge r. Chance. James tranklli
and James l. Kating, VINO "sle -
signed 10 the First Delaware lnianOfy
Aibert A Edwards. James J.. Mona
gbsn Charles Colgan, Richard a. NC
80 Joseph Kolodziejewsk' "eI
sert to Baltimore for assignment y
he regular army. A.. .,,ie,
nags give q new note 10 inns ''-
pair -, s..arogo A
The Delaware Equal Sunrase a.
eociat,on. the Y. ". c. A. anu lIie =
sociation opposed 70 Woman sullies'
rest tents had many visitors Ses,el
sav and distributed literature NJ NJ
Eeorge Newcombe is in charge OF tn
puffrage tent. Miss Agnes !. Do"ne,
~ state president, and Mrs. John
rranston. a former State presloeh
D vere al the tent in the afternoon. MT
-,.ant n, DeArmond ard MI
frederick william Curtis are
.horge Of the Ant.-sufrage tent :
Mo Y. w. G. A. tent Mrs. Harry
r.D,,son Mrs. B. r. Beasey and MI
a Thompson are in attendance.
An interested group was constant
Aosoro the booth Of white-capp'
-oner who were RED Crossing" a
,o~ding 10 a small girl in the indu
r,aI building. They made cor
ressos wound bandages, display
garments and sold a goodly numo
ss buttons. Mrs. L. A. Kittinger a.
Iirs Robert Pennington we're
lharge . --o,,,
,ctress OF the famous Wasnlnsu
souare PLAYERS, is personally at I
IrilIord r. Davis booth. in the lnoI
rial building. dressed in the costui
\. the neriod when the pioneer silV
eiate Of America began its man
facture. She presides over the sllN
10 be given away in connection ",
THE EVENING JOURNAL "au
melon contest. - ,o,7n,y
"How many seeds in THE JOultN
Eatermelon2" Il, -.
This is what YOU hear on al 81
NJ the fair. =,
The first guess was made by N
plauken. OF No. 1903 West Fourteel
,treet shortly after the big melon
hived al the booth OF Millard f. Da
IN exhibition hall. After thet
ruesses came IN fast and. ranged ~
Hi TO $3.50. II was suggested WI
Ihis last number came in that SC
pne had mixed the seeds in the
melon with the feet in mile, but
guess stands.
Sranqers Have Exhibits.
Adopting the plan followed az
Allentown Fair in having the Nari
oranges erect booths or STANDS IN
Vegetable and fruit departments WI
sroducts Of the grangers such as 81
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