Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-03
STATE FAIR LOOKS
LIKE BAN NER EVENT
WITH FINE DISPLAY
Attendance on the Opening Day
Greatest in History OF
Exhibition.
HORSE RACES START TODAY

With tho prcl,minar,cs out of the way,
the State Fair was IN full SWING TO-DAY al
the new I,lsmcrc grounds The horse
racing starts today
Rig crowds marked the opening day ot
tho fair. the biggest opening day attend-
ance vet. and II the attractions and eX-
hlhrts of Yesterday and today are to ho
taken as a sample of what IS IN store tor
MS the rest of the week, undoubtedly the
falr this wear will bc the biggest success
IN the history If The association. When
Samuel ii Wilson. .lr. secretary and
general manager, was questioned last
night, he said that Yesterday : crowd whs
the largest ever seen NJ the fair on Labor
Day and he felt confident that the TAR
would he great success
The fair was formally opened at ten
minutes past ten clock hv n loud dis
play of fireworks that made one think
that the Fourth of July was with us again,
or that the Germans bad reached VII
mington As usual tho main attractions
of the first siav were tho automobile
races IN the afternoon and tho horse run
nlnR races III the evening
FrRsT AID RTATroN
The hrst-aid station at the fair IS n
model of cleanliness. and mndorn equip
mcnt. to carc for anyone taken III on tho
grounds The station ~ under the dlrec-
ton of Mrs Joseph Rancroits commit
too of the Rcd Cross and the operation ot
tho station will bc N charge each dav ot
some different organization IN tho CITY
cstcriay the station was directed ny
tho Home Defence wnrkrs to-day
corps of workers from the homeopathic
Hospital arc IN charge. tomorrow he
Phyvicians and Surgeons Hospital
THURSDAY Delaware Hospital and Friday
Rcd Cruss Workers
The station y equipped with cots and
s,sh paraphcnala rs ls needed Tor the
handling Of emergency eases Miss otn-
hrook Il in charge The two nurses arc,
Miss Mildred Dcnn, and Miss Mildred
lioopcs
Early Indications TO-DAY pointed to a
larger crowd than Yesterday then II -
estimated ; 900 were IN attendance tins
IL children ; da, and an chldre y under =
wears of age were admitted free
Thc exhibits ~ tho main building arr
vcr, attractive and vii add grcatlt>to the
success of The fair \ very unique feature
ol these cNhIhita i that IF the ! ntrd
States lGmpln, mont Service. WITH ite
slogan "No ncrd to 60 job hunting. The
lnltcd States employment Service vii
place. Nou tTfF NFS FAtitH' - az ilAtAfb
hv three far iarmerottes ~ iuA
uniform nf khaki-colorci oyrralls
The Wilmington rrC Library and tho
Young Notnnn~ Christian Assoc,atlon
have attractive booths and the Same may
hc SAID for the Wilmington branch OF tho
American Rcd Gross
The Equal Suffrage Association has =
booth fitted ~ and tho stIJraGlsts aw
huslly engaged IN getting slgnrrs to pc
tit,ons 10 senator salisbury and NoIcott.
asking thcm 10 support the suffrage mi
before Congress
Among thc mercantile exhibits that ol
the Wilmington 4 Philadelphia fraction
Go IS largo and very attractive IN It's
display Of all kinds 81 modern clcctucal
devices
The Wilson Hardware Go s display Of
ha rdWarc. automobile accessories and
tires Is one of the most unique Of tho mcr-
CaniIlc exhibits
Another very attractive exhibit ls that
of Hiram Ncrgcr, showing large assort-
mont Of leather goods. harness and auto
motnlc supplies
Among the other exhibitors m the
mann building arc Banhcrgcr Il Robbins
and the Iudson Burns Sales Co
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