Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-07-12
DR. BIReslAlS RETURNS
FROM II X. CENTENARY
gccntlnaed from pags onel


Ton ID enllst one million new mem
bers during the tall and winter.
The daily programs surpass any
thing which could possibly be expect
ed Every day there II i pagsaut
given fiji one oE the largest buildings
on the exposition grounds The hsiId-
ing has seating capacity 81 from
eight 10 ten thousand. and Il was
crowded 1T every performance DR..
Burgan was obliged ID Wait in line
gor forty minutes to get bis ticket.
and was offered iwenty i've dollars for
Ii shortly after be had nht liked Is.
The pageant lasted SIX hours, and was
continued from the afternoon ia the.
evening performances. The body
which produced the pageant included
seated choir oK 1860 voices, and i
stage choir of 100 There were 1000
stage participants. and the symphony
orchestra consisted of rs pieces
Everything else was carried out on
the same stupendous scale, and the.
attractions we're many Each daily
program contained more than three
hundred events The visitors we're
drawn from All parts Of the contl-
nenf, and, indeed. from all parts Of the
world On the Fourth of July there
we're 10000 people who attended the.
exposition Il Is said that the proxi-
nifty of Toledo to Columbus and the
presence of the exposition ut the lat
ter place were two of the great causes
which made the attendance at the
Willard Dempsey championship fight
so much smaller than had been anti
.elpated The attendance at the tight
was only 1850. whereas plans had
been made 70 accommodate $1,000.
On other days 1t was not uncommon
FOR one hundred thousand people to
visit the exposition grounds. but on
the Fourth i special program brought
the biggest crowds which attended on
any day. on that day victory pa
rade was held In which every country
Of the world was represented. each
country carrying out IT'S part of the
parade Iii native fashion.
In this parade DR. Burgan said that
the man who received most applause
was VIM. hi Hardy, the oldest sailor
III the u. S. Navy He was with Perry
la 1855 when Japan was opened %
world commerce Besides taking part
in the parade the aged sailor, who Is
IS years old, delivered three speeches
during the day
The exposition was great time for
moving picture men and newspapers.
The Columbus papers published daily
supplements which contained nothing
but the news Of the exposition. d
W. Griffith, the famous producer Of
'.The Birth OF a Nation. was there
and made pictures Of all that took
place. A marvellous accomplishment
In the projection of motion pictures
was displayed Iii the use Of d screen
one hundred and nifty feet high, which
vas employed by the National Assoc
citation Of Motion Picture Producers
TO show their pictures, The immense
screen was failure for q week. but
was 1T last used with great success
Many prominent men were at the
exposition and al Of them delivered
speeches at different times during
their stay. Among them were Secre-
tary Daniels, Elk President Taft, Vim
q. McAdoo and William Jennings
bryan. President Wilson Il expected
to arrive before the exposition draws
TO close.
The practical side Of the enormous
fair consisted OF demonstration Of The
conditions which exist Iii foreign com
tries. and Id lectures which were reg
ularly given to the visiting ministers,
Eyangelistic services we're conducted
each night by Bob Jones. the eyange-
list, who II winning 4 great name for
himself Iii the middle west.
All of the needs Of the world we're
brought before the visitors, and Or,
Burgan said that II all Christian
churches had been represented II
would have been world exposition.
not III an economic and industrial
sense, but socially and relIgiously.
On the trip home DR.. Burgan's party
made a detour and returned BY Get
tysburg. visiting the battlefield The
only trouble encountered On the en-
tire trip was met when one Of the cars
ran OF the road and over small en-
bankment near Reisterstown on the
return trip In the storm Thursday
night.