Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-07-12
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tion 10 enlist one million new mem
hers during the fall and winter.
The daily programs snrpass any
thing which could possibly be expect
ed Every day there is pageant
given la one 81 the largest buildings
% the exposition grounds The build
ing has seating capacity Of from
eight To ten thousand. and it, was
crowded al every performance Dr.
Rurgan Was obliged to Wait I'D line
for forty minutes ID get his ticket,
and wes offered twenty five dollars for
Ii shortly after he had obtlfLed IL.
The pageant lasted SIX hours. and was
continued from the afternoon 10 the
evening performances. The body
which produced the pageant included
i seated choir on 1900 voices, and a
stage choir Of 100 There we're 1000
stage participants. and the symphony
orchestra consisted oE rs pieces
Everything else was carried out on
the same stupendous scale. and the
attractions were many Each daily
program contained more than three
hundred events The visitors were
drawn from all parts ol the conti-
nent. and, indeed from ali parts OF the
world on the Fourth Of July there
were 10000 people who attended the
exposition 1t Is said that the proxi-
nifty OF Toledo To Columbus and the
presence of the exposition al 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-
cipased The attendance at the fight
was only 1860. whereas plans had
been made to accommodate $4,000.
On other days 1t was not uncommon
for one hundred thousand people to
visit the exposition grounds. but on
the Fourth d 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 lii native fashion.
In this parade DR. Burgan said that
the man who received most applause
was VIM, Nj. Hardy. the oldest sailor
In the u. s. Navy He was With Perry
| In 1855 when Japan vas opened to
world commerce Besides taking part
IN the parade the aged sailor who Is
SIS years old, delivered three speeches
during the day.
The exposition was d great time for
moving picture men and newspapers.
The Columbus papers published daily
supplements which contained nothing
hut the news Of the exposition %,
w Griffith, the famous producer Of
THE Birth Of d Nation, was there
Iand made pictures Of all that took
place. A marvellous accomplishment
| IN the projection of motion pictures
was displayed In the use Of a screen
lona hundred and fifty feet high. which
was employed BY the National Assoc
Iclation Of Motion Picture Producers
ito show their pictures. The immense
screen was failure for a week, but
was at last used with great success.
Many prominent men were at the
Exposition "a all of them delivered
lspeeches at ifferent times during
their stay. Among them were Secre-
| tary Daniels, Elk President Taft, VIM
Il McAdoo and William Jennings
Bryan President Wilson Is expected
to arrive before the exposition draws
| TO close.
The practical side Of the enormous
fair consisted Of demonstrations Of the
lconditions which exist III foreign coun-
tries. and In lectures which were reg
luiarly given to the visiting ministers.
Eyangelistic services were conducted
each night by Bob Jones, the eyange-
list. who Is winning great name for
himself III the middle west.
All of the needs Oh the world were
brought before the visitors, and DR.,
Burgan said that II all Christian
churches had been represented L
would have been world exposition,
not iii an economic and industrial
sense, but socially and reIigiously
ON the trip home DR. Burgan's party
made d 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 on the road and over small en-
hankment near Reisterstown on the
return trip ID the storm Thursday
right.