The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-04

I Every train that pulls into the Ter minal or Louisville and Nashville sta- | ready in Birmingham who are bent on paying their respects to the fair, which R. A Brown, president of the associa- tion, assures every one will be the best thing of the kind ever staged in Ala bama.
 To a man, woman and child they are wearing the smile of anticipation. the smile that will not come off. the smile that says: T intend to have good time and nobody can stop me-" That, of course. is two thirds of the battle in making fair success.
 The Johnny Jones exposition, i'm cluding thirty sideshOws. five bands 1 and nine concessions to ride on, was putting the final touches to the various attractions Sunday after noon. They will be ready for busi- ness by the time the gates open thia morning.
 The ballyhoo artists whe will work before the various sideshows will be a show in themselves for those of the spectators who would rather stay on the outside. Little Zaza Cor perhaps this year she will have another name) the dancer from the far east, wrapped in oriental charm and mystery, will be there in all her glory. Only it is best not to get to the fairgrounds before she has time to clothe herself in the mystery and apply the bottled charm of the far east. It might prove disappointing. and. be- sides, misty eyed come hither" silence is much more attractive than Bowery slang.
 One o'clock win see the beginning of the first showing of the free attrac- tions before the grand stand. There are fourteen of them, and every one toplner. Following is the list: Rudi Belong Trio, aerial artists; Torelli's Comedy Circus, an amusing ag- gregation of trained anim als; LaFrance Brothers, upside-down gymnasts; the Six Hussar Girls, sextette of beautiful young women whose musical talent IS of the highest; the Marco Twins come dians supreme: Princess Victoria, queen of the wire artists; the Flying Cordo- mas. trapeze artists; the Apollo Trio, the golden acrobats; the Three Alexs, nov city eQulIDTlStS, 1pdFcutFll W iASoh- iH his hair-raising Leap of Death" the Four CampbellS midair gymnasts; De- marests Horses. wonderfully trained steeds; Marano Brothers, acrobats and aerialists.
 The free attractions will be inter
 spersed with horse races and the
 Forty-eixhth Highlnnders' band
 will play popular and classical mu-
 sic during the afternoon.
 At 4 o'clock Jersey Wringle will
 perform his feat of Ieapfng from
 one airplnne to the other in midair.
 and still more thrilling, he will
 stand on top of the plane driven by
 Billy Brock while it does . com
 plete loop the loop fin the air.
 The prizes have been awarded in the women's department making tho exhibit complete on the first day of the fair. The ladies may know as soon as they arrive today who was the winner of the prize for the best bread. the best jelly, the best hand sewing and the best of everything that is entered in Mrs. John B. Reids department.
 There is very serious side to this fair the largest side, since it shows what Alabama has been doing during the past year in the way of improvement. The exhibit will include everything that is to be found in the environs of the state. mere Will De aSrtcultuTe, horticulture, dairy products. first class cooking and sewing, factory products, forest products, and work from the hands of all ages and divisions of school chil- dren of the state.
 The live stock show is expected to be one of the chief attractions of the fair. There will be shown there live stock from all over the south. Mississippi will have an especially good exhibit it is believed.
 Among the biggest attractions on the grounds are the four areoplanes which ride passengers for s10 2 ride They are dcing a land office business. The youths of the entire state seem bent on trying their luck in the little ether boats which sail up and away into the blue at short interval while approximately the entire quota of small boys for Birmingham and vicinity stand and look on in admring wonder.
 They are gone about ten minutes and then they sail back with their human freight, sometimes a little bit the worse for nerve wear but always there be- cause they are tied in.
 One young blade. or rather blade is obsolete nowadays, probably boxing glove would be better, was heard to remark as the plane skidded softly over the surface of the ring inside of the race track:
 '"That is the swiftest flying ten dollar bill that ever flew away from me.