The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-10-06
WANDA TAKES IN THE BIG PUYALLUP FAIR
From Wash Tubs to Diamond Rim

/ Ice cream cones. looked IN my direc.
ton with the light OF slumpcd trag
edy In her eyes.
"1f he'd only keep siir" she
said "Id like 90 set chance 10
sell my cones before the races be
Sin. only haven't any room when
he's taking up all the hullefinF
space People set so excited" she
continued. all wrought ur. "when
the horses run that they just
WON'T buy--ooh There's tho
gunr'
Up on the gRndstand. the moh
Of 10000 people were shouting like
mad. so | climbed M with the
rest 10 see Prairie beautiful.
slender, dark brown "prairie. e
owned by {. e. Emmert win the
Derby. The shouting was all that
eeuld be desired.
let 'cr go.--iet 'er eor' shouted a
reddish. purpllsh.faced man IN the
front row. pounding hts fists In
the air Let's set 'em let's"
"oh. tho poor little sorrel." came
a feminine voice couple Of rows
back. "see~tho last OF tho four
Why do you suppose he has 10 wear
goggicsf'
And then when Prairie" dashed
IN ahead tho mob uproared again.
fluttercd, sighed, and settled down
once more
Here and there n man read the
news. Here and there woman
munched popcorn. BUT the great
majority OF people listened intontly
TO the black gowned lady who en-
iertaincd with popular songs from
the music stand.
Having one afternoon In which 10
investigate the produce Of Northwest
Washington produce including
everything from hand embroidered
petticoats to Polly. the prize pig. I
decided 10 escape from the grand.
stand again and begin tho tour
around the field.
The first building was the Won.
ans building This was beautifully
decorated with hemstitched pillow
slips. lace aprons. loavcs OF bread
and canned pruncs.
Beyond the Woman's building
came the Merchants pavilion. which
happened 20 be directly beneath the
rrandstand. Everything was shown
a..
rings. not 20 mention the little
stands whore mayonnaiso dressing
on sailed crackers was given away
free-for-nothing.
The best place on the fair grounds.
however. was the Better Babies"
bureau. Ono hundred and nifty
babies. all cooling and gurgiing and
crying together under one roof-ibo
pink and white bundles waiting in
their mothers arms TO be exam
med for the contest
Beyond tho Infants came the poui.
try And In the poultry domiciie an
other contest was being staged II
was Inv tnih iAfkf ktA@A laF toU
tanning eggs and navy beans wan
stationed before IN. spectators The
trick was to guess how many eggs
and beans the jar contained. And
tho prize was 10 be q sack OF cgK
mash. thought n would be quite
wonderful II I could win that sack
OF egg mash for Tho Star. haven't
any idea what the paper would do
with II. but II certainly would be nice
10 have-so took n chance. guess.
ing 2.so0 eggs and beans In all. and
signed Seattle STAR on the register
Altar trailing past IN. stalls OF 500
or more prize pigs. cows. horses.
goats and mules. and tnhaling the ut.
n1osphcre OF the fruit exhibit.
came out on the ground reserved for
hot dog dispensers and the gorgeous.
~ Illustrated concession tents. or
the former there were exactly 90. I
did not count the concessions. but
think there must have been some
where about million.
My eye was attracted by q
huge. brightly eoiored sign paint