Arizona republican., 1921-11-08

Throughout the shopping district the show windows of the chief busi- ness concerns displayed hundreds of new offerings for men, women. chill dren and the home Rivaling Fash ion Week in the prodigality and rich ness of the exhibitions this feature of the Industrial exposition nearly equalled the attractiveness of the big tent itself. Even those merchants who had booths in the tent had made special efforts to insure the attrac- tiveness of their show windows, and in some cases these efforts will re- suit in daily changes of the displays.
 New Displays
 While the show window display was out of the ordinary yesterday it will be exceeded in interest and worth by the exhibitions of today and the following days of the week. This is due to the fact that many of the business houses of the city continue their Saturday displays until Tues day, when the regular change IS made, and in those stores in which special window expositions had been prepared last week no special change will be made for Industrial Week un- til today and tomorrow. when the finest displays of the fall season will be made.
 With the approach of evening yes terday the vicinity of the great tent took on a true carnival appearance The brilliancy of bright lights, the bIare of bands, the tantaliZing strains of orchestra music, the throngs oi tel ft1.~ .~1lI I1n l0f a long lines of automobiles parked along the streets near the Central school bloek-all proved, from the time of the setting of the sun, the success of the exposition.
 The spirit which pervaded the vi cinity of the tent was copied through out the business section of the city The shopping district was thorngeo with sightseers and window shoppers who found in casual excursions among the business houses a thou sand suggestions for making life just q little more worth living. The store: were brightly lighted. and the really beautiful displays, arranged with tha artistry and colorfulness which i' making Phoenix one of the chic shopping centers of the Southwest attracted hundreds of people either on their way to the Exposition or re- turning from it, and gave them ar additional idea of the new fashions and the new prices, as well as the new thoughts for the decoration o1 the home and the latest creations in the mechanical world.
 Ideal Weather
 And with all the foregoing there was the ideal Arizona weather, which assisted in no small measure in the
 Al. C. T %T-- fQrrr trial exposition. To a day which ir balminess and warmth was a coun- terpart of the best days of spring ir any other part of the world was add ed an Italian night which undoubt- edly brought hundreds of Phoeni' clans from their homes and made the excursion to the big top a holiday event.
 During the week there will be { sports program which will be so fal out of the ordinary that it is prob able that this city has never seen it equal. Every feature of this pro gram is of the highest standard ant is so diversified that every Phoeni elan with red blood in his veins wil be able to delight in his own specia form of athletic attraction.
 Auto Races
 On Wednesday and Saturday tn most prominent automobile racers il the world will engage in speed con tests and special automobile sport at the state fair grounds. Headini the stellar aggregation of driver who will be here for those occasions will be Barney Oldfield whose repu tation is familiar to every lover 0 the automobile on five continent: and the racing exhibition which is t be staged under his supervision wi be as thrilling and important as an ever held in the West. An unusua and soul stirring event to be stage also by the auto drivers will be game of auto polo in which all tn thrills of regular polo will be show in a contest in which specially bui machines will take the place ( horses.
 On Friday night a program of box ing matches will be staged at tn Capital City arena. where a series ( real fistic exhibitions will be pre- sented to those who delight in til manly art
 Football Game
 Then on Saturday there will be tF classic of the southwestern footba world The teams of the Fl Pas High school and the Phoenix Unio High school will meet at RiversiG park to decide the championship the Southwest. This game will mar the climax of gridiSn activities the county and should mark a hig point in the history of the game Arizona