Pueblo chieftain., 1921-09-29
nY FREDERIC j. HAsKIN

Toronto, Canada Sept p6,-Inis
place is appropriately named, for
Toronto means place of meeting Ine
Indians named it when they gathered
here to trade furs with the French,
coming over Lake Ontario In their
canoes. and trailing down from the
forests Now, on the same ground
where the Indians met. Canadians
gather every fall at what has become
the biggest annual exposition held
anywhere--the Canadian Naiohal
Exhibition.
Expositions and fairs are held all
| over Canada, much like our own state
and local fairs. But the Toronto ex-
hibition claims to hold the record TOT
elaborateness, size, and popularity.
To Toronto. Abe exhibition is tins
event of the year. 1t has been an in
shtution for d3 consecutive years. All
year round, the 264 acres of Exhibt-
ton City on Lake Ontario stand prac-
| tically deserted with only carctskers
| to keep the buildings fountains. band
stancs, lawns and flower beds in trim
But all the time the board of directors
of the exhibition and their committees
| are working. The day after the exhi-
bition closes the heads begin consider
| Ing improvements for next year. To
| be on the board is one OF the most
important honors Toronto can confer
upon her leading citizens. rho city is
proud of the record that 1. has kept
| politics out of its exhibition.
When tn, affairs opens, visitors
pour into the city They come not
only from all over Canada, but from
every state In the Union, and even a
good many from South America and
other more distant countries, for the
Canadian National Exposition is fam
ous for being a model fair.
The fair grounds present the sort
Of panorama OF any big exposition.
There long SfroRfz with nj than
| a hundred stands running paddle
wheels. ball tossing games and other
contests Not one of tho games is a.
gambling device, yod are told. The
board of directors is firm about that
And prices are reasonable. The board
makes the contracts with the conces-
sion holders. fixing fair prices. and a
close watch is kept to see that there
is no profiteeriny.
Beyond the games and amuscnnsnts.
and the big white eating tents, is the
grandstsnd when you consider that
there were 10000 children on this
grsndstsnd at three psrformanoes on
Young Canada Day-S0. 900 at u
time-you get an idea of the scale on
which the Toronto exhibition has to
be planned.
COMMUNITY SINGING
This grandstand faces four circus
rings where vaudeville and circus acts
NJ" fnNNn fNiiNWtI NE u pageant
| community singing and At night fire
| works. How To get an audience Of
some 10000 people to sing does not
worry the exhibition managers at all
Words are thrown on two hig screens.
ono At zach end Of the so0-foot stage.
An ordinary megaphcne or piano
would scarcely carry to tn. front rows
Of so Iarge an outdoor auditorium
But rolling booth, open on the side
toward the people, IL pulled 10 the
| center ofthe stage. or the apparatus
| only three horns on the top Of tho
| booth are noticeable a man sits In
| side the booth and plays a xylophone
| and sinEr in an ordinary tone of voice
| and every word can he caught at thr
far CORNERS Of the stand.
Canada takes kindly TO singing. All
sorts of wsli known sonEs are quickly
caught ur and finished in a climax
| OF enthusiasm. Old SONGS like Ia
rs-rs-boom- decay. I'm the shade OF
the Old Apple Tree. and Carry Ne
Back TO Old NirEinny''. ar. sltcrnated
| with the newer popular tunes. sing
loud like last year. the screen urges
between two numbers. and Canada
| lsuEhs and complies.
y As many entertainment features ss
| there seem to be at the exhibition.
there are even more OF an educational
| character The management prefers
| to stress this side of the spectacle
| Toronto insists that stranger can
| learn more about Canada in two hours
3, tho exhibition than in a year Of
travel over the country. This Is prob
ably true. Few Americans would
| credit Canada with producing tho
varied assortment of things that can
he seen in this ail-Canadisn display.
The manufacturers building. for In
stance. has elaborate displays Of
rooms furnished In brocades, expen-
| overlooking furniture and ornaments
Of glass and china that might have
come from the famous pottcries Of
| Europe. Here, too. makers of pianos
and talking machines display the
| beautiful wood OF their best wares
against velvet hsnEings
| Further on, are big r<ass caser with
| women's clothes on wax models-thc
same sort of thing you see on Fifth
| Avenue. And there are long aisles Of
| , A... u.