Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-10-06
$4,000 CROWD BREAKS
STATE FAIR RECORDS
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ttontiHN:u from ITel i'tEcrl
and The sensational Hcrobatic turns
were Ill that could have been OK
pcCtcd.
Tho crowds nllcd the grand stand.
clung to the fcuccs around the race
track, ana viewed tho spectacle from
adjacent trecs. Nothing prevented
the people from enjoying themselves
Along the Midway incrri!ncrt rcigncd.
From the baily-ho around. urging
the merrymakers u take chances on
hams, SILK shirts. blankets. candy and
babies. on to the freak shows, where
everything from "A merry go round
TO the bathing beauties were offered
for amusement and instruction. thcro
were thousands out for tho fun OF the
thing, and. x ~ safe to say. they saw
all tho fun there was In IL. and mos;
of them will go out again.
II is impossible for any ono to
SEQ ali there ~ TO soc. profitnhly. in
ono day. The Swiss village VIII take
up an hour. Many people Will lingcr
around the bathing girls an hour or
two .ye1l half an hours conversation
with ~ NUGGETS viii not DC sufficient
10 satisfy the curious.
Crowds gathered around tho var
ious county farm displays, yesterday.
No one would think for moment
that there was a scarcity OF farm
p!Duucls III iOOK4ilR over lLC
from Prince William, Louisa, licnr!co.
MccklcnbarG, Orange and other cOun-
ties. The Judges yesterday were SO
uncertain as to the first prize win
ners in this division that they Will
take another look today.
Announce Poultry Awards Today.
Director Riddick is so over heels
with the biggest poultry show IL its
history, that no will not be able to
announce awards until today. The
same thing IL said OF the stock de-
time 10 eat yesterday.
In tho big building. Clyde Saunders.
Johnnie Crenshaw. /: NJ Fiji. Gus Nc
DonouEh,, Carroll Taylor and the
others who hook after the comfort
Of the people. beamcd with smiles.
They had their hands full. but, like
all public-sp!rited citizens. they were
glad OF it, The jazz singers n, the
content, and the throng shouted and
laughed
The ladies at the 'Ticttcr Eabies''
percentage Of the babies-and there
were enough babies to MI the big
gcst show any "old woman who lived
in q shoe" could nave found--wcre
little, chubby and not so chubby, were
gently handled by the doctors and
the nurses. and found to be IN fine
IN cnuTSe nappSy Dut inc iioNi'.
operation all week. and doctors Will
be In attendance every day from IL
to l to take good look at Young
America.
Award Rose Fair Prizes Today.
The Chiidrcns Rose Fair ad1oininE
tho big Industrial building was one
of the principal attractions yestcr-
day. and will be nil week. Somebody
counted nearly 5000 children At this
exhibit yesterday At 4 o'clock this
afternoon prizes will be awarded
children OF the "Rose Cub" who were
last spring. The children who show
results will be awarded prizes Ivy Mrs.
John SHELTON Williams. Beginning
at O'Clock this morning the children
Will hand i'm tho results OF their cf-
forts at rose bush raising. and pviZcS
ranging from 81 TO s25 will he
awarded. \ special prize Of S. is of
fcred by the Richmond Chapter of
the United Daughters of the Confed
eracy for the pretticsi bouquet OF
roses. Mrs. Wcstmoroland Davis is
chairman OF the COMMITTEES of patron.
osses. and Mrs. John SHELTON vii
liams. Mrs. Thomas S. Whcclwrirht
and Miss Parkc Taylor are among the
judges. >''
The fireworks display is ono Of tho
real features OF tho fair. President
Harding, Niagara Falls, the Stars and
Stripes. funny bicycle race and
Dixie arc the leading features OF
the big display.
Manager Saunders said last night
that he expected n record attendance
today. as tho advance sale OF IiaLnS
fnreshadows large crowd