The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-03

With the opening of the Alabama State Fair to take place this morn ing at 10 o'clock, Birmingham is fac Ing gala week of entertainment.
 All is now in readiness for the six days of the annual fall exposition. and in every way the indications are that this years fair will be bigger, more extensive and far more suc- cessful than any previous fair in the history of Alabama.
 Today is School Children's Day. and officials of the Fair association are confident of a record breaking attendance marking the inaururc,- non of this fair Half holiday has been decreed by education officials of Birmingham and Jefferson county and virtually every school pupil of the entire Birmingham district is expected to be among those in at tendance today
 Yesterdays band concert Of inc Royal Scotch Highland band was of the nature or semi-offlcial opening. and the largest crowd eyer.to attend lhese pre-fair concerts was in evil dence' despite the inclemency of the weather.
 Grnndstand Almost Filled
 The crowd that heard the excellent concert of the Scots almost filled the srandstand to it's capacity and every one seemed to enjoy the musical pro4 gramme immensely The Rowal Scotch Highland band is under the leadership of Roy D. smith and the 30 musicians who compose it rem -aered a we'll balanced and excellent programme, including many Classical end popular airs, as we'll as varied se- lectons.
 The large audience enthusiasticaliy applauded the selections rendered and seemed 10 especially appreciate the vocal selections of Miss Kathrine Murdoch. soprano. and Bobby Brol- Her. talented Scotch tenor.
 Following the conclusion of the band concert, the large crowd was al- lowed to attend the large exhibition of dairy and beef cattle. winch thls year Is many times larger than ever before attempted at the Alabama State Fair.
 See shows UmIoad
 The younger visitors at the fair ses'efuay seemed especially inter- ested in the unloading of the numer ous shows and features of the Johnny Jones Shows, which arrived on inc ground yesterday afterloon There were several carloads If equipment. and great number of horses and other animals being established at the grounds at the time. while inc work of erecting tents and stands was being accomplished
 The Johnny Jones Shows, 30 in number and nine riding devices, are said to be better than ever before. and have had highly successful sea son where they have been performing at the various fairs of the country.
 President Brown and other fair of- fciais have been having strenuous week Tn getting things all ready for today's opening, but they have well accomplished their task and every exhibit now stands in readiness to welcome visitors.
 Live Stock Arrives
 Considerable activity was in effect Sunday when the Johnny Jones shows and other exhibits which have been performing at the TrI- State Fair in Memphis arrived at the grounds. Included in the number of exhibits arriving on Sunday were many carloads of fine registered live stock which will make this years exhibit fully four times as large as ever before.
 Many special features will be ot- fered today for the especial benefit oi the children.
 Of these will be the riding exhiSf- tion of the Birmingham Sabers, d cavalry unit of the Alabama Na- tional guard. Members of thfa or ganization are quite adept in the art of horsemanship and their exhi- b.tion for the school children WI, take place during the afternoon. Pony Express, Roman and trick rid ing will feature their exhibition of equestrian skill.
 Fireworks to Feature
 Another feature of the fpir thia year will be that of the daylight fireworks, a new and novel innova- tion in exhibitions of that kind ,. During thls afternoon there viii be a number of thrilling motorcycie races and it will be the first time since 1915 that races of this type have been staged at the Alabama State Fair. some of the country's most skillful racers will be seen on
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