The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-09-15
Schools Dismissed for Day
Large Crowds Visit Displays
Many See Relics In the
American Legion Tent.
Will CLOSE TONIGHT
PROGRAM
(FaIr Operates on Standard Time)
Friday Evening.
to 8 D. m-Weber's band concert
s to $50 p. m.-Stock show.
$50 to :30-Weber's band concert.
8 p. m.-Horse dive.

Thousands of school children from
schools both of Richmond and outlying
towns, were entertained at the fair
Friday afternoon when the schools
were closed for their accommodation.
Swarming over the airplane glider,
the merry.go-round and the whip, and
restrained only with difficulty from a
continuous occupation of the horse
diving tower, spending nickles and
dimes at every booth, clamoring in
riotous mobs before every booth
which was giving advertising novel
ties, they took complete possession of
the grounds. Adults gave them pre-
cedence, it was their day.
Fair Ends Tonight.
The fair will end Friday night at 9
o'clock (standard time). The commit
tee last night considered many re-
quests which had been made to hold
the fair over another day, but on ac-
count of the additional expense of
tents, watchmen, music and other
events and because many of the ex-
hibitors do not want to hold their stock
longer than today, it was decided to
carry out the program as originally
planned and end the fair tonight Sew
eral amusements will remain over I'M
til Saturday night, but the exhibits
will be closed and tents removed to-
morrow
The Ku Klux Klan presented $500 to
the committee in charge Thursday
night.
White Horse Injured.
The white horse will Zoe unable to
dive Friday night it was announced
this morning. In a dive late Thursday
night. the horse struck bottom and
suffered a severe shock from which it
will not recover in time for another
dive. However, the regular dive of
Klatawah with his rider, the Girl In
Red" will be made as usual.
In the women's exhibit, interest has
been divided between the industrial
display of the Easthaven hospital and
the educational exhibits of the Fedora
tion of Women's Rural clubs. A large
display of the industrial products of
Easthaven, including rag rugs, bolts
of cloth, woven cloths of various pat
terms, brooms and brushes of all sorts
has been a revelation to many people,
of the possibilities of the local institu-
ton
Educational Display
At the other end of the tent is To-
Gated the educational display of proper
and improper materials for school
lunches and on the value of milk This
table never fails to have from two or
three to a crowd of a couple of dozen
around it all the time, eagerly listen
ing to the information and explana-
tions given by the ladies in charge.
Many comments are heard on the
milk food value display, which shows
the equivalents of milk in different
foods. Two apples, a thick slice of
bread, a quarter of head of cabbage,
a large potato, two immense cucum-
bers. are some of the articles which
contain equal food values to a quart
of milk. In connection with the school
lunch exhibit, mimeographed sheets of
recipes for sandwich filings were Civ
en- and although they were given only
to those especially interested a sup
ply of several hundred were found in
sufficient.
Visit Legion Tent
An attendance of over $500 people
has been received and entertained al
the American Legion Museum tent
during the fair Relics of the Civil
Spanish and World wars have inter
ested many hundreds of visitors, and
Frank Mccoy, Lester Letter and Rob
ert Harper, who assisted on Thurs
day, have talked themselves hoarse
explaining the uses of the various
pieces of equipment.
Interested in Relics
People show the most interest In
rifles, grenades bayonets. gas masks
and shells and fuses, said Mr.. Letter
THE implements that were most close
ly connected with death seem the
ones they want explained. hand
grenade cut open to show the inside
and the operation of he fuse has beer
one of the star attractions"
Bob" Harper, clad in his kilteC
uniform of the Scotch Highlanders
enjoyed packed house" for six hours
Thursday afternoon as he gave a run
ming description of the relics ending
with a short talk on his experienc,
in the first gas attack.
Tourist Visitors
Tourists passing through Richmond
also have visited the tent, the registr1
book showing signatures from Cleve
land. O., from West Virginia, and Ken
lucky.
Relics for the display we're con
tributed by James Morgan, DR. w L
Misener. Harold Dilks, Adam Harpel
DR.. G. B. Hunt, R. B. James, Charlie:
n. Cook, Harold Hiatt, Elmer Harzlel
and Clarence EnglebeTg.
One of the features of the fair has
been the stand operated by the JessoI
brothers from Connersville A famil
lar sight at state fair and the large
county fair grounds, its open air can
dy shop and equipment have been
constant source of interest.
Stage Homecoming.
The visit of the Jessops to Rich
mond has been in the nature of
Homecoming. one of the firm stated
Friday morning Our mother, origi
nator of the candies, came from Gin
cinnati to run a stand here at tht
second Richmond fair 81 years ago
We had choice between Greenfield
Lafayette and Richmond for this weel