San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-11
Wedding Opening Event Of
Better Homes Show
Here.
BOOTHS ARE FEATURE
Exhibits of Everything
Needed for Home by
Local Concerns.

more IMAM IuU DOOIns, III WHICH NcI1
displayed everything needed TO make 6
better home, wedding, vaudeville anC
Lydia Van Glider. Chicago Grand
Opera company contralto, were The
features Of the opening night of SaI
Antonio's Better Homes Exposition
Two Ierge tents on the corner of Pecan
and North st. Mary's streets were
crowded to capacity as hundreds OF
people thronged TO see the exhibits
and various Other attractions. Spon'
s0red by the San Antonio Real Estate
Board and managed by Henry &
MARKS. the Better Homes Exposition
is. in the opinion of hundreds who
were in attendaIice Mclday night.
the greatest thirg of its kind ever he'd
in tbs city.
shortly before S o'clock Monday
right the crowds began 20 fill the ex-
hibit tents. Just before the wedding,
Miss Lydia Van Glider thrilled a large
audience with her beautiful contralto
voice.
On the stage Justice Of the Peace
r. Neil Campbell performed the we'd
ding ceremony. Archie Gulick and Miss
Dorothy Lamar. the couple married,
are said to have received more than
$1,000 worth of useful wedding pres
ents from exhibitors in the exposition.
Most of the presents can be used 10
beautify and furnish a home.
Red Headed Girl Contest.
Following the wedding, the crowd
enjoyed several vaudeville acts.
IT is announced that on Tuesday
night, red headed girls viii be admitted
TO the exposition and the show free.
This will be "red headed girl night, :"
and it is expected that hundreds of
red headed girls will enter the contest
All red haired girls from 16 to 80 Will
be admitted and prizes ranging from
$50 to So will be offered. Popular
applause by the audience will. decide
the winners.
A moving picture costume contest
will be held Wednesday night. Many
people are expected to enter this event.
Prizes for the best representation OF
movie stars will be given. They Will
range from s. to S15.
Thursday night is mystery night.
Friday is military and society night
and Saturday, special school children's
day and grand Fiesta night, prizes Will
be given for the best female costume.
the best male costume and the most
comical costume.
Exhibits Are Features.
Sme of the leading merchandlsers
of San Antonio are making exhibits
at the exposition. All of them are at
tractiyely and neatly arranged. at
most of the booths. representatives OF
the company making the displays are
giving away chances on various home
furnishings as well as blotters and
literature describing their various mer-
chandise.
Entering the exposition, the visitor
first sees TO his right one of the most
attractive and interesting exhibits ever
made at better homes exposition. Inc
same exhibit has been made in various
similar shows throughout the country.
1t is the miniature home. lawn walks,
shrubbery, scenery and other things,
built by the Retail Lumbermen's Asso-
citation.
A small relief model Of Woodlawn
Hills, suburban subdivision, made by
G. & G.. Hagelstein, is another display
which attracted considerable attention.
On a platform only five and one-halt
by seven feet, Woodlawn Hills has
been reproduced in perfect detail: The
complete 2500-acre addition with It's
rs homes golf club house, shrubbery,
gardens and the proposed golf links are
~. in the exhibit.
Local Concerns Exhibitors.
Other exhibitors are: King Furni-
hire company, draperies and some OF
The latest designs in furniture Richey
4 Casey, insurance; the San Antonio
Sash & Door Factory, neat display
n mill work; Joske Brothers COM
SeHy, draperies. chairs and table !;
Household Furniture company, parlor
and kitchen exhibit; Pittsburg Water
Heater company; Humphrey
Water Heater company; Martin
Wright Electric company, washing
machine and electrical fixtures: Will
liam A. Parker company, radio; the
Mutual Deposit and Loan Association,
the pocket golf ball savings bank and
bther features; Schroeder Electric
lomyany; Thomas Goggan & Bros.
music instruments Builders Supply
company. rubberoid unit shingles ;
Braden-Hudson company, heater: f.
II. Jordan, A. J. Monier. plumbing
and heating; Chris B. Christians. min
iature stucco garage; ". +. Huffaker,
Murphy Efficiency Products company
Rubin Bedding company. mattresses
Sterchi Furniture company; San An
tonic Lime and Brick company B. G.
Irish, Texas Title and Guaranty COM
napy, Schultze Stove and Hardware
company: Mozart Society. Eagle Fur
niture company. Gold Seal congoleum,
Central Trust company, Cbalkley
Brothers. heating and plumbing
Wright Brothers. electrical display
4. L. Thorman, builder. showing pic
lures Of homes and offering chances
on the first payment for a modern
home: Uvalde Rock Asphalt company,
having material: Southern Appliance