The Washington times., 1924-03-28
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Heir to. Throne Is Promoting
Greater London Empire
y, Exposition.
BY HELEN FOX, .
Cosmopolitan News Service.


q tip. from the Prince OF Wales.
who, upon his return to- England
from his American tour, injected
into the vocabulary of his country
men the phrase I'll tell the
world" the promoters OF the Great
London Empire Exposition are pro
claiming "to the world" that they
are launching the biggest show
ever staged, u.s.,
Richard Temple, official represer.
tative in this country OF tie indus
trial show to open in London April
%, described today the many &C
tivities Of the Royal Snowman, who
Is the president and guiding spirit
Of the ). Great London Empire Elk
position.
"The Prince Of Wales is today
Snowman of the biggest show ever
staged" Mr.. TeMple said. When
he became head Sf the London Ex-
position nobody took 1t seriously.
Everybody concede that a royal
president might be very decorative
and extremely charming. But few
considered that the prince would
really work and assume the respon.
sibility that he has.
Works All Hours.
1.-THE first thing he did was to
call meeting Of all architects and
engineers of the exposition and dis
cuss plans. At all hours OF the
day he could be found upon the
exposition grounds deep in the mud,
inspecting the progress beiIg
made.
You can, we'll imagine the SEN
sation. his work has caused in Eng.
lap, 1ST SNN nd
ION his trip to America, the
Prince of Wales had been taught
the. meaning of very useful phrase
II tell the world So we'll did he
learn that phrase, that ever since
his assumption of the leadership Of
exposition, he's been telling the
world all about his big show. He
has been telling the world on an
average of four times a week. These
speeches are made at all sorts of
functions and on all occasions, and
have proven of sufficient import
ance to be cabled around the
world.
For the past eight months the
prince has not made a single speech
without bringing in reference to
the exhibition. And he will not go
anywhere or speak about anything,
unless he can talk d; little about
his show.
Makes Fine Snowman.
The prince has not only made
himself president, but he also made
himself the finest Snowman of the
land-showman of the biggest show
ever staged.
Mr.. Temple then gave many fig
ures to back his talk on the big
gest show ever staged"
Mr.. Temple then gave many fig.
ures to back his talk on the big
gest show ever staged" !.
1T is expected that within the
six months the show will be open.
at least 100000 people from all
over the world will attend. The ex-
position covers an area of 400 acres
Within its grounds are five railway
depots and two subway stations.
There are fifteen miles of roadway,
over which runs a nonstop railway,
a moving sidewalk with chairs. The
scenic railway is two and O half
times as large as any other in the
world. Fifteen bands will play
daily.
The exhibition can accommo.
cate with comfort, 100000 people
daily. At it's forty restaurants,
$4,000 people can be waited upon
at one time by $4,000 pretty wait
resses. 1t is expected that 15O. 900
pieces of crockery will be broken
each week. The stadium can seat
10000, 900 under cover. Al
bus service between Picadilly. Circus
and the exposition grounds will
operate every fifteen seconds, or
four every minute. There will be
five hundred interpreters, speaking
five languages each, scattered over
the roadWays.
Has Monster Midway" =,
The amusement park, suggested
by the prince as making a special
appeal to Americans, cost $40, OOO, 900
to build. There will be twenty.
four native villages and ten great
exhibit halls. One of these covers
% acres, or 100000 square feet, and
will be the largest concrete build.
ing OF its kind in the world.
These are only a few of the
figures. 1t would seem from them.
would it not, that the princes show
rs a pretty big affair? The open.
ing will be gala event The
streets of London will be hung with
flags. Relocated troops will line
the streets. Millions of people viii
stand on the pavement to cheer
the King and Queen as they pass
through. accompanied by Premier
MacDonald-who incidentally is
backing the exhibition to the hilt-
on their way to open with great
ceremony the princes show.
1T will be quite a function--the
opening of the exhibition-the shop
window OF British Empire. as It
has been called.
BILL TO FORBID DRIVERS