The Washington times., 1933-11-07

children in cries the barker and with wise change Of
Tone "because they wouldn't know what it's all about
how.' Dozen of fan dancers announced The biggest
crowd watches trying to break sheet of plate glass
with baseball (no prize only publicity for the glass;
Oil and Dragons
The ingenuity of the commercial exhibitions is marvellous
Had been commissioned to prepare exhibit for motor
OIL would have done something to show the making and
use of motor obut haven't the fair mind The motor
oil exhibit there test tubes and ALL but before you reach
it. animated monsters of prehistoric times yours
Roughly known 'Fthe dinosaurs they technically
labeled placed in natural surroundings prepared to claw
one another rolling their bright eecrceyes and added
attraction roaring from time to time Children love it.
Whether children buy motor oil, I do not know.
These exhibits in fact grow elaborate that you forget
what they Advertising thermometer hundred feet
(or maybe it thousand feet) high, with the mercury
represented by electric lights tells the emperaure-but if
it is publicity for anything except Chcagos weather.
On the other hand maker of drugs has in
stalled actual pharmacy of several centuries ago,
fine any created by interior decorator with
the urns and jars and mortars and weighing machnesa
pleasing place. making think that the manufacturers Of
today connected with the panstakng careful chemists
of the past The scientific side by far the quetes and
The most impressve next the mechanical industries; and
several miles the entertainment The entertainment
I does not show century, ten years, of
progress; it is what it has always been)
Light and Color
All this of course is hasty daylight glance At night
the striking thing about the fair makes you believe that
color and lighting will be its chief contribution to the
American future The architecture Of the principal build
ngs superb for its purpose it had been agreed that
neither Grecan temployes practical housing need be
considered that these buildings have purpose to be the
framework for showing things. More modern buildings will
be erected doubt because of these have given
pleasure. But the color and lighting altogether
For thing you have great blocks of simple colors-
of blue green whole buildings looking bright and
fresh and impressive and electric light not only plays
them outside has been used part of the
ture ITSELF whole of glass with light behind No
concession can compete with the effect these-wh the
which fine chateau very quiet and attractive There
is house of glass tiles with coored light, looking if
you could live in with pleasure and change your lighting
scheme with your frame of mind, inviting callers for
bidding them.
Chicago Is Ready
The exposition indicates that three years Of depression
have not put end to inventveness. From offices
series aluminium and stream-ned locomotives,
things view he miracles of the photo electric cell
I could not find until I out by what I did
find that had to escape but you open doors by shout
ing at them and you blow out electric ghts-a triumph
of science the jokebook) You get the that
tremendous amount of energy has been bottled up these
years. that discoveries and inventions being held in
that have only to lift ourselves little from
the dodrums and thousand exciting things will happen
And you read the Chicago papers, with their tabulaed
admissions just surprising the fair Of 1898 begin
to feel that the Century Of Progress in itself something
n off in these times Rnt