The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-06-08
RECORD CROWD
SEES new FAIR;
Street of Villages Gets Big
Play; Lights All
New.

ChicarO.-MOre han $4,000 persons
saw the new Worlds Fair here on its
first week end. A record opening day
crowd OF 154.6G3 Saturday. May &c,
surpassed last years opening day fig
IRE by 34.9SS. The following days
crowd Of S1.24l was greater by 2S.557
thar the same day In 1898.
President Roosevelt. through the me-
dunn Of Il motion picture shown at sew.
cral points on the grounds. officially
opened the Exposition. AS he closed
an electric switch the new lights
blazed forth for the first time.
Visitors were surprised to find the
Fair complete. and fully up to the
promises made that 1t would he new.
Lights Trace Sky Ride.
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, first
lady OF the land. inaugurated the out
standing new feature. the worlds larg-
est fountain. Like the President. she
appeared in a motion picture. At a
magical wave Of her hand. the giant
watersp"uts rose from the north la.
goon livened by a play of colore,' light.
Lighting. the most talked-of thing
about the l33 Fair. revealed wonders
never approached on the 1894 opening
night. Coordination Of lighting and
color were more In evidence. Under
the lights the new Century Of Progress
purple. red. theme color Of the new Ex-
position. presented a glowing beauty
that was different. buildings. grouped
with respect t. color In light as veil
as cnlor in paint. revealed a new bar
mony. .
The Sky Ride. almost lost. to vision
al night formerly. greeted visitors with
all its catenary system traced against
the sky In electric light Bright red
neon tubes outlined the observation
platforms 62S feet above the; Fair.
Farther south. from the .cotunda Of
the Ford building. a pillar Of blne. light,
200 feet thick and more. than . mile
high. pierced the clouds overhead The
lighting load OF this 9O~O-feet-long build
Ing is more than one-third the total
load Of the entire Fair Of last year. :
Foreign Villages Popular.
New lights In the lagoon and a new
Aurora Bcrealis" Of s%earchlights at
the north end Of the grounds. compile
menttng that at the south, end. com.
pleted the major changes in the night
time illumination.
Mecca for the opening day throngs
was the new Street Of villages. The
tour Of the world in a singl> day" Of
fered by the fifteen reproductions Of
far-away lands In the new Fair proved
to be an idea that clicked"
Eleven Of the foreign villages are
grouped together where the Midway
was In 1888. here are an Irish vii
lage, with the atmosphere that was
known by the ancient chleftains who
met in Tara Hall; the Spanish village,
largest ever built for any Fair ;
Tunisia. the Land of the Bedouins" !;
the Italian village, with its leaning
tower and time-worn Roman ruins.
Free Entertainment.
Visitors saw the Tower Of London
and watched S~hakespeare's plays pre-
sented in a reproduction of Shake
speare's original Globe theater in the
English village; saw ice-skating under
the summe sun in the German Black
Forest Village; saw Old North Church,
Mount Vernon, and the home of Paul
Revere in the American Colonial vii
alge; relaxed in the luxury of a North
African desert village in the Oasis ;
thrilled to the charm of native folk
dances in the lovely Belgian village,
and entered the gaiety Of Montmartre
in the Streets of Paris.
Anv nerSOn not having been as