The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-30
CLeUeL0nd Modest AbOut Exposition,
 But It's ShO1C WiH Rank Wlith Best
Lighting Effects Excel Any Ever Used On
 a Fair Ground
BY WILLIS THORNTON eA Service Staff COFrespondeT


 Cleveland, June 30-The becom. ing modesty with which the Great Lakes Exposition makes It's bow thit week is certainly an innovation in the midst of the rash of expositiont with which American cities are breaking out in their effort to fol- low Chicago'S road to better times.
 Cleveland hasn't claimed that it's staging Q worlds Fair" Il has done little to promote it's "bio show" throughout the country. But Q tour of the most-complete ex- position grounds here shows that the Cleveland show will compare favorably with any exposition staged since the monster affair in Chicago which has set the pace for every one since.
 At several points the Cleveland CTS hope to outdo even Chicago though their show IS similar In many ways to that bellwether ot expoSitions.
 WHERE CLEVELAND EXCELs
 Here are the Cleveland bids for expositional distinction:
 First, the lighting effects are ex- pected to be the best and most ad- vanced ever put together on show ground. Cleveland is head quarters of the experimental lab- oratories of the National Electric Light Association, end the newest things in lighting effects will be available.
 Second, the exposition's main entrance is within two blocks of the center of the city, located much like Chicagos, along the Lake Erie waterfront adjoining the business district.
 Third, Cleveland claims that 1t has given greater consideration to the tired feet of visitors than any other exposition. The l76-acre grounds are very compact and there will be hundreds (. conven- tent benches to help walkers take a weight off their dogs when the same begin to bark.
 Fourth, there will be an unuSu- ally high proportion of free er1- tertainment.
 Fifth, the exhibits showing the workings of the iron and steel il- dustry in Americas Rurh" about the Great Lakes basin will be the best and most graphic ever put to- gether In this country.
 GLORIFY IRON AND STEEL Iron and steel are especially 10 be glorified in the Cleveland ex- position, but the resources of the whole industrial and trade empire of eight states bordering the Great Lakes will be on display, The of- ficial observance is that of the tooth anniversary of Cleveland's interpretation as @ city.
 The tone of the exposition will be nautical, but nice. That is to say, @ sea.going theme is carried out in the buildings and decora- tons, in deference to the great lake shipping industry.
 And 'nice," because as yet no aspiring Sally Rand has appeared to do for the visitors what Little Egypt did for grandfather in Chi- c: 70 back in '03.
 The lighting will center on an Aurora Borealis effect in colored beams which will dominate the whole city. Floodlights atop TO- foot pylons will tuAn night into day.
 Lights have been 50 designed as to give @ natural appearance to foliage and trees ins. d of the ghos..ly effect usual at night. GARDENS ARE PERMANENT
 Permanent gardens have been built along the lakefront by @ WPA project, costing $l'd,O00, ale most all of which went into pros viding 100 days work for 800 buildings adjoining, provide @ real- ly beautiful garden exhibit, which will remain as @ permanent legacy to Cleveland.
 No dust can disturb visitors. Every inch of the exposition grounds is covered either by asphalt-gravel walks, flower beds, or grassy turf. The laying of acres of this turf is one of the marvels of the exhibit.
 Three abandoned golf courses were bought up by the exposi- ton managers, stripped of their covering, and transferred to the show grounds.
 Adjoining proper is the mammoth Cleveland stadium, with room for S0,000 people to see a continuous schedule of athletic events. GREAT SPECTACLE HERE
 Adjoining also is Public Hall, where the Republican convention recently met. The basement of this huge hall has been changed to an exhibit of iron-mining and steel -making which will show on the ground every process from mine to finished steel, and from primitive mans earliest smelting to today's continuous strip mills,
 "The worlds largest broadcast ing studio" occupies the main floor of the hall, with Q continu- ous program of nationally known radio stars.
 Pageantry will abound, with Q Marine Theater presenting regu- lar free programs and fireworks, while the Parade of the Years" Q spectacle similar to the popul- lar "Wings of a Century" in Chi- cago, will draw many to a 4400- seat ampitheater.
 Old-time "iron-horse" locomo- tives, as well as primitive chaises, | Conestoga wagons, and horse cars