The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-28
BY WILLIS THORNTON
NEA Service Staff Correspondent

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 NEA Service Staff Correspondent
 Cleveland, May 28.-Wher James Roosevelt, representing the presi- dent, his father, officially opens the Great Lakes Exposition here tomor-
 TOW, a new precedent in expositions
 is going to be set
 For the first time, the secoad-year
 opening of show of this kind is not being represented as bigger and better Oh, yes, better" of
 course, and greater" but not big ger" in geographical area. The ! 175-acre tract along Clevelands lake front into which the 1886 ex- position was packed, has not been enlarged. For Cleveland wanted to keep its recrod of producing "the easiest exposition on the feet" ever gotten together.
 Babe Ruth could almost knock 8 baseball from Cleveland's public gquar into the exposition grounds
 And by keeping the ground com paratively small, as exposition grounds go, Cleveland claims a 1886 record for the smallest number of bunions developed by an exposition. It aims to hang on to that record In re-opening for 1887.
 Out for Another Record But within the same area, prac-
 tically all attractions at the Great
 Lakes Exposition will be literally rbigger and better" for 1887. The Cleveland show is out to break an-
 other record. No exposition has ever
 drawn more people the second than the first year. Cleveland thinks it can be done here. Nearly 100000 passed the gates last year. Advance sales and the addition of real lrdrawing personalities indicate that the 1887 goal of 5,000,0O0 may well
 be reached by Sept. 6 when this
 summers exposition closes.
 The Aquacade Revue, which is Billy Roses 1897 contribution to ex- Epositional entertainment and the general gaiety of nations, is going
 to be an overwhelming spectacle. On
 the lake shore 5,000-seat audi 1 torium has been built. In front o1
 this, mounted on barges in the lake
 is a huge revolving stage l60 feet wide and 200 feet deep.
 On the stage and in the water
 between stage and audience, 48f Eswimming and diving dancers will
 Cavort, led by Eleanor Holm, Johnny EWeissmuller and Aileen Riggin of Olympic swimming and diving fame ,-IS ic Y1a1tcipo1 1-
 edy with songs by Rose and Dana ISueSs, costumes waterproofed by a Especial process, ensembles both in land out of the water directed by sDohnny Murray Anderson, the fa- IAnouS Ziegfeld producer.
 Dance on the Stage
 When Billy Rose frs surveyed fadis lakefront theater site he had lvisions. First show ever pre- Fsented," he muttered, with the EWtiole of Canada for back-drop!' Billy has busy summer in view ! Ecommuting back and forth to Fort Worth, Tex, where he is also run ming show.
 Three times as much light-power as Radio City uses in its famous shows is required for the Aquacade spectacle, and illuminated curtains of. spraying fountain $40 feet high are just an incident.
 When the $60O,000 show is over the whole stage is pulled up flush to the shore and the audience can dance on it. Wayne King, Isham Dones, Shep Fields, Bob Crosley. Ted Weems, Glen Gray, Joe Venuti and Etubby Gordon's bands are all scheduled during the summer.
 But this marine spectacle is only one of four shows running within the exposition. Sun-weary visitors iwll be able to duck into the sec ond largest tent in the world to see Winterland, revue on ice, led by Maribel Vinson, Evelyn Chand- Ter, the Walter Arian, top not ice skaters. Miss Vinson, like Miss Holm, is turning pro for the engagement. Here again, visitors will be able to have a skate for themselves in July and August during the performance intervals. A double tent, with space between the two coverings, makes possible the ice in summer
 Texas Show Moved In
 :. Tom Patricola, veteran vaude- william, is moving in the whole Billy