Evening star., 1939-03-26

the Golden Gate International Ex-
positions list Of fun spots which in
clude on the Gayway alone some 40
shows and Is rides.
Included in the sensational rides
are rocketing trips into the clouds
aboard a giant crane which hoists
ball-like cages 166 feet above the
earth where amazed fair visitors
can take in the breath-taking pano-
rama of San Francisco Bay and
Treasure Island.
A unique diving bell, made out OF
a monstrous steel cylinder, plunges
patrons Is feet below the surface Of
the bay, where marine life is brought
into view through reinforced plate
glass port holes.
A great ball of steel, Marsian-
like hydrosphere propelled by two
V-8 motors, scoots across the surface
of the bay like stone sent skipping
from slingshot. This novel con-
trivance, its inventors contend, will
make a serious bid for oceanic pas
senger and freight transportation IN
the future, although its current use
Is devoted strictly to entertainment
OF fair-going curious.
The rip-roaring cyclone coaster, q
roller dipper with an unusual amount
of glides. curves and upshoots, COM
mands It's share of the fun patron
age, and miniature trains with track
by the mile, and ferris wheels which
spin like Gullivarian clocks as we'll
as score Of other novel spins and
coasters provide plenty Of gasps for
the thrill-hungry.
Pig-eating pythons, cycle-ridinC
monkeys, tightrope- walking goats,
man-fighting devilf1sh and trained
flea circus take care of the animal
interest in the daily grind shows.
Rodeos and Livestock.
Twelve major livestock events,
ranging from a Today rip-roaring
\ rodeo, a saddle horse show, an in
ternational sheep show and the ma
tional dairy exhibition provide ami
NAL husbandry appeal for country
and city folk alike. and the dairyland
exhibit. plenned and executed with
six milking contests daily by the
California Dairy Council. keep the
people coming back.
So much for things earthly. real
and substantial, things Mr. and Mrs
Average Public may well spend days.
nights, weeks enjoying according 10
their tastes.
Next come the things of culture
and exhibitions of science and in
dustry.
To begin with. the exposition "has
gone arty." A fine arts collection.
second to none ever assembled under
one roof, is available to the Treasure
Island visitor The italian govern
ment alone loaned $40. 1000 900 worth
Of old masters, paintings rare, deli
cate. real. almost priceless. An addi-
tional SIS 1000 900 worth has been Sc
lected and assembled from the far
corners Of the world, placed on ex-
hibition here for the 10 months OF
the fair.
Leading muralists like Franz
Bergman. Miguel Covarrubias, Hugo
Ballin: outstanding sculptors such
as Ralph Stackpole. Olof Malmquist,
the Bruton sisters: world famous
builders Joseph B. Strauss and
Charles Purcell, who built San Fran
cisco's own mighty bridges: horti-
culturists like John McLaren and
Julius I. Girod. contributed their
talents to make the Treasure Island
EXPOSITION one of matchless beauty.
General Electric threw its lighting
experts into the task of Illuminating
Treasure Island, making it a magic
box Of sparkling gems by night.
Three hundred industrialists, busi-
ness firms, individuals pooled the
spectacular, the scientific, the new
and the novel, the tried and the
proven, the discreet and the amaz-
ing things at their command, filled