Illinois News Index

Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 5 Nov 1926, p. 54

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dol1ars and less. For fifty cents you mg the na_me. .m?st car nders .get · in the ·grounds. You may have when nearmg bmldmg or · your choice of three ways to explore. bec~on to the .cond~ctor and ;ay ·.n (Continued from Page 52) A ten cent ride about the grounds on an ~n~~cent votce: Say, what~ th~s the party car a more expensive tour place? Although the placard ts dtpeddlars, hot· dog yelpers, and souvemr o f b UJ'ld' ' d groun d s m · a man- rectly before their 'eyes they must be mgs an sellers. You buy a program and per- wheeled boardwalk chair; or a long reassured. haps a souvenir pin (which you cast walk. If you have sufficient time and View Exhibits aside before you have been there two 1 like to walk, this is the best way to There are two paved driveways athours) and then you follow the mut- ~ee the S~squ~. T~e .chair is first choice lowing the party cars and chairs o!le. . . . l tf your tune IS hmtted, and the party way traffic, and two walks leadmg tJtudcs ahead, makmg thetr way! car is both pleasant and convenient if from the entrance. These are neatly through more "sellers" over the bridge you know where you are going, which set off by pa~kways in bet.ween .with and across a busy ~treet where two you do not, of course. The party car benches prettily shaded wtth bnghtpolicemen control the traffic and is long and smooth-rolling. You climb colored parasols. All along the left scream to one another across the road. up on the long seat on either side, let drive a long low building stretches sev. Then the Change Booths . Iyour feet dangle, read the program eral squares, here and there connected Directly ahead are the change booths · (you picked up on the way) in a non- by inclosed passageways. Most of the at the entrance gates. To the right in chalant manner, toy with the souvenir 1 buildings are of stucco cemented upon the ncar distance is a long row of you have squandered a nickel for, chew . metal laths which is an improvement hrick structures appearing to have been gum with an effervescent joy, and look 1 of those which were used at the t'rectt.. ' d ove r night. On the tops of up with an inquiring expression each \Vorld's Fair. "they were built of some of these are huge billboards time the conductor announces an ob-I st ucco on wooden laths with plaster broadcasting to the tran sient public ject of interest in passing. Most build- of Pari s. Thi~ long building at first .OF. i* -. 1 1t~e· fa~t that rooms can be had .for two I!ngs have la;ge si&-ns be for~ the~ ·-&i~.; GIVES GLIMPSE A i ~nd ! SESOUJ CENTENNIAL th1~ t~at o~e 1 November 5, . 1~6 appears as a high wall at the top of which Egyptian figures and heads add richness in coloring as well as artistic grace to the architecture. The tints are lively, thou~h not. gaudy! and the general impresston gamed IS .not. a little pleasing, but rather fascmatmg. At the first entrance, as one walks along, is the sign '.'Li.beral Arts ~ Manufacturers." · W1t.hm, are the vanous exhibits arranged as one sees at any exhibition or convention, though here everything is more varied, more colossal more interesting. One learns where 'various products originate in our country how they are manuiac tured and the approximate estimate oi prod~ction. This section is interest ing enough to occupy several hour's of the curious visitor's time. Next comes a model post offict which is always open. You can send vour "hello" card back home to the folks, or ask any question about in formation concerning the postal s~rvice . . Some of the employes in the · various exhibits have boxes th ere. for the receipt of their mail. .e smq ·I I Foreign Exhibits In the la st section are the foreign · exhibits. Here lies interest enough tn stop a day. Nrarly every p1rt of tht world i:; represented hr these many exhibits. Merchants fr0m the far corner!'> of the earth have hrotwht the na tive products of t}wir . countries to America . · M am· of them sprak littlt· English. and are as genuine lv imnortr<l as their materials. One h·' s but to "·alk slowlv through to become ac ~ (·uainted w.ith the world's many won derful fabric.;. jev;e)s, native costumes, and objects d'art. On vour right, as vou enter .the ~att:-. is the a uditorium sea tin({ morr than fin· thousand. Here conc~"rts are h"Jd daily. Onnosite the exhibition hui'dings and acro.;s the driveway s, is a sl10rt s treet lf' a(ling to a street parflllel with the main thorottl!hfare. Rrtween thesr two roads is mostlv mud with here and there a plank or · two for safe crossinl!s, o r a spot \vhere a paver! walk is antiripated. Th;s nathw~v leads to severa l small huildinrrs whPrc ,·ariou~ entertainments ar~. pres<'nted. The "Fire Flame" i~ rsoeriallv intere~;titH!. It reprrc:;entc:; New Vork's East Side in the earlv rl"~vs . The stage is not a starre at - all hut an opening arrnss which tht' curtain ;c:; hun~. The audience is seat<'d cr11rlrlv. tllough ~; lleltered. and when the rurt~in is drawn there is a genuine old-fac:;hioned rohhlPstone ~;+rre.t. A row of dirtY. totterinfY bttildiPQ"S cling to a )ong narrow sidewf! lk. Tt ic:; a snuare. A street ·intersecting at P~f'h end. One corner hoasts an old - tim" s~lnon: the other is a nortion nf Chinatown, with a h~"avilv f'ttrtainNl cafP. Tn tht> rooms flhove the v~rious c:hnt)c:; r~l0n<r the s+rPPt tenants are husilv PtlQ'fl(Y~>d in thPir numerouc:; rfutif"s tn<YPthf'r with an inrr ss~ nt chattPr whirh o~>rme~tes throug-11out. N . . ttrrhtv. tt·1kemnt r.hHdren srr<tn in thr dirt of the roadway: a one-horse cah J?"allons un to the cornPr and a highbrow swings into the saloon. A step~mother cru~>t'ly heats h~r tittle lflme g-irl : an old woman sends h"r huskv son for a can of beer: a wedding partv arrives, the brirfe and (Yroom a"rending- to their apartment. AJ1 the while cont;nues the Q'Ossip, the noise of the children romoin~ in the strf"et, the clanJrin(Y hPtl of a passing wag-on. and the lan"'h·er jsc:uinQ" from tl--,. "~loon. ac:; davtin-ht farlPs br;ngingni<Tht's shadows anrl nirYh+-'s siJ,.nce. r..r::.du::~lty darknesc; falls. Lig-hts gleam thrnu(Yh the windows and doorways. C,!,inatown rf'main" still. 'l'lle horsecf!h reaonears. The c:r~lnon door:-; swing outward <4s the hi<Thhrow lllPandPrc; to his ct~rrialY~>. A mvstr.riousJnnt..i11{! old · man tnrlrtles r~lnnrr in the sh'lr1nws of the nin-ht r~nrl ent~"rs a buil(linrY in ('1-,:n::tto,·rn. 'I'hr. r"nort of ; a . revolver! The clan~ing hell of the I (Continued on Pag-e 5o) .· your SSIFIED 1F you're a telephone subscriber, simply lift the hook, ask for Wilmette 1920 and state your request. lt' s a service that makes it ccmparatively easy for you to insert your adverti.~ement. And Want-ads offer the soluticn to tnany a problem. There's always ~c meone eager to buy, sell or trade: someont? who has a service to offer.. Results are certain ;!nd the cost is quite moderate. New York't~ East Sirle j.\D" Call Before 5 P. M. Wednesday For WILMETTE LIFE

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