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186 W O R C E S T E R M A G A Z I N EThe New England Fair

Pioneer Worcester Institution Approaching Its Hundredth Birthday Announces Its Program for theGreatest and Most Varied Exhibition in Its History Including a Revival of theOld Fashioned Veteran Firemen's Muster

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8 ARLY double th e money in premiums a ndex pendit ures for att rac t ions and man y timesth e in genuity and origina lity on th e pa rt ofmem bel's of th e different coII I rnittecs whi chha ve se rv ed to bri ng ab out the successfulstagi ng in ye ars past of th e Nell' En gland f ail' have th isyea r been expen ded th us fa r by th e fail' committees t omak e the 1915 exhib ition th e greatest ever .Th e dat es fo r th is y ea r 's fa ir are th e sa me as th ose forfai l'S under th e directi on of "Wo rces te r Agricult ura l Society ill yea rs past. Op enin g Labor Da y , Sept ember G,th e fail' will continue through four clay s and tw o nights.There is now th e fee ling th at all th a t is needed besideth e tremendou s expcnse a nd har d wor k is t he sa nctionof th e weatherman. With th i s the f ai r officials are stron gin the belief that a ll records fo r att endance should bebeat en, if not di stan ced.Handicap a fter handicap has been overco me by thefa i r commi t tees th i s summer until now there is unprecedented op timism among th e ranks of the ha r d-workingcommitteemen. Noth ing now stands in th e way to delayth em in their wo rk of ge tt ing under way Ne w E ngland'sgrea tes t "ag ricultura l exhibition.Right a t the start the fail' official s were u p aga ins tone of th e biggest obstacles imagin able. Th c outbreakof th e dreaded foot and mouth di sease among' cattl ethrougho ut th e E ast served to rnake them beli eve th at

a n ex hibition of ca ttle , ill othe r word s a ca t t le show,always one of th e biggest fea tn res or the fail' , impossible.Such a show mi gh t be conducted t his fall ill connectionwith th e Ne ll' Eng land fa ir , bu t as ma ny or t h officia ls

l ' th emselves breeders of fin e ca ttle , tl1('Y ,'('allily un d er stand the fe eling of fear xhibi tors of cloven-foot an i malsin pr evious -"PHI'S would han' abo ut send ing ca ttle to thediffer en t fairs th is fa ll .Long befor e t he S tate Board of Ag rie u lt u rr- mad " anyrecom mend ations as to wha t sh ould be don e about t heexhi bit ions of ca ttle at fa it'S, officials of th e ca ttle depa r t ment of th e fail' had sounded O\\'n l' I'S and l ' ~ I ~ ( ' l ' s in al lparts of th e East. Th e res ult was th at ret urning lett ersindi ca ted th a t the maj o r- ity of men we re

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OR CESTER MAGAZINEtold with any accura cy, but which ma y, inen d, cost mu ch more th an eit her of t he two It ioned thus far ,

Th is t lrird aile is t he battl e of flowers, Supagean t of aut omobiles a nd flowers, gaudressed people an d just as ga ud ily cost uau tos has perh ap s never been witn essed iusachusett s as t ha t fOl ' whi ch pl an s havemad e, No expense is spared in th e p relimiwork going on to mak e t his fea tu re one ofmos t ta lk ed a bout of any fa ir this f all.It is to take p lace th e second clay of the Automobilists from all parts of New E nghave been in vi ted to 'pa r t icipa te, and at OUt he last meetin gs of t hc ba tt le of flowersmittee, Ru ssell R. COl'S , one of t he best knaut omobile en thusiasts in th e E ast , was chto get toget her as la rge a nu mber of en t r ie

and not assume any responsibility of bein g in strumen talin a f u r ther spread of t he llisease.W it h t his decision al so cam e th e decision to extendever y effort possible to contra ct fo r new , sensa t ional,or igi nal as far as possible and uni qu e a tt ract ions, nomat ter what the cost ofth ese migh t Exp eri ence of fail'officia ls t he countryover ha s p ro ven t ha ta n ae rop lane is aboutas a tt ra ct ive an at t ra ction whicl: can be secured, and accordi ng lythe Worcester men setout. a nd sec ur ed th ebest ae rona ut obta ina ble out s ide th e govr ntne nt ser vice perhaps,

He is William S.Luckey, winn er, inUl1a , of t he Amer ica n aerial de rby , the cour se of whi chwas aro un d t he citv of Ne w Yor k and some of t. he count ry to th e nor th , south, east a nd west of th e met ropolis,B e is to mak e t wo fligh ts daily.The bigg est firemen's mu ster given in NewE ngland in r ecen t years and possibly th e big ges t ever given in New E ngl and was nex t decided lip an as an a t trac t ion whi ch would ser veto d raw vetera n a nd acti ve firemen f rom all pa dsof th e New E ng land sta tes a nd at th e same timepresen t a t th e fai rgrounds a n l'xhibition of fir engiues seld om seen .Mustl'r day is to be Septemb er R. F or t hisalone the sum of ~ I G O has been set aside forpri zes, t he larg est of whi ch will be 0 0 th is forth e winner' of fir st. In al l' th er e are 18 moneyawards. Besid e t hese, mcr chaudise pr-izes ar e tobe given to th e lar gest man il l line, il l uni form,to t he sma llest man a nd to the oldest man ,These two big a ttr actio ns a lone, it. wou ld seem,1\'0111

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188 WORCESTERTh e idea for th is bi g battl e or igin ated with Secre ta ryBur t Du rell and Pres ident Walte r D . Ross of th e Worces te r A gr-icu l tu ra l S ociet v . B oth a re awa re of the beau

tiful sigh t su ch pag ean ts g ive wh en staged in Ne w Orlean s an d in southern F ran ce , whe re, it is said , th e?or-igina ted.

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So great h as been th e number of vaudeville ac ts book edfo r th e f a ir th i s ye a r th er e is now t ho ug ht of addin g ,111ex t ra stage to th e equ i pmen t fo r ti le ex hibition. Someth in g li ke 20 acts , most of th em new to W or ces ter fairgoers, h av e th u s far been booked a n d lines a re ou t formore.Am on g th e number is th e ex hibition of P eloquin, oneof th e Ed . R Hutchinson troupe fro m Elm il'n, X Y.

Thi s man , wh ose act is a tl u -illcr , elev ates h imsel f to th etop of spiral in clin e 40 f eet hi gh by mea n s of caref ulmanipulat i on of hi s feet on a large r ubber ball. Once a tthe to p of t his inclin e he works his way out on to a see8DW, bal an c in g himsel f , a t the sa me time seesawing whilestanding 011 th e to p of th e big ball. ,

At ni ght th is ac t will be so s tage d t hat P eloquin willbe enve loped ill spa rk s , th e res ult of th e ex plosio n of severa l hu n dred Lo l1al:s ' worth of firew or ks ben eath a n dabout him .

Anoth er of th e vaud eville act s will sho w P au l Pc dr iuan d his giant bab boon. P ed ri n is D foot ju ggl er , ju gglin gan y t hin g from an app l e to a cannon of n o mea n size onh is f co t. H e is call ed th o ma n w it h th o c hameleon fee t ,and hi s specia lty , " P astinws on a Ba ttleship . "

Th en th er e will be Hillary L ong, th e ma n wh o leap sthe ga p on his head , on ly his head in th is case will besu p pl ied wi t.h roll er skates . Th e lea pin g st un t is acco mpl isher] high u p in th e ail' , a nd th e gap , wh ich is i n t hemiddle of a rathe r steep in cline, is no sma ll on e. L on galso is a head. balan cer , doin g' man y trap eze acts.

MAGAZINEOt h er va ude v ille ac ts a mo ng t.he m an y boo ked a rcth ose Ly th e Dor is F'r idin t.rou pe of Ru ssian s, s ingers anddancers j Arizona Jo e an d h is t r ou pe of cow-bay s a ndcow-girl s j th e Qu incy 's , Marga re t. a nd Th om as, shallowwater d ivers, wh o d ive fr om a n ele vat ion of !)O f ee t intowater on ly four and aile- ha lf f eet. de ep j th o comedy cir cus which has with it t.he bu ckin g d on key, a n d A lvinGr eene, E sq. th e rube.Alvin cl ai ms a d istinc tio n wh ich mos t men would becon ten t to say little a bout. H e say s, an d do esn ' t th rea t ento sue fo r li bel if it is said. pub li cly, th a t he has beenarrested no less th an ~ 0 times f or di sturbauoe of t hepeace, so successful h as he been in hi s ac t of d ep ictin g agentlema n of th e rural d ist ricts,Ja ck D risco ll, th e bariton e, the man wh o si ng s with t he

band, a nd Mi ss Ger t ru de J . Van Dein se, t ile la dy whosing s with th e band, have a lso been secu red to a ppe a r .D riscoll was at t he fai r four years ago and scored a decide d hi t .A pa rach u te leaper wh o will make s ix an d eight leapswhi le th ou sands of f eet ill th e ail ' has a lso bee n enga ge d .H orse ra cin g , a lway s a st rong fe at u re of t ho fair , willbe s t ro nge r t ha n eve r th i s y ear. Larger purses have beena nnou nced a w l the horses promi se to be groa tor in II1nnbe l' an d bet te]' in qua l ity , f or th e f ai r is tu e next. weekaf te r th e B ay S ta te shor tship circuit meet in g at Hillsg ro ve, R. J" and Green d al e track will be invad ed fo r asecond tim e bv the ci rcu it ho rses .L igh t ha rn ess ra cing ha s its followers in v,ro rcest er,an d so d ocs j ock r-y r ac ing . Complai nt in p rev ious vc ar sha s been there was not enough of th e latter , Th er e fo re,th i s ye ar th ere will be more jo ckey races than ever . Bo thbr an d s will be under th e sn pc rv isio u of Ed ward Moulton,recognized as one of th e best. ver sed hor semen in th e Ea st .P hilip N. ClII'tiS, su peri nten deut of th e horse s howdepar-tme nt, has announ ced larger and IIIOI 'e premium s.Wha t. is tr ue ill hi s d epartment. a lso is tr u e of th e man yother dep artments. T he bi g night. a t hleti c meet al sop ro mises to be mo re a tt rac ti ve th an ever .

Beeke ep ing is to be st ron gly fe a ture d , both th e S t.ateBoar d of A gricultu r e a nd Wor ces te r Cou n ty B eekeeper s 'As sociat i on bein g deep ly in ter ested in t h is yea r ' s ex hibit.ion of t.he hon ey-mak er s. I u co nnec tion with th is depa r tm en t Massachu set ts Ag i-icnl tura I College a t Am hcr stwill sen d bee exp er t s .He fo l'e th e g rounds are re ady fo r the bi g ex hibition ,however, man y cha nges a rc to be made. A n ew entran ce,new offices for th e secre ta ry an d t ra asu re r a nd n ell' autopar king space , a s we ll as improvem en ts in th e hall fo rthe auto sho w a r e a f ew of t he thin gs be ing mad e at. th eg rounds .

Local Bank ClearingsA d ecid ed improvement in b usi uoss con d iti on s in

Wo r cester f or .Iuly, 1915, as comp a re d with th e sa mep er i od in 1914 is J'l'll r ct.l'd in t he mon th l y s tatem ent.of b an k c loarings, r ep ort ed by th e W or ces ter Clear ingH onse A sso cia t ion.Clear ing s f or t he month of July t ot a ll cd $12,724,713,a ga ins t $11,679,553 f or ,July, 1914, a n et ga in of$1,045,160.Un us u a l acti v ity in th e vrui ou s ma chin e t.ool illd us t rio s of t he cit) is g iven as th e pr in cipa l r ea son fo rt.his m ark ed differ-ence .