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Show CLEVELAND . FAIR OPENS ALL NEW NEWGreat Great Lakes Exposition Solves Honeymooners Honeynlooners ' Crucial Problem ; Delights and Surprises Early Throngs Thropgs of Visitors Visitore . , , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ h _ _ ' ByVILLIAl1 By \ WILLIAM \VILLIAl\1 VILLIAl 1 \ C . UTLEYSOME UTLEY UTLEYQOME SOME QOME 160,000 160000 , enthuslastlcfaIrgoers enthusiasticfairgoers enthusiastic enthuslastlc fair-goers fair goers - thrilled to the thefun thefun thefun fun and fascination fascmatIon of the theGreat theGreat theGreat Great Lakes Exposition ExposItlon In InCleveland inCleveland inCleveland Cleveland when the CUI cuitain cuitainparted cuitainparted tam tamparted parted on its new 1937 edItlOn edition edItlOnon editionon editionon on a recent week-end week end - . The TheVISIt Thevisit Thevisit VISIt of two of these was waspurely waspurely waspurely purely accidental , but the thevery thevery thevery very incident which brought broughtthem broughtthem broughtthem them within wIthm the gates illus Illus- Illustrates illus- illus illustrates illustrates - - trates the element of SUlprISe suiprise SUlprISeand suipriseand sui priseand and delight which is the stuff stuffgreat stuffgreat stuffgreat great expositions ehposItlOns : are made madeof madeof madeof of , the magnet that draws drawsmIllIons drawsmillions drawsmillions mIllIons from the far cornci cornel corneis corneisof s sof sof of the land . The two were newlyweds newlywedsen en route through Cleveland Clevelandon on then theii honeymoon , and thIS thisis thisis IS how this story comes to be : "Darling Darling "Darlmg Darlmg " , " she purred ' "I I "r r 'I " want wantsome wantsome wantsome some orange blossoms Don't Dont ' you youthink youthink thmk think I should have them ? ' Do you youthmk youthink youthink thmk think a bride bnde is complete wIthout wIthoutorange withoutorange withoutorange orange blossoms7 blossoms ? " " ' Uh hun Huh uh , It " Ithe he answered answeredher answeredher answeredher her questions queshons m in order"Then order"Then order order"Then "Then Then " why don't dont ' 3.ou 3ou you J . ou get me mesome mesome mesome7 some ? " " * Hav Haw " ' ' We'll Well ' get you orange blos bIos blossoms . soms , honey Thousands of 'em em 'cm.er cm.er cmer ' . . . I Ier er . . some dayIt day It " Itlie He lie Learns About ttomen nomen Somen % . I I"But "But But " I don't dont ' want them er . . , 'some some ' some day ' I want them now , while whileI'm whileI'm whileIm : I'm Im ' ' ' in m the mood If you loved me , 'J J ' you'd youd ou'd oud ' get me orange blossoms " I Women v.ere vere were . . like that . . . He'd Hed ' ' findout find findout findout out , the fellows had told him Well Wellhe , he v . was as finding findmg out He dropped droppedbaby droppedbaby droppedbaby baby talk momentarily momentarl1y . . * ' But hereinell v.heremell vheremell whereinell . am I going gomg to toget toget toget get orange blossoms now now7 ? ' This IS ISClevelandnot isClevelandnot isCleveland Cleveland-not Cleveland not - not California Cal1forma or Flor Flor- FlorIda Flor- Flor Florida Florida - - ida " She merely wrinkled wrmhled her hernose hernose hernose nose , not as if she had been whif- whif whiffing whiffing v/hit-fing v hit fing / - fing the delicate del1cate perfume of orange orangeblossoms orangeblossoms orangeblossoms blossoms , either But a word had hadstuck hadstuck hadstuck stuck in his mind mmd ' Florida . hm'I've hmIve hm ' I've Ive ' ' ' got a hunch Maj Maybe Ma be we'll well we'U weU ' ' get getyour getyour getyour your orange blossoms after all And Anddon't Anddon't Anddon't Anddont don't dont ' say your hubby can't cant ' ' produce produceif produceife , tf if tfIe \ \/e e \Ie Ie tie \ / do " Ten minutes mmutes later a dollar had hadbeen hadbeen hadbeen been sliced shced from that section sechon of ofthe ofthe ofthe the budget labeled "mIscellaneousN "miscellaneous miscellaneous " " . -N N - . _ m . - . m _ N . . , " _ a aId ad yd they were inside lDside the gates ofhe of ofthe ofthe the Great Lakes Exposition They Theycl1mbed Theyclimbed Theyclimbed cl1mbed climbed into one of those double doubleroller doubleroller doubleroller roller chairs built bul1t snugly enough enoughfor enoughfor enough'or enoughor for ' honeyT honeymooners . ooners and he gave the theorder theorder theorder order . "To To " the Florida Flonda exhibit exlublt exlubltIt It " As they approached the great greatwhite greatwhite greatwhite white mansion which is the central centralbwldmg centralbuilding centralbuilding bwldmg building of a group housing housmg ex- ex exhibitions ex exhibitions . - hibitions hibltIons of Florida Flonda industries industncs , agriculture ag- ag agrIculture ag agriculture - riculture , recreational rccreatIonal facilities faclhtIes and andwIld andwild andwild wIld life , they saw what he hadsuspected had hadsuspected hadsuspected suspected they mIght-real mIght real might - real orange orangetrees orangetrees orangetrees trees , in full bloom , growing on the theshores theshores theshores shores of Lake Erie Ene By the Wlts wits Wltsof witsof witsof of her husband ( who happens to be bea bea bea a pretty smart guy , . anyway ) and andthe andthe andthe the generosity of Earl Brown , . hos hos- hospItable hospitable hospitable - pitable manager managcr of the Florida show shov/the shov the / , the brIdelas bride \ was \las las uias wearing orange blos bIos blos- blossoms blossoms . - soms in her hair quicker than you youcould youcould youcould could say ' Tallahassee " . It's Its ' a Good-Time Good Time - Fair nur Tarr . . It was too hard to resist the thetemptatIon thetemptation thetemptation temptatIon to stop over and take takein takein takein in the rest of the fair talr . . The very verygalety verygaiety verygaiety galety gaiety of the place flattered the JOY JOYin joyin joyin in their thcIr own hearts Nowhere are areyou areyou areyou you likely to find so compamonable companionable companionableso , so cheerful chcerful a crowd as ns within the thebounds thebounds thebounds bounds of a successful exposition expositionA A glance around \ was as all that was wasnecessary wasnecessary v/asnecessary v asnecessary / necessary to prove that here folks folkswere folkswere folkswere were bent on having a good timeand tIme tImeand timeand and were having havmg itThe itThe it itThe The brilliantly brll11unUy hued buildings bUildmgs , , the themUll themillion themillion mUll million on multi mulh colored pennons danc danc- dane- dane - \e e \ zr t A Ao o w " 1 , ' r , yjJ yjJw . N.fv Nfv N.fv.v.W . .v.W v.W vW . .v.WSri . w b w . . , . ' Sri + .tw.ws tw.ws twws . . . . . ( . . M . awl M ' rr ' ' 9 Winterti Narm da } s mean nothing to the Winter- Winter - ti . ' land show ( above ) for there ice Ind snow " are found all the time Stars of Billy Rose's Roses ' .J-L .JL .J J L Rose's.JL . - Aquacade arc Johnny Weismuller ( left ) and and"Stubby "Stubby Stubby " " Kiueger . ing mg in m the lake breere bree7c breeze , the sparklmg sparkling sparklmgsunlIght sparklingsunlight sparklingsunlight sunlIght of a midwestern mldwestern summer summerday summerday summerday day , the lively music from dozens dozensof dozensof dozensof of entertainment palaces , the good good- goodhumored good-humored good humored . - - humored banter of the "barkers barkers "barkers"the barkersthe " , " the verdant vcrdant landscapes - all com com- combined combined . - bined bmed to lift 11ft the heart and lIghten lIghtenthe lightenthe lightenthe the stepFor stepFor step stepFor For the Great Lakes ExposItion Expositionof of 1937 is that kind of fair falI " . It is isdesIgned isdesigned isdesigned desIgned to let people have a good goodtime goodtime goodtime time , in m fact to make them el1Joy enjoy el1JoytheIr enjoytheir enjoytheir theIr stay whether they've theyve ' a mmd mind mmdto mindto mindto to or notExhibits not notExhibits Exhibits arc are found chefly m in the thevlcm thevicinity thevicinity vlcm vicinity y of the main mam entrance , . which whichis IS on the hill above Lake Erie and andI andwithin andwithin ' wlthm within two blocks of Cleveland'spublic Clevelandspublic Cleveland's Clevelands Cleveland'spubhc Cleveland'spublic ' ' I pubhc public square One of the great greatI greathalls greathalls greathalls I halls , housing housmg a group called caUed "The The "TheMakmg "TheMaking "TheMaking TheMaking " Makmg Making of a Nation Nahon " lies under under- underground underground underground - ground , being bemg built mto into the side sideof sideof sideof of the sharp slope Here , as in 10 the theVarIed theVaried theVaried VarIed Industries Industnes building bUlldmg and the theHall theHall theHall Hall of Progress , virtually all of ofthe ofthe ofthe the exhibits are brand new , lIttle lIttlehas littlehas littlehas has been held over from last year . In the constant subterranean subterraneancoolness subterraneancoolness subterraneancoolness coolness is a fascinating fascmatmg maze ofworking of ofworkmg ofworking workmg working models , , dioramas dlOramas , animat ammat animat- animated animated . - ed maps and striking stnkmg murals de- de deplctmg depicting de depicting - - picting plctmg the marvels of science and andmdustry andindustry andindustry mdustry industry which make the nahon nation nahonwhat nationwhat nationwhat what it is Stress has been bcen laid m in mlettmg inletting inletting lettmg letting the visitor vlSltor help in the oper oper- operation oper- oper operation operation - - ation of many exhibits e'Clublts eClublts ' , things thmgs hap - - - - - - - - - _ m . m . . . \ : . * . - d " ' 4h r \ Ada 4 . s 3 3y 3tti } A f - 1 1s y tti E t / 1 , , Z ! 1 1 \ " B ' a aIf If ' v f tf t i ' ' i i 4 11p Y ii 11p1h I 1 1l 1h ! 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The central building is this grcat great white southern mansion . pen when he presses buttons msome In Insome insome some displays , in m another he may mayenter mayenter mayenter enter a locomotive cab and play playengmeer playengineer playengineer engmeer engineer ; or he may follow the themanufacture t themanufacture h e emanufacture manufacture of automotive oil oll from fromthe fromthe fromthe the ground to the can in an ac- ac accurate ac accurate - . curate moving movmg scale model modelOutdoes modelOutdoes Ontdoes Outdoes Broadwxy Broadway . , Honeymooners deal more in m en- en entertainment entertainment en entertainment - tertainment than education perhaps perhapsand , and the ones we are concerned WlUl with withfound WlUlfound withfound found entertainment cntertamment in satlsfywg satisfying satlsfywgmeasure satisfyingmeasure satisfyingmeasure measure First , of course there ! b bthe isthe s sthe the largest exposition show ever everproduced everproduced everproduced produced , and the outstanding new newfeature newfeature newfeature feature of at the 1937 exposition exposltlon This ThisIS Thisis Thisis IS Billy B11ly Rose's Roses ' Aquacade , WhICh WhIChcombmcs whichcombines whichcombines combmcs combines the elements of theater theaterrestaurant , . restaurant , , night club , water show showoperetta , operetta and musical comedyThe comedy comedyThe The Aquacade Aquacadc is bigger than any any- anything anything . - thing Broadway ever saw The gi- gi gigantic gigantic gi gigantic - gantic stage , , which floats a lttle little lttleway littleway ! littleway way out into mto Lake : Erie Irie for the thewater thewater thewater water carnival carmval which is part of the theshow theshow theshow show , is a block long . There are are500 500 in m the cast cast , , including mcludmg Johnny JohnnyWClsmulIer JohnnyWeismuller JohnnyWcismullcr WClsmulIer Weismuller , tamed famed swimmer and andthe andthe andthe the heroic herolc "Tarzan Tarzan " " of the mOVles movies moviesEleanor , Ile Eleanor : < 1nor Holm Jarrett , beautiful beautifulOlympIc beautifulOlympic beautifulOlympic OlympIc swimming swimmmg star ; Alleen Ailcen AlleenRlggm AilcenRiggin AilcenRiggin Rlggm Riggin , ' Stubby " Kruegcr Krueger and oth oth- othcr oth- oth other other - - er cr favorites So extravagant are arc the thespectacles thespectacles thespectacles spectacles they thcy do justice to the$500,000 the500000 the $500,000 500000 $ , investment that made them thempossible thempossible thempossible thempossibleRunning possible possibleRUlUling possibleRunning Running RUlUling neck and neck with the I I I Aquacade for top honors is an ex- ex exposItiOn exposition ex exposition - - position spectacle called Wmter- Wmter Winter- Winter Wmterland Winterland Winter-land Winter land - land , . which presents the outstand outstand- outstanding outstanding outstanding - ing figures of winter wmter sportHere sportHere sport sportHere Here one can forget the summer's summers summer'sheat summer'sheat summer'sheat summersheat ' heat in watching an elaborate musi musi- musical musical musical - - cal revue of a fantastic land of ofeternal ofeternal ofeternal eternal winter wmter The charming charmmg plot plotromance plotromance plotromance romance of the Winter Wmter Prince Prmce and andthe andthe andthe the Spring Princess Prmcess serves as a abackground abackground abackground background for an ice carnival carmval un- un tin- tin unsurpassed tinsurpassed un unsurpassed - surpassed m In show business busmess The Thestars Thestars Thestars stars are Evelyn Chandler , . America's Amer Amer- AmerIca's America's - ica's icas ' ' premier figure skater , Bruce BruceMapes BruceMapes BruceMapes Mapes , a former champion ; petite petiteMaribel petiteMaribel petiteManbel Maribel Vinson VlDson , former national nationalchampIon nationalchampion nationalchampion champIon recently turned pro pro- professIOnal professional professional - - fessional ; and Duke and Noble , for for16 16 months stars of the famed Ice Iceshow iceshow iceshow show at the College Inn , Ch1cagoVlSltors ChicagoVisitors Chicago Ch1cago ChicagoVisitors Visitors VlSltors find free entertainment entertainmentaplenty entertainmentaplenty entertainmentaplenty aplenty , too In a vast amphitheater amphitheaterthat amphitheaterthat amphitheaterthat that spreads before a large band bandshell bandshell bandshell shell , national nahonal chain cham radio broad broad- broadcasts broadcasts broadcasts - casts . , m musical slcal recitals and vaudeville vaude vaude- vaudevIlle vaudeville - ville acts are in progress almost almostconstantly almostconstantly almostconstantly constantly Fireworks on a true ex- ex exposItion exposition ex exposition - - position scale are a nightly mghtly featureGardens feature featureGardens Gardens Charm Throngs . When twilight comes there are aremne arenine arenine mne nine chances out of ten that you'll youll you'llfind you'llfind you'llfind youllfind ' find any honeymooning honeymoonmg couple In Inthe inthe mthe the vast horticultural gardens that thatbeautify thatbeautify thatbeautify beautify the slopes down to the thewater's thewater's thewater's thewaters water's waters ' edge From a pergola dotted dottedwalk dottedwalk dottedwalk walk that winds 500 feet along the thetop thetop thetop top of the hillside , the evening evenmg stroll stroll- stroller stroller stroller - er looks down upon an enchantmg enchanting enchantmgvlsta enchantingvista enchantingvista vlsta vista of formal gardens represent represent- representahve representative |