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Show U Whole Nation Benefited Great World's Fair i ft By A W. J V from 1 material, a hitherto unknot eye the which In manner The it perceives IcaL was found to be clow? worka; particularly bow Is a to carotene, which, in turn. l. aa color, yery knows one Old Sam'f Advice a .lit If f :i 1 '5 i wAp McClur L L GILL Newspat WNU aervlc ByndlcU. flower A CHICAGO'S Century of Is over. Truly billthe ing, "The Greatest Show on Earth," It attracted 38.800,843, paid admissions, more than any other world's fair anywhere, any time. A total of 22,320,456 paid to see It In 1933 and 16,480,387 In 1934. On the final day, time-wor- n October 81, persons filled 1934, 372.127 the grounds to " . the Fair farewell Conceived the heights of a free and easy prosperity, It was born In the subterranean darkness of a depression, amid a national chorus of "don'ts" and "noes" and a world-widballet of apprehensive shivers. From the rags and tatters of Its early boyhood, It rose, like the stripling hero of a Horatio Alger novel, with Its chin np and Us eye clear, into a prosperous young business giant, and married the boss' daughter. It paid off. More than that, it will likely show a comfortable profit. That bid In heart-sickenin- f f VSasJfV A 'J g . e "Slnk-or-Swim- "Strlve-and-Succee- Is something unheard of In international expositions. No world's fair, not even the World's Columbian exposition of 1893, generally held up as the shining example, ever returned to the good fairies who financed it more than 10 per cent of the glittering millions they showered Into its coffers. No one ever expected the others to pay off. Few-ex- cept the skillful pilots at the helm-e- ver expected this one to repay dollar for dollar. World's Fair has alThe 1933-193-4 ready made Itself felt as a stimulus to business In Chicago, the Middle West, and throughout the nation. Before two hours had passed since the opening of the exposition in its second season, on May 26 of this year, the official register In the Sears, Roebuck building had recorded visitors from all forty-eigstates and fifteen foreign Upper Left Typical Happy World's Fair Crowd. Center Children Exchanging Eggs for Admission. Upper Right Rufua A. Dawes, President of A Century of Progress. Inset Charles G. Dawes, Directing Financial Genius of the Fair. have communities. already They bought and will continue to buy countless articles which were primarily Impressed upon them at the Fair. A Century of Progress and its exhibitors and concessionaires created employment at the Fair for more than Half a million men 40,000 persons. and women were eiven Jobs lasting from a few months to two years, before the Fair opened. Only 115,-00- 0 of these Jobs, which were largely concerned with preparing exhibits and construction materials, were In the Chicago area. Thousands of the workers during the Fair period were recruited from outside Chicago. The money countries. Of the 39,000,000 visitors more than which all of these workers earned will, at least In part, be spent In their home 15,000,000 were from outside Chicago. Much of the $50,000,000 They came from the four corners of communities the land. California and Florida rated spent for construction and maintenance among the highest of the states in before the Fair opened found its way Fair attendance. All of the tourists out of the Illinois metropolis. and travelers that these and other Perhaps no less Interesting or Imstates, north, south, east and west, portant than Its economic effect was sent to the Fair spent money on their the cultural effect of the Fair. With way to Chicago, In Chicago and on gay shows, colorful "foreign villages," and dozens of unusual spectacles their way home. bountiful free entcrtalnmentscompetlng, Visitors Spend Freely. the Hall of Science drew more than n Before leaving for the Fair, visitors, some 90 per cent of visitors prepared for the journey. the total attendance. Over 4.000.000 They taught Dew shoes, hats, clothing. visited the Hall of Religion. More If they drove, they had their cats put than 2,000,000 persons visited the Art condition by local me- Institute's $75,000,000 display, despite into fist-clas- s chanics. They spent money on the the fact that it was not even located Band-shell- s way in hotels, restaurants, filling staon the exposition grounds. tions, garages. If they came long disfor two great symphony orchestances, they stopped off to learn the tras were always filled. charms and fascinations of IntermeInvestors Are Paid. diate cities and spent money In them. What the effect of A Century of Some six or seven million bought will have upon the exposiProgress railroad tickets. Another two or three tions of the future Is easy to foretell. Either Here Is an exposition which asked for million rode motor coaches. way, they spent money which the no grants of money from anyone, and transportation lines will, In many got none. Before the market crash of cases, spend again along the routes of 1929, its sponsors went out and got travel $6,500,000 In pledged loans, many of In Chicago itself, the association of them through the Influence of Charles commerce of that city estimates, they Dawes, who from the start was the spent 170,000,000. Much of this in the financial guiding genius of the Fair. natural course of exchange will pour Though collection was not begun until back to manufacturers and industries after the crash, more than 98 per cent throughout the country, helping to of the money was collected Immediatemake more Jobs, create new wealth ly. Every one of these Investors, plus and new spending power. others who raised the total to $10,000,-00The money spent during the period has been paid back. Subsequent f the exposition Is only a start Desires fairs will have a difficult timo getting created among potential buyers by the the government windfalls of the past exhibits at the Fair will affect their In the face of that record. spending for years to come. Millions A Century of Progress, further, did for the first time felt at the Fair the not give space away to exhibitors, as houses. other Fairs had dona It made them tomfort of Jarmers saw for the first time the pay $10 a square foot, and sold them on manifold advantages of prefabricated the Idea, even In the face of depression steel barns. Housewives learned the and careful Industrial economy everycharm and efficient simplicity of the where. newer modos in furniture, saw how A Century of Progress offered no their housework could be lightened and gold medals and no blue ribbons to their leisure time increased by simple exhibitors. There were no competiBusiness men tions. household appliances. Right there was eliminated saw for the first time new machines much of the dull repetition of former that flin do practically all of the audit- fairs. Manufacturers were not reing and calculation in a business office. quired merely to present their finished Builders learned the amazing things products, polished and prettied-up- , that have already been done with pre- courting the fancy of the Judges. They fabricated houses and buildings. were allowed to show how their prodNation's Spending Power. ucts were made, and they did. Mo was everywhere; static was poison. tion the saw who millions the Generally, Fair represented the spending power Visitors saw Industry with the wheels of the natHo; certainly the 15,000,000 turning and the covers off. There was who could afford to make the trip from another mark for world's fairs of the other parti of tie country were, for future to shoot at In the Hall of Science visitors could the larger fart, the sptders of their ht 0. see actual laboratory experiments In pure science, gripping In their drama of man's fight against the'darkness of Ignorance and for the torch of progress. In the exhibit buildings they saw how this science was applied In the actual orocess of every Industry, from the making of silk hosiery to automobiles. The fascination of it all was a drawing power few could resist. Persons of small means traveled hundreds of miles on horseback, on bicycles, on foot to see It Some bartered their way In with eggs, chickens, farm produce. One .girl, arriving broke from the Northwest wanted to trade her favorite horse for admission and sustenance Inside. Large groups banded together and came in single trucks, sleeping under the stars en route and eating army wartime rations, meted out carefully by their leaders. And on the closing night more than 372,000 Fair fans braved the chill October weather, staying "till the last dog was hung" In early morning, while hundreds of thousands more thronged outside the gates because there was no room to get in. Contemplating Figures. With the Fair gone forever the heyday arrived for the master minds whose unholy Joy Is the business of figuring out how far all the world's fair visitors would have stretched If laid end to end, and all that As a matter of fact they would have stretched more than sixteen times around the earth at the equator If none of them drowned lying In the oceans. The lights which made a dreamland out of the Fair by night drew enough current to supply a city of 60,000 for s buses a whole year. The carried 24,000,000 passengers an aggregate total of the equivalent of seven trips to the moon, with plenty of mileage left over. Concessionnaires sold 5,000,000 hot 10,000,000 hamburgers, dogs, 4,000,000 boxes of pop corn and a million bowls of chill concarne, In addition to the millions of complete meals served in the restaurants, proving that Fair visitors, like armies, travel on their stomachs. All of this must have been more than gratifying to Rufus Dawes, his brother, former Vice President Charles Gates Dawes, Lenox R, Lohr, general manager, and the others who did what the whole world said couldn't be dono In what was virtually the worst time In history to try doing It What Is to become of many of the memorable features of the Fair? Much of the contents of the Hall of Science Is being moved to the Musenm of Science and Industry In Chicago. All historical exhibits of the Ford building are going to Henry Ford's museum In Dearborn, Mich. Sally Rand and her fans are going on tour, as Is the cast of the Old Globe theater. Industrial exhibits are In some cases being dismantled. In others beiug Installed as permanent exhibits In the plants of their exhibitors. At present, crews of workers are goo ing about their gruesome task of ing the corpse from Chicago's beautiful lake front A Century of Progress Is gone forever. to Western Ntwsppr Vnlom. intra-ground- re-m- Stampa Worth $9.nnn Stamps valued at more 000,000 will be on disni.. .7? ternational philatelic exhlblUon,. retina. It has long been known that visual which plays an Important the functioning of the repart tinal rods, is sensitive to light material bleaching to a colorless illumination. to exposed when this phenomenon. Dr. Watching at the Oceanographlc Wald, George dis- Institute, Woods Hole, Mass., purple, In will open In Vienna, Austria One thousand nrn,Jl collectors will take part In bltlon. What Is belief iff 'r ,! 24. tlr ... " Guiana a one-ce- The old man's attitude deepened Bill's resentment toward the world In The general and Betty In particular. was Betty. course, of entire trouble, It was an ancient story that Bill told Old Sam a story of the magnificent love of a boy for a girl ; the boy imbued with the Idealism of the age of In chivalry hopelessly, fantastically love with a fascinating bit of a girl suddenly Irked by the restraint of standards and "out to find Is life all about" what It was not Bill often told himself, that he had any desire whatever for the young lady's affection any longer. The maddening thing was that he couldn't rid his heart and mind and soul of her. "I wouldn't know what to say to that son," Old Sam condescended once or twice during the day. Nothing more. And when night had settled and they sat on the porch of the mountain shack, Old Sam talked of trout "I'm going to bed." the youth said. "Got a little somethln' I'd might like to do tonight, been a thlnkin of that flower we saw back there In the swamp today. Somethln' sort of queer about that Don't hanker much for sleep myself and have a mind to take the lantern and have a look. Better come along, you'll sleep the better for It' The old man's suggestion sounded silly to the distracted youngster, who nevertheless consented, grudgingly. The swamp was little more than a ten minute walk along the trail. Old Sam, boots drawn to his hips, led the way, carrying the lantern. The youth followed, flashlight in hand. At tha edge of the water they stopped and, at Old Sam's direction, Bill searched the surface of the swamp until the flash' light caught the white flower. "I'm a bit curious about that flower, Bill ; I'm to get It out and take It back to the shack ; looks to me like a lily," and Old Sam started Into the in the mire. swamp, sinking knee-dee"It's some sort of a lily, sure as you live, son," he called back to Bill. Back in the shack Ma Matthias rustled an old bucket, grumbling the while at "these consarn fool notions." Bill was, dispatched to fill the bucket with clean rich earth and Old Sam set to work to replant his lily, talking the while In quiet, soothing tones, as he might have to a sick wayfarer. "Brave little lady had a right tough time of it out there In that swamp, I reckon. "Can't figure out how you come to be in such a vile smellin' place mighty naa company you was In. "Seemed to like It right smart at that stubborn as an old mule about out guess you didn't knew them weeds was to choke you In time. "There she is now, Ma, good as new and ain't she a beauty Reckon she feels a lot better, too suspect if she could talk she would be us that she's mighty happy to get out of that swamp." But Old Sam got no further with his monologue. Young Bill Holland was dashing out through the open doorway oi toe snacK. stamp will be The Choice of Millions BAKIKG POWDER KC Double Action Doable Tested Manufactured by baking powder Specialists who make nothing but baking powder under supervision of expert chemists. Same Price Today as 44 Years Ago 25 ounces Af for 25 You can also buy 10 ounc can for 10 Sf ounca can for ff Highest Quality Always Dependable mam Ttitii in Coldtst Canadal NEW WINTER GRADES St all Canon Station m I p 1 Betty was dancing Hchtlv from tahia to table, regaling the party with a song. Bill stood, unnoticed, watching. He waited until Betty's solo dance brought her close to where ho ctnn As she whirled, he caught her upraised arm In a biting grip. A youth rushed forward to resent the indizni rhi-- i fist caught the point of his chin. ihe merry-maker- s confronted Bill en masse at the doorway, denouncing him in shrill outbursts. faann Bill was delivering eloquent if disjointed references to poisonous weeds and filthy water. i Betty was a subdupd The first flush of fiery indignation passed as quickly as it came. It may have been an expression on Bill Holland's face; It may have been something else. She was quite readv to with Bill Meekly, she allowed herself to be led up the steps of the recorder's home. Meekly, too, aided by Bill's gruff promptings, she answered the necessary questions. When they were aealn In tha " villi- ster and Bill had pocketed the docu-megiven him by the recorder, Bettv laid her head on Bill's shoulder and women-likcried great, warm tears' Now, for the first time Kin Old Sam Matthias' shark ta .t hills, Bill's clenched Jaw relaxed. 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The puzzle y Doctor Wald then Is not very much clarified, but the transformation ofnL nessed the by made more interesting, close yellow substance into vitam" a is there that recent discovery ml and the Literary Dieest relation between vitamin A in the rhodopsin of "visual purple" pes-sibl- caught Bill Hollands in Blooming there so whltely the stagnant waters of the swamp. the He grasped Old Sam Matthias by Sam shoulder and pointed It out Old fashion. grunted In noncommittal cheerful Young Bill had not been a on this test Sam Old to companion his distrip and Old Sam was showing for his part Bill, Young appointment was both definitely disappointed and come irritated with Old Sam. He had oli the of shack mountain to the help In guide, seeking sympathy and the major crisis of his twenty-twCountyears. But Old Sam was bored. less times before the boy had tokenn weather-beatehis problems to the unlettered, alold guide in the hills, and him set had Sam Old before ways THE uCn Kinship Between comes transparent . Vitamin and Vision material la split off llUMIUMlUr , jj |