Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 31, 1916, Page 20

While the state fair to some degree is_considered an educational institu- tion from the standpoint of agricul- ture mostly, yet the people who come to Lincoln rather look toward a good time mixed in with the rest, and so from year to year Secretary Mellor has looked about him with the idea of bringing to the fair some good, whole- some amusements for the entertain- ment of the state fair patrons. The races, of course, are looked upon as the most important of the amusement features and md):clrs past the people have not been disappoint- ed. This year the races will be better than ever, with a splendid entry, which is bound to attract the crowds. The automobile races last year at- tracted thousands and they stayed to the end, notwithstanding the weather was not good for the races. Records on dirt tracks were smashed by the intrepid drivers present, among them | the best known men in the business. Wild Bill Endicott will be back again | this year and participate, while many of the others probably will be present. Visitors at the fair this year will have the pleasure of seeing Ruth Law, the woman avatrix, who has been thrillipg the crowds all over the country - with her dives and loops, which equal the most daring acts’ of Thompson or Beachey. In addition to the customary day fllfih‘.!, Miss Law will fly by night with light and py- rotechnics to mark her flight through the darkness. This alone will be 1 | i { | something new for the state fair vis- itor, and something new is what the ‘management of the fair endeavors to give each year, As usual there will be the vaude- ville stunts on the quarter stretch in front of the grand stand between the races and in the evening. Three great bands will furnish mogt of the music, the Nebraska State ‘pand, George Green’s celebrated Omaha band and the Kilties from Canada. Those who love popular selections from the operas are going to hear the | best there 1s ’going and a double quar- tet of the famous Baron-Wheatly singers will furnish the music. This is all that needs to be said; the name Baron-Wheatly is sufficient to indi- cate the class of the vocal work. The Midway. If there is anybody who gomes to the fair who does not visit the Midway, he loses much of the fun that goes with a visit to the | Nebraska annual exposition. Johnnie Jones is going to ernish the Mid- way attractions this year. Did you lis- ten? Johnnie Jones, the man who has gotten together a bunch of attractions which has become world-wide in their attractiveness, and when the people hear that Johnnie Jones is ‘coming they flock and flock and flock, and Johnnie Jones does the rest, A new-fangled contrivance will be seen at the fair which is warranted to cure the grouch, the blues or any old | thing which tends to make people miserable. “The Whip” is what they cell it, and it is a sort of riding device that causes one to forget his troubles and feel that life is really worth the living. It is impossible to describe what the thing is like, but give it a trial, and if you are not satishied after you are through you can have your grouch returned to you in as goon condition as when you lost it while riding the Whip. Then comes the fireworks in the evening. Everybody likes to watch | the fireworks and they are going to have a chance this year to see just about the best ever in that line. ~As Z l Security ‘Mutual Life I Those who have been in the habit of attending the Nebraska state fair and have become acquainted with the tall stone building at Twelfth and O streets will be greatly surprised when they reach Lincoln this year to see the magnificent new duilding into ‘V'lBthh g;e {‘qrmer tenants of the old urr Block” are now moving. The buifding now stands remod- eled into a beautiful ten-story office bmilding, modern in every way and with marble finjshings not shown in any other build'nfi in the country. The building is only half completed, the front half having been rebuilt first, ‘but by January 1 the company hopes to have the building entirely finished. S it does on the corner center of Lincoln's busi- the building will always as a place for business Central National bank oc- 'h:‘lm“' l:t('alry while] the Se- utual will have its home in floor. o umm-ummnmmmmml|m||mmmmuumllu|ul?fimu | will do your heart good to see. Be- NEBRASKA STATE HOUSE FROM THE SOUTH usual they will be set off in front of the grandstand and everybody will have a chance to see something new. Something new is what the state fair management is angling for and they believe they will have it in the Therle- |2 Duffield fireworks. : 3 It might be well to go back to the races for a little while before this|3z: story is finished and give you some |2: idea of what you can expect. There |5: will be each day a conglomeration of running, trotting and pacing that Bvent— given, which gives you what to be looking for: fome idea of That ought to be attractive enough | for anybody and sure.will be swift enough to start the blood tingling. Just now it is a little hard to tell the State Fair Grounds. City or Suburbs. a Far of 5 Cents. Our facilities for handling passengers to the State Fair Grounds are better this year than ever. Our equipment and tracks are in first-class operating condition and every effort will be made State Fair Week to handle the passengers with speed and safety When you arrive at the depot in Lincoln, take any street car and ask the conductor for a transfer to Take Cars for Fair Grounds " at 10th and P Streets At this point you can transfer to any part of the Each car carries a sign on the front showing its destination. Our trainmen and passenger directors will always be glad to assist you in any and every way possible to reach any‘desired point on our lines. You Can Reach the Following Places of Interest on the Lines of the Lincoln Traction Company for N Bethany, the Christian college town; University Place, the home of the Wesleyan University; Have- lock, the largest railroad shops west of Chicago; College View, the home of the Seventh Day Advent. ists; Capital Beach, Ngbraska's greatest pleasure resort; Antelope Park, City Park, Penitentiary, Asy- lum, and last, but not least, the home of William LTI RO T T T [ g \ Jennings Bryan. Lincoln Traction Company, offices and sales room, in the new Terminal building, 10th and O Streets, on or about September 15th. The Lincoln Traction Co. * Lincoln, Neb. General Offices, 10th and O Sts. Lincoln, Nebraska For Car Service Information Call B 1158 R O L T T LT T T I ‘ Rl THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1916. [ just what base ball lovers are going }tu have a chance to see in the great | national game. Last year the season | closed before the state fair opened, | but this vear the league will be doing | business at the old stand and putting !in the full-length season. Lincoln in the Western league is scheduled to play the first two days of the fair and the rest of the week in Sioux City, but it is possible that these games may be transferred to Lincoln in order to take advantage of the big crowds which annually visit the fair, | * ! This is frequently done, and base ball lovers may have a chance to see | Western league ball as it is played— sometimes. | Take it all around, the amusements at the fair this year will be so Wt- | tractive that none need fear that they will not have a grand, good time. ' AL G L S s s . i s per |<eekin;: to serve the people of the {state in the best way it can by fit- ting them for the thousand and one n giving them the fundamentals w will cause them to succeed in their callings. It is a great institution doing a 7 great work, and it belongs to the tax. for an hour or two after they get!. State University Shows Growth (Continued from Page Three) payers of the state. It is their in. | stitution for their children to attend, and for them to have access to in ,’ innumerable ways. Let no one fail @ to be interested in it, for it is a factor with which we could not afford to dis- pense with, no matter what might be offered in its place. away from the dinner table. | She is taught the rules of sanitation |[i of farm homes, and she is given myr- i iads of helpful lessons on making the |h outside work that she can do pay her || well, so that her own income supple- | | ments that of her husband and makes | | her a truly dependable factor in lift- | |ing the mortgage from the farm| | where her “man” may have bought it | on terms and trusted to heaven and | | himself and her to pay it off when | the time comes. 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