A BIG SHOW.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 156, 3 July 1937, Page 22

A BIG SHOW.

LAKES EXPOSITION. : OPENS FOR SECOND YEAR. CLEVELAND'S CENTENARY. ft Special ''oi*r*»«pnn<l«>nf.) ' l.l'A KLAN I). Jim.- t. n 'T* !mn.l;-".| ■ ■.i US' . ' lie 111 t f.lf, •he mouth of •*«•*.<.«.•»«! i !iv.i ni.;;i Hi\ r named for ' * founder. ' ...ncr 11 .\lo*«m < level ind. ■ ■ chr«!<v| :iw i-1 » anniv-rnary of it* [ .'hi in.-I rp.> i 11,, ii .% ,-if y. I inhabitants ami i f\«ndly Indians who jrill lived i" ' he <h,i.|. v of the wlite man. hold a ' * i 11 in Lorenzo (,irt ■» r' tavern ird. near the present. terminal tower Tin •'a f-'im now until Septem"■r :i. •> million i of tlic nation's vain i on i i v that. -Mini- juncture of iake inll ri> "r to «<■<• tin- nation i newest •iio'.v t. lie year," t lie I'.KIT Great ; f.iike* hx;.ii»it.i<»i, and to help celebrate ; • he 1 fact that. Cleveland and t.lie entire I ' - n-ji r. Lakes* area of eight States are j ll'/ht.inj their way I>n• • k to prosperity. Rmit on it < 1.1I)-,acre J lte on made land :i'"nj tlii- lake front, and converting a city dump into the most beautiful of Hardens and shore-linft developments in t iio i-oiinrrv. the exposition last vear drew t.intii.ooo visitors—and saddled on j its barker* a considerable deficit. Enterprise Undaunted. ("ndaunted, they put up another half- i million to start this year's show, and ' devoted most, of the money to buying 1 the top nann'S. Billy Hose, diminutive produeer of I "dumbo" and "Casa Ha nana," was! engaged to stage two big allows on the j waterfront. One is t.he, aquacade, a ! theatre-restaurant seating 5000 people l under roof, but with the ItiOft stage mounted on two barges and moving | about, with (dectrio motors, on the ! waters of Lake Erie. A complete mtisi- ! ral comedy, in five acts, and with a cast I of t><! people, headed by .Johnny WeisA- j muller. Kleanor FTolm Jarrett. Bob j Lawrence, Aileen Riggen, Stubby Kreuger and Walter Dere Wahl, was j written by Billy Rose and Dana Suess. I This feature costs HOO.OOO dollars, with j its pay-roll for the JOl days of the j show. Torn Patricola head* another east in I the Pioneer Palace, set in the centre of j the exposition's great streets of the world, where more than a hundred build- j ing* fashioned to resemble the famous I structures of Europe and Asia, ! official exhibits of more than forty ! nations. The Serious Side. The serious side of the exposition has not been overlooked by the management headed by genial Lincoln G. Dickey, general manager of last year's show and thin. new 35,000,000 dollar version. Central theme will be "The Making of a Nation," with a building of more tlinn 100,000- square feet floor space, and with a 55-foot ceiling, devoted to the dramatic presentation of the romance of industry, agriculture and science. Great museums have loaned their most interciting exhibits to tell the story of steel, petroleum, textiles, glass, rubber, cotton, railroads, lumber, medicine and all other factors of modern life. From the Rosenwnld Foundation came the petroleum exhibit, costing Standard nil, of Ohio, 20,000 dollars ju.st to erect if. From Dresden, Germany, came the "transparent woman," an heroic figure of a woman in plastic with all organs and functions displayed by ingenious electric lights within the amber body. From New Orleans came the big cypress exhibit that dates baek to the founding of that city. The largest glass wall in the world, the world'* bifrge.sfc ife box. the newest electric lights just developed by Cleveland's N"ela Park laboratories will be on view. Five railroads. Pennsylvania. New York Central, Erie, Niekle Plate and Baltimore, and Ohio, have combined to put in a complete train that visitors can ncttially step into and blow the whistle, ring the bell, nnd check the air brakes. 80,000 Cars at One Time. Huge dioramas tell the story of manufacture, in motion, for the exhibits of the show all move. Colourful murals 1 by Juan Larrinaga present the four sections of the nation and the conributions ' of art, religion, ncience, agriculture, in- 1 flustry, business and education in the "making of a nation." Tn the hall of progress will be housed ' the exhibits of public utilities and of ! the United States Government's many , departments and bureaus. The big infltistrial and commercial displays will be ' in the hull of varied industries. The ( new midway stretches for eight blocks along the lake. ' A huge trailer city has been created ' to take care of the nation's motorists, and parking areas will care for 80,000 cars at, one time. Official State exhibits include those of ' Ohio West Virginia. Michigan and i Honda. Florida, delighted with the 300 per cent increase in business from Ohio ' fchnfc followed laat year'* show, ha* ' spent a second 300,000 dollars 'on a ' second building in its big exhibit and , has planted a complete orange grove, with oranges now growing on the shores' r ! of Lake Eerie.—N.A.N'.A, '