The billboard (Sept 1910)

RnoxvilleTenness cbord In tbe human body. Mazeppa preoenta a coamopoUtan array of Bplendldly opulent tricka Qt (altbtol tralnlDK ao masslrc, ao marreloualy txantlful. brilliant and gorceoua that I confess I can not picture or describe same. In all the warM Maxeppa has no peer. A, D. (Bed) Morray Is on tha front of the Maxeppa attraction. There are Innumerable amall coocesaloni of lU sorts, sixes and shapes scattered throughout the grounds. Hon. William 3. Oliver, perhaps the moat widely and most favorably knovn man in the entire South, is president ot the Appalachian Exposition Company. Mr. Oliver is an exten- sive railroad contractor and builder and s manu- factorer, employing 1,000 men In bis extensive Inn and plow manufacturing plants In this city. Be bat the contract to manufacture all .the dirt damp cars that are being used in the Pan- ama Canal. These cars are made in KnozTiile. The wide publicity that Mr. Oliver's name car- ries lias been ot substantial value to the expo- sltitn, and he has put Into his work for the enterprise the same energy ana determlnatlaa to aoceeed that has characterised liis private and Iniidoess career. Mr. Oltrer has been ss- slsted by a directory of twenty-one of the leading business men of Knoxville. An organi- sation of several hundred others, including men and women, have worked out numerous de- tails as members of various committees. The uganlxatlon baa been perfect and complete, ind has been along lines devised by Mr. Oliver. Ibe resnlta ot the work of tbia splendid or- sinlxatlon are sow shown in the magnlflcent txposltioii, the like of wblch the Boath has As lailstant to the president. Col. Sanford H. Oohen, wlH> came here from Angnsta, Ga.. ksa done most excellent work. Col. Cohen Is I bom expoaltlon maker and a recognised expert in handling amusement attractions. Be his given twenty-seven years, of his lite to expoaitlons, theatrical and park and other imniemest andertaklngs. Tliis wide experl- cacs especially fitted him for chief aide to the executive head of the Appalachian Bxpoeltlon. Working with Col. Cohen baa been Col. Cary T. Spesce, the chairman ot the amnsement and concessions committee, who baa given much of Ids time to working out the detaila ot the » Arch. Midway Jungle, which la the center ot the amnsement section of the exposition. These gentlemen have had many able assistants in com- mittee work and otherwise, as attested by tJie •Plendld successes they are now offering. The daily programs are srranged ao that there la aometliing doing contlnuonsly, from 10 a. m. ontU U p.. m. The thousands, who nave visited tlu exposition thns fsr prononnee it a success in every particniar. and especially so In the mstter of entertainments. 'Bje exposition plant conalsU of seven large aniUtloo bnlldlncs In addition to the numeioas midway and other concession stmctures. These bnUdlngs are: The main building, which houses the dtaplays of Itlwnl arts, mercanUle ud munfketuriBg pradnets, federal ■ovem- ment exhibit and the flne arts. This building has over 80,000 square feet of actual exhibit •pace. The woman's building preseoU dls- K^JS ^ ■"d crafts, domestic science, W. O. T. t;., and sntrrage aocletiea' worka. and the nnest historic loan exhibit ever seen In the south. The negro exhibit banding shows the nrogrejj that is being made by the colored race, in exhibits of every character ot Induatry known to that race. The bnildtng waa designed by a negro, ana it was erected by negra labor and paid for by money coatrlbDted h]r Degroes. nie live stock bnitding. with accompanying ■neds. are the largen ever bollt Cor ■ eoathem exnoBltlon, and they are BUed with itoek of h'M grade and rare Tslnei. The ponltrr and pet stock bnllding la aimUarly conataieted. In the Utter part' will be given the Brat DlKeoa show ever arraaaed In the Sooth. The mlnerali sod forestry bnUdlDg has prodaets of the mtnea and timbertanda oc the entire Appalachian re- gion, end is moat Inatmctlve. The coal palace ^ J«f«;*d ot coal mined from the hilla and monntalns of Bast Tennessee. The ^,000 S'tbi* band atand la a perpetnal monument to ue industry of the Appalaehlaa regtoB., The eouvention baU> wBI aearXooo people, and tn IBIS structure the varlons eflagr*asss and- oOwr ntherlngs schedoled for the exposition period *"1 he held. Among the notable days of tlie exposition «1U be those on which President Tatt and Ool. "oeMvslt wUI ,be visitors. Olfford Ptnchot is " • special gneat. and wlU be here on October 5. : PrestdeBf nitt'B data haa not Forestry BnOding. yet l>een announced. Col. Boosevelt will come on October 7, which will also be Spanish-American War Veterans' day. - The exposition la most beantlfnlly located In Chllbowee Park, a pleasure resort about three and one-half miles north of KnoxvUle. The improvements on the park and the erection of the buildings represent an expendltare of over (900,000, thus indicating the great magnitude ot tlie exposition. The park Is beaatitoUy en- dowed by nature, and tlus rare aatnial setting, coupled with tlie. embcUlslmienta made. -with, a Uvish hand." haa WTOocht the most heaiitltol spot In all the Anpalaehlan region. This Is the verdict of ail vUltora. HEARD IN THB lUVGLR. ChlquIU is a little dream. O. B. Danner said he never had his picture in The- Billboard. Caribou BUI has the swellest line ot "dope" I ever listened to. E, W. Dozler, talker, with Blanche Whitney's Girls, has some voice. Ouy Weadlck knows how to handle a press agent. Guy is some press agent himself. Showed me where the amber fluid is kept. It was all gone before be showed me. Dandy Ice chest, though. Sammy Garrett, with Mnlhall's Wild West, Is an elgbteen-year-old roper that Is a marvel. Big Otto's two daughters, Ixirlene and Ruth, are Tlslting him. Tom Hurd Is manager of Big Otto's Show. Big Otto started to tell a big Ssh story that was big tor fair (not Expo.K Think the "minnow" was eighteen feet long and weighed l.OQO poonds. After the book be- came Inioedded In the fish's mouth^-oh. what's the use. Utto got the Ssh. It was some fish. "Better pot a wire in that left jaw bone," he said to an attendant that was anug- gllng to hold np the heed of the dsh. It was so heavy. It waa some Ssh. There is a squaw with Mnlhall's Wild West that weighs 275 pounds, and named "Cute Uttle GIrL" Joe Spotted Bird and Mrs. Spotted Bird are also "with It." Also Mrs. Shot-In-ttae- Bre and Uttle Blrd-Shot-In-the-'Eye. Frank Red Fish is the interpreter, and has Mrs. Bed Fish with him, as well as Little Bed Fish. Oh, yes, tin fat squaw's name Is Llxzie Bull. Ob, you Usxie.. Martin Van Berger, the cowboy baritone sing- er, is very clever. Oieorae Klllscm: formerly chet ot the Cumber- land Club, ot Knoxviile, Is now acting in the same capacity with Mnlhall's Wild West. Bannahan has an Irish Goat and Uonkey Show, but will not allow his hand to play Irish tunes. He respects the tunes too much. Told me the reason , the band played so badly was because they were not acquainted with each other. OhI Big Otto paid 91,260 to move his ahow from Plttsonrg, Pa., to KnoxvUle. He has SX wa- gons, 100 animals, SO folks and a press agent. Congressman Anatln arranged vrlth President Taft to push a button and start the wheels a-goln'. Bealizlng the Importance of the Expo., .the post office, as well as all local bnsiness houses, closed at noon on the opening day. Advance Agent Walters.' ot The Adventures of Polly. arrlTed In town at 12:10. and couldn't set into the post olBce to get some stamps-^well;' you know the rest! The street railway has pnt : In operathm a one-minnte aeliedtde.- and tlie Sonthem Railroad The Bnihoaid prides Itself In Its KnoxviUe correspondent, Mr. Guy Smlthson. a coorteons. affable gentleman. Blanche Whitney's Athletic Girls are under the management., of A. Stronunel. B. W. Do- zler is the talker., and A. W. Hoosle handles the tickets. CleVer exhibltlim of athletics, given by Blanche. Whitney, the champion la^ wrestler of the world; Belle Meyers, lady wrestler; Bartel and.Elston, bag punchers; Le Blanche Slaters,, fencers: Young Corbett scenes In a training:' camp; OeVoe liand balancer, whom the manager claims eblns himself tloea times with Ills ]ltt|e: Snger. Ob, yon Ongert Hannahan's Original Irish Goat and Monkey CIrcns deserves especial' mention. Bannahan Is' Irish, and to show that-> lie is loyal to the Old sod. he haa painted over the entrance to bis attraction, "Erin Oo Bragh." He la billed as the only ahow of Its kind on earth, blow or blnster. If he hired all the liraggers in the world to puff and puff.-, and blow and blow, and brag and brag, and. they blew and bragged nntil blue in their faces. OieT eoald not ten half the glory or describe! the greatnaaa ; of Hannahan's Original Irish Ctoat and Mia^tr Circus. : • O. B. Danner Is Introducing- tor- the first i ? time in the South a Double jWhlrl, - Tills is tlia man and the concession that cleaned up tlT.oaa;;' at Rlvervlew Expo., Chicago, last season. -Ur. • 2 Danner is also manager and;Tice-presldent ef:^^ the Double Whirl Mfg. Co, : ■■ ;i<; t'&l {-^--'n Scientists say that animals don't >reasim.'>-lnd''-'' that their activities are governed by Instltief; When yon see Deuel's Dog and Pony CiretH,'"; you know that animals do reason. - It Is plalnV:" proven by the multitude of remarkable d i s p lay* ' of animal wisdom shown Iv (he mspy- groapii.' companies and troqpes or the pretty lltlls beasts with Deuel's CIrcns. Mr. Deuel takes his show on the road at the ctiwe of tlw Expo., opening Oetoher li near KnoxviUe. Mr. B. D. Nicholson -wiU-be the general agent. Q. B. Deuel; proprietor and manager, la a aattve oC. KnoxvUle. . Do Bell, one of the world'a heat wire Witt- ers, gives daily exhibltiona on the siller-:tliicad across the Exposition Tjtke. He actaally skates on .the high wire. ... ■Two WhHakers make a sHde for llfa ddUB an inline amid a mass of llamea daUy. 1 View of Lagoon and Band Stand. 8nt on- ahnttie trains from the city proper to le Expo. Services are the liest. or 1 COURSE BOOSBVEUr IS COMING I K, M. Harvey and Frank O'DOTnell were in KnoxvUle September 10, looking after in- ests of the Hagenbeck-Wallace Shows, that ex- hibit in the town September Id. Both looking fine and speak of big business. Chas. Buckley bad his Polly , ot the Circus at Stenb'a Theatxa. September 10, to two Immense - - been taUr ao tar this Among the aerial Broa., aeroplanes, attractiona are Wright directiona. of Boy StnAel'a airaUpa, under dtoee- tlon of B.: J. Parker,-and Golenmn's eapttra balloon- Concerts are to be given every afternoon and evening by Brooks' Marine Band, for (tat three weeks ot the Expo. Then comea Webex'a Band. Old Sam Bnrclilleld. the reformed moonahiaer. who operatea the atill in the Jnngle, haa a gun 112 yeaia old. Be claimed no notehas or- namented SUM. but the cold glint In hia ahrewd giey eyes tells a^^dlOerat ativy. Far * It View ot Car Una Bxlt from Grounds. from me to **aTgufy" witit old Sam. .Capt. W. D. Ament's Ghost Show waa con- eeived and prodnced by scientific men In the empl<^ of tSe British government, and by ape- cial permissi<m Mr. . Ament waa allowed to place It before the pohllc. It la beaatlftU be- yond ail deaeriptlan. and aa tunny aa It is sensational. Thia show requires a a5-ft. front, and Is ss magniflcently equipped with atage aeata and acenery aa any opera house. Princess La La Tnrkla, who la presenting her troupe of Oriental vaudeville artiats. preeeat- mg a Night In E^t and the Cleopatra Snake Dance the aame as shown at the Seattle Bz- poaltlon, waa tlie center of attraction on the train from tlie East. Mme. La La is aa Egyp- tian ot high caate. capt. W. D. Ament's Dixieland MInstrehi has a beantltoUy uniformed brass hsnd and orches- tra. • ft masaUlcent tented opera boose, aeafing 1,000 people. The entire equipment waa bollt to order to tt the show this season. It pi«- sents typical scenes of the South before the war. by genuine Dixieland darkles. "Doc'* Steams, the original big snake man. Is on the job with a snake he glcorloDaly de- scribes as 3r feet in length. "Doe" doahtita my smile when 1 smUed, Jumped in pit, agna- vated Mr. Snake, stretched Mm oat to what looked like fltty feet of anake. N. Salib. who has the Oriental Show, wa* the Oriental Commlaalraier for the Seattle B>- posltlon. ot Turkey, Asia and India. M^. 8a< llh la manager ot the Oriental Show: Ed. a. -. Bell, advance agent; Princess La I« ThrfcU. ' Cleopatra Snake Dance; La Belie Omeaa. Oaaaa! of the Nile; La BeUe Salica, Dance oC 'tk» . Turkish Banem: Chief Bngey. Otieatal mtm.' Solaner; Bioa. Saidonias. 8woi* Flghten: Hamlsh All. miriivfiiidDerrUh. ~ ~ ^ ance c e nelnd aa irith an Orlaatai mony. ——THB BILLBOABD, S^fit. 24, i9tQ.