August 5, 1933

Saturday August 5

Roy and I found our way to fair alone today. Oh Yes! We got on the right street car by ourselves. Saw shirts made, Ipana tooth paste. Phoenix hosiery, Firestone Tires watched them being made from tapping the trees to wrapping the tires. The making of Chevrolet car was also interesting.

At 8:30 this morning when we were going to the fair there was a “hold up” right across the street.  Police car No. 7 drove up and we heard later the bandits were captured but that was about all we heard about it.

Went through the Thomas A. Edison Memorial Bldg. Horticultural B’ld’g and flower gardens. .25c  Hall of Religion .15c where we saw carved in pearl “The Lords Last Supper”. This was too beautiful to even try to describe,  took 27 years to make it.  Martin Luther’s catechism is now printed in 145 different languages.  Also visited Italia, Sweden, Chinese, Japanese and Manchurian exhibits.  There was one thing that certainly impressed me in the Jap and Chinese bl’d’gs. and that was this: here and there in the bl’d’g. where places where you could buy things such as; silk hankies, silk coccoons (6 for .05c), post cards, etc. and there was a dish or box for you to put your money in make your own change and help yourself to whatever you wanted to buy. Some of these dishes were half full of pennies, nickels and dimes and I thought these people must be honest themselves to have such faith in the people visiting their b’l’d’gs.  These people too had the most for your money.  Here we saw how the silk worm was raised, and how the coccoons were unraveled and made into silk.  Very interesting!

In the German exhibit we saw some of the most gorgeous wood cavings.   We also had a ride up in the observation tower,628 ft. high and it took 55 seconds to get up there. .25c  We could see a lot of Chicago from there, it is possible to see into all the 4 neighboring states too.  My ears felt like I was going up a mountain and the same sensation when coming down.  Could see the park where Ringling Bros. Circus were having their show but the big top did not look very big looked like a dinner plate from that height.  People below looked more like ants.

Heard 100 or more negro voices in a program but it sounded more like shouting than singing.  Saw some “orchids” blooming to-day and no wonder they are considered rare.  The plant must be given extreme care for 7 yrs. before it blooms and then only 2 or 3 blossoms.  Saw the orange groves in Florida to-day.

Saw Byrd’s Ship and a submarine form the outside .25c admission at each place but we did not go inside.

Saw the fireworks at 10:00 they were fine. Simply gorgeous! Then took the street car (.07c) for home.