THE LONE STAR EMPIRE
Holds a Birthday Party
The Esplanade of the Texas Centennial exposition at night The buildings in the background are the Travel, Transportation and Petroleum group.
By ELMO SCOTT WATSON
SATURDAY morning, June 6.
Parry avenue in Dallas, Texas, is jammed with people ? hun
dreds of them, thousands of them ! Men, women and children ?
iTexans and residents of dozens of other states in the Union. They
have been here for hours ? waiting, waiting!
Some of them have been traveling by train for days to reach this
city. Others have come in automobiles? driving all night to be here
on time. Still others swooped down from the skies to the airport
outside the city only this morning and hastily taxied out here.
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Bame purpose ? to be on hand at
the big birthday party which
<he state of Texas is giving.
The crowd is growing larger
jsvery minute. It begins to stir,
to move forward. The moment
for which they have been wait
ing is almost at hand.
At last ? the signal ! The gates
of the main entrance are thrown
open and the milling crowds
6tream through into the grounds
of the Texas Centennial exposi
tion, the $25,000,000 world's
fair of the Southwest.
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The Looe Star empire which thus
begins the celebration of Its one
Jiondredth birthday has had ?
career unique among those of the
other states of the Union. The flags
of six nations have flown over Its
broad expanse of more than 265,000
square miles and all of them?
Spain, France, Mexico, tbe Repub
lic of Texas, the Confederate States
of America and tbe United States
of America ? have contributed thrill
ing chapters to Its history.
For that reason on* of the
principal elements of the Cen
tennial exposition is historical?
the Texans of today honoring the
memory of Texans of the past.
The visitor becomes aware of
that fact the moment he enters
th? grounds.
* As be passes through the main
entrance, the first building he oees
on the left Is the administration
building which houses the offices
of the extensive organization nec
essary to operate auccessfully a
and other men who had a hand In
building the great commonwealth
of today.
But If this treasure house of the
past Isn't enough for one who seeks
to recapture the atmosphere of the
old days, he can find It In the dra
matic re-enactment of Lone Star
statehlstory presented under the title
of the "Cavalcade of Texas." It Is
a great pageant produced on a stage
350 feet wide and 200 feet deep.
There 300 actors and actresses,
some of thein descendants of the
heroes and heroines whom they are
Impersonating, present each day a
pageant depicting 400 years of
Texas history, from the landing of
the Conqulstadores down to the
present day.
Spanish galleons an< pirate ships
float on the artificial river which
runs across this giant stage; Fran
ciscan friars, French and Span
ish explorers, patriots In the Texas
War of Liberation, American
frontiersmen, buffalo hunters, cat
tle trail drivers, cowboys, Texas
Hangers, Confederate soldiers ? in
fact ail of the characters who
once stalked across the stage of
Texas history? will appear upon
this modern stage In colorful pag
eantry. A unique "curtain" marks
the end of each scene In this spec
tacle. It Is a sheet of fine water
spray, 100 feet high, with colored
lights playing upon It to produce
tho mood of the scene which fol
lows.
Another of the chief elements of
the Dallas fair is that It Is an ex
position of the many varied Indus
tries and businesses of a modern
American state. Towering above
all others are the "Big Three" of
The Administration Building, the first atructure which the viiitor to
the Texas Centennial exposition sees when he enters the grounds. Above
its doorways is a huge mural painting symbolic of the history of Texas.
On the left hangs the historic Lone Star banner of the Republic of Texas
and on the right the Stars and Stripes of the United States of America.
modern world's fair. Sot In the
gleaming white face of the build
ing, above the entrance door*. Is a
brilliantly-colored mural painting
on a theme symbolic of the history
fit the state.
Swaying In the breeze at the left
Is a banner composed of two broad
atrlpea, one red and one white,
?nd a bine Held upon which shine*
? single huge white star. It Is the
flag of the Republic of Texas, born
Just a hundred years ago and an ,
Independent nation for nine years.
(Then It became the state of Texas
?nd tbst huge white star became a
-afor In t!s? blue *eld jotabe.. Amerl-. .
can flag which hangs at tbe right
of the mural painting.
Walking past this building and
continuing along the beantlful Ks
planade. 300 feet wide snd 1.000
feet long, with Its huge reflecting
basin In the center, the visitor sees
rising before him the largest of all
<he exposition buildings ? Ihe million
dollar Texas Hnll of State. Built
of native white limestone, one wing
houses exhibits Illustrative of the
historical events which made the
state of Texaa, and another Is de
moted to displays of the social and
Industrial life of the atate. Mere,
also. Is the Hall of Heroes, where
to tribute Is paid to the pioneers
cattle, cotton and oil which In less
than 100 years have placed Texas
In the forefront of economic Im
portance.
Since the birth of the republic,
cattle have been a vitally Impor
tant factor In the prosperity of the
Lone Star state. Her broad plains
were Ideal "cow country" and she
gave to the world that romantic
figure, the cowboy, with his wlde
brlmmed, high-crowned hat, his
leather chaps to protect his legs
from the sharp thorns as he chased
those gaunt longhorn steers through
the mesqulte, his high heeled boots
daring and endurance, necessary
for the job of trailing the vast
herds north over the cattle trails
that led out of Texas. Although
the day of the open range Is vir
tually a thing of the past. Texas
still has some of the largest cattle
ranches and the greatest herds of
cattle In the world today, and the
cattle business Is still one of the
keystones In her prosperity.
In contrast to the grassy plains
of "Cattleland" are the lush river
bottoms where "King Cotton" rules.
For Texas also holds an outstand
ing position In the cotton-produc
ing world. And In East Texas,
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where oil derricks point toward the
sky, there flows constantly a stream
of "blapk gold" to complete the
trinity of Texas* chief sources of
wealth.
At the exposition the story of
these three giants is told in graphic
exhibits, as is the story of all the
other varied Industries and occu
pations which have contributed to
the greatness of Texas and which
will continue to make It great
Among the most Important build
ings on the grounds are the halls
of transportation and varied indus
tries and the buildings of the farm
center, five in all. In the latter will
be conducted live stock, agricul
tural, poultry and food shows and
similar exhibits. In fact, the ma
jority of the outstanding national
live stock and poultry shows of
America this year will be staged
at the Dallas fair.
Live stock shows scheduled In
clude National Dairy show, Octo
ber 10 to 18; Texas Centennial Ex
position Swine show, October 17 to
26; Texas Centennial Exposition
Sheep and Goat show, October 29
to November 0; Texas Centennial
Exposition Horse show, October
31 to November 8; National Mule
show, November 14 to November 20.
Tift*- National Dairy show has
never before been brought to the
Southwest, and with the National
Mule show ranks among the pre
mier events of Its kind Interna
tionally. Texas Hereford Cattle
show ; Texas 4-H Clubs Live Stock
show and Texas Future Farmers
of America Live Stock show are
also scheduled.
In the poultry building of the ex
position the following shows are
scheduled : National Turkey Egg and
Turkey Poult show, June 6 to 25;
National Baby Chick and Egg
show, June 6 to 23; Advertising
Brooders show, June 26 to August
27; National Young Bird Pigeon
show, August 20 to September 3;
Wild Bird show, September 4 to
September 10; 4-H Club Poultry
show, September 11 to September
17; Future Farmers of America
Poultry show, September 18 to
September 24; Young Bird Poultry
show, September 23 to October 1 ;
National Bantam show, October 2
to October 8; American Breed
show, October 16 to October 22;
Mediterranean Breed show, October
9 to 13; English and Asiatic Breed
show. October 23 to October 29;
United Orpington Club of America
show, October 23 to October 29;
Texas Cornish Club show, October
23 to October 29; All Turkey show,
October 30 to November 5; Texas
Pigeon Association show and Jtab
blt show, November 6 to Novem
ber 13.
Hundreds of fine specimens of
southwestern game and bird life
are mounted In habitat groups In
the hall of natural history. The
aquarium of the exposition, one of
the largest In the United States, Is
stocked with myriad varieties of
salt and fresh water flsh, in GC dif
ferent tanks and pools.
For the nature lover, the hall of
horticulture is a near approach to
heaven. It Is surrounded by flower
gardens where hundreds of vari
eties of roses, wild flowers and
other floral genis are growing.
Strolling In the gardens, the vis
itor hears the music from the sym
phony shell on the lagoon nearby,
where outdoor programs are given
dally during the exposition.
The people of Texas look upon
their fair as "a tribute to the past,
an exhibition of the present and
a herald of tomorrow.** In Febru
ary, 1924, 2.000 Texans met In Aus
tin determined to make sure of
a centennial observance In 1936.
For more than a decade the spirit
of the founders of the Lone Star
?tate has kept the centennial
-ITTVF inn *<f Ive" TC"~nTe "mfnd* of ""
the people of the state. To provide
for It properly the (tate constitu
tion hart to be amended, elections
held and money appropriated.
So the people Toted for "a cen
tennial commemorating the heroic
period of early Te*a? history and
celebrating a century of our Inde
pendence and progress." The bill
authorising the celebration provid
ed for the aelectlon of a city In
which to hold the central exposi
tion which would depict the growth
and progress of the state. It also
arranged for "other appropriate
celebrations ... of a historical
character, to be held at Sao Ad
tonlo about March 2; at Houston
about April 21, and on appropriate
historic dates at Goliad, Brenham,
Nacogdoches, Huntsvllle and other
. . . places Identified with Texas'
history."
The metropolitan city of Dallas,
ranked as the thirty-third city of
the country, was selected as best
suited to bold the great central
exposition. Dallas Is located in the
heart of a fertile farming area.
Geographically, It is the center of
the great Southwest and conse
quently one of the largest distribut
ing points in the nation. Also with
"The Father of Texas."
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In a -MM) mile radius of Dallas
there live more than 12,000,000
people.
For that reason Texas is ex
pecting to entertain more than
10.000,000 people at her birth
day party which runs from June
6 to November 27. To do that
properly those who are having
a hand in putting on the exposi
tion at Dallas are expending more
than $16,000,000.
The exposition corporation Is
spending four millions of this, the
city of Dallas three million and a
half, the state of Texas nearly a
million and a quarter, the federal j
government a like sura, conces
sionaires a million and a half and '
exhibitors five millions. These fig
ures do not include land value, ac
tual exhibits value, etc. When these
are Included they Justify the char
acterization of "Texas' $25,000,000
birthday party." Texas Is giving
this party not only for her own
people but for the people of the
rest of the United States and for
the whole world as well.
Prominent among those whose
memory will be honored during the
centennial celebration Is Stephen
F. Austin, the "Father of Texas."
A few years ago a Texas publica
tion printed an editorial tribute to
him which said:
"Austin was the father of Texas
In a much truer sense than Wash
ington may be said to have been
the father of the United States. It
was he who planted Anglo-Ameri
cnn civilization west of the Sabine
so deeply that It could never be
uprooted. He was consciously and
deliberately a builder. He went
about his task systematically and
patiently. And the Texas of to
day Is his monument. We like to
recall that Austin started the col
onization of Texas because he had
lost everything he had In the de
pression of 1819, and began his
work biirdened by an overwhelm
ing load of debt. We like to re
call also that the Republic of
Texas was set up and established
In the midst of the depression of
1837 and the lean years Imme
diately following. Modern Texas
Is the result of the labors and
sacrifices of the founders In the
midst of two depressions. Is there
POtJlfltoUatlofl fat us today In all ,
this?"
There must have been Inspira
tion for Texans in Austin's ex
ample. Caught In the midst of their
preparatloni for their centennial
celebration by the depression which
began In 1029, they never wavered
In their determination to follow
the example of that other famous
Texan. Davy Crockett They pro
ceeded to "go ahead." And the
exposition which Is now In prog
ress In Dallas Is a monument to
their faith In the future of the
Lone Star empire which Is holding
a big birthday party all the rest of
this year.
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Keeping Up
Wifli&cience
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Married People Are
Healthier and Live
Longer, Study Shows
Death Rate Is Highest
Among Single Persons
NEW YORK.? If you want to
live long and be healthy, get mar
ried.
! Figures showing that the mar
ried state, whether blissful or not,
| is at least a healthy one are re
ported in the current issue of the
Metropolitan Life Insurance company's
j Statistical Bulletin.
"Marriage, apparently, is conducive
to long life and good health," the re
port states. "At any rate, married men
and women live longer than do single
j persons, and married people register
lower death rates from nearly all the
Important causes of death than do
bachelors or spinsters.
Results of Study.
"We would expect these findings to
emerge from any statistical study of
mortality according to conjugal condi
tion, for married persons constitute a
selected group. "The lame, the halt,
and the blind' do not marry, as a rule.
Nevertheless, the differences between
the respective death rates of wedded
and single persons are so large that this
factor of selection can be only a par
tial explanation of them.
"It would seem that the relatively
staid and regular course of married life
Is more conducive to health than are
the comparatively free and easy ways
of the unmarried.
Bachelors' Death Rate.
"Among males over fifteen years of
age, the standardized death rate for
bachelors Is 1,218.2 per 100,000 as com
pared with 855.9 for married men.
"Among females the standardized
death rate of spinsters Is 1.039.1, as
against 856.6 for the married of all
ages.*'
The death rates for Influenza, pneu
monia, tuberculosis, chronic heart dis
ease, kidney disease, apoplexy, ulcer of
the stomach, alcoholism and suicide are
appreciably higher among the single
than the married, showing that ways of
life among the single are not so
healthy.
Windshield Filter
May Be "Crutch" for
Color-Blind Drivers
SEATTLE. ? A simple and "in- !
fallible" help for the color-blind
automobile driver who gets into !
difficulties because he cannot dis- |
tlngulsh between green and red traffic
lights is suggested by Thomas Ross of
the University of Washington here. In
a report to the current issue of Science
Mr. Ross describes a contrivance that
can be fitted to the windshield of the
color-blind driver's car.
The device consists of small pieces
of special glass which can filter out ei
ther red or green light With the
red filter placed above the green one.
the driver will know that when he sees
a light through the top piece of glass
he is seeing a red light.
When he sees the light through the
bottom piece in this arrangement it is
| a green light The device is improved
I by placing a prism over each filter in
such a way that the traffic signal will be
visible through both filters at the same
time.
Device 'Is Practical.
This idea "has worked in actual trials^
Mr. Ross reports. It could be adapted
to persons suffering from other types
j of color-blindness besides the red-green
kind.
A variation of the red and green
filters Is also suggested. One of the
color filters, says Mr. Ross, might be
perforated and parts of the other set
in It like polka dots.
"Thus, if the red filter were perfor
ated and the openings were filled with
the green material, a red traffic light
or other red object viewed through the
resulting filter would appear bright
with dark spots. A green object, on
the other hand, would appear dark with
bright spots."
Hairpin Goes Traveling;
-Reaches Woman's Appendix
FLINT, MICH. ? A hairpin here
has really carved out a career for
! itself.
It wandered so far that it prob
ably will b? mentioned Id the pages
of a medical Journal one of tbese days.
Strange to tbe doctors Is bow tbe
hairpin happened to end Its travels In
a woman's appendix.
"That Is sn amazing thing," said Dr.
J. C. MacGregor, who removed tbe ap
pendix after It bad ruptured. Be has
never seen a report of such a large ob
lect getting Into an appendix. It to
not unusual to And tiny objects of for
eign matter In amputated appendices.
Tbe woman recovered.
Nordic Type Least
Numerous in U. S.
Scientist Reveals
Nine Different Kinds
of Americans Studied
Not a "pure Nordic," typ
ically, said Prof. E. A. Hooton, of
Harvard university, answering his
own question before the New
Haven meeting of the American
Association of Physical Anthro
pologist!. Of three good-sized samples
of the American population, takeD
from diverse social and geographic
backgrounds, the pure Nordic type
averages out by long odds the least nu
merous ? only 2.25 per cent of the total.
The largest groups. In the nine physi
cal types Into which Professor Hooton
analyzed the American population, are
Nordic mixed with something else ?
Nordic-Mediterranean and Nordic-Al
plne. The first of these two types
have long heads and darkish colora
tion ; the second have round heads and
medium coloration ? never either pure
blonds or pure brunettes.
Other physical types added by the
Harvard anthropologist to the Nordlc
Alplne-Medlterranean racial triad of
popular conversation and writing are
tbe Dlnarlc, a round-headed, medium
colored, narrow-nosed people, mostly
Teutonic In modern distribution, and
tbe East Baltic, also round-beaded, but
blond and wide-nosed. He also recog
nized as a definite physical racial type
tbe long-headed, red-haired, blue or
gray-eyed Keltlcs.
Professor Hooton took his popula
tion samples In three different ways:
from a considerable number of prisons,
from "ordinary citizen" groups In Bos
ton and Nashville, and from a group of
rather highly educated persons who
visited tbe Century of Progress in Chi
cago.
No Racial Superiority.
Especially Interesting, In bis estima
tion. is the fact that tbe racial per
centage in each group, whether jail
bird, man-ln-the-street or highbrow,
was Just about the same as tbe per
centage In the whole population. That
is, a really scientific analysis cannot
discern any such thing as racial crim
inality or racial superiority.
This does not mean that there Is no
correlation between racial type and
tendencies In activities, whether crim
inal or lawful. Thus, criminal Keltlcs
tend to sex offenses and to crimes
Involving violence, while criminal Nor
dics are "experts;" specializing In
forgery and fraud, but not going in
very much for murder.
HAT is an American?
Type* Classified.
Device Measures
Amount of Glare
Eyes Can Endure
WASHINGTON.? How much
glare can a person's eyes stand?
This is the question that a device
described in a patent granted here
to two Chicago inventors Intends to
a npwer accurately and quickly. The
inventors are W. A. Mendelsohn and
C. F. Shepard.
Called a glarometer (glare meas
urer), the device creates glares of vari
ous Intensities, and on a scale tells
Just what Intensity of glare blinds a
person's eyes. The readings obtained,
state the Inventors, "furnish a means
whereby colored glasses of proper
color and tint may be readily pre
scribed to protect the eyes of the pa
tient from Injurious effects from sun
or other too strong or glaring light"
How It Work*.
The glarometer, with Its bulb and
lens, looks like a lantern for projecting
picture slides. In front of the lens
slide translucent glass screens of frost
ed or ground glass. They may be col
ored or tinted. In the center of each
screen is a mark.
By turning a knob the light emanat
ing from the bulb can be made as
bright as desired or dimmed. As the
knob Is turned It moves a pointer
across a scale which Indirectly Indi
cates the glare of the bulb at any
moment.
The person whose eyes are being
tested looks at the mark on the screen
with one or both eyes. The knob Is
turned to Increase the light until the
glare from the bulb Is so strong that It
temporarily blinds the person and
causes him to lose sight of the central
mark.
Dog, Research Hero,
Honored by Monument
LENINGRAD? fn tiotiar oT
the dog, so often the hero and in
valuable aid of medical research,
a bronze monument will be erect
ed on the territory of the All-linlon
Institute of Experimental Medicine
here.
The Monument to the Dog, as It U
to be called, will be erected at the sug
gestion of Academician L Pavlov,
whose famous discoveries In physiol
ogy were made by means of studlea
with dogs.
The monument Is to be a bronze
Image of a sitting dog on a pedestal.
Baa-reliefs on all four sides of the
pedestal will depict separate moments
from the Ufa of the dog at Parlor's
laboratory.
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???By VIRGINIA VALE ???
THAT new series of comedies
that Patsy Kelly and Lyda
Roberti are making promises to
be very funny. Lyda was teamed
| with Patsy to replace Thelma
1 Todd, you know. And the little
Polish girl can be very, very
amusing.
There's one drawback to the current
picture, so far as the girls are con
cerned, and that's the presence of a
lion In the cast (Good old Keystone
comedy stuff!) Not that the girls are
afraid of him, despite Charles Blck
ford's experience with a Hon some
I months ago. But Hons ? well, u a
former comedy star explained, "You
have to get so close to them. And
practically all lions have halitosis!"
Don't be surprised if it rains and
rains In your town when "One Rainy
Afternoon" Is shown
In your town. That's
the first picture made
by Mary Plckford and
Jesse Lasky, you re
member. Mr. Lasky
bet that It would rain
when the picture was
first shown In Holly
wood. It did. So he
traveled East for the
first showing In New
York, and again he
bet that It would rain
that day. And after
Mary Pickford
uays ana aays or orignt sunsnine, New
York bad four Grade A thunderstorms
tbat day)
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This week'* bad new? I* that Freddie
Bartholomew will probably be the
hero when "Kim" is finally screened.
If you've read the famous Kipling
story you'll recall that Kim was a red
haired, freckle faced youngster, r
scrappy young brat ? the last role In
the world for the talented English kid!
If you like horror pictures you'll be
crazy about "Draneula's Daughter,?
with Gloria Holden looking very beau
tiful Id the title role, and Marguerite
Churchill looking equally beautiful as
the lovely victim. It begins to look as
if the children who go to this one will
some day be taking their own grand
children to see "Dracula's Great-great
granddaughter."
The news about Dick Powell Isn't too
good ; it's said that he will not be able
to sing till two or three months from
now. Which probably mean9 that
Rudy Vallee will take his place in
"Stage Struck."
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Marion Nixon has Just had her ton
sils out, which seems funny, because
she's been In Hollywood for years and
years. Usually having your tonsils out
is one of the first things you do when
you settle down in Hollywood. Your
appendix is likely to be the next
thing that leaves. And sinus trouble
sometimes haunts you.
Joan Crawford seems to be taking her
music pretty seriously. Tbey do say
tnat sties given up
coffee, for the good of
her voice. And she
and Franchot Tone
have been giving mu
slcales and making
quite a name for
themselves in musical
affairs on the Coast.
Singing In the movies
has experienced a
steady progression
j from the days of the
pioneer crooners to
the opera prima don
Joan Crawford
I Das. Nov a good voice la an asset like
good looks and historic ability.
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Those pictures made in Technicolor
are causing not a little trouble for com
panies Indulging in them. They're
worth It, of course ? but Just listen to
this ! .
Pioneer Pictures was ready to shoot
the works on "Dancing Plratfe." No
effort was spared. Little things like
special make-up, specially superTised.
were Inst details. But ? for two solid
weeks they tried to get a group of
full-color portraits of Steffi Duna, the
feminine star, and couldn't, because
she had a cold and a re? nose, and
color photography is so realistic that
the nose couldn't be camouflaged with
make-up because that would show, too.
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- ODDS AND ENDS . . . You'll hear
Hoot Gibson crooning in "The Last Out
law " . . . Along with Harry Carey and
Henry B. Walthall ... The Governor of
? New Mexico will appear in " The Texas
Rangers ** . . . Better see m The Case
against Mrs. Ames P and figure out for
yourself which two sensational netos sto
L ries figure in the story . . . Remember
Leatrice Joy? She had a voice test the
other day: may return to pictures . . .
Herbert Marshall will be co-starred with
Katherine Hepburn in "Portrait of m
RebeT . . . Anne Shirley says she won't
marry till she's established a 950,000 an
nuity for her mother ? and all because
when Herbert Brenon wanted to adopt
Anne and keep hrr out of pictures, her
mother reflued and kepi her in Holly
wood. trying I o get in .. . Note Anne'n
ttarring in "tfliu" end Mating for that
annuity!
? WwW a mwnnf Blia*.