Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 192, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 August 1920 — MAMMOTH FAIR, ENTERTAINMENT [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

MAMMOTH FAIR, ENTERTAINMENT

Kankakee Inter-State Fair Plans Tremendous Season. AUGUST 16TH TO 20TH This year will be the top-notch year; 1920 will break all records. That is

the prediction of the management of the Kankakee InterState Fair. Again preparations are in the making for this notable exposition. Again this Fair will produce an attrac-

tion which in variety and breadth of Interest has no equal. The beautiful horse show, the outdoor free circus with its infinite variety of acts and thrillers, the clean, attractive racing bill, the agricultural displays, barns full of livestock, and a midway surging with joyous crowds, are parts of this wonderful institution, and together they make the most unique and popular fair in America. Vast Crowds. Every department of the Fair is Itself a classic event. Any department alone would attract thousands of people. But the great number of departments furnish an appeal to every type.

Every man, woman or child will find some department at this Fair of interest And each department is complete; it is the best that strenuous effort and liberal expenditures can produce. The management of the Kankakee Inter-State Fair, under the progressive leadership of Len Small, has kept close to the people. The Fair is not promoted merely to have a fair, but for the purpose of entertaining, educating and amusing the people. Len Small has ever kept that human touch which is essential to producing a successful public enterprise like this Fair.

Thus it is that numberless thousands journey forth to attend the great Inter-State exposition at Kankakee. For that reason the Kankakee Fair holds a high place in the affections of the people of eastern Illinois and western Indiana. They know that the Fair ls‘produced for them, that each year It grows in size and variety and improves in quality. It is not a private enterprise, but a great public institution maintained for the benefit of old and young. Five Daya—Five Evenings. The Kankakee Fair will this year open on Monday, August 16th. From then until the close on Friday, 11 p. m., August 20th, the grounds will be packed with crowds, throbbing with joy and excitement In front of the mammoth grand stand —a grand stand 700 feet long and sufficient to accommodate 15,000 people—the warmly fought heats of the horse races will be seen. The generous purses offered must needs attract the excellent, record-breaking harness racers of the Middle West. Simultaneously with the races the people will be treated to a program of circus and vaudeville acts, each a head-liner, each chosen because of proved superiority. For three hours this compelling program will continue, one act following the other with snap and vim, and one surprise after another evoking the plaudits of the great grand stand. A brilliant horse show—one to please the most fastidious —will be part of the afternoon’s performance. Here the highly-trained harness and saddle horses, from the best stables in the world, will exert themselves to win the ribbons and money offered by the Kaffkakee Fair. Worlffs Greatest Outdoor Entertainment. Space is too limited, and words too Inadequate to do full justice to the many-sided entertainment at this Fair. Day end evening the horse show and

free acts are shown. On the Midway the famous Worid-at-Home darnival with IS side-shows will while away the time of the merry-maker. There are great barns filled with great draft horses. Long strings of pure-bred cattle fin the spacious houses. Sheep and swine will be exhibited in abundance. For the benefit of the farmers the newest improvements in farm machinery will be demonstrated and explained. Magnificent i displays of fruits, flowers, vegetables and grate will make the Farm Prod- J 4Kts Building look like a veritable barn of plenty. It has well been said that the . Kankakee Inter-State Fair is the World's Greatest Outdoor Entertainment It leads in the quality of its exhibits; it is unsurpassed ip Ite entertainment And the crowds will be there crowding the midway and making the air ring Kith hilarity. The week of August Ifith to 20th to the week of this mam noth Thlr.