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two to hug George, His pet subject is the new cafete~
ria. He says, "Soggy sandwiches are getting me down.
They can't build too fast for me” .

The cafeteria will seat 14.0 0 . There will be a
kitchen and scullery off the cafeteria proper. Th ere
will also be a dietitian's office, storage space and a
receiving and shipping room.

In the stand, Gladys Buck and Nancy Brace were pre­
paring hot dogs and pink lemonade. Such culinary skillI
You could see with half an eye that Miss Miles must
have taught them. They didn't need any coaxing to talk
about the Home Making Rooms.

The home economics department will have a combina­
tion living and dining room, recentlon room, play
school for your brothers and sister, and two home -
making rooms. One 22' by ^0' and the other 22' by 1^.5'•

A tour of the Midway would not be complete with
out visiting the fortune telling concession of”Seerees”
Bintliff and " Soothsayer ” Hawthorne. They gazed in
their crystal ball, looked at my palm, called on the
spirits, and came up with this : ’’The new structure
will help all of us. We see some problems, but not any
that can't by solved".

Thanks, kids. We'll see you at a seance.

Yesterday there was an empty lot, today it is a City
of Canvas, And who is responsible for this wonder ?
Probably someone like Betty Jane Taylor. She migh t
well be the train loading supervisor, wagon forelady ,
lot superintendent, crew manager all rolled into one.
"Think-and-do" people like Betty Jane guarantee the
performance. " There are more and bigger opportunities
in a larger circus", she said. " We shoulcJ feel proud
to share the responsibility of taking part in all its
activities. Anything we do helps to mold its future".

Across the Midway I met Kenny Alston who directs
that fantastic spectacle, the morning street parade of
the circus,

"But the wonder really happens", says Kenny, "within
the Big Top itself. Once the show begins, tasks that
seem Impossible to do are completely mastered. Credit
is due to the astonishing efficiency of our superin­
tendent and our teachers".