The Diary: Pan American Expo

The Diary:

	Page. 93

	Red portals and white body. The next place which we reached was the
	" The AFRICAN VILLAGE. ". On the outside platform a group of the blacks
	were squirming around going through their native dances, and all the 
	while the lecturer made frantic motions and exclamations to the audience
	waving them on toward the ticket office. On the opposite side of the 
	street we saw the other entrance to the  " STREETS of CAIRO " or the
	" BEAUTIFUL ORIENT ". It had a tall plain front painted a light grey
	color which was covered with queer looking characters and signs. These
	were called Hieroglyphics and were used by the ancient Egyptioans as 
	their language. It is said that they used 1000 of these symbols to 
	express themselves clearly and correctly. They were sculptured in the 
	monuments thoroughout Egypt. These hieroglyphics consisted of representa
	tions of moons, sun, stars, animals, fishes, human forms and many others.
	These characters on the entrance to the  " STREETS OF CAIRO " were painted
	In all the colors of the rainbow- red,green,blue yellow etc.
	The Ballyhoo at this entrance consisted of a few Oriental dances and
	Then there suddenly appeared upon the scene six Nubian pipers dressed
	In white shirts with red sashes around their waists who immediately
	Proceeded to play the following selection : " She never saw the STREETS
	Of Cairo, On the Midway she has never been etc. " A short distance
	Beyond we stopped before the entrance to the  " OLD PLANTATION " to take 
	In the sights. The entrance was a representation of an old colonial