Large Crowds Attracted from All Parts of Scotland Glasgow, Aug. 3.
For most of us, the Fair Holidays ended on Saturday night when large numbers returned to the elly. The large majority had not been favoured with good weather for the elements have been anything but kind this year, It Is no exaggeration {o state that it has been one of the weltest Fair Holidays Glasgow has "known for many a long day and we hope it will not know another like it for years fo come. We always look forward to the Fair Holidays. Even Chinese New Year cannot equal our Glasgow Fair, When it comes, the city practically empties.
Only those remain in who) literally have to, all the rest leave and the holiday resorts far and near are crowded with our Glasgow Population. Anyone seeing the railway stations on the frst day of the Fair Holidays would imagine that the railway companies were offering free rides to all parts of Scotland! Stations are crowded onl, long queues are formed and as trains come in they are packed and sent off, with multitudes Still waiting to get away. That goes fon the whole of the first day of the Fair Holidays, and it is the same on the second day.
'Steamers to Arran, the Clyde Re-rts, the Isle of Man and Ireland leave with' every available space taken up and while Glasgow steadily empties, the holiday resorts become crowded, The Isle of Arran is naturally a popular resort for large numbers and while it experienced glorious weather during June and the first part of July, it was at Its worst for the Fair week-end. It was not quite s0 terrible for those who went to Boarding Houses and Hotels, but for the poor campers—and Immense numbers went there to go under canvas—the conditions were truly appalling on the Friday and Saturday. Fortunately on the Sunday there was a big, improvement in the weather which continued for several days until again the elements proved unkind "and torrential downpours damped in more ways than one the ne spirits of the boys and men living.
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