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Patrick, Warren A. (ed.) / Show world
(August 10, 1907)
With the white tops: news of the tent shows, pp. 22-23
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THE SHOW WORLD August i. 1907. NEWS OF THE TENTSHOIW'S A0eit, fur alnost t e ttili of a i le Io 01, illigt' winds ihaxe ilent- -ly bivotiaced hard on the daily trail - the "Greatest Show oil Eaith," and - ti-amp, traip of the extra guy gang iunceasingly alternated with the re- I I ration ofi tile busy sledge, tle dools l opened at the appointed hours, and ,isix entrances of the inarueo leave t ily been taxed to th- uttermost de- Perhaps iln order to bIi the an-i it saw unent coming a-elats c--sting r shadows befoie thein, tli iight at- idanc at S-uperior, Wis., July 26, ted a 1lu rryou cll ill ni JihnI Burket rkleuponl he and his mnerry seat-mren ainl e qIuiek double-time work in re ing two or three sections of seats had been taken out beteen shows, S enablingf- the lunlookcd-for eithlusi- -I on the part of the ",ood Superiorites H aaccoimiodated, tDuluth aol Saturday, fair* weather --St at Duluth!) was with us all and we played to clpalcity twice. k Clark was the surprise here, and iad Much to tell Of his long Soju1iri Ithe west. R-umror hath it that he( left Ia new patint-letiaie vilise hook- of lads" for T11' SHOW)\' XWORLII. lIectric msgeis thei lates.t fad in the inag-room1ii. It Stalted wxith Tot Sia- ii, the manaiag of the Imperial Xiin- I riC aliSt.s, tryinlg to heal a, br~loken that fits caused him much suffering il s le pough) this sillier. Tote's tric plant is in ( onstant requisition, I his cures would gie e-ei a -'a- autist" a pain. lit Ashland, \%'is., Alonday, July 29, the -lia-s drove imany an Indian from the ad- Jicent rese-ation, and their milrth wxas olossal, though restrained. Saul to re- ate, this iCestrailt wasl throwni Off iter ;, !ight, judging by the number Of drullk- ]I red menll down town, who were. ill- . itly, quiti able to obtain all the i t ater they could carry-and then l, more's tI-c pity. I xter Fellows has bought a camera, I' some dyspeptic cynic has insinuated 1 ]is tales have been so tall, and the ts he describes to gaping editors so irne aid improbable, that le has obliged to sek photoglaphia sup- -it as evidence, but this, of course, is S ainlice on the part of less imagin- - I y-gifted.folk. Number One Car Alanager, Lester Mur- i. presented Manager C. B. Iutchinsun \ilI a clog recently, a wire-haired fox I ior. Now there are dlogs andl dogs, ithere is only one 'Blis. It is pop- Ily believed that le can ldo ainythi1g talk; sonic go further, ald say hie Ai do that, buat c- s Can .tine con- qnsionl does no-t extend so far. He , I 'anitted himself to Ito photographed Ironwood, Alich., and mayie some -i, xv'I send i t t o 'I'-ill'SI 1V \o1 11LD. A SHOW W1'O1LT) tiaveling represen- titie recently visited tli Barnumih & il Greatest Slew oii narth, andil after hiabliing the bewildering array of acts, lias this to say: i haeo visited the Barnuum & Bailey exhibition. I went. saw, and was con- quered. "In the course of my walk I t)ehold mammoth elephants and the smallest horse in tle world. Yaks and I inps anild every other sort of a beast whoa officiil title is a counter-irritiint to orthography and imposssible of pronounciation. I feasted my eyes and treated my ears to the vaudevill, performanlce illen l y by a cli-erc'loimpianiy tiat: inCi1,1, haiha. WIlls aina ITaile; the Gulli-er Troupe of i'Alliputians; George Auger. 1te colossus, and Rose Xi'Tedsted, the Finland giantess. '''The performance proper begis thus season with a superb spectacle entitled Peace, symbilic of tle conclusion of tie lIte luscian-Jpaitnese war, whiell intro- dlces troops of soldiery, a ]lost of floats. niit ai great number of hoses. camels, aini i-h plimits, in its entirelY b autiful silille. XWh]tel the Iust float had passe dut if ther-s a'ill it xai quictikly 11 i tiey herids if ]),'el odill-s. uiiic i te allreciiii oit Aleesss. Blatec. iAclooi-l', atii Deinaii, whiih casoili'd xeitii cltimso' skill. that evidenced much careful training. Equestriennes Make Hit. "Aft'r a series of single, double, straight and twisting somersaults over camels, elephants and other obstacles the riing was gx'Ce over tofourequestriennes aiildthiihiglhi-be Illuiiilts, lallic e1uhialn, Alarki, anI Guiikm AtI-its, aiii Ca-ri,' Roiiiy. 'I'hie exhibitii was full of spirit and tile -iing har-aek equestrian- ism e (1e rmiin (if a plaii. ana oher elixteitin: Pope il Jlrnine flatihiilii Oiiental feats of equilibrimn: Iasiitaki Iald Kankihil, two inembels IIt, 1i11ital tiotpe lfr ioal Jpnll- lvi al Pr Ios. in ,tlloit a(2rOhbathi-c. :itia itlanC 1,,ax,tta, a dlesii hiandi lialaic r nxt en-'gId the large -ai-ce whIle the- latfirme a si'oe of diffeunt feats, -ill difuiCult in the extreme, but se-emingl' axsy by leasol of tile easi aud grac xxitih xxlit-hi theiX Wer done. 'I'e trapez and in apparatus wis lowered by a Sae of :1g11 ring muen. anud gracful lhig forms bewildered the ee iald set my head swimmiing i-is I watled their swift pa;1ssage flrm onie part oif 11he arena to ianiotla-t. Saome of the agil- ielforlm i-s Were: Til, Castrillions, Goige Cole Four I'il iers, Aile. I-la, ad Bellh Cole. Trained Dogs Wonderful. I1 do iiit usiualo iare for dog and seal aits. but thei harko, shaile lot that stic- coided the aerial artists xere enough to cure at mai of an' prejudice he might havx Ireviously entertained. The roster of trainld oils consisted of ponies, dogs seils, stallions ianad more dogs but this tilme With Iil ch-pliantini aco-mpani- mient. Their respec-tive trinr oulise Stilckney, Wm. aines, Manuel Hierz g' George lowil anl Ihrrx oony m vll well ibe prouild of their traiing as evincedi by the clver heacts. I lhad rini o muc- about Captli nti-iakainu skai-sailing at. and had hourd sulch extm-aelignut pi floril foime spetatois that I WtniallY Pre'Parod myIself for a disap- Iiintinent but the lighitinuiui dau, dive aid plide On skis through space and -s ; x xwin1g gai ilitio the landing platform, left lIla thuilled and spell bound. I helieve the mallagein-lit's statement that the Calptalin holds sevelty prizes as a result of his araing. Followin th- ski-sailing there came Freil ier-ik .ii W :ili: Melrose, Josie Demouitt and John ailnd Carrie Rooney in a hieathli-liold- iII equestrian act. A notable array of forLion acts xcre next on the program which inlu1-1 the Stixes Trouiue, the Sisters Orunauathi, the Noe-los tile Geromies, and the i'austril- lions. I hawC had and alwa-s will have a great affection for wxell-tiin-led iors flesh and the AnnIIII and I Kentuck thoroighhre s that pralceud aih curvted atround the ring respondaing" to ftheslh- est collilanld oir toulch1 of their lo I soliy gowlied ridels brught a ins nIlplause not olv filoll mi- but a11 thie si-,.tato s. HoweI-t Stickliev and Celi Sahalistialn, Alinnaaie Johnson. Manilull 1-ir- zt and Josekhinle Ku-ek, Louisa Dea - mott, find Dockrill and Hluettermann i were the gacefu l ridels. The Imperial Aiins' 'TrouIpi fiollowud inl an l n- aeha-lled displa of da-ng''ous aiaillils single. djouble and triple somlerslujlts Inl nid-i r, an othi ei r iouall , v ir-rniicing fi it aii tIel1 umiiulB--c fe;ts, and then Bradnin and Dorr i-k, Juliln and Ledgett, il th- Aleor Sisters gave a notable equestriian not and dil- IntCd the bit thex made early ia the aeeing. Hippodrome Thrilled People. "The progii kicoid with tillia' haipo- drome Splectalae xxihiuael inc eIil tumalil- nir of e1 and running coutsts. and theil tme pice de istance of the ei'-el- in"- 'Auto Bolide. It wxas the thrilling clos' to a thrillilnl prformaile, Limid time young woman, Atss Isabelle Bitler, deC- seres vsxr credit for let displaY of ner1va and lish. Great credit Imtust lie bistowed on Xilliam Ducrow, the equle- - trian director of the iperformance, for the saooth maliner that the ai mllotly speail pnsled from one great at to alaiother -without the slightest hitch. Tll- heinliigs if the Bainui-Baile showe are well miled. Neither must I forget thosea mier men thed a-owns Thes' kniihts oif Tuitlev hadedl'a 110 tilat imastr i fll, "Slivers" Oaklev. and inclulding Spor Johison. Arthur Borella. Steve Mtiaco, Littl' Forresto. Sam Bennet. larry Geroim. Dari AMarvelle. Jule lbkeir. Dan Ryman, Ed. Kennard. Chad. Wertz, impe J1'romlC. Georg Ataco, Fri ' Jenkins. Flralik MAartin. Tiighic, Zirlla, Fianik Heonryo. Charles Kennar<1. Fred wet, Thailomlas Je oniwm , I, t, all, :11d <;-lrge Coles- .lIi il all the lainuii &- I1ailey siol is it ellii-: mimI I hiieisiho, i ex time towe ilmat it will <hiw it tis teicull T exmula liik, nmothing, hbetti'i thilll ill aLrit SC i thu cuiiil illoillilig. andaile mictorec ii ftill(,V farefoot hoy. go down to thie triau ks to s:c tie Bali1 & Balile- show roll in hmc-aiusa' I knowix it xwomild meac~n a ai f (Iigh t aind a pleasureable r,n1o- brane." * * * Tile Sills-Fioto Shlowscxxeie at Xli Xail., Juts' 19, amumil pii'ci tim Ificiteo laotiu llifouians it iof thu tili iluuli- flt, :ift'lltm,l ill-il,,lullci Slum ' l'ilell exus lIn mini15- XAdlillu Ci11 ,um1011l icastmIl nil aitc-hmi nm,-ui imalials l Auinei'tau A-Xmusi-emnt Coimpa.iimx o mxxii, of the cl-it Shmows-c Ill iioi-i'li fit a cut ti-a al'aeu'a a it thx1 l ;,IA I d th- di f S-ll- i <m actxon with tile entai ,Ilti . The showi had( the customary experi enc of a aircus company i duriig th past week. There was a complete blow ilown at Great Bend, one shaw a IlHutciniison and one at Kingman. all i Kanisas, caused by heaxe rains and vio lent winds. The show got awiy Mdonda for ti, next stand, T\ellington, -Zan., ani went into the Oklahoma Territtory froin theie, opening alt Enid, July 1. Horton andI his brigade. at Hingling out fit, is billing stiong in (1Olahoima and In diani ierritory. iirniiin & Bailey ar also putting iii) a showing in Guthrie ail Oklahoima City, sixty days ahead. Th Barnum & EInilxY show will be at Wich ita, Oct, . This meetin- of circus con panies illight be termei tle billposters haviest, tira, shows waiting 111 til boaridas at any cost. In sonie plies en tiresdoes Ind ftonts of buildings are co- cred up. The No. 3 GentrY Shi , under th naniagement of atty and S-ibel. showe at Bay City, Xih., Jully 27. Request wee so numerous for tile show to la.) oxr lad giVe two pcrf1iormancis Sinai' that the limiligement lid so, profitin nicely thereby, a., both pelrforilance xerewell attended. During street parad Saturday, tle drivir of one of the mon licy xeagons rilieataily wained a darin youngster to keep awxy frrom the cage but the lad hiceded not his warnings, go too cloe and Irl. Monik grabb d him, in flitiig a few ,catches on the aria. Th frightened boy imimmeditIly ran to hi lioie, tile eir piaients listened to ii horriblc (?) tale, then tlh. whole famil lanh to a lawyer, -who in tuin ran for a conlstable, the whole outtit ran to the "lot" for the usual "shake-down." Th nai-aid'iit wias enitiralx tie fault of th tio but the xile liberal policy o At srs. Matty and Seibel prevailed. and rather thn c-eate any iniity, "soothed the savae's bite" with a sum satistac- Ioty to all concerned. Gee, but it was 01n awful "slake-down." 'here are larger shows thani this No. 3 Gentry, bl oine gi-e better stisfactioll- New-mown hay for seats at a circus ewas the ilnovation introduced at both perforiiances of the Gentry Bros. Dog & Pony Show on its recent appearance in Sioux City. M\anager Ike Speers was up against the propioition of takig care o the big crowds at both the matinee ald nlight performances and finally spread new hay oil the ground between ring- side and slats and the space was quickly lilled by men, women and children. Fred Buchlianan ias just added a fine spe(cimeni of tile sacred cowr to his me- illgeril with the Yankee Robinson Show lilt. Biuchlinan reports unusually big business -ith his circus this season a tliroulg h the Dakotas and Nebraskia tiln-aways" laxe been the rule with the hailtince performances. * * * The Barnum & Bailey Show was Ftruck by a bad wind just after the itinee performance at Woatertown, S. D., recently. 'Ihe menagerie tent was blawn dowen. one man was killed and three sriously injured. J. 11. MiaVr-, a cowboy xith the Chey- ("ilie Bill 'IVild Nooest Shlow, started in to do up tl town of Ottumwa while the attraction waxxs there and began iii tIl'e1 wild west fa-hiion by riding into the sali oois and ordering tip drinks for the rwd e Ile Was finally captured by the police and locaed up oil the charge of intoxication, the llet morning paying a finie in polic court. All effort is being, made by the labor orgalizamton ot is Alais to ivie-n the a d o liltil the Ilitlll & Bail- cI ex- !In thalt alto- ci 1 abiea day,asi ev ilI intei-ia're ma1teria10- xwitii tiie ti-lii TLa'ior &1oy fectix-itias. Tile slioe- liais I uI aii (I li- s, , for I lit day, lowever and will probably arir. Out its schedule e The management of the Pawnee Bill - Show lhas offered to turn over the at- t traction to the fair association at Cros- n ton for $2,000. The show's date at Cres- - ton falls on the same day as the big day y at the county fair. t So far this season none of the bw tented attraitions hino showed i ti - territory within a riadius of fift milees of Iowa City. Iowa, and the only one so d far booked is the Barnum & Bailey show, which is to be at Marshalltown on - August 27. A. S. Conon. owner and manager of e the black top tent show with the Buffan Bill Sliow, is Iying ill if appendicitis at lthe ILkside Hospital. 4147 Lake ave- nue, Chicago. e Rhoda R-oyal, the well-known ,iues, d trial old prodiuer I of some of the inost s njov_ Iaorsi- acts known to tile aiiiuse- Sment lulhlic. favored the general offices if 'THEi1 SHOWIXV WoolcRILA with a call last g . ven n while inl Chicago negotiat- s fin 1ithi tie 'Xestein Xaudeiille Maln- e aers Association to book his pure, - hlite Xiitmbian bis. Ch-sterfield, now g ,witih ti oiiniiinhi Cail lingenheck and ireat XWalice Si-ew, for the winter t seaon in vaudevile, followling the close of thi cirics tur. in Ia statuary and il otiriol n t. Mr. Roal reports a sea- s o of wondirful prosperitv for the H-117- s nc - llii i-gi 'ition. The Iedini Trioupe lIst ai vialuable dog lhv iheat prostration while playing at e Centerille La. f Roy Xconald, a leader aniong the elownis, is imiking a lit with his noriel ballet. i1 is booked solid for thw will- ter on the westiern circuit. Xiiai al hower if rice and worn out t shoii WX R Tiague. if Dallas. Tex.. and \lisslabil 11i-hc of Keaoki. It., were ill rr i dt it L-itchliedi. Ill.. July 12. C. . Jniikins, an attaiho of th. Fat- te rsioni tinival Company, is suffering fiin a tlly laceited shoulder. due to in attiiIk imaile onl Jeilkinls 1y Caezar, a f big lion. wiih the showi. Jenkins' iole is it i oria, i i l. Buffalo 1ill moed his w\ili w , bag and bgag-ge, including choice issort- lientoIni Of iixnwloopsand owbo ells to the classie Nuith Side last Week. and thii huge tiiit xxas iioxxdiet e,,era I Iiglt of tie <nggeill1t 1xitli spectators at tis xoiideiftil iapliiit of thie plainis and thei p1-ula .,gieat hit is being made lby pI Tourpsll oith tile o11y itrooP of trained mustangs and bronchos ever piesentel. Mr. Thompson, in training GREAT WESTERNPR INTINGC0O. SHOW PRINTERS. LITHOCRAPHERS, ENGRAVERS 513-15-17 ELM ST., ST. LOUIS, MO. STOCK LITHOGRAPHSAND POSTERS FOR DRAMATIC, MINSTREL, VAUDEVILLE, MAGIC, HYPNOTISM, MOVING PICTURES, REPERTOIRE,STOCK,CIRCUS,WILDWEST, FAIRS, CARNIVALS, AUTO RACES, ROLLER SKATING, BASEBALL, PICNICS, RACES,TC. SPECIAL PRINTING AND LITHOGRAPHING OF ALL KINDS. SEND FOR CATALOGUE. BAND, MIITARY, NIiNSTREL 01ITS CARNIVAL COS., USHERS Sond for CiTtOG. Mlntion lind iianted Special Attention GiventheProfession Western niform Cao. 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