New York Clipper (Jul 1923)

22 THE NEW YORK CLIPPER a ■ July 11, 1923 CIRCUS OUTDOOR EXPOSITIONS GOLDEN CIRCUS IS EXCELLENT The Golden Bros. Trained Wild Animal Grcus which is a.fifteen car show are play- ing the edstem territory for the first time and so far .the show has been, enjoying ▼eiy good business. Manager M. £. Golden, and equestrian director, Bert. £. Rickman, deserve great credit in putting together a very fast and interesting program composed of trained animal acts only. The show opens with the Spectacular Cinderella in Juogleland, in which all the company and animals take part Miss Flora Bruce is the prima donna and sings and plays her part very 'welL Miss Vina Murray is the feature dancer and puts on several graceful and pretty dances. Bert Wallace and Charles Fulton, in- troduce several well broke troupes of both horses and ponies that work very fast and do. scvoal interesting and difficult tridcs. In Ac big dancing hone nmnber the Misses Kiojball, Catharine Fulton, Mary Rickman, Litora Lorraine and Marie Stevenson give a wonderful ex- hibition of horsemanship after which they all appear in the hunting nnmber and put their monnts over the high jumps. The taained wild animals which are pre- sented m the big steel arena in the centre ring include uons, lionesses, leopaida, pumas, bears, etc, and two mixed ^oups and are presented by Jules Jacot, prudpal trainer, tind Capt W. K. Bernard, his as- sistant The animals are all young and do several', very interesting stunts finishing with Jacot and his black maned fighting Nubian Lions. J. J. Johnson presents the trained ele- plonts, which include the champion big dancing elephant Rosie, although a very l^w elephant does several difficult steps d^nrorks very fast. The troupe of performing cameb are well broke and work very fast. Besides the above tramed animals there are troupes of trained pigs, goats, dogs, monkeys, etc., that are all very cleverly broken that work very fast and do several interesting and amusing stunts. The army of fun-makers put on several very funny numbers and walk arounds and most of them introduce their pet animals and help greatly in put- ting over the wonderful performance. MilL Taylor is the producing clown as- sisted by Bert Fisher. Bob Williams. Ash- ton Marsh, Tom Hayden, Jack Perry, Andy Grey, Charles Robinson. Martin Low and the original character down, Danny HuU. Carl. Bruce and his congress of Wild West champions put on the concerts in- troducing ropers, trick and &nc^ riders, and past times of the far west including buckmg horses which his boys ride cleverly. John (Doc) Ogden, is manager of the World Wonders and Annex shows which include several platforms with Interesting subjects, featuring Princess Ray and her den of Giant India Pythons none of which are under twenty feet in length. Both the ring and baggage stock are a fine lot of horses and add greatly to the parade and performance. Although the show like all the rest, is short handed as to help they always get the parade out on time and have the front door ready for the afternoon performance. The show will play several towns in eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey be- fore starting on their western trip which w31 take, then to California for the vrinter. THE ROBINSON SIDE SHOW Ray Dailey, is manager of John Robin- son Circus Side Show There are several platforms that include the celebrated Keans Kilties, the original musical Tianita Midgets; Georraa Min- strels with X-Ray eyes; Clanta. Snake en- chantress; Benson girl band: Bobbie Reed, Sword dancer; Jesse Adams, giant; Rose Rifle & Co., sharp-shooters; Marino & Co. sword swallowers; LaBelle Diana and ath- letic girls; Ben Moore, strong man, and Karl, magidan; Tack Sampson is assistant manager, Buch. Hand and Bert St. John, ticket sellers; Joe, Bill and Harry Milter, doormen. The Annex show offers Princess Lowana and her troupe of Hawaiian Singers and dancers. WORLD AT HOME SHOWS COMBINE TWELVE FAIRS FOR MARYLAND RINGLING CIRCUS FOR COAST San FtAvasoa. July 9. — Ringling Brokers and the Bamum and Bailey Ctr- ciu will reach California next monui and play through the state several weeks. The show will play the I2th and Market street loop for three days, August 31, Sept. 1 and 2. It will enter California by playing in Oakland on August 30 and after the San Francisco engagement will ^o to San Jose, September 3. Then its California route is as follows: Stockton, Sept. 4; Modesto, Sept 5; Fresno, Sept 6; VTsalia, Sept 7; BakersSeld, Sept 8. CILSON BAND IS FINE O. A. Gilsoo's concert band is with the Golden Bros. Trained Wild Animal Cr- cus. O. A. Gilson, conductor; Geo. O. Lary Solom, comet; MorQr Sharey, Tody Conw^, Frank Daly, comets; Geo. Bassett L. T. Letford, C. L. Blythe, clari- nets; C Oausen. E clarinet: J. H. Hall, Al Smith, homs; Wm. Nolan, Robert Laughlin, trombones; Bob. Speers, Gus Simmons, basses; Laurence Rothbauer, baritone; R. D. Gasnell snare drum. Hank Young, bass dmm. SELLS FLOTO BUSINESS BIG The Sells-Floto Circus is playing to very good business up through New England, although short of help they always have their parade out and the doors open in time for matinee. The show will play down through Conn, and are scheduled to play Bridgeport and St^ford the latter part of this month. WOCKNER'S BAND A FEATURE Great credit is due Edward Wockner, musical director of John Robinson Circus in putting over a wonderful musical per- formance. Mr. Wockner has assembled a wonderful band this season and with his well arranged musical program and his concert given before each performance always meets with lots of applause. SOCIETY CIRCUS IN WASHINGTON Rhoda Royal has a society circus which after pla^g under auspices on a guarantee opening in Washington, D. C, during the Shrine convention, he jumped to Balto- more. Md., and is now located on the big drcus lot in Philadelphia at 19th and Huntington Park avenue. GOLDEN BROTHERS IN WEST The Golden Bros, four-rmg trained^Id animal drcus, after playing several towns in northern New Jersey, will turn nest and expect to winter somewhere on t)le Padlic coast SPARKS AGENT IN NEW YORK Tony Ballinger, gen«^ agent of the Sparks Circus, < was inrNew York for a few days last /week/&d left Sunday for his home, Lo^on, dRGUS ROUTES Al. G. Bame/efreus—Ithaca, N. Y., 11; Csrt- Und, 12; ll^wich, 13; Rome, 14. Sparks Circu^Angusta, Mc, 11; Biddeford, 12; Sanford, 13: Laconia. N. H.. 14: Berlin. 16; Littleum, 17; Woodsrille, 18; Lebanon, 19; CUremoot, 20; Bnttleboro. Vt.. 21. RingliDff Brothers—Bamum & BaQey Combined— Lansing, Mich., 11; Battle Crcdc, 12; South Bend. Ind., 13; Giant Park, Chica|(o, 14-22. Sells-FIcto—Lawrence. Mass., 11: LTim. 12; Lowell, 13; Fiamiogham, 14; Brocfcton, 16; Tauntcn, 17: Newport, R. I., 18; Pawtnclcet, 19: Woonsocket. 20; Webster, Mass.. 21. Golden Brothers Show—Bristol, Pa., 11; Phooiix- Tille, 12; Hammooton. 13; Fhasantville, 14. Uain, Walter L.. ft Andrew Downie Show Com. btned—Park Falls, Wis., 11; Ladymnilb. 12; Mcdford, 13; Rhinelander, 14; Iron Moonlain, Mich., 16; Iron River, 17; lahpemintr, 18; ManiDette, 19; NerberTT. 20; Saalt Ste. Marie, 21. Robinson. Jotm—Johnstown, Pa.. 11; Grcens- borg, 12; Unionlown. 13; Sotnerset, 14; Ha- gerstown, Md., 16; Ftcdertck. 17; Windiester, Vo.. 18; Harruonbunc, Va.. 19: Suunton. 20; CharlotteviUe, 21; Rielimond, 23. Garfield, New Jersey, July 6.—That part of the World at Home Shows left in Coney Island when Irving J. Polack pulled out part of his eqtiipmeni for carnival dates and celebrations will leave the Island after Sunday and will join the rest of the organization here early next we^, accord- ing to an announcement of Mr, Polack here today. The addition of this equipment will give the Polack organization nineteen paid attractions, six rides and thirteen shows. It will also mean an increase in the train to thirty cars, eighteen flats, dght coaches and four stock cars. Paul Trexler, with "It" King Carlos, with his South American Head Hunters Exhibit, Manila Deltgen, with bis Hawaiian Rew", and Ed Herzog with his ten-in-one, are new shows on uie World at Home Shows midway this wedc Irving Udo- witz, superintendent of concessions for several weeks here last season, came on this week to play the two week's celebra- tion here. Business here has been wonderful and the Fourth of July was the biggest Fourth in the History of the World at Home Shows. From noon until midnight the shows and rides enjoyed a steady patronage and while the concessions did not take so well they enjoyed a fair business. Under auspices of the dty officials this celebration is moving like dock work and every detail necessary to the success of the enterprise is being handled by men long experienced in presenting outdoor entertainments. The celebration of the dty's twenty-fifth birthday, old home week and the New York and New Jersey Volunteer Firemen's Con- vention will end tomorrow but the World at Home Shows will remain the second week under the saroe .auspices in order to give Garfield and its ndghboring cities an opportunity to see the Polack attractions visitors have crowded the natives into the background this wedc. The "Pleasure Trail" is laid out on top of a high hill from which can be seen Passaic Paterson, Hackensaclc, Lodi and other nearby dties. From the business section °of Paterson the electric lights on the Polack "Pleasure Trail" make a beauti- ful scene and that has aided in drawing hundreds to the •show groiuids. Fire- works each night as an added free attrac- tion has also helped hold the crowds on the midway. Six more weeks until the first fair opens and two big celebrations have already been booked to take care of part of those six wee4<s. Harry Heller, of the Acme Shows, now exhibiting in Newark, paid the World at Home Shows a short visit this afternoon. He reports business as satis&ctory with his organization. The writer thinks he saw Col. Fair, Lew Dufour's hustling gen- eral aRent on the midway today but if it was him he got away before he could be interviewed. The write and Trainmaster Ed Payton paid the Dufour Shows a visit last week in' Philadelphia and found real hospitality among the Dufour beduins. Dufour has a beautiful show' with first- class equipment and plenty of it. Mrs. Rosenthal, formerly a bedouin with Polack Bros. 20 Big, World at Home and many other shows, was a visjttn; in Eddystone last week. Lew Dufpul, Doc Hamilton, D. Updegraf and Jtaiy other beduins were Eddystone vj^torJL M. L. Morris, wife and daughtep; visit^i^ the show several days in Garfiek Baltimore, July 9.—Twelve fairs will be held in the State of Maryland this sea- son with the first of them getting under way at Cambridge on July 31 and running for three'days. These fairs will cover the entire State from the lowlands of the Eastern Shore to the high mountains of the western part of the State at Cumberland. The Eastern Shore will get in the first "wallop," starting off with the fair at Cambridge and following it up with like- events at Pocomoke and Salisbury. Botb horse and automobile racing will be fea- tures of all of the fairs, with agricultural displays being used to entice visitors also. Timonium, the Baltimore county fair, will be the largest, and great crowds will witness the ever changing events that occur there annually. Many automobile parties come from Pennsylvania to see this much talked-about fair, that occurs the first week in September, -with the Labor Day holiday as a big day to start off the week. Elkton and Tarrytown will have new . race tracks this year, and this will hdp increase attendance, especially at Elkton, where crowds from Wilmington are ex- pected. Cumberland, Hagerstown and Frcderidt have always been known as good fair towns, fair week being the biggest wedk of the year in these towns. Hagerstown has a poultry exhibit that is second to none, ^chibits coming from as far as Canada and all over the United States, the displays shown there rival some of the indoor winter poultry show exhibits of the larger cities. •Marlboro comes last in the season. The town is the county seat of Prince George county and situated on the Chesapeake Beach Railroad. The agriculture display is not as large as most of the other fairs. But the high-class races is the drawing card for Baltimore and Washington peo- ple. The following is a list of the fairs and dates: Cambridge, July 31, August 1 and 2. Pocomoke, August 14, IS, 16 and 17. Salis/bury, August 21, 22, 23 and 24. Rodcville, August 21, 22, 23 and 24. Timonium, September 3, 4, S, 6, 7 and 8. Elkton, September 11, 12. 13. 14 and 15. Taneytown, September 11, 12, 13 and 14. Cumberland, October 2, 3, 4 and 5. Hagerstown, October 9, 10, 11 and 12. Belair, October 9, 10, 11 and 12. Frederick, October 16, 17, 18 and 19. Marlboro, NovcnVber 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17. DUFOUR jtHOW/FOR BROCKTON Lew. Dunur. mahager of the Lew Du- .four ShoW^ was In New York last week. Mr. Dufocr reports that so\far this season the show/ has only been doing a fair busi- ness. The sjtow played Trenton, N. J. last week, btit^Dn account of the rain, business was away off. The show plays Newburg, N. Y., this week and Aug, 15 starts on its Fair dates at Bangor, Me. and besides the Maine State drcuit, the show is booked for Brockton, Mass. Fair which is the big one in that state. HOLLAND WITH TAXIER SHOWS Bill Holland who has been connected with Boyd and Linderman World of Mirth Shows for the past few seasons has left that show and gone on to Montreal, Canada, to handle the advance for the Taxicr Bros. Shows. ATLANTIC CITY PAGEANT SEPT. B-7 Atlantic City, July 9.—The Atlantic City pageant, this year will be held on SeiH tember S-7. Sixty dties are holding con- tests to select young women to represent them in the national beauty tournament.