Show World (September 1907)

September 28, 1907. THE SHOW WORLD United States Tent and Awning Co. CIRCUS AND CARNIVAL TENTS ANO PAINTINGS EDW. P. NEUMANN, Jr., President THOS. W. B. MURRAY, Vice-President JNO. C. McCAFFERY, Treasurer EDW. R. LITZINOER, Secretary West Randolph and Union Streets CHICAGO Can fill any order now on short notice Satisfaction Guaranteed SPECIAL NOTICE be found ONLY at this address. Come and see HIM. and be convinced. HE makes good every MURRAY TENT ANU AWNING CO. “.taw- Chicago SHOW TENTS BLACK TENTS SIDE SHOW PAINTINGS Prompt Deliveries Guaranteed | a whole has been satisfactory. This has been due, in a large measure, to the efficient work of the advance forces, un¬ der the direction of J. Henry Rice, gen¬ eral agent. William Sands, manager of the No. 1 advertising car, has done good work, as has local contractor Clyde An- The executive staff of the Hargreaves show is composed of Thomas Hargreaves, general manager; J. Henry Rice, general agent; Josh Bailey, business manager; Sam J. Banks, general press representa¬ tive; J. Frank Longbotham, treasurer; Wes Pike, secretary and bookkeeper. The H managers are No. 1, William Sands, with twenty men; No. 2, George Mathews, with ten men. Mrs. J. Henry Rice has charge of the excursion work. • Among the salient features of the Har¬ greaves show may be mentioned France Reed, principal bareback rider; Mr. and Mrs. Herman Griggs, principal riders, Btroducing a novel three-horse trotting act; the three De Holmans, aerialists and acrobats; the Cowden trio, aerial artists; George Colby, rider; Prof. Fred Locke, animal trainer; William Tessier, head bal¬ ancer on trapeze; Miss Blanche Reed, iguestrienne; Miss 3 Mabel Hall, elephant SIDE SHOW THAT ATTRACTS. Manager McFar Hagenbeck-Wallace. Washington, violin; RANCH SHOW PASSES EAST. representative of THE SHOW WORLD in Chicago last week. In regard to conditions at the James¬ town Exposition, Mr. Haller was unable to make any authoritative statement up¬ on present conditions, because he has ■been absent from the Exposition for some weeks, but he said the reason the ex¬ hibition lost so much ground in the first part of the season was due to the fact that the visiting newspaper men were not properly escorted about the grounds, and spread the news of the failure of the exhibition instead of booming its merits. In conjunction with several newspaper men Mr. Haller formed an association that met the visiting representatives of the press and saw they attended the particular attractions they were explor¬ ing. As a result the editors on their re¬ turn home became enthusiasts about the success of the exposition, and a great amount of good was done. The Miller Bros.’ 101 Ranch No. 2 closed at Brighton Beach Sept. 8, al¬ though the show at Jamestown will re¬ main until the exposition closes. Mr. Miller stated that the Miller Bros, were well satisfied with the season at James¬ town, and expected the exposition to end in a burst of prosperity. Circus Ring Sickness F W. H. McFarland, manager of the side show with the Hagenbeck-Wallace Shows, has a national reputation as a side show director and his present offer¬ ing is without doubt one of the finest in the country. The exhibits are most in- Mfesting. and the brass and velvet equip¬ ment of the different platforms make the interior in its entirety very handsome. The following is the roster of the side show: W. H. McFarland, manager; Jack Manly, Punch and Judy; Frank Scott and wife,' glass blowers; Mile. Brazie, trained birds; McFarland and sister, knife throwers; Grace Clark, snake charmer; Clark Bros., bag- punchers; Carlton & Tarlton, musical act; The itrantons, lighting artists; Prof. Paige, rtay: modeler; Mile. Corina, mind reader. Oriental theater, Ethel Delmar, Beatrice Lesley, Mabel Vernon, Frank Maloff, Jake Vik and Silas Maron. Ticket-sellers, Henry Rodepouch and J. P. Sweeny. The P. Gi Lowery Concert and Min¬ strel Company is undoubtedly one of the most versatile companies of its kind un¬ der canvas, as it is in three parts— band, orchestra and minstrel company. The members of the band include P. G. Lowery, band master and cornet soloist; Tom May, solo cornet; Geo. Thomas, first cornet; Richard Jackson, clarinet; A. Victor, first alto; J. H. Lewis, second alto; H. B. Washington, trombone; Jas. B. Hall, baritone; Wm. May, Ef bass; •Tony Barefield, B. B. bass; Jno. Carson, snare drum; Whittier Viney. ,4The minstrel company enlists the serv¬ ices of the following comedians and sing¬ ers: Billy Amte, comedian; Paul Car¬ ter, comedian; Master Mose Harris, youngest of ail colored comedians; J. H, Lewis, comedian; Geo. Thomas, vo¬ calist and dancer; Whittier Viney, vo¬ calist; Mamie Thomas, souhrette; Mag¬ gie McClellon, vocalist; Tony Barefeild, basso profundo. The center is ably han¬ dled by the clever Arthur Wallage, one Of the greatest of all extemporaneous parody singers. The minstrels are ably Pbpported by the following members of s».-. victor, violin; H. B. id round a it i At a recent performance of the Barnum & Bailey Greatest Show on Earth one ' the clowns staggered from the ring; _ threw himself, groaning, on the grass in the dressing tent. A shout of laughter followed him. “Let them laugh,” the poor fellow muttered. “They think be¬ cause I ran out with my hands clutch¬ ing my stomach that I am joking. Little do they know the agonies of ring sick¬ ness that are now racking me. Pass that bottle, will you? Ring sickness is like sea sickness: you get it from continually running round and round and -■* - circus ring. Ring masters gc frequently than clowns, and I seen horses with _ a touch of it.’ Clint Francis, general contractor of Walter L. Main’s Great Fashion Plate shows, closed his season of twenty-two weeks on Sept. 16, and was re-engaged The Hargreaves Circus experienced a blow-down on the Sixty-ninth and Hal- sted street lot, Chicago, Tuesday after¬ noon, Sept. 17. Fortunately, no one- injured. Charles Andress writes from the I num & Bailey Show that the big e_ posite circus photograph, upon which he has been working for some time, is fin¬ ished and will soon be ready for mailing. Circus people and the profession generally are looking forward with no small degree of anticipation to the presentation of -this masterpiece. John and Charles Ringling have gone to California in John Ringling’s private ®‘‘On six days’ notice and without a scrap of ‘advance paper,’ Miller Bros. 101 Ranch Wild West Show swept into ^Hhton Beach, where the Boer War perished and Pawnee Bill failed, and scored instantaneously. You may talk about your coming, seeing and conquer- it I believe the success of the Bros.’ show at Brighton Beach iblishes a record in the show busi- m C. Haller, one of the best known .nee men in the country and repre- ative of the Miller Bros, at Brighton !h, made the above statement to a It is reported that William Sells is i Kansas City making arrangements to. taking a circus to the Isthmus of Pan¬ ama. The circus that Tote Siegrist of the Siegrist-Silbons, now with Barney & Bailey, is organizing, is also going to the Isthmus, so that the canal workers will have plenty of arenic entertainment dur¬ ing the winter. Gus Ringling, general agent of 4-Paw-Sells show, is, much to the regret . of his friends and business staff, re ported to be in very bad health. John Fagan, who has made a record a railroad contracting agent with Barnur__ & Bailey this season, has definitely signed with the Hagenbeck-Wallace show in the same capacity for next season. A number of this season’s bosses with the Barnum & Bailey Circus will he transferred to the Buffalo Bill show n Charles Andress, legal adjuster with the Barnum & Bailey Circus, has begun the erecting of a handsome apartment house on Douglas boulevard, Chicago. W. D. Coxey, general press agent of the Barnum & Bailey Circus, spent Sun¬ day, Sept. 8, with the show at Leaven-