The billboard (May 1910)

32 T li c O I 11 t> o a r d MAY 21, 1910. SOUTH AMERIC AN ^QUR Of tfae L X U iE^anch Is Deacribed^ i^ Edith Tahdinger—The Sea Voyage the Only Thing Not Thotoui^y Enjoyed—4*110 Aocideiib Ocdir tc| Mar tka •tcanaup 7anln, fior a I Sratl In Sooth . .Sta aw wu quit* MOffc te m fnr dpja, liMlillj 1,111 ttaoM who iw CT tmt wwiwliiiiiiffl to ■■a TtvasML TIM H-imMpt _fMi - xoatc ■liika oat Into tte oena,'flTapt m* lud for OftMB day*; la fkel; Mt ama naan baata. It waa vary waim aa m aaaicd tbe 9arM Zone, bat m were fortmuta la baTlns a alee bneae aloMct tbe whole tzlp. To relieve tbe monotonr ill paisengei* who had not the proper credeotUla for goiiig belcnr tbm eqnetor, ha4 to be bitrodaced to Fatber Neptnne. after which .joa lecelTed your pus- pact cmrd. (To make the rielt Initiates jan.) ▲ few Urine lleb coDld be eeea ilooB the war. onta the lint land to be seen waa Cape St. Boiine, tbe aandr eoaat of which coold be dtoeoned. Then land eoold he seen alons the war. Data we reached the city at Bahla. Is Biaxll. The real name of the dtr la San Sal- Tador. Wa airind at..Bahla before aonitse. uid had tte^ pbaamv of aanliif tba amnrlae on . ip. w:m» aahara • la eaaa the haalUi at tfea paiMBMiB la (amMHa. At BI6 tte mmiS^llM tf« a-lMUUk which eoana «at atr 'tkaraaaaauuidatiM aC Hia pas- aengers. taUoK tham iaakata aad.'letonlDK at certain boon. W« ' WMt HhocC^ to apaod the dair. and foosd .a- apIradU .tlVi mannlBcent haUdlnKa. Hb* atreata. etc; one'in parttenlar reeossiaed aa belns one of the most beantUnl afreeta In the wodd. known aa' Aeealda Oen- tifal; It la abnort ImpoaaOda to think In a eabnliy ao Uttla known of aa Sontb America, a'dlr czlala ao netrapoUtaa aa Bio de Janeiro. Ot eonraa yoar trip la not cooiplete wltboat IiaTln( a cap of coffee In Bio. After havlsc oar ooffe*. we fmmd It was time to meet onr laoncb, wbleh took os back to oar boat. . •In the OTenlns we enjored seeing tba dtr Ui^ted. We had sadi a line view from the deck of tbe steams, aa wa were aboot a mile la the bar. SeTcnl wsr ahlpa were irlng In tht bar. vA great amomit of cargo waa taken off, also pat on. Cargo boata come oot to load and nn- loert <"arf!o for the ports. B* waa a kaav Cob «a w* mM laaitag aa m dU, aat haiaa aa Saa a alaw aa w tba score, aa att were sank at the time of the plague. Tbaia la a ear ride known aa "Tba jrimla: IU«a.» wtaa all UaSa at bis - . to- " — • •ate, b«t are wcm aMa.ta ate the tM oC the - had baaa Spanish ateaoter. wklck had been ran .Into Iv a German ateaiMr. alnklag it in flve inbmtes, with the loss of dgbtr people, within 1' atone'a throw of the shore. Tbe run from MonteTliIpo to Baenos Aires is only over night op the Rlrcr de La riata. wblcb Is ICO mUes wide, and naTlgnble for 2,800 mllea In the In- terior. We landed in Baenos Alice OeceDbar 10. 1906, and opened on Sander at Palermo Ctalco, a Tcrr Hoe part of tbe city, to an and- leDce of 17,000 people. Onr engagement here was for four weeks, bnt we stayed Are weeks. Buenoti Aires l8 the Isr^cst city In South Amer- ica,' over two and one-half million. Spanish Is apoken entirely. We left Baenos Aires for Bosarlo, a city of ^10.000, 240 mUes In tbe Interior, when we bad^'a two weeks' eagagement, baTiag a One agrlenltural groonda fee oar abow. Tba people of South America seem !• tafea.iagf. VluBf to a Wild West Sbow, aa tkan' na anay laige ranidies In Argentine. A pecnllar tblng happened while I was giving mr shooting exhibition In Rosarlo ooe afternoovi. The locost plague swept down on the dty and sorroondlng country, and they were so thick In all parts of the sky It was utterly Impos slble for me to see the day pigeons thrown for ms to Ehoot at. We went from Bofiarlo to Bae- nos Aires by train, and from Baenos Aires to Montevideo we took the Spanish t>oat. Mon- tevideo Is a very arlstocratle dtr, being tba capita] of Uragaay, which Is aboot (he alxe of England. Srery electloa here means a rerola CIRCUS 0088IP. Jack Hiirrls, a Jockay wltb the Fore* paogh-Sells Btotbeta' Show, waa tln«WB at Vklr> moat. W. Vs.. May S, wte tte Aat oC Ua bone got taoEled In a rape. :tU- l aii i m i lj r ea^ caped serlouajlnjury. Harry JP^erguson and "Montana Jack" and wife, who were with the Ill-fated Norria & Bowe Show, bare ]nloed tbe Jerry Mugaeln Howe's Great^ London Showa'ln the South. Dr. J. E. Fitzgerald, ;Clast season at Dreamlaod Pack. Decatur. IU,iJiaB taken ctaaifc of Oaumr Snia.^ aide aheir/ .au ia alaa oMikiSi aaaoaacanieniB la tke Wftcf. F. Fontaine, of-Peterbdro, Ont., Can., left Mar T to jola Andrew Downle'a liog and Pony Show, now tonrlng Canada, making his second season with the snow. Jack Sutton and Dick Rutherford bavo.a dandy Iron-Jaw act with tbe Uageobedi- Wallaea Sbow, maklog one of the strongest num- ben oa a aplendli» program- Jack Harris, of the Forepantfti-Salla Bros.' Sbow, who suffned a btekM.^ana' at ralimoat, W. Va.. May B, la again irttt na ahow. but not working. The Yankee Robinson Sbow baa m- cored ahnt'«nt coatraeta la Canada on the O. P. R. and Can. Nor. from Pert Artbnr, weat, tma Jane IB to Angiut I. QretX DeCieo, now touring with the Bea gk tea 0 Ihilat- CoL B. E. Wallace went to Pern. Ind., last week to see the Norrls A Bowe property bogae d then. Be leJolned bia elrcoa at Jobna- toivB, 9a* RINGLING BROS.' CIRCUS BAND. ■ .T^'r....;:..:*-.-;-----;-; ■«{•='; ■ fxi fe ■ '5.--: f. I Albert V. Sweet, director of the ahore aggregation, was bom In DansvOIe, N. Y., In the year 1875, of mnalcal parents. His early life was much the same aa that of any ambltioaa math Witk more than ordinary musical talent, foa ta ted ^ lorlng parents and friends, who embraced every opportonlty to afford Instroctloo of tbe rigbt sort. So npldly did he acquln knoinedge that In 18S0, when bat sixteen yean of age, he joined the ban] of Stow Bros.' Clrcna and Wild West as a cometlat. In which position he gave excellent aatlstacUon. Piom there be drifted to tiM 3<lba Boblnaon Shows, afterward to the Ctreo Pobnioiiea In Cnba. than to the Scrlbner & Smith Shows, with which he was connected as bandmaster for four realm, BeaMes these companlea, Ur. - baa OUad long and aaceaaafal t-gnr-niH with Oar Bicth ii B' Iflartiri% Artbnr Doalng'a lUaattda, Hairlaon J. Wolfe Dramatic Co.. Crolius SIsten' OramaUc Co., Great WaUaea Sbaar. otbefa ofmtaoe Importance In leST he sneeeeded W. Parte Chamben aa eomet aoldat Cor tbe Uiaon Pbonognph Co.. and in tan plared for the Colomhls, Victor, Polrpbone, Leeda * Catlln, Beed, Dawson * Oe., and United States PtHnognph Co. In 1900 be otgsnlxed Sweets Oooeart Band, arlth beadqaarten at Kewark, N. I., and In the fiame rear was sppolnted bandmaster of tbe Edison Oooeeft nd dltec«>r of the Bdlaon Sympbonr Ordaeatra, both of wb"' ' ' - - — — .... Daring tho sessnns sbora mcnttoned he flllcd many otbav _ , b.-^? v-- — . r SiaSb*S*Jv ffflJSt ttiJmt&mtS&mS^^wi&tSS^ Singling band baa baaa faratad la the part with Band and dltec«>r of the Bdlaon Sympbonr Ordaeitra, both of wUdi eagaabatlaaa baTlng excellent repatatlona, whlcb materlallr Increased daring Ur. Sweet'a admlnlstratlm. — " — - oad was especially OTomtowt la solo work, for which be Is cspcclsUy Sttsd. Hla e uaa ge ui ent with wi^git-g Biea, — " ■ n^jSaaauy teiuiaatlaaJm, It half a Mia fiMt the Aoie, and small boata came oat'ts' tafca the paaacngen ashore, alao small boata with fmlt, pins apples. oranges and tropical frolts with which we are not familiar. Tbey also hare for nle partota and marmosettes. which are a leij ^n rtti spa- de of the monkey. Bahla Is a dty of aboot 200.000 peoiile, most- ly the colored nee. only twenQr-nre per cent, whites. Part of the dty la bollt at tbe toot of tbe line of hills, and Is known sa tbe lower dty. snd on the top of the hills la aaoUier dty known as tbe upper dty. The two ore connected by an Indlned railway, and a lift elevator. This dty su p p ot la 3S0 dundiea. The streets are nrr narrow, aome aU ee ts onbr wide enoogb tor atieet eata. In thla dtr joa an not aUowad t» ~ atiuig ftwtlflcatloaa ■ : aglaa- y ei us e | t in the cente r at a bay almoat aBM^aAid lor hl^b oaggy prumontwHea.- upon wUA una xcala a dtr of over a minion and a kaU of people: la fltet. tbe whde dteamfer- enee of the bay ta dotted wltb etrlllaatlaa. Tbe most prominent of an tbe monataln peaka la Oereovado. meaning htmehbock. line alaetrle railway system In the dtr takca 70a to an points. This harbor la eoosldered br many to be the moat beantlfol harbor in tbe world, comparlag only te Sydaay, Anatxalla. Dilgbt have. Onr next atop waa at Santos, Brazil, which took ns only pert of a day to reach. We went np the Santos rlTer to Ssntos, and ttie boats go rtgtat up to the docks. This dty la a reiy hot place, and It la where meet of tbe coffee Is shipped from. There was so mnch cargo to be taken off here and more to be pat on It kept as foar days. During tbe time we had the pleasore of going op to Sao Panlo. a beaotlfol dtr of oeer ie0,M0, bnllt on the top of. the mountain. One of the flnest raiboada to be ftnmd In tbe world takca roo op tbeae monitalna. Thla rallniad baa been esaetnetad tit an enormoua j a peii se . so bant tlHrt^wn is jj^tager nf-Tandalldea^aa jhe Bnd tt eaMjSrSS^raiia. sad a dlftaoat vege- tattaaj'' nia . (■moad kaa d 'alatlOB at Sao Pama tbat naar leaOag AiaatlcaB dtlea eonid iit.pnnl .0L-. wa wars tetanata la having a alee dear Ur tath np and down the trip, bi^ tag able te aafor 'tlM beantlfol motmtala ecea* «r. - -■ Oavsatsen years' ago flantoo. BraxH, waa tna meet ydlew ferer atrfeken district the world bee ever known. Of Hie Irandreds of dilpd In tbe' harbor at tbia time, a crew of only eight ssnon coold be Obtained to man the one vessd Whldi was aDowed to leave the port, tbe test being an fever stricken. Aetoes the river froBI. when our boat was la dock coold be seew the rains of the old dotentfon hospltsl. located on the top of e bm, amidst palms, hsnins treee and other tropical vegetation. The masts snd bolls of these abandoned vesaela cea now be eu u u t ed by whldi waa three moner worth P1.W wooderfollr fine. We embarked on The Tcrdl, March 11, at Uontevideo, for the U. 8. A., giving one per- formance at. Santoe, Brazil, la - tbe boll ring. Portuguese Is spoken entlreir in Brazil. ISils Is the greatest coffee port la the world, we taking on IS.OOO baga of coffee, cocoa beana end libber tor Hew Tork. We made stops at nh' .aaUa. eleo Beibedoee, one et the West taOa ilkoia, belangliig ta Xaglaad. We laad- e d- la." Haw.. Tatk .«ar haaiag. had idaeaant veyagM beta ^waaa,;.' Wa/'kad-na 'gflat koach of ladtaaa emiwtaa te Baoth Amrlea. While sbowlag Uontevideo^ , The Ttetltagen were Invited to give their etUblllOBe of hoom- smng throwing, Aootlng and r^ng at a prl- ^te paik ewaed by Umgnar*a moat phlUn- lUMgfa cHImb; flaaav Boeaael Bins, wkaaa wife la an nmlid.' Among the perfr waa tbe Pree- Ideot of Dmgnar, acversi. memben of his cab- inet, also Kngllsh and Amerlcin cotuals. Mr. Bdward Arlington met ns at the docks la -Mew Tflrt, and ha d eee ty arraagemeat made 'fee oor speedy departara fOe St. Xovta, wkatv ..we Joiaed tba IM Banth WBd W< " Mrs. Joe Harris, of the Forepanch- Bells Broe.' Show. wbOe fidlaa la tba lacaa at tbe dose of the aMpaSM pariniaMa at Cbar- lerot. Pa., May Ml fkSB Mr Bans aad was sllgbtir bralsad. Cheyome Charley, triisk and taaat toper, win Jala St Show, opening Hm tt FloBnera In Cdamhae, O., Wild Uay as. The center and quarter polee of the or L yellow. W. J. Daplyn, EngUah conjurer, who Scrforms In the coocert nfogrsm of Sun Broe.* bow, lias secured tbe aavertlslng banner prlv* Uege. When the Forepaugh-SeUs Brother* exblbit at BtcnbaariUe, 0., Uay'13. It wUl be the lint i l)wa g .piiHwpiiiainji there la two yaan.;. Capt. nkiau' liAoy. veteran airtmal tnlaer, ia'te of Oole and Begen' Show, baa signed with the Andrew Downle Shows. Tha press agents might .'Well have need tbIa Use tbia Bering: "Two perfccBanea* daily Halni^ Snow or Shine.*' Ibjor fohn M. Burke liM.laft lMir ' to gcepera tke way far *ttia alM.'PM* of tba Two Bnv^Skaw. >^ John l^^eet, the veteiaii vrho la nsarlr cightr yean of aga. Is ' m In Atlaiee City, N. J, - • r Wllllaid Fvans, who-'Ml., teat^ • wagon of tbe rorepangh-Sida Skew Sg T O., died frtim bla Injortee. Buckskfa) Ben's Wild West .< tbe eeason pt OOtambaat 0.,.laat wee k.