The billboard (Dec 1917)

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164 Evolution of the Circus (Continued from page 18) motion sbe ripped open the side of the Dear, exposing vitals and ensuring death. A sudden ample of ll e cus spectacie, “The Congress of Monarchs.” This was an immense--success in New York, and HAH hy pigsl: af if a flee rf I | 4 Hy! i in rf ile e . : | Of te modern circus Arthur Brisbane torlaly writes: “Tho human belng most need of amusement, most greatly benefited ‘ampsements that stimulate. the imagination, 1s| ‘the child, And in our civilization thero Is far| too Ittle done in the line of amusement for ‘children. Whatever etimolates Imagination stimalates mental growth. ‘The cireas ts | deneficial, normal, entrancing stimulant to the| fmagination of children. That is why parents should take thelr children to the circus. The| ad The Trip to The Billboard ee SHOWS WILL OPEN APRIL 15TH, AT SCRANTON, PA. T will furnish FREE Winter Quarters all that-ship now. = S. SOLOMON, SOL’S UNITED SHOWS NOW BOOKING: SHOWS, RIDING DEVICES and CONCESSIONS FOR SEASON OF 1918 --Address-‘ P.-0. Box 273, Scranton, Pa. GEO. ROGERS Midget Samson _ MARGARET “Our Baby” MRS. WITH NEIL H. AUSTIN'S LITTLE 4-IN-1 (A Show With “Some System”) A Xmas_and a Bappy New Pear to All WINTER HOME JACKSONVILLE, FLA.. a GEO. ROGERS Tiny Mother CLOSED OUR MOST SUCCESSFUL SEASON H. F. MAYMES ORIGINATOR OF Mars, Over the Falls and Witching Waves Mechanical Shows With Johnny J. Jones’ Exposition past three seasons. -1918 Show now in process of construction. Per: address, GAINES, PA. “THE SEASON’S GREETINGS” TO OUR MANY PATRONS THE FLORIDA ALLIGATOR FARM, Jacksonville, Fla. Young Alligator Joe’s Place DECEMBER 22, 1917 ‘the childres, and to enjoy above all | children’s intense delight.”* ‘To “Uncle AI" Ringling ls due the gratitude of America’s childhood. It waa his creative mind that glimpsed the value.of clean, instract. the on until only 2 few large-sized ‘ones rolled out ‘Mt the end of the chute, None of these peas Tere deliberatelyselected. ‘They Just sort of selected themselves, and that's the way of the Outdoor show business, — ‘We are’ poured in at the top, when we embark for ourselves, a chaotic green mass, spd we gradually sort ourselves as we: come oppo: site the mesh which scems to At our capabilities, in we pop sod there we stay until “canning” day comes. We are not selected. The dear Public handles the chute and plays no favorites. ‘We just sort of select ourselves, and if we wind up im what we think is the wrong bia we ‘may curse our miserable lost opportuaity, Dut | tere we are and we aré geaerally there because |we were so small in some dimension that we | geet could wot neip ‘slipping thru, ad, brother ‘Sbowmen, Dear this in mind as you travel {down the chute of experience, near.the beginning the ‘crowd may be so great that there eeems so uch competition among the little fellows that them may roll past his proper. destiny among the big ones, but before the a one tand land end there the little few the 4 Hf Freya ris FOR SALE. 2 STANDARD GAUGE —* TARR oe fg gat iy ci [ee es oe tar beie