The billboard (June 1918)

The Billboard JUNE 29, »18 SHOW FOLK HoBirttul in Gary- The lumen of many am one the workers who performed similar heroic deeds may never be complied. But ev. erybody with sufficient strength to as- sist others did everything possible to dying in the task—Conning a. lasting tribute to the "happy family" aspect at the ruined circus. erty loss with any degree or accuracy, because, in addition to the regular losses sustained by the business ag- gregation, the penonal property loss of the performers amounts to a con- siderable amount. Hardly an occupant of the ill-fated sleepers escaped with personal prop- erty, clothing and money being sacri- ficed to the holocaust with the cus- tomary Impartiality of great disasters. Most of the injured honsed at the hos- pitals escaped sans clothing, sans money and all tbex material things One of the first ti wrroundlng points As soon as the enormity of the dis- inter Wl realised Chicago ahowfollta ist aboi.'. arranging.a. benefit for the ■ollef of the victims* distress. Fred^ Lad Milt* Barnes of.F. M. Barnes, Grant Park, on Chicago's Lake Front. decided to continue the tour, deeplte the fast that his aggregation was triply 'handicapped—by the loss of life, by tered nerves of the surviving perform- ers. The show was scheduled to ap- pear at Monroe, Wis- Monday, follow- ing Hammond. This town was passed up, but the troupers got together, took stock In what equipment remained, bravely went on to Belalt, where they open Tuesday morning with the usual parade In the forenoon, and a perform- ance In the afternoon and evening. Many of the most "prominent show e he Is In need ent." Sam Mc- a affiliated with Luna Park. Coney Tslanfl, offering the entire Richards Clrcns to the strl Hagenbecfc - Wallace Shows. I that this trouble ha* brought n,,,, SWEETIE DOLLS UU J ADMIRATION DOLLS swat, THE ' ■PROGRESSIVE" H. C. EVANS & CO., ISH W. U.*> ft. CHICAGO. ILL LEVIN BROS., TEBRE HAUTE. IRDIUA NEWMAN MFG. CO., REPRESENTATIVES U.S. TENT II AWNING CO., HI Korth Ihqklui ft. CHICAGO, ILL KINDEL & GRAHAM, HI HU> St. SBN FHAHCIWO. CM. SHRYOCK-TODD CO., ■U H. Elfhtt ft. n. LOUIt MltUOM J. HALPERN CO., PROGRESSIVE TOY CO., THE SOLDIERS' GREATEST PASTIME AND AMUSEMENT THE L D. ESTC CO. 1534 Sansom Street, Philadelohfa. Pa. HUO MANUFACTURERS AND DISTRIBUTORS Of KOBE gnu. GAME. BALLOON HEADQUARTERS d blue, best ■ ■ market. per 5ro... Uncle Sam and Flag Balloons, two colors, $4.25 per Grass. Watermelon Balloons, with valve. Round P °r>epo"t Required on C. O. D Shipments. Send lor Catalog, listing novelties, jei etry and ConcesBion if—— Big Tri-Cities Elec. Park SHEFFIELD, ALA. Will open on July 1st. Big celebration on 3d, 4th 'and 5th. Others to follow. Best spot in South. Open for shows, concessions and riding devices. Good every day until January 1st. Wire or write for acceptance. I. E. VAUDRY. WHIP OWNERS, WE WILL FURNISH WAGONS, FLATS, AND BOOK OR BUY Also want Concessions of all kinds. CAN PLACE Cabaret Dancers that can stand prosperity; also Bartenders. Talkers and Lady Floor Manager. Eddie Weiss"and Peggy, wire. Address WORLD'S FAIR SHOWS, Maquokats. le this week. C. O. 0OD3OIM. LOOK!—Big 4th of July Celebration the hundred were bought for those wbo were left without rearing appareL Medical attention w»j given to all. It -nide no difference whether they were White or black, whether workmen or artists, all were treated according , to • y, June 24. Mr, falter D. Hlldre i affect Joseph 'Joyle. sir. C.vle l-«t Is wife and two children, i* s aon, Joseph, Jr., was plm. I betwet.: leavy timbers and wae bu^-Wl rtgr*. before his very eyes. The daze of thi i crush- ing blow seemed to-stun the f&thar. For hours he stood around and sutterfd the torments of one whose all had been lost. Be would murmur:- "Oh. God. I. can't be." But it was. When asked of his own aches he said':' "I have but one and that la of the heart." So the Bad story Is told in heartaches and not la physical pain For if ever mortal man triumphed over pain it was that army aven ad- their own hurts by relieving the or those less able to care for other they were. It Is Just such trli of manhood and womanhood that early arrivals BMnrdnr. p ItaKr be t.lwtanM U» arm liMs man oat from thtUrlori Edwsrd P. Ncamann, A J. I , Q«rs 5 <MktaHi<-ttimrd 7 iDBgcntlul iDiHtldBnlii In CMmie'i Len'l' bfmrrt tho SM pern: Among- .W -a™ ll.rrj t 1M.1'..-. - ,_ - . • B,nn, nm ..™ of HW Bnil on Ilk- li AlUrl. IllrlSO of U>. NtWA. w.. si