The New York Clipper (May 1912)

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This addi- tional space Is made necessary by the fact bat the New Drexel Theatre, at 8Ixty-thlrd nnd Drexel, will be ready to open June 10. The new house will have a seating capacity of 900. The New Langley Theatre, another Hamburger holding, will be open In the Fall. Groond lias been oroken. It will be at Slxty- tblrd and Langley, and will have 1,200 seat- ing capacity. rtivERfiKw .Exposition this season has again demonstrated ' Its supremacy in toe r.rnusemenf. park world by the Installation of up-to-date shows, spectacles, rides and amuj- log devices possessing the merit of new fea- tures and novel construction. Its new board of control recognlie the fact that In order to retain the Interest of pleasure seekers novel- ties must be provided. LiCBETTE Allen bas Joined the Therlow- Bergen Stock Company, which has Just com- pleted an engagement of twenty-seven weeks at Minneapolis. A. C. Loveland Is organizing a Summer stock company for Marlon, Ind. The first offering will be "The Third Degree," May 26. Gebson axd Beadjtbld are organizing a "Bachelor's Honeymoon" company, to open Aug. 1. Joseph Sullivaw, for many jeara leading man at the old Bush Temple stock, has joined the new American Film Stock Company as producer. „ . . Chables B. Hopkins, of the Hodklns Lyric Circnlt, was In St. Louie a day or two last week In conference with Leopold Pam, Southwestern representative of the circuit. K. H Davis has been In the city several days organizing a Summer stock company to open in Moberly, Mo., Saturday night. "Thii Missouat Gibl," condensed Into thirty-three minutes for vaudeville, had Us Bret sowing at the Cadillac in Detroit. Fred Raymond played the leading comedy role. HEW YORK CITY. (Continued from page 1.) City (Ben Leo, mgr.—Audiences were kept busy applauding the excellent turns present- ed May 16-78 throughout the entire program and the pictures also. Cole, Russell and Davis had a catchy little sketch on the old subject, the Bogus Counts. Frankle -Russell gets a letter announcing the two counts*. While rehearsing "My Klllamey Rose" she drops the letter, which Is found by two tramps, who Impersonate the French counts with some good comedy effects. When they are "discovered," all three work In a comedy opera finish. They did very well with the act The La Rose Brothers, as the Chinese laundryman and the chalk-faced hunter go through some- comedy bits, preparing for their trick house manoeuvres, which they Introduce with telling effect. Fox and. Lawrence open as a dandy and a Scotch girl, with a song and a lively dance. The girl plays the Scotch pipes and slogs "I Like Music With My Meals," as a Scotch, rag, also developing the same rolling line of talk la a little monologue. In a Scotch dance both do good work, and then return for a dance encore. Racey Tiffany and company has a sketch wherein a well known music hall favorite, having been apparently tricked Into a mock marriage by a young man, whose uncle would disinherit him If his marriage became known, tries to hide away as a cook for a family, who turn out to be her husband's sister and brother-in-law. She brings her ciussy ward- robe In a taxi and Anally meets her husband, word Is received of the uncle's death, and the objection to their marriage being thus re- moved, they are reconciled. The characters were all well played, the lady being especially charming as the classy cook. Polly Moras, in her characteristic move- ments and Impromptu delivery, made a tre- mendous hit and had everybody laughing. lather Did the Same Thing" was a llveFy opener. "Please Don't Send My Loving Man Aw , ay '~ " The World's a Merry-Go-Uound" and "The Dublin Rag" were her other offer- ings, and with each of them she created a r.ot, causing her to remove her hat, her switch, her wig, and to nearly pull out her own hair In response. Her Irish walk was a atream. .i JoB " 1". Doyle and company showed ting One Over" successfully. (See Reeves and Werner were another fred Werner opened with "Molly." itecves appearing, they went through a dra matlc rehearsal, with many funny lines. Mr. Reeves saeg "They Alwaya Pick on Me" In fwect vole. Then came their medley, and in It they shone jointly. Three times they una to resume vocalizing, and before they finished they had given ''I'll Be With You, Honey, In Honeysuckle Time," "Mammy's hhumin' Dance," "Everybody's Doing It," Im Going Back to DIxle,' r "Take a Tip from Father." "I Want a Girl," "Don't Leave Mo Now" and "My Pal from 'Frisco Town," with all the necessary business. They could have atayed all night, apparently. The Tour Butterflies had a nice dancing act. They are four small English girls, full of life and energy. Their opening song was ijulekly followed by a quartette dance in pink. Two of them did a neat tambourlie dance; the other two a clever sunshade toe oancc. The four, In Colonial costumes, danced •nd formed a aeries of living pictures which were well liked. Their finish was a skipping rope dance of quick delivery. The pictures Included: "After the Reward," £ S?** D W comic; "The Spider Web," an effective VltagTaph drama; "The Convict's £s[°lc,' a satisfactory Edison episode, and /The Trail Through the Hills," a Kalem Western. facial prettlness. for even when an auditor rose from.'his seat and made an attempt to kiss her she never blinked an eyelash. It is an entertaining act In its way, and the young woman was applauded heartily as she ran off stage at the flnlsh of the act. . "Till the Sands of the Desert Grow- Cold" was the Illustrated song number of the new program, and the beautiful pictures, com- bined with verses which proclaim love and enduring loyalty, aroused enthusiasm which was genuine. The new song Is a veritable love classic, and was rendered admirably by a male vocalist. The Mllano Duo followed In operatic arias, which scored strongly, as the voices of both vocalists blend harmoniously, and were of ex- cellent calibre. Inglls and Redding, In dialogue which was snappy, and songs which were fairly ren- dered, got by nicely, being favored by the first opportunity offered, as the schedule was ar- ranged, to create laughter. The "crazy stuff" IO0S6 BUFFALO WILD WSBT A8D tt£%£3«r COL. CUIMMS' FAR EAST NOTES. nt 81 STKBBINS. Well, we are still going, and making a most enviable reputation In all the cities we have so far visited. Battle Creek, Mich., turned out good la spite of n heavy rain that camo up Just be- of 'tYe~*youngman*seemed'toVlease^and"they Xore the eTenln 8 performance. /llnsnj *A a >*••.>__ d_>— k. " T* n 1.r.n« tf lal> Tt'n l>*J 1 closed to a strong flnlsh. Then came the Vlssochl Bros., In accordion P'sjlng of an expert order. But It was the whistling of the younger brother which pulled the act through to quite a little success. The sketch position of the program was filled entertainingly and capably by Eleanor Otis and company, In "De Verc of the Chorus." The scene Is laid In the dressing room of a theatre, and Involves the kindness and sympathy of a rather recklessly In- clined actress towards a struggling young actress who Is told by the stage manager that her engagement Is canceled. The older woman feigns drunkenness In order to give the girl an opportunity to -o on in her po- sition, and this brings the sketch to a finish, with a nice bit of sentiment and self-sacri- fice. Both Miss Otis and the girl were capital In their roles, and the latter rendered a little ballad charmingly. The Four English Belles closed the show In songs and dancing numbers, which got by very pleasantly. They are a quartette of nice appearing girls, and they all strlved sincerely to merit the applause which <nme to them unstintedly. The costumes worn during several changes for the song numbers were so pretty In color and design as to cause much favorable comment. Jackson, Mich.—We had a bad lot but good business, and I can truthfully aay that Guslncss has been excellent In all our stands up to the present writing (Canton, O.). to another of this 'great- est show on earth,' la everywhere present. "Two of the daughters sing and do aomo very graceful dancing, assisting in other ways to make this circus a success." HOWE'S GREAT LONDON SHOWS. The program of the Howe's Shows: 1. Tournament and Grand Garland Entry. 2. Mruid Earl, swinging ladder; Mile. Kel- log, swinging ladder; Miss Delia, swinging ladder. 3. Japanese Foot Perch, Japanese Shoulder Terch, Japanese Foot Ladder. 4. Performing Elephants, Joe Bell; Per* Detroit, Mich., May 13, 14, gave us ca- forming Elephants, paclty business both afternoons and turn- 5. Clowns' song by principal clown, every' body In chorus. 0. Mrs. Nellie National (Henry Loew, mgr.)—The usual crowded house was In evidence to greet the bill here evening of May IT. The manage- ment claim that despite the fact that most of the parks are running full blast, there la little difference In the box office receipts. Rltter and Foster, a singing, talking and dancing act, opened the show and pleased. Maude Kramer, a character comedienne, was next. Her banjo playing, singing and her Impersonation of an old Southern darkey were very good. Playing the piano and buck dancing at the same time was a feature of this girl's ability to entertain, and she did. Walter Daniels and company, In "It Hap- pened on Monday Morning Before the Re- hearsal," was full of funny stuff that brought plenty of laughter. Mr. Daniels' Impersona- tion of a broken down actor was well ap- plauded. Spcro and Levins, a man and woman, In a catchy singing, talking and dancing skit, pleased the bunch Immensely. Kdgnr Schoolcy and company. In "Jimmy, the Tout," a neat little dramatic sketch, bi Igbtened with good comedy, received a good share of the applause. Next was John Neff. programmed as the "World's Greatest Musician," offered to give a variety of Instrumental selections and sprang some good comedy. John only offered to give said selections, but his talkative in- terruptions on each attempt created much laughter and won him good applause. "Boys in Blue" closed the bill In some pretty drills and scored big. Some of the moving pictures were : "Treas- ure Island" (Edison), "The Dead Man's Claim" (Esaanay). and "Bumptuous Plays Baseball" (Edison). The bill announced for the first half of the week beginning Monday, 20, Included: "A Night on a Rcof Garden.'' Wm. P. Burt and company, Milton and Arnsman, Evans and Vldocq, Marshall Trlbble, the Cartwells, and Morris and Morris. ■ Odeon (Fred Decker, mgr.)—The evening of May 10 found capacity business continu- ing here. As a starter, Morris Mordlk's baboons did everything but talk. They made np a re- markably clever act. Gus Edwards' Ncwspoys" Sextette were some lively bunch of boys, each possessing a good voice. They were favored with ap- plause and took three bows. Geo. Bock sang "Mellow Melody," and put it over in good style. Laura Doris, the gypsy singer, surely looked pretty, and she costumed the act neatly. She possesses a sweet voice, and put her Bongs over In a way that made her a favorite. She took five bows. ... ... Closing the bill was a clever little sketch ► ninii "iwtv Pln»q TriimnH." Evcrv Darl aways at night. Toledo, O., gave us fine business on a bad day and a lot that was under water. Canton, O , May IS, gave us capacity this nfternnrn, and It looks good for big business to-night. Our parade Is the big boost in the morning, and the performance tn tbe afternoon Is the big boost for tbe night business. "Rube" Delroy joined at Jackson, Mich., for his third season with this show, and with his trained steer, "Jerry," and trained burros, he Is making tbe natives yell their heads off. Del- roy is some "rube," let me tell you, and from twenty years' experience doing the "rube" myself, 1 think I am capable of Judging. Al. Hutchinson, the big fellow with the big voice and banjo, joined In Toledo, to work in concert, and is making good. . Ed. McMastcr, baritone player, joined in Lansing for the big band, under George At- terhury, and, by the way, George told me to- day that in a few days he would have a twenty piece band. More power to you, George. You may in- crease the nlze of your band, but it will be hard to Improve tbe quality of the music you hand us from day to day. And speaking about bands Prof. W. L. Home, has colored musicians and lady solo- ists in the side show, arc some oats, too. M. C. CookatOD, our genial general superin- tendent, has been laid up In the car for a number of days, and 1b out for tbe first time to-day. Cheer up, Mr. Cookston, get on your feet quick, we not only miss you but need you. Barney H. Demerest, who has bad tbe Wild West at Hillside Park, Newark, N. J., and was responsible for the Ftalrle Llllles and Nebraska BUI Show last season, Is with us In charge of ring stock. His high jumping horse,-Maj. McKlnicy, Is being ridden at every performance by Grace Pbelan, as is also the nigh-Jumping pony, "Kugger" (record, 8ft.), ridden by little Crazy Snaie, a seven year-old full blooded Sioux Indian. Tbe Jumping of both animals under saddle Is one of the big features of our programme. Another big feature of our big show la Clarence Woodward, our announcer, with a clear voice, which penetrates to every corner of the canvas; he announces each act as It appears. Clarence's enunciation Is so clear Lownnde, principal bare- back; Marie Meer, principal act. 7. Single wire, Miss Mlllettc; Cahlll Troupe, on Invisible wire; Japanese Lady, single wire. S. Grand leaping contest by the whole com- pany. 9. Double trapeze, Mlllettc Troupe; slnglo trapeze, Maud Earl; single trapeze, Miss Kellog. 10. Comedy Clowns' Band (Sousa, Mr. Lancer). 11. Five high school menage horses, ridden by Miss Lowande and Miss Delia. Miss Earl, !hlarle Meer and R. II. Docklll. 12. Tli« Cahlll Troupe, Iron jaw act. 13. Somersault act, Cecil Lowande; all clowns: somersault act, W. II, Melrose. 14. Dancing Barrel. Jap. IS Comic prize light, all clowns, beaded by Mr. Lunger. 16. Mlllette Senior, head balancing, trapexe; Mlllettc Junior, bead balancing, trapeze. 17. Pot Pourrl, by all clowns. 18. Single Jockey act, Cecil Lowande: double jockey combination act, Miss Meer and W. H. Melrose. 10. Japanese juggling, Japs; contortion act. Japanese mnglc. 20. Great Fourth of July Illumination, by all the clowns. 21. Bicycle and trick riding, by tbe La Dare Warner Troupe. 22. The laugh-splitting crazy number of alt the clowns, with their comedy mules, "Maud," "Peanuts,' "Pete" and "Barney." LICENSES BEQUIBED IN WISCONSIN. Licenses arc required of circuses, traveling shows, carnivals, traveling vaudeville com- panies exhibiting in tents, all side shows, merry-go-rounds, ocean waves and Ferris wheels. A number of showmen arc not aware of this law, and arc sometimes advised of tbe Wisconsin law at the eleventh hour by State or local officials. In order to prepare themselves In advance, showmen and others should write to tho at Madl- TWO BILM' fflfflv "«7 Providence, R. I,, May 13, gave the "Two. Bills" capacity audiences, the nlgbt house coming very close to n turnawny. Weather, cold and showery all day. The exhibition Sundaycd here, and not- withstanding Inclement weather. It Is esti- mated fully 30,000 persons Journeyed out to the lot to see the Wild West and Far East >n tamp. Jake Newman, the irrepressible general ageqt of Barnum & Bailey, took In the. after- noon performance In Providence. Peter Mc- Nally, "tne man from Boston," was a wel- come visitor. Mr. McNally was formerly in the press department of Buffalo Bill and Pawnee BUI, and la deservedly popular with everyone connected with the show. Norwich May 14, weather fair, business great. Norwich is the home of the Brothers Byrne, of "Klgbt Bells" fame; also W. i\ Thompson, one of tbe ablest press writes engaged In the circus world. Mr. Thompson entered the field of Journalism of The Bulle- tin, one of the most up-to-dnto dallies pub- - lslhed In the Nutmeg State. May 15 was devoted to Wllllmantlc. Steady downpour of rain all day. Splendid matinee and fair nlgbt house. The big thread factories and machine shops also the grammcr, high and parochial si-hnili closed for the day In honor of the visit t>t the "Two Bills." Mlddlctown, May in.—Rain and more rain. Perfect deluge all day. Oood afternoon crowd. Night performance abandoned owing to bad condition of the lot. Last wagon on the run at 5 a. u. ' Merl- den.—'Flno lot and weather fair. Business big. Many of the large factories and all schools closed at noon. Banbury, May 18.—Finest weather of the season. Short haul and fine lot. Excursion crowds unusually heavy, Big afternoon au- dience, near capacity at night. Tho exhibition Is Sundaying In Albany May 10. Warm, clear day. Lot < with sightseers. crowded State treasury agent, D. H. Davlcs, - 2fc w J 8, j an 1 !? cur ? a fiP ll ? atl0 . n blank * a,l A ■ and distinct that if the audience knew of it ether data relating to the law in advance of he wanteu an J otherwise was talented a. ~.M -A.L _ _*.— a I . * * 1 — * . . -_ l& SIiaCh nA#wfwfc *v •> A lvlflrty^l flirt r I*lfcl A AffAn Sftfl II _ ... _ ' * entitled "Betty Plays Trumps." Every part was well played, and the female character deserves special mention. It was a very la- tere^ Ing skit and pleased Immensely. _ The following bill Is.announced beginning f late, for "James" Is one of before the starting of tbe performance. It would hurt the sale of the programs. Moore and Brown arc making good In the concert, and Miss Brown Is a very petite fig- ure In parade. Jordan ->nd Jordan are another team that are going strong In the concert, closing the concert with tbclr eccentric dancing, ana they are some "snucks," too, when It comes to dancing. Mark Herzfield has charge of the programs, and always smiling; that Is, most always. Hope you collect a hundred In Alliance, Mark. Mr. Hcrzlleld Is ably assisted In distributing Srorrams to the public by Frank O'Brien and nek Callahan. I must not forget Geo. Applehans, superin- tendent of tickets. Is always good natured and a good word for everybody. Col. Brimmer, superintendent of privileges, says tell them I'm doing as well as could be expected, considering the weather we hare been up against. Fact is, the weather has been better for hot coffee than for Juice, etc. Chas. Bolus, veteran boss canvasman, and probably the oldest one In years of service (fifty-three years), visited Geo. Wombold, our superintendent of canvas, to-day—In fact, wombold says Bolus was on the lot when he (Wombold) arrived to lay out the lot Mr. Bolus is seventy-one years old, and settled down In comfort here, In Canton.' He says when the white tops come to town "be Just can't keep away." Geo. Wells, the "Smlleless Man," with Rlngling Bros.' side show last season, also living In Canton, was a visitor to-day, and re- newed old acquaintances. Messrs. Golden, Doerlng and their ballyhoo bear, "James," are making good with the up- town wagon, "Naoma." They have their troubles with "James," though, if his break- their coming to Wisconsin. This step will facilitate their movements in Wisconsin and give them adequate protection at all times. MAKING A CIRCUS MAN. The Son Francisco Call puolished the fol- lowing account of Mr. Tammen: "Running a circus to keep out of society Is the vocation of Harry II, Tammen, of Denver, who Is a guest this week at the St. Francis Hotel. At least Tammen, who H one of the owners of The Denver Pout and Kamai City Poet, assigns that as the reason Why ho and his partner, Fred Bontlls, are now the proprietors not only of two big news- papers, but also of one of the greatest amuse- ment enterprises In the country, tbe Hcll.:- Floto Circus. "While this Is the unique explanation glv< n' by Tammen for remaining In the show bud- ucss, his statement of how lie canjo to em- bark In It originally Is equally Unusual. lb was all because a press agent called upon him In the office of The Denver Pott ami ?resented him with a dog that could do ricks. "Tho Gentry Show was coming, to Den- ver," Tammen explained yesterday, "and the press agent ahead of the show wanted to get some reading notices In our paper. He heni'd that I loved animals, so when ho called on me he brought along a fuzzy little dog. named Rags. Well, Rags could stand on Ills head, roll over, sit up And 'speak' for what ' The KICE BROS.' SHOW CLOSES. >Mcssrs. Shannon & Burloch, the lessees of Rice Bros.' Circus, after a season of about three weeks, closed on account of lack of business. The show had excellent business the opening date, but rain for about two weeks was more' than they could weather. There la a report that they may take tho show out again later In the season. ■ ■ Roster of La Mont Brothers' Circus. C. B. La Mont, proprietor and manager; II, C. La Mont, treasurer; Floyd Trover, agent; Will'Randolph, local contractor, with lour billposters; Claud Ralney, press repre- sentative; George Day, charge of privileges. The big show consists of the following acts: Aerial Youngs, the Aerial Bakers, C. D. Randolph's trained ponies, dogs and monkeys ; Harry West, light and heavy balancing; Steve Kcans, contortionist: Young and Baker, flying rings; Andy Nolan and his trained mule, Otnes Eddlnga and bis trained e'ephnnt, Abando und Otto Cuappln, prin- cipal clown, with five assistants. Elmer Porterlleld Is In charge of the side show, which Includes; Dluvola, fire king; Porter- Held, magician: Madame Defercst, snake charmer; Madame Velvatlna, fortune teller, and Madell Modiste, sword walker. Prof. C. C. Harmon and his band of fifteen pieces furnish the music. "Whlty" Smith has charge of the stock, with eight nasi slants. C. J. Bacon has charge of the cook house, with five assistants. Jess Rainy Is steward. 'Put- New hit. Mr. and company, George Back, and others. s ■ Broadway (Wm. Wood, mgr.)—On Mon- dnv evening, May 13, a company of the Aborn English Grand Opera Co. presented Engelbert Ilumperdlnck's delightful fairy cpera, JTanscl nnd Qretel, with the following cast and alternates: ._, J Morton Adklns Peter } j A mes StevenB ( EHInc De Sellem Gertrude [ Mar i P j„ Bigger? _ , ( Edith Bradford Hansel \ Marietta Bagby _ . , J Ada Meade Gretcl i Doris Goodwin _._.„. ( Ethel Du Fro Houston The Witch ( Clifton Webb Sandman -Anna Hull Dewman ....Hilda Allen It la about seventeen years Blncc "Hansel nnd Gretcl" was first sung In New York In Eng- lish, but In spite of the fact that the opera was well rendered and well produced, the public failed to respond and the company closed Saturday night, 18. "Mama's Baby Boy" follows 25. ■ I Dfaxlne Elliott (Geo. J. Appleton, mgr.) —The Marriaac-Xot, a comedy In three acts, by Joseph Noel. Produced by Cecil De MIUo on Monday. May 13, with this cast: David Phillips Robert Drouct Margaret Phillips :... .0*a Wajdrop Felli Morton. .■ EL^HSSK Robert Cardon Albert Howson Stella of the Rlalto 8ybllla Pope Nita Trent &S*%5 Pc „ r £ Mr. Jacobs :;- J(> ? n f^ST 5 " Schmidt. Alexsndcr Leftwlch — . Jenny. • Charlotte Carter -klZZ$ U l?"*TJ (C1,M - . Fergn 5° n t. m ^ °^hc d pVaywaVafai^ J """iM i May 16, was rainy andchllly In — '"gjHliJr, May 18. The house opened 20, the streets, but In 'spite of this the house was packed, and the big audience had the satisfaction of witnessing one of the best shows presented here this year. Announced as "Kendall's Auto Girl," the show started with the bringing on of a small young woman by a suave gentleman (proba- bly Mr. Kendall), who requested the audience not_ to get familiar with the young woman as he carried h orchestra. • Tbe rith motion' pictures of the Cnrnegle Alaska- Siberian Expedition. MRS. FISKE SAILS. Mrs. Flake sailed by the Lapland Saturday, May 18, for a vacation of three months In milnr v h the young woman Europe While, abroadI Mrs Flake win com her through the aisles of the ^,I"?/^ w " d tl ™ 0 f ™ D n er, which wllf be bears, monkeys, a troupe of very .clever dogs, F C aT°h» g ^S&tfX lXc$ &$!&."" r^^Mr. Heber Sr., who Is thlWo^versaTe ui^te^^^^pi^.nn T a^ii^ ,m sia.TiJiLAL7ceLORa at the auto pfoto'Chkomstudio,isw. «tt ST., n.t.g. the- most Intellectual bears you've ever seen. Golden says he (the bear) can already tell the difference between a Canadian quarter and a twenty-cent piece. Prince Yellow Boy, sword swallowcr. Is tbe latest addition to tbe side show, and be Is doing the most wonderful act of the kind I have ever seen, and I have seen them all. Manager Salvail may well be proud of this latest acquisition. Harry Dunlap, lust season with Sells-Kioto, Is one of Mr. Plcrson's able lieutenants at tbe privilege car. Frank Corbln, cow puncher, got a little tbe worst of It In Tiffin while working In tbe tucking horse art, and therefore Is resting for a few days. I want one of those photos, Frank. I mean the one of tbe "cowgirl and the cripple." George Slocomb la In his third season with this show, bundling Indian goods. Leo McDanlels, who works for Mr. Brim- mer (main stand), would like to hear from his hrother, Harry Le Mack. The Waltes. Australian buliwhlp experts, arc an excellent number In the Far East con- tingent. HEBER BROS/ GREATER SHOW. This show opened at Columbus, O., May 2 and 3, to good business, afternoons and nights. Many visitors from other circuses attended each performance. Every performer and musician was on hand when the whistle blew, there not being a single disappointment. The five new ad- vance wagons started three weeks ahead of the opening date. In speaking of the opening, The Colambui Dispatch says: "There arc many Hcbcrs operating this circus. One no sooner becomes used to seeing a Heber shake the tambourine than you behold him a farmer clad In Jeans; no sooner has one exhibited a troupe of trained dogs than you next behold blm clad In tights and swinging on the rings; it Is like a fascinat- ing game, and one thinks of a paraphrase which goes, 'Hcbcrs. Hcbers everywhere, and not a one that shirks.'. The circus has one ring, and there arc clowns who disport merrily in the manner of years ago; there Is slapstick comedy, slack do Clown Alley Tulk, There are only sixteen clowns with Rob- bins' Show, but they are here, there and everywhere, and not one student In tho bunch. A more sociable and congenial lot of clowns can't be found, and all their stuff Is up-to-date. The spectators seem to realize that they arc getting the real dope. Every one Is a member of the Clowns' Club, and our last Sunday's outing was Bomewbat marred by tho rainy weather. Wo were com- ?oiled to seek shelter and confine ourselves o refreshments nnd to electing the follow- ing officers: President, left open; vice presi- dent, Dnn Duciow; treasurer, Horace Laird ; purchasing agent, M. De Orlo; mixologist, Fred L. Gay; manager sleeping arrange- ments, Jim Clncsde: steward, James Du Vnl ; superlntendnct of transportation, Jack Mar- tin; James Room, chef; Leu Loumls, secre- tary ; Chna. La Bell, legal adjuster. James Duval has returned from the hospital, nnd Is looking fine and feels murb Improved. The show is doing a big business and everyone Is well and contented. i » New Animals In New York Zoo. Among the new arrivals at the New York Zoological Park, which were shown May 20, was a young Siberian tiger and tigress, two hundred garter snakes, six dam-bulldlng beavers and many other animals. press agent gave him to me, and for the neit week our paper had little else In It aavq news matter about the Gentry Bhow. "It got to bo quite a joke on me for having fallen for the wiles of this press agent as I , did, and one day a politician remarked ban- terlngly that I should have been a circus man. That put an Idea Into my head, and I walked into Bonflls' office and told him, half jokingly, that wo were about to embark in the circus business. " 'All right,' he sad, 'but where are you going to get your circus?' " 'Well, I lave my dog,* I answered, 'and everybody sags you have millions stowed away in youTCtrong boxes. That will buy tbe elephants.' "Ilonllls called my bluff, and the next season we were on the road with a circus. Now It's such an enormous affair that wn couldn't let go frf wo wanted to—but wo don't want to. One of tho reasons Is that It keeps me out of society which, probably, is a good thing for society, and not altogether bad for mc. I don't object to a man parading around with a bunch of peacock feathers In his lint If ho wants to, but I don't want to. Proba- bly it's all right for some of thorn, for It keeps them going forward, while If they stepped backward they might fall over a wasntub or rub against a barrel of decayed codfish, "Tammen has bis own phlllaophy about tho circus and practically every other kind of business. In brief, It Is that tho greatest success In any lino may be made by keeping ns many people as possible entertained, and despite his weariness of society be admits that the rule Is applicable there. "Tammen believes that no amount of money con purchase the loyalty of a man to his em- ployment unless his heart and soul are In his work, and It Is upon that policy that the Kells-Floto Circus is run, Tho men connect- ed with tho circus believe In It, and when n non-ucllcvor happens to brtak Into the ranks he Is dropped at the Drat opportunity. Tammen Is about fifty yenr.t old, but looks ten years younger, and resembles Napoleon «s he might have been had bo been born a blonde." James E. Carroix, musical cnmeillnn, writes: "Trouplng !n this pnrt of the coun- try (Washington Territory) without Tub Old Rri.iaiii.h would he n hardship. I hnvo been rending Tin: Cliitkii for twcntv-ilve years, and It grows better every week. I enjoy very much tho Btorles called 'Tales Told In the Privilege Car,' by Floyd King. Trey'are great." 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