Show I I 1 i Jil JilE COFFEF + I 1 + WIH J OfL 4 I ALL circuses are alike although i some have attractions gsr at-tractions which j a applies to everyone I every-one But there tho tere I same old I s statuary the 4 s same old clowns c 1 with the cowns same I I old jokes the sCaII same tumbling IaZnegj and the same tpezo performers the same Japanese I Japnese Jugglers and the same tumblers the same lady who i hauled to the top of the I center pole by her teeth the same old I hlnpodrome same old everything Yet f = i every one goes just the same The circus yesterday and last evening was no excep I tion to the general rule The crowd was enormous It began arriving right after i dinner and as soon after supper as possible possi-ble nert stood outside while the side showman show-man hollered about the woman with the long hair the midget the giantess and the human freak with papier machle heels moulded to represent those of a horse a cow or some other sort of creation I Of course the ticket wagon didnt open I until all those who could be induced to drop a dime with the side show done so and then the rush began People scrambled over one another and hustled little children trod on pot corns and wrestled with each other endeavoring to zet first ticket acting just as if their lios or the chances of a seat depended upon it The writer was one of them although al-though he tried to take matters as cool a possible but there was a time or two in thegame when he felt like echoing the sentiment of the farmer who yoked himself him-self with n a I Here we come dn our fool souls head us off S < f ct The menagrie had several animals in I principally elephants which ate ray peanuts pea-nuts pop corn and any old thing tne boys gave them The crowd walked around and raised a dust and then bought lemonade lemon-ade to cut the same from their throats The peanut vender did a land office business though announcements that nothing was permitted to be sold inside during the circus and then when I did open they were so thick one couldnt see half the acts < = < S > < > After looking at the animals the crowd filed In It was a big one too and every scat was tilled and many stood In the track until the chariot races drove them ly the center The young mother with her first baby was strictly In evidence The baby was especially so Why It Is that a frt baby will always embarrass tts mother by yelling for nourishment at Circus is something to be wondered at but they do < < s > The small boy came In under the tent A f > h J D j I quite numerously and was assisted in his erf me of the larceny of a seat by everyman I every-man and woman who noticed him Peo I pie take delight in beating a circus Men I and women who would hesitate to take a I I pin which did not belong to them will assist In beating a circus management out I of 5 cents every time they get a chance I 0 0 I In the halcyon days of long ago when i Dan Rice was on the turf with his great I aggregation a small boy who has since grown up and obtained a position on this j paper was harassed by the fact that the I circus was in town and he did not have I the prIce Old iron was a drug on the I I market and paper rags couldnt be sold I until the pedler I who bought them came heh fhn around after them and it was a week I i I afterwards when he put in an appearance I j But a convenient hole in the tent proved j i a relief and afforded delight to the i I juvenile mart inside a wicked attache noted the bright eye of the lad and knew there was a face behind it He sneaked up and hit the tent where the face was a cruel blow with his fist jolting the youngster from his perch and causing a torrent of blood to flow from his Infantile proboscis Did the boy moan and weep and go swav Yes and no He wept a little moaned a little but didnt go away On the contrary he got a cobble stone about the size of a boys face and held i up to the same place The employee saw it and thought the juvenile had returned re-turned and prepared to fix him plerity He gathered himself md smote that rock a mighty swipe with his closed fist Then for a few minutes the people were edified by seeing a showman dance around the ring and swear rollfically while outside a small lad rolled his bleeding face in the grass In glee That WiS merely an inc dent of the old days when a circus was a great deal better than now when the clown got off an original joke once in awhile I a-while one with a point to it when ever ev-er > thing looked different than It does today Ida I-da Maybe the small boy of this age sees thins just as we aid when we were I I young and that accounts ror his delight in going to the circus I k The county side of the < joint building has I challenged the city to play a game of baseball for the benefit of the Orphans I I home The challenge has been accepted I I and the game will be played at some time I I I in the near future See small bills for I I details Martin Mulvey Is going to play 1 I I third base for the city side and will have I I I a keg of beer at his bag which will be Ian I I Ian I-an inducement to base runners None falling to make third can have their thirst Quenched Lloyd will coach at I I third base and urge all to steal bases In I order to get there and empty the keg i I Judge McKay is billed for short stop and Auditor Swan will pitch Jack May will I catch It Is understood the county commissioners com-missioners will play the outfield for the county side with L E Hall at center I will be a great game 4 The challenge of The Heralds baseball team has been accepted People may now prepare to hold their breaths in wonder When the sporting editor came back from the circus last evening he found the following fol-lowing on his table To the Captain Herald B B C Sir In this mornings Herald I notice f challenge to the Salt Lake Litho As the Salt Lake I Ltho Is no more I infer that you were j alluding to the Utah Litho Although we i realize the herculean task before usthat of meeting such an aggregation of physical physi-cal wonders on the diamond weT can hardly permit such a loud deli to pass unnoticed and will say that your chal hence is accepted and we will play you Monday Iay 31 at 230 p m at Fourth South and Twelfth East for money irrblcs or chalk and will try to bring you down once more to terra firma Yours truly J P BELL Captain Utah Litho B B C Although this Is not the can of fruit i The Herald was looking for one is as good as another and The Herald will be esed to take the lid off at an early date stipulating that In this game each I side will uayfor its own ambulance and medical attendants Details of the gamed game-d be arranged with Captain Frank I Bun of this office at any time the j haughty chieftan of the Utah Lltno club l deigns to arrange for and he can rest his I soul In peace us to the result Another scalp will dangle at the wampum belt of The Herald warriors when the sun goes I down on the day of the contest The engagements of The Herald braves I are such that they cannot play on Monday Mon-day but Captains B 1r and Btinu can no I doubt agree on a date suitable to both teams I |