Show r CONNECTING tlNI PAST AND PRESENT I i A FITTING adjunct In the conven A lion of f Elka in Suit Lake City Is i vljlt 1 oC Co W K Cody with his tht of the World I Mhl West ami Congress Wild the reason that the Elks a lid Col rot uiul Lt011 are thoroughly I COt lvs exhibition Siiictlvoly products of he I American I born and reared and developed 911 I I Few people know thai the Elks do not I extend to foreign countries being the only order that claims strict Ameriean outbtdc l of honorary membership un 1 The Wild Y eal Is I ° r distinctively t I f t nierliu origin and lias a baMs In d American history1 and has Amerlcan 01 1etI i i the rnugh i riders oe the world coSMQPOJlTAN A l1 r iGATIO The Uiiffftlo Hill Wild West hi j ccr F nlnlv one or the links In the chain which connects the early hlssory of our ottnIy with that of the present and none on own rnl In the latter not years of expansion and worldwide as dy drawn upon and although generally L general-ly npcaknj a prophet falls of appreciation appre-ciation in lUs own country and it seems Uke bringing conlr I to Newcastle to present the cowboy and t Hie 1 ontla buukcr to I tt hun moiv HI tins endorsement en-dorsement rould be given 1 Colonel Cody I than t the L recognition I of the truthful character of hlii exhibition on tIa I old stamping ground or in other WOI Hat I H-at home where the horwnutns mo to Is stick to your saddle boyr And why 7 tteeause the t Utah cowboy Is I one of the constituent I t purls of tin4 outfit out-fit mum to the manor born Including the I hue acquirer of Ito t fharnnlon i bri youi ovdeiwLio I with his eon iroroH I from Vyomlng Nebraska Texas and Montana are all I 1 branded l A No l And In this land of the t lariat Sig Orapesso and hIs ropethrowing aito rlates challenge I the admiration I of the motit expert on our ranee The burking broncho Is I to tho manor born and the U S cavalryman found Ills school In the altnosnherc of III t Vest until today he ranks unoualed r > 4 > a i l J J 1 I > yj l > l o > If J iWa i 1 r S t 1 t I J I 1l 1 l I IF iqi t 4 I Cal Cody on Horse Pvesjntecl by Crxpt ITylTc a Civil War Comrade simllallon benevolent and otherwise i ve have imbibed an Interest In our neighbors and the truly t cosmopolitan character of Buffalo mils Wild West meets u crying need of the times beIng be-Ing a representation In the I concrete of the taartliil I hisloiv of all Int 1onithe Cossacks from the steppes of Russia icpiescntlng t the Russian army the Gorman cut ras1t ls Baden Powell 1 I troopers Mexican vaqueio American ndiaus and cowboys South American guachos and the United Stales Sixth I cavalry and artillery and sailors representing J I senting our land and sea resources as 1 weJl 1 as many peisonngcs from other difte ° ont parts of the world Arabia Uruguay Cuba and lUufeklrg with hordes and accoutrements all of which go to make a picture of real life that to be estimated at Its true value must bee seen In all its vivid 1 local coloring PICTURE OF NATURE There fire mom things in Heaven and Earth Horatio than are dreamt of In your philosophy The force of In military annals as a rider excelling ex-celling even tile thrilling dash and daring of the Russian Cossack The seemingly everlnereaning popularity popu-larity of Buffalo Dills Wild West Is an effective I contradiction I of I3arnums oftquoted afllrmatlon that the people like to be humbugged His saying never was true t and that he did not be lievfi It hmlsclf was sulllclently evidenced evi-denced by the fact that lie never ventured ven-tured to exploit a humbug without nsuoclating with It siiflleient genuine objects of Interest to compensate the public for his trick while he raiefully concealed It Nor do his former a9 sociatcs the great little enlieponeur James A Bailey and V A Cole follow fol-low a strict interpretation of he t expressIon ex-pression I In their present business methods Neither do any of the great managers But the untrue words lived and have done an Infinite deal of mischief mis-chief not only by l encouraging unprincipled unprin-cipled showmen to the perpetration of deceptions 1 but by educating the public to suspect distrust and undervalue I I i I S 1 j t l 1 oil IL j 1I I I J i I S It I I 1i 1 i The Paraous = Old Gilmer Salisbury Coach i tIll above statement of Hamlet is re i aliioil with greater emphasis by one who witnesses the performance of Buffalo 1 Buf-falo Bills exhibit Ion Those who t Jai Ja-i i el but little have no meuns of becoming I becom-ing familiar with I the t vast world of j nruure human animal and physical outside 01 their I own narrov circle except ex-cept by leading and herein lies the I j special advantage of the Buffalo Bill tptertalnmtnt as an educator In the realm of nature by l a realistic exempll Ikatlon and object IPISOII Here in I 1 i on great panorama Is spicad out be fore the observer a picture of nature l not dreamt of in the ordinary Uay nthomea philosophy human nature iiid horpe nature flout the rolling l I even the most genuine and 1 honest endeavors en-deavors for its entertainment A GttEXT PAIR Never since Noah organized his great lloating miiiagerle has there I been any show so absolutely roul In even its minutest details as Codys and Sal burys Wild West CodyM exhaustive personal knowledge of Western min and conditions of life enabled him to pet together a great number of associates asso-ciates who were not simply capable imitators of ploneeis scouts cowboys etc but were actuallythone InterestIng Interest-Ing and to the East at least very novel JiOlsOta I i t Icf Mot of them hud been Indian I lighters I I had lived I I that 2 I I I c Mp i I cd r 1 it iiI i i iIt 11 I i 11 i r j a t t ir r I I d11 I ° 4 I A I t j 1 I I I t J I iiirJ 1 Itt S lf It-t 4 1 IiJI 4e it qj i 1I1 1lLpCSf 3rontFoot jug a Horse 111 Full Gallop ll i ltralrles or tile rill Wct to the Arabian L4Lj li0rt of l 1i far East from C l he step I lit or J5 l l hi Mafikittg fliissij 1 < from Uu > stliytllld IOtfl s WiLl TIO AT HOME 1h c nujt hiBtory of the Vest IB large hnrdy Individually rceponeibh free life of the mountains and plaliiK The Indians J In-dians he eiupigril wore obtained hrough his personal Influence with the war and Indian departments of ho I government and some of them were fsi ii i i < < i 0 I 1 It f Ai 4 I A I Handling a Bofractory Range Horse mOils as hostiles His partner atc Salsbury brought I the t service of the enterprise C ripe experience as a theatrical I theatri-cal manager unusual ability I I In I exec nth l e management and great l skill in i moulding together and utilizing for purposes of popular entertainment I the I miscellaneous and 1 somewhat I incongruous incongru-ous elements brought together AMUSKMIiNT I AND INSTRUCTION J Tic was just as determined as Muf fain 11111 that the genuineness of the exhibition I should be beyond 1 question that t It should be not merely an I amusement amuse-ment but an Instruction In the most vivid I phases of our national history withstanding Hint I earnestness of purpose and the mahlftSl I 1 perfection fIts f-Its I realization it I t was a loiu time I before be-fore the incredulity of tin public fostered fos-tered by remembrance of the Hrldge port ai gem untruth could be entirely vanquished l Even l yet t there are n few persons I as a rule wearers of the smallest I sized 1 hats who doubt the reality of the wickedness of the bron elios and fancy they t must 1 be trained I to behave so viciously Hut year by year people have learned 1 more and more to appreciate t the t Wild West at its real value and to respect It for Its preeminent quality of genuineness And as they have done so the popularity popular-ity of he I entertainment has steadily i Increased This season Ill I vast am phitheatre seating fiOOOO persons has been too small at many places It has visited to accommodate the multitudes I anxious to enjoy it for what I may perhaps per-haps be the last time The plans of the management comprehend another I tour of Europe next year and possibly the I year following Then It I may return re-turn I on a single farewell tour of the United Slates but that hw not been determined on Is Indeed very doubtful doubt-ful MAY BE LAST TIME The men of the Wild West arc no longer young and their J life In this exhibition ex-hibition IK a very hard one Infinitely more so than Is l endured by any showmen show-men And so far as Cody and Sals bury arc concerned It Is no longer necessary nec-essary or even desirable pa it from tjieli I m pride In this enterprise that they should continue C It I Both are rich and have other Interests I of much greater importance financially than lilt Wild Weit Without them It would not be at all likely to continue I Nobody will over be able to lake ttuf ffilo Ullls place for the condlllona of life neccssnry to the development of such a personality have long cencd to exist And the t snme Is true to avery a-very great degree of a II it fit 1101 of oth ems In the present aggregation It Is then tho last great real Wild West the world will ever see and no one should fall I I to enjoy what t may be the last opportunity for beholding It I In I all Its glory Anything in its line following I fol-lowing it I must be an imitation THE LIFE SAVERS A novel departure from the horse lathe la-the Introduction of the I rough riders of the waves United 1 State > life savers Those who live here In the Interior far from the dangerous shores on which vessels are wrecked do not know about the breeches buoy practically aIL a-IL Is I used during great storms The chances for becoming acquainted with one arc mighty fxarce but It Is a good thing I to know about I Operators from the I Atlantic I Coast Guard Lifo Savers on furlough from goverment service Hhow In the arena of Uuffalo Bills Wild West how communication with 1 t a wreck is established l and l the breeches buoy worked It I Is I an cxii I bIt b-it I t of thrilling Interest Justifying a lslt Colonel Codys exhibition is the only affair that has the space and facilities fa-cilities for giving effective opportunities opportuni-ties for the UfiD of the mortar the lifeline life-line and the breeches buoy |