Show now ii W western tern were attracted to 1 a I traveling show A theatrical man has varied experiences and some funny incidents are continually coming before him said a showman to a reporter for the washington post the one night stands are prolific of episodes and profanity especially the latter but they also afford a good bit of amusement after the annoyance ikover is over they are not quite so awful now as they used to be A few years ago a company I 1 was piloting through the west came upon a rather unpromising town but fate willed that we should give one appearance the hell we hired was a crude affair and so were the accessories there was no box office no reserved seats ea and I 1 had to stand at the door and collect the admission money at 7 so not a soul had appeared at a great big chap came stalking in ia and asked me if I 1 wanted a ringer 1 davs a ringer 2 I 1 asked A man tt to ring the bell never get folks up here to see this show till you hire somebody to go downtown down town and pull the town hall bell they are used to it and wont come without I 1 took the ringer at his word gave him half a dollar and he departed smiling soon the deep clanging of a bell smote upon the air and in less than no time the townspeople town people came pouring in enough of them to make a fair audience in spite of the fact that our attraction had been set forth on the billboards and in the local papers if that bell been pulled we would have played to vacant benches |