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Show IB I JOHN F. SUTTON WHO HELPEB MAKE DARNUM FAMOUS. I Alto Contributed Greatly to Success all Jenny Llnd, Pattl, Tom Thumb v and Others Now Living In Retirement. nnltlmorc. Mil. Only n short . M tnuco from this city liven the pioneer "press agent" of America, Mr. .lofcw F. Sutton, Ho is also u fnmnuA show- t mnn and Impresario. Much of Ike success or Jenny Und, Adellua Pattt I Artomus Ward, General Tom Thurak ,' ami tho rnmoUH Iiarnum himself wt duo to tho fertile Imagination, im- Itlntlvo and earnest efforts of Mr, Bat- ton, Now, at tho. rlpo old ago of K. ' ho is living a retired llfo In his cou fl try homo, Ottnston Lodge at Monktox. .fl Tho veteran ot the amusement pre- fesslon, while past tho eighties. Is er- fl cccdlngly active for a man or hi age, 'fl being a well-preserved and culture English gentleman. He is quick fc N conversation, and Is still able to deal with any situation with the samo acute- H ness that attracted tho nttcntlon of l". T. Unrnum, tho great circus man, whine ' fl Suttoif was but a printer's lad of 'It. Uaruum got Sutton to go into the show business and afterward pre fl moled him by degrees, until ho ma- H aged tho entire circus, and acted as treusuror nnd press agent In con Judo- . fl tion. Mr, Sutton tells, n story that onco when thoy wero short of clowns H ho and P. T. Iiarnum dressed np wtf fl got Into the ring nnd played clows. H It was a long tlmo nttorwarjs he hoM. H that narnum let it bo known that he H kept an audlcnco In an uproar, whlVr H It thought him a $25-a'Wcok clown. Sutton . Hcomcd ' to. be born to cao- fl cuto tho plans or Darnum'H genius. ,H John F. Sutton. B Tho giunt showmeu decided that thero fl was monoy in a baby show In New H York. Accordingly, the press agest H of the Iiarnum show wai sent over ' the United States to look for liable. H and get them together for an exhibt- H tion. There word babies tall and W H bleB short. It Is a strange fact that fl one of tho prize-winners nt the baby H show secured by Sutton Was Hates. H afterward called the American giant, H wl)o travelejl with Barnurn in his older H Mr. Sutton talked with Prince Al- H bort ot England when Edward VII. S was then but a lad or eight years. S mixed In the courts or Napoleon III., nnd traversed the continents with lb H London Illustrated News and nllr.r- H ward with the New York illustrated H News, and. tho old gentleman Is at ;H homo discussing the flavor of a Hov- 1 1 nna cigar. Artomus Ward once saM of Sutton: "Thero walked down Flflli uvenuo ono day this week a man who. H wero ho Inclined to write a book- telt H ing or his experiences, might make a fortune and .be an everlasting, bene-factor bene-factor to tils fellowmeu." Mr. Sutton was the courier for U IjV famous Jenny Und. Yankee genius H Is a boasted topic In this country, bnt H It wus tills London man who first snp- H gested tho idoa of placing advertise- jjV ments on soap and other avallablo suv iV tides. It was thus ho advertised Jouny Llnd, Pocket mirrors, match H boxes nnd pocket combs wero ills-trlbuted ills-trlbuted freely In this vay for ailier-Using ailier-Using the great singer. When Tom Thumb went on the stage, coming from the hut of a fisher- H man. It wns Sutton Who first booho! him and started htm on a tour. Tom wont to the court of Queen VI",Wla H and Prince Albort, then a lad, was H given a peep at the dwarf, tho nurse bringing in her little charge while SuU ton mado Ton) Thumb talk to the prlnci. Napoleon H was attracted by the genius ot Sutton and the oM gentleman holds letters and lesU- 'M inonlals from tho last emperor of France as n proof ot tho monarch n friendship to him, Mr, Sutton handled the advertising and did the newspapor work for the first tour of Adellua Pattl with such success that the numo of Pattl will live forover probably. Sutton was Uie first man to Introduce the elqolrli: light into tho show business. Thin was In New York in tho enrly seven-ties. seven-ties. Tho lights were placed on tin- tj top of the nialu tent pole and at thu front entrance o( the Uaruum show. They proved ot much curiosity to the public and proved a good business investment. After many years in the nhow 'business and Mr. Sutton had no jM quired 'conslderublo wealth ho retired' and purchased the famous painting "ana"'aud put it on exhibition, 'flu painting attracted great attention 'and " hfe made a largo .fortune but of It, |