| Show f INDIANS INDANS LEAD IN INc c- c j LVE LOVE OF CIRCUS Will Wi Put up UI With Any Hardship Hard Hard- ship to S See e Tented Show i 7 I t NE NEGRO I O IS GOOD SECOND H i t- t i Chinese c Mexicans IC 15 t t in Iii Line Old Circus Jinn Inn Tells of or hid Inci- l' l r i 1 t J r. r 0 the Huml r f t Do Lo you VOU know that thc f wild I c and ane untutored Il Indian llAn beats the thc thet t V t city goers gOCI'S all al to pieces for Or loyally loy- loy f ally until enthusiasm veteran says a t can in the thc St. St Louis Republic He lIe will wf put lint up tip tp with wih all al kinds of or hardi haleL hard hard- hale hale- L i ships to get tho the price and travel tra cl or wa Walk k for fot ca days s 's to reach the tho place s Every circus man maui knows that tho the j negro would sell sel tho the roof over O his r. head to o to get gel mone money to see seo the elephant ele elc- but hu tho the Indian will wJ barter baiter his i. i papoose his squaw or 01 oren oven en his mOt most pO pos bils lion his horse hOl to get Jcl a a. ticket i J After Afler t the thc te negro IO comes the time Chinaman China China- man The TIn show showy things about aboul the lie circus hit the yellow skinned man nian rl right h whore where h he lie hiv Iv lives s. s t. t J Ho Jo to will wi I look up imp nil ni his rt relatives s at line them up y I In a it single in le tile le and ami then lien march mach out to tn t Jf tho the show hC as happy as a kid on k k j 1 Christmas morning V i r i I The Thue Mexican too Is a si warm w m baby Ia when whon he Iw hours hears hors the lie thC toot tool of the tho calliope clope A i The flue Greater Greaser on the hue Texas hOd- hOd boid- boid 1 er ei 1 who paid pale a bet het In his life will show circus flO 60 wI up on nn day with wih ro r r. r cents in II hi his is hand hancl though h nobody know where he lie In got gol ot it H. Hut But the In Indian In- In dian Ms Is the lie greatest Jiel of f them all al 2 r. r One Half I Indian I f. f 1 t s st In 4 some sonic places like hile Jc Missoula I i l Mont ont fully one halt of the thc circus o 1 r A x Is made malle U up tip of Indians They come conic from IS us isa far Cat as on miles mies on nit ni j f horseback anti and even on un foot font starting starling i on tin their long jOIne journey days before the tho i V 1 1 circus late date lale and ln i arriving on oni i- i n.- n. iJ J 4 the lime tw morning of or the day of or On circus It is of ease cuse days da daI I a every p. p y i man mail mal for fil himself with wih the tho Indians The lord 1011 of tim the tl brings enough nou h f v o trio trinkets to tn peddle Ic around town tovim anti and in this his WO way he gets S enough h money A J. for his own admission lon ticket n Tho The sl hlin brings 8 lIttle baskets i and ha has to hustle for o. o her own ticket rho They generally come in couples astride I t 9 pony pen n and nIl J Jf If r t the lie lc market is overcrowded over over- O CI crowded l with wih Indian relics rele they will wi k sell thue ehl-thue J th Un nag flag h After Afler tel the lie show is over o cr the chiefs JV i proceed to fill fl their skins with wih the thc i f t white while mans man's fn firewater anti and the squaws with wih the tutu papooses waIt wail wal on oti the lumber piles or sand sall heaps until the time thet t I gray streaks begin to lo call over the k It hills hil and aHl then the thc unsteady V winds out of town over o er the tho trail trai lionie- lionie d The Thc Indians lJ buy the Jhc b best st seats scat tt too fl You wJ fluid of i o of them on ond d the reserved side and they IU buy these priced extra places even cn for tot the youngsters T r- r 1 In lit l. v i S. Alo Along the Iho Coast Coat the thc China China- inch moh make mole the circus comin coming coining an an event ent e i t h They y turn out oui of their holes decked in fn their h. h lr best hest bib bih and ond tucker and amul quit business as if IC it hall hail no Interest t for them thern In San Situ Francisco ful fully j t I saw one circus jast last sea pea M son on ri Ill I'll Il wager that half haIr ns os m many n pa passed d the thc door of or tie the big top In InI T I Portland Ore ft r f v 1 Th h r are aro not mean buy huy pop- pop V coln cOn oi ol as well as the hc best hest tin tH I seats Reals Some SIme of th them m came caine In coach- coach KT EC es qu s drawn h by handsome hO horses ses Chinese Chin Chin- O ese c merchants gave C matinee partes parties T. I i the men wearing richly embroidered i x gowns OWIS the women clad in c co cosily l I silks At one matInee matInee- given given in I Ina Ia a Call CaB to town lown n. n there was Chinar China- China r v men and anti 2000 Japs When a circus tours the tho Southern stales the collon fields are deserted f Every within radius negro a of or i i ml mile has to 0 see sec ce the performance if I ho lie sells els Iii hl shirt hlll to do tin it It i folks usually go SO at al night time an and andi r r. i the thc negroes in the daytime Hm ca In hii some oine towns In Jn L. L Louisiana 1 ls- ls t and Alabama labama the hi big tent emit looks as a though It IL were In mourning e lerp and amid a white face face U S ii P II Tho TIie clowns clown's arc their f favorites Strange to lo say ay too loo in view v of oC the thc ILl had s name liaBle the lie n Io has for Jamo negro forgettIng the c rf ownership of oC things he lie likes he never i I tries tle to lo iri In SillY any alY of or his bits family on the unc under tinder r I 12 clause If I his children are arc a si day over 12 he lie pays without n a murmur and amal it it is often tue no nov lUt small ant mal rf drain on his finances for he somer sometimes some some- r times heads a a Iroc procession of or youngsters the Iho length of or a city lot i 1 Mormons Great Giett Circus Goers Time The Mormons arc great circus goers Entire families will wi travel for fn ICO lOf to OO miles mies to see cc the thc circus in Iii II I- I their country They como come In lii wagons over ovel mount mountain and amid ali al valley and camp suit out until the time show comes come Sometimes t thoy hf ar are a fa day 01 or even OVOD t three days iia's ahead The hIlt hill hi cabins aru atu empty so su suar ar am are the raining mining boarding houses When j a t show goes roms through h I the he thC t. t Quebec province fo tho factories lose i A down cown They rhuy It might ht as al well wl The English tilde eide of Cf the time audience about the menagerie until the last cl call and t the lie h m most niost l satisfaction when r 1 hf hie dancing features of or the tho spectacles of Jf f tho time Jo vaudeville part o of the thc program ar are on oti I Prim New ew England tal takes lakos 8 to tho the circus like a duck to a millpond The Thet hl ml t like Harvard boys boy the girl bareback rid riders l and tho the trapeze att artists fhe They get w well J wih with tho the clowns clown too loo the clown has good average IH sense nse and fal falls In hi with wih th them n without lt t tho lie show Df Of Dr course coulse i th the Harvard rl crimson is h by the gh girls 15 wih without ut too loo much display Iii In II 0 middle Il 1 Pennsylvania where mono money looks look l e gold old and amid I Is kept laptas as Ion long as life time tho thC circus circuit does IO H 1 really good wol work II It I gets gols Hola pious c 8 lIsted people awa away from roni th tiie hard hue lino 1111 o of dally daily daly loU t 1 1 1 aunt and sends their blood racing to pails atts of o their systems systems MY- MY that thaL ha had been heen numb lot for moons l |
