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Show I IH PITTKD THE CHANT. ;j Circus Needed an Advertisement and Jeweler I'lnixlly round ft Talr of J ,k Spectacles lul II He neser tired the ol I man neser did sul I the old cirrus mnn, ' ot work- f(M? Ing up thing to bring the colossal slnttiro of tho greatest of giants tnnro vis Idly jj Sl tu the nilnil of the beholder Mauj t.f theeo thliiga woro In the nature of harm- t' M less Jokes on snmchods and orten It hippened thiit tho men on whom bo sought '7jlll ti. plus these Jokes tinned Iho tables on him Hut tbut neser disturbed the oil SHJlflJ man He could tiil.e a Joke as woll us lnnke one nnd, besides, out nt svhlch, ,!il spout It inn It was all grist for him Take Tor Instance, it men like this one. , J f r A day ahead ot the show tho old man goea Into the principal Jewelry and I l optical store In town where the show Is going to ho next day and tells the mitt jl H Hint he's got a friend coming tomorrow who Is only going to be there a day j j l,f mill who will be pictts busy sshllo he Is Ihero, and who will want a pair ot ,' J ITS special lc Can tho jeweler lit lilm out with siii.it he ssitnts right on the spot, Jj, M without wnltliiBT IT tM "And the Jeweler aass. 'Why, sure' There Is no store outsldo of Chlcsgo rl VM that a got in more complete stock of glasses Hum ho has, and he can lit him JI nut In ii iiiltintt. . Oiiv 9.H "Ho next da the old mnn brings the groat giant nlong to bave htm iilte I .n with Iho speeliicles The ilrcua Is tb.to. i.iul they'se ln.d the morning rde. JJJ and tho wbolo town and nil the country around Is out, nnd right hero !" WfB tho old in tu wotk. In a little Joke. I., ndsan.e ot the aftornoo ,, perfo nance 1 1H lV.llowed, of course, bs n innltltudo bo take the Ktea est of till gl iiita liro"' I the hired- to tho store of the Jeweler, and there hilts, tho crowd ss'onderlms HUI sslut under tho caiiopj nf lienscn tun bo up lf Leasing the giant with the eiowd around him standing out In he lrt. UM In gois Iho old limn Into Ihe slnre. to seo the jess el, r And, ho him. jffi Uiii I in -nt iiiv limit nut Iimo now, ro jmi unn for ntin t ' l.,.ngB.,!u, Hght nlong in.' suss tho Jeweler, brisk!,, '....el I will Ot him oul M In short older ' ME 'Ho can't tome In ser well siisb the old man Iff , " Wliuls tho inntter with him" Hiya the Jewelry mnn. .,,., ,. ICi Th. tea nothing the matter with l.l.n, saa the boss, 'but he couldn t ge LU '" h"CJtZ Iholrwelergoes mi. and see, the giant, towering up there. Ilk. , M lighthouse ninong u lot of people standing around Its base. WiJ I " .,!:v';-;,';1,,.tJ;,1T0;',,,.y;,is,:,;ase z'-im m on .no .Mw.ik n-. .- i 1 ,hP ''."s-nd SltipK; U " J. l.e J.-I. r reappears ft moment laler at a U j ,.,;!. i n.low Ii. clos. moxlinlts to 111. fclunl. ssho bad now. In .tnmPlI- mj m tveXTiVe-rss'irti'pT,;., II : the ; m o the ."ossd, and Incidentally thinking to h.m.elf that this sva. one i , I of the times when the local ma,. .....n't c.mio out -. o,.d best. I now unlscrsnl y useel ra ""' ',1",,V . f this sort and bent 'em at one t The Jesse lor took tssii t purf rel ' ' ' houl ft , ,, fllMened L end to make tho hooka go oser tho c rs, an i . tnen i . rI,cctncle frames. E l ,ho two thus ...ado I..." -Pec ' ' ;' n"w,nl0 ,;' '", pcV uclcs and tried 'em on II t ;vneunT;MUpH:oe:w.,ent "z SiZ'.-.,. e. ...o ni .. t..r a dldnt needji.iyndjustme.it looklnK down at tho J "I guess hell Ind them nil rigni. ' , , , w much ,,9 ,, to old man below again, nnd ssfcen "'Otwo l.a.1 aem . on nay for them -and. as a mat er of fact, Hie people rnfff , Ing thing, was a b'tx-r '''' '"' "" ".'."king up things like this, which, no milter 9 ;: "asr h""; ?HI.W. always counted In favor ot ?I tho show "-Chicago Inlet-Ocean. l ,,,,,, lk |