Show FLATTE RY WON HIM HOW CIRCUS MANAGER WORKED CLEMENT SCOTT great dramatic critic pleased with praise of his wrote advance notices for Bar Barn numa urns greatest show on earth Clellie clement nt scott tho the lato into I 1 ara dramatic matic critic wrote verso in his leisure moments by thin erso ho lie if I 1 not lindin for his fame comes as ono who saoko tho nual final woid noid concerning tho merits of a play he ile achieved a 1 reputation through his ills power poor of crit and his ilia expression of or it of ahn ho lie cared less than for his verses frank porley the veteran circus manager found out this with good ro suits for himself perley had charge of the grei greyest test bhoj on earth it Is of him hint that tho the story was N as told that ho he stammered so hadly badly that chobad ho had to bo the manager tor for burguin darnum and not for forepaugh as lie could pronounce tho the first namo naine and not tho the other porley took the greatest show to england it vas an event ho ito de do ter mined that ho he would havo a notice from clement moment scott though his friends in london told him it was impossible scott would not condescend to notice a circus perley mado a heavy wager that ho lie would not only get got a notice but one in advance A woman nornan told him that scott wrote verses and that ho lie na haq i fonder of hta his poetry than of his dramatic criticisms that ho he had published them and sent copies to his friends after this information tho the circus mana manager ger called on the dramatic critic ho ile apologized for sending up tip his bust business card saying that ho lie had no personal ones with him hint scott was vas icy perley explained that ho lie hod bod not called on oil business hut but wanted to hc MO man who had given 41 aa pleasure rhen ho he talked of scotts verses with enthusiasm ho lie told him hint how ar ap manager of a it circus ho he traveled tra from ono end of abo world to another and 01 ol ays kays curried carried scotts verses with him scott uns as it in a it melting milting mood and perley recited his quatrains with for or tho the next day the 1 paullo gasped with astonishment when it road a brilliant advance notice of america Amerl cab great circus signed by clement Clon lent scott scotti chicago hor her aid ald |