Show I THE WEEKS WEEK'S WASH Shanghaied On a Round Merry-Go-Round S S r ec e ee e l I FIJI TILE rilE I ESC pL paddy on ought to hate lm III C that lint t II III round merry I I 4 I what hat jou O l can all do to a round merry for carrying you jou 3 U 10 miles past your destina- destina dc destination lInn lInn- tion lion BY hON PON no is a tale talo of oC torture Doris T THIS and I are arc alive all thank heaven to o tell our story to give It to the theresa press resa to call to the attention of oC ho tho world a a. cruel practice that should have passed with the dark ages but which prevails today toda In even en tho the most civilizes communities ties les We e have havo como come through to Warn arn others Stay away from merry go rounds early In the tho morning or n fl similar fate may befall you ou JUST A A. A LOOK LOGIC I was Just starting my famous picture The horse Fair some- some sometimes sometimes times attributed to Rosa Bonheur ur and I needed to make matto a few rough ough preliminary sketches of oC horses Knowing no horses In the neighborhood It occurred to me that hat I might be able to get what hat hatI I wanted at the round merry In n a nearby park I asked Doris to o go along I lovo loco little children that that is I do not hato hate them them them- and I alwa always s like to give them a areal treat real if It possible and practical I thought Doris would enjoy enoy Ing ng at the round merry I had no Idea at the time that she might ride on It It We were the first arrivals at atho atthe ho tho amusement park I sketch rapidly and It took me onlY omy a ta m few cw moments to Jot down enough I material for The Horse Fair I had Just finished a tI drawing of ofa ofa ofa a particularly particular Steen st ett when tho the merry merry-go go round round attend attend- attendant attendant ant approached Would the e girl rl like lIko to ride on tho the round merry merry merry-gu round hw hI asked Isn't It too early carl Is It run run- running running running ning I counter I. I cn We Wo woe will wilt start It Immediately If anybody washes to ride he replied 11 It did dill not Occur to the ne at the tho time that this would be bo absurd For 5 6 j cents the round merry-go-round company would start that gargan gargan- gargantuan gargantuan gargantuan tuan mechanism It I had had halt my wits about me I would have havo sensed disaster but I was Wac blinded by elation with my suc suc- successful successful successful sketches J ORDEAL Why 11 y yes es I said You would like a a. ride wouldn't wouldn t you Doris She hesitated l Perhaps her childish brain b-aln had some intuitive premonition of ot the trap Into which wo we were about to step but I In Interpreted In- In interpreted her hesitation as timid timid- timidity timidIty timidity ity and offered to go along tto Wo mounted tho the darn thing Doris took toole a horse on the outer periphery y a a. way one-way horse I took a pony next tu to her which traveled not only forward ward but also up and down As it swung around it also did the black bot- bot tom om I did dill not realize Its Us versatility Ity ty until we were on our wa waTho way The Tho music started Slowly the giant round merry pulled aw away ay ayrom from rom its moorings This was at exactly 10 a m m. on a n. Tuesday The Tho amusement world knows Tuesday to be a dull day dayon da on merry merry-go merry go rounds If It a n. merry- merry round go-round go pa s for Its Its Its' ori on odthe the he average Tuesday It has done well veil Around and around we wo went It t was fun at nt first But Dut as we proceeded I felt a a. growing mal oral maldo malde oraldo do de mer Then It eventually dawn lawn dawned ed cd on me the that It was no normal 6 fj cents cents' worth of or round merry-go-round transportation that Doris and I were getting They are giving us usa usa a a. nice long ride aren arent aren't t they Doris Doris' I said HU 1 A PLENTY She nodded I noted that she seemed a a. pale but thought we were about due for tor I have had about enough for once haven haven't ha vent t jou you ou I said Yes Yes The round go seemed to tobe tobe tobe be going faster than merry-go- merry rounds usually go and I dismiss ed cd the Idea of Jumping off ocr I was w as never a I Iman man to Jump oft off ot of mer ry-go ry rounds ry-go-rounds rounds running at al even en nor nor- normal normal normal mal speed or to raise my children to Jump ort oft of oC rounds merry I know a a. little boy once once but but that thatis is another yarn jam And I realized that at al tho the exaggerated speed at which we wo were traveling jump- jump jumpIng jumpIng jumping Ing off oft would mean death Furthermore the we did not stop On and on we tore tho the music and the horses going faster and faster lster and the nUll mel do d dog mer seiz seh- seizing ing me more seriously every ory mo mo- moment ment I looked around for the purser or a steward Something is not quite quit right with Ith this merry- merry round go-round ride ride I said to Doris DorisA A clock In a passing church steeple le now read exactly ten min min- minutes minutes utes after acter 11 and I knew that rounds merry-go-rounds do not give you jou jouan OU OUan an hour and ten minutes of at rid rid- riding ridIng ing for 5 cents Then noon came and we were still sailing salting along By this time our dizziness was acute and I was too loo weak to get off my m way two-way horse and look 1001 for tor some somo one In authority I too weak was even en to do anything for tor Doris who was now plainly in considerable agony USED A DECOY I had enough sense left to real real- realize realize ize Ite that we wo were shanghaied Bj h n this time lime the two attend attend- attendants attendants attendants ants of ot the round merry-go-round came brazenly Into the open no doubt knowing full well welt that we wo were now too groggy to enter any tell tell- telling tellIng telling ing protest and I could see s e that they were anxiously scanning the horizon for tor something or other Outer Other possible passengers per per- haps ha s. s But nobody came to the tho th park parle It II was one gf f the dullest days in In the tire history of American amusement parks Finally I reasoned the thing out Raving Having taken a course cours In to mob psychology In the University of Uselessness I knew know now that Dor- Dor DorIs Is and I were being unwillingly used as decoys decos as a bait ball for bus bus- business iness mess Wo Vo were imprisoned on this thid merry monster to lure others The Tho difficult thing In any amuse amuse- amusement amusement amusement ment enterprise Is to get the first two clients Doris and I were being used as human nest eggs But nut the others did l not come comeI I began to pray for business for fat that round merry S SAVED SA U ED AT LAST Two o'clock three o'clock three fifteen twenty three-twenty were ere registered In turn by the passing church steeple I finally saw a picnic party of o nine nino coming across the tho park plaza Little folks and big ones They came straight toward us I could see Ice one ono ot of the bigger figures dick dick- dickering dickering dickering ering with the tho round merry-go-round manager and slowly we came camo to toa toa toa a stop I was too weak weal with starvation starvation starvation and with centrifugal mis mis- misgivings misgivings givings to protest protect to the demon who had done clono us this dirty deed and I simply whispered Which way out of this roundhouse 1 The manager mana er took us by the shoulder should t and started us After ACter walking five miles Doris and 1 real real- realized realIzed realized that we had como come tho the wrong way Home was on the tho other side I of or town It was as dark before we finally got there and for five days afterwards we wo were both In a n. deep stupor with three degrees of ot fever fe I am rushing this to tho the news news- newspapers papers and as soon as I get back my land legs I am going to consult con con- consult consult sult my lawyer and seen It If there I is anything In international ma- ma marino marino rino law to prevent the recurrence ot of this atrocity |