The daily gazette., 1882-05-10
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q said that great actors ARE are
I've hearu ade l. ' II isn't that way l. WIN
}, not r,n,' nlsu, make clowns, and ! never
Ens Ihey ,~as born that way" saiI
pIy Spe Andrews, the @stheIlc GIrcgs Jes' BIlIy
bil9 9shorb's United States SifSuI, ,su hr p pdeS
n euV' ~ reflective mood and inc puruen 1niS,,
been ,nbts J, ! was evidently the profession
is thoaghs . distinguished member.
Ehich be n = ',o,' make them, Billy Y the
er asseu, sseucDds upon what kind of clown
That utP u1Iohnny Newcomer OF clown, as
so So Of tbe fresh fellows, Just hops
AZ sG,,o ,lr and ar gets everything down me
the rlg an y, he mind. But clown that
II1~D nlaur serves an apprenticeship, : zen, 1eds
closI1 \, !. IN inf as it happens whether q BOY
y, u s{ ID into clown or not. To become
VeloIe%S .Sarmer % one must begin young.
GU ! = thorough clown a man must DC
70 DC = In nerf6rner. He must under
% g5I y ne able to perform properly all the
, anu ~ Se makes funny failures Of before
u.n lla. ~ Ifhe didn't, sometimes when
|ldie,ltSdi ntod 10 be funny he'd just leave his
ilenlP.o@ P'.eo.nt n, and himself TO do statute
n.I |. hospital. That's the reason II Is
, s.n nVSr cdr 4 clown to begin his training
IN ilfe" A., 60 .o.o clown an
u. = eSs,grSis, 4 ,eIrrusss,si" :.
y II that Is just as It happens, as I've
' hov Is never taken as an appren-
IVY Every show has several boys In
ioSHi nr nerformers. Whenever It
" hst % one of these boys displays any
as's us 's mimic, they put him down for a
and then a clown is made, whether
.TstO be or moi"
ser Is a popular suspicion that the
i'lon nI,s have some means of preserving
a ',,' al ia ages the good old stories and
sardpd iokes of the clowns; how is
-, msvbe YOU imagine that is great
,n, I Il Int The jokes and stories of
'IOrrs are not kept on ice, whatever
DsTsDsper people may think. A good
nf the funny stories In the papers are
Donch 10 wear whiskers, and many of
werq coined in the ring. What the
ds of other clowns are don't know;
ar myself whenever ] see q good
or observe trait of human character
ugoests gag, Immediately make a
l6r tin nv memory, and when have
Il / give It all the originality / can.
after all don't think 1t is fair to de-
that clown shall invent every good
that he tells"
a the system of consolidating shows
acres Of canvas made any changes in
lslness of the clowni"
has changed 1t a great deal. In old
'talkin' clown was the monarch of
|rOfesson. While this style was the
Nat Austin was a great success, but the
ows killed him, and no one ever hears
b now, There is no use in trying to
from ring to 10000 people, and the
ZEN have found that out. In the big
now, II the clown wants to make hit
1, be has to talk to his audience IN
b. | do 1t frequently, begin on one
the ring, toss gag at them, and
they begin to laugh, skip over to the
side to give the people there show
fr money. But nowadays the knock
clown Is most In demand.I mean that
bwn whOtumbles through the tricks and
over himself and everybody else in
eT, make-belieye that he can't possibly
ieats performed by the leapers and
sis. Talk won't win any more.
lOgn must act to catch an audi
In the big tents. And 1t is
work to talk or act In the ring than
bon the stage. You don't feel as II |
tp removed from the people at all.
they are all around you, and fellow
seems to feel the weight of the
when he runs into the ring and finds
gle stretching right down on him
ihe highest seat to the edge of the
Now, while we are talking about |
ts, am going to tell you something
Dlmay not be ready to believe I've |
found it easier to catch an audience
cities than in the country towns. The
ffe the field for talking clowns. You
them with little conundrum, and
lugh and applaud. You've got 'em, |
uf work is easy. But in the country,
afams don't go. There they want to
clown do something, and they never
on him until he does. A story that
% In the city slick as grease you
snoot into a country audience 80
Alch a laugh with a l5-inch cannon"
" 90 clowns rank on the salary list in
clowns and riders receive the largest
II have known clowns to be paid as
y OVO a week and rs little as S25 a
~ uhe season, which always lasts
sh weeks, If the the Sheriff don't get
oS IN the meantime. Performers of
" nave little reason TO fear a loss of
ll4'cs N these times, however. The
ss all have too much property to let
.'ol lall out, and about the only
are The Jim Grow" performers
ave- /" 60 with six-by-nine shows or
1s,, N.Y. ouslness' The average salary of
psis ~. VINO are worthy of the name Will
Dm go TO 500 per week; yet few ofl
a'e any money. They are high-liyers
Y a3 prosperity, but as a class they do
ppA 10 excess, The money goes
|Q then what t,o,s. a,
le grows old 7"
y, clown lives about as long as apy-
aS, ,oso,t as a rule, he manages to get
H. Is'tl'er ~. 10 get little farm to retire
s,"a, 5a' y 700 Old for the ring. Clowns
,loa, s,ea' l0hdness for farms to die on.
sas sa "ilat happens when clown
rt @','. !. About as soon as you hear
btJ.a III It you hear of his death. / am
''Vauy to get a farm yet, myself"