The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-11-14
CIrcus PeopIe b WInter.


- What am 7 ruiu' 10 10 uor fra- the
piz -no" gone INTO winter 4ulrref7
Wen, don't know. Mebbe T won't do
nothin You see. I may hev arall saresi
mp. an again NAV not. If / hes -
take ia. easy unsii time Oh jlue oHt t1r tl.e
next season. an If I haven't III have to
hustle
a clever acrobat who bad inst return
ed from a summers tour with ono af the
Aggregated consultations 0f wonders
which exhibit for one day ami night
only in small towns. an.l flr a wees or
more IN the larger cities. was the speak
er. He replied % a question whieh bad
been put BY Mai reporter. what he-
comes Of huHdreds 9f people. performers
ranyasmeu. drivers aui others IS hu travel
ali summer with the circus.
You see. 1rs this way. c1utnuei the
monarch Of tine iy ~ tapez-.r o. be-
Is callei- A. for me might hare hid
mouey-but aint got IL. got mr sil-
ary all right enough, and sas down ou
the 'screw-sheet Cor a pretty smooth snn
per week. too. Bat then. bail the
rheumltism an was aid up for two
weeks. al then gos fned for missiag
my turn two or thrs times. an Z s'pase
some Of it went tor booze-anyway its
gone. I've got to hustle. an Eve ct %
hustle lively s1r amt got the price Of
mors'n weeks hang up az hash house
an the c0ok tents closed. lll have t1
hustle. as said before. That means TI
have 20 work in -0ms variety show 0r
else jine out with some Of these bum DO
cent snaps that travel south ali winter
" cirrus at wouldn't BE- no good i0r q
variety show, cause the aPparai1s .s too
big Tor a theafsr an the stuff IS buit %
Elsten 70 cenfer-poles- Tl hase r0 rig
up some new stuf an I've eot -ome acts
thatil % gooi with uothiu bot a single
traps and A pole hung from the ay gall
lery BY rope.
Yes. be conanued, there's lot II
people who work hard enough ail sum
uer % earn q winters rest. and most n
the performers 90 earn r. But then the
men. unless they're ularried. are mostly
Ike me-they blow their stuT a. fist as
they git it ont o the saigon, AMI are 90
their Hppers when frost CATCHES em-
Most Of rs can 20 TO w0rx ~ told you-
We wout get big mony but veil MAKE
Twin unless the snap g9es uu.i-r. taen
there's walkin Cor everybody. an We
can stand it az well a. she hams ant
--oubretes' Of c1urse. riders cant uarC
iu a variety snow. but aiost 9f '-li have
money and the r--t - s1l-h a.-h che
little snap ] als sleasin' ~ awhile lHrs-
They won't get any sailry to speak gf.
bat they'll live an keep themselves an
their horses. which i the hardest thing.
10 trim Cor nexf season.
There's the siie show sakirs. freaks
an such Ike their biz IS -iod al the
year rouud The god ftkirs ~ uifh
the variety snow an the 81. Is catch on
10 the mEseum cirglts The shoufea
are our. a. are al the eau.Iv. an POPCORN
flkirs unisss 5hsy c.ltch on o. soue street
snap or have saVe,l their stuI The caH-
v8smen, linemea. drivers an aii ths
workiu, people most Of 'erl kin rif ioiz at
snmethin'. eisheir a. r1ust aoouss on dock
an steamboats,, hosglers or ear drivers.
A good many Of emf have some tride 81
depend on when the coid weather comes
an some u EN- ut south an don't care
what happens. They'll hvs. East en0uza
ali of 'eu, though some 90 en- mayu's
eat much chicken. The concert people
ara al variety folks, and most Of 'sn 6x
things for winter the season IN advance
That's their rezuiar time. an they're
more AZ home on the hfaris ofa irge-au'-
easy than they are unsier canvas Thra
the show keeps a l0t Of v1rkiu people
AL winter repairin an teudla -a Tie
stex, So all q ~ manage to eat 50 s.eep
bgt We k.ve 70 bug moss Of our elothss
n tie sumner