New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-29
"JoHyNY1 GOES TO SEE THE CIRCUS.
MAIZE TT INTERESTING FOR HIS MOTHER

HOW MADE 1T INTERESllNo ~" "A'
OF AN INQUIRINd TURN OF MIND
small how and girl, with beamIng faces, led by .
,oorIv dressed woman who bore look OF untoid ahA
,ev as II she had already passed through deep wacro
in getting them as far the door, entcrco the "'
Circus yesterday AS they approsched inc oho'
the boy broke out into a shrill yell:
"Wc passed the place where you pay' ma co'"o
over here. How much have we TO pay LOU A''
buy" u., Liz, ,,oro
She nudged him to keep quiet and pulled him aions
but he would not be put of and had Just broken out
again: ana, you can't get in for hothlng'-when eho
passed In her tickets complimentary ones ana hurrcu
them through with gasp Of relcf and something 10
semblng smile on her tired face.
ana, how'd you get in for nothlng'
"Uush, can't you1 Look at that man In the 'ihA'
"what's he doing, taking bathl'
"That's the diver" .
"whats divert What does he do 1t FORT "ha'
his name1 Could you do matt Gould my dos 40
that lie can swim. You told me you went al d
tank when you baptlsed Is he Bapus'r
"Do be quiet and listen to what the man says
Tho diver shows the watch which he taxes down
with him, uninjured by immersion and says 1t must
be 4 waterbury,"
"what does he call IT Waterbury for, ma 'Tant
Waterbury at all Pap's got a zeal Water
"wn you hush sirl'
@Whyl"
"If you don't, III take you right home''
1That's a woman with a beard'
Gwhee-o-o, amt sho ugly1 Why don't she shaver"
She makes her living by showing t'
"why don't you d. tfatf"
al haven't got a beard"
at might grow after awhile'
"If you done hush this minute, you little torment
III get your pa to whip you this night"
"Why, / amt doing netting Hooray see the ele-
phants Why aint they all got trunks Count EN- ma !;
one two, three, four, f-what makes them bob their
heads all the tlnel'
al don't know. suppose It anuses them"
"How7'
al don't know say. That's the baby elephant
"How old slti Has It got teoih YETI Wha. m Akcs
IT'S skin so loosel Was 1t fatter when 1t was born and
got thin1"
"Oh do stop your horrd questions aud come along.'
Hwhat's that little thIngl'
"Thats the gnu baby"
"Wbere's the old one 7"
al mean gnu, the the animal That's Its mother
in the cage
"wheres It's father7'
Again gasp from tho mother and another push Tor
w:.d Just then the gong warned all to take their
seats for the ring periorrue,,cc Away she W.. tno
boy dragging her BEFORE the girl holding on behind
Several times she tried tempting short cuts and US
many times was turned back but at last, almost In
tears settled them their seats, well In 'front.' They
really sat silent for few mnutes-the boy speli-bound
as his mark, did no open his month. Then in a very
loud voice
Sec how red his face is. He feels disgracedn
This remark, being prcfectly audible to the c. r.,
did not make him any paler When the slack-wire
woman began her antics he asked:
What's she want the long pole for"
"That's bal
"Oh, yes 1 know. Pa tells about the ballet"
BY this time the mother had sunk into kind Of
aOh dom L pie ase-d on'tn kind of helpessness
"when Will the snake man come wlggling out, ma ;
like the bills Z"
Here he comes now
1Pshaw He an't snake man. don't believe
he's professor. Is NO professor Why amt
l timber like thatf"
al suppose It runs IN his family
Perhaps his great great great great great grand
father the snake man that fooled Adam and Eve.
Was no, Map
Gracious How you talk. You mako me sick
Can't you let me alone !"
when the " Twin Sisters, Queens Of tho Equestrian
Ring" out the boy explained
"They're twins, you know, because they're nearly
the same age The prettiest isn't good tho other
That's why she's fixed the incest, she make 1t
up By showing OFF,
Just here the little GIRL who had not uttered sound
since sho into the building, burst into Of
crying followed by scream of Oh he's dead He's
she gazed with horror I'm her two big eyes
Johnnie Purvis and his two trick donkeys. In vain
the mother tried to reassUre her and not until the
donkeys were brought to life by their masters kiss
could she check the stormy SObs The boy gen.
uine disgust at his sisters weakness. told you
to bring her." he said, al knew she'd make a nuisance
OF herself and bother the life out Of you Let's 20
homo. The shows over anyway"