Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-07-17
THE BAD BOY
Grown up He Talks Seriously about
the Circus.

tNifuEI th' country, So that thcrc ~
r'Ju,,natIun ~ the very name of
For"paugh. Magic like it recalled
h'yl''o~i days. and all are boys again.
Hat what difference there IL between
the Adam furrpaugh shows Of its
huyhppl days and the mighty colos-
-u- u has become in its giant man
hood II has grown faster. even than
th" huy- ui it- own age. While it re-
,niu- all It's old time wisdom and
strength It has the benefit uf accumu-
lated experience M well as the enter
prise nnd novelty of young blood and
energy. II is oi the Adam forepaugh
shows ~ Il u now that tins is written
~ advance ol it, coming to Milwaukee
On next Monday. June - IL may
occasion some surprise at this time,
hut u needn't when the reason for il
T. known. II j. this: the 4" Bad boy"
II old enough now la feel an interest
~ everything that interests boys. and
believes IN letting them know about
things ~ time. Since the Adam Fore
paugh shows were last in Milwaukee
the veteran Snowman whose name
II hears has passed over Ia the great
majority aud II there hc u reward in
fl.s mil i.aN.pI il.S.. l.,
upon earth hiring pleasure aud profit
T. their fellow men. surely Adam
forcpaugh is sharing II To the fullest.
II war hut u short time after he was
last here that his last parade on earth
took place. II was not rcsplcndcnt
with brilliant decorations which passed
through tlC streets followed by thous-
and- to tho white city # canvas he
had 49, often entered. but rather was it
one which was marked by the trap
pings of woe which passed from his
home and bore him to his eternal rest
ing place in the white city Of the
dead
Keep my show alive" was almost
the dying expression OF the veteran.
Hut those words meant n great deal.
II required a vcritable general among
men to assume the command so long
held hy the dead chieftain. But such
men seem to bc always provided for
such emergencies. and at this time
there was one. but one only. That
one was Mr James T.. Cooper. He
had the experience, the capital and
was possessed oi every other essential
exquisite. lie was quietly enjoying
IN the retirement Of most elegant
home amid superior social surround
ings that hest of earthly rewards for
human endeayor--freedom from care
aud happiness In the bosom OF love
w family. hut he needed no urging
Ia emerge thercfrom 10 perform what
Ia him seemed sacred duty-the per
petuatiob Of Americas foremost
amusement institution together with
It's tslismanic name-Forepaugh.
Mr. Cooper was we'll remembered
hut he entered upon his new duty
with 50 much energy that the inn
provemen,s he was making in both
the materials and tone Of the great
shows could scarcely he realized.
This was especially true when his
agents arrived with his announce
mcnts. They made the shows appear
~ much greater than they had been
before. and promised 30 many novel
ties that they created q suspicion in
the minds VI many that Mr.. Cooper
might be trading upon the reputation
Mr.. Forepaugh always maintained of
always showing even more than he
promised. and that Mr. Cooper, know
Ing full well that the real state Of af-
fairs 10 not known until the show ar
rivcr. exhibits ana departs, thought he
might perhaps draw thousands Of peo-
plc by promises alone. Not n boy in
Milwaukee from the age OF seven TO
seventy years but would want to ace
such show as he was advertising and
would spend his money. no matter
how hard he had worked for IL, 20 do
81. Pscks Sun believes in such cases
II is better "a tell the boys what they
will see. than to tell them what they
'lid see after IL would be too late for
them to save their money.
- the Bad boy went to see the
great forcpaurh shows on the Lake
Front. chicago. this week. All the
in Chicago had signed the
petition Ia the courts to allow the
Adam forcpsugh SHOWS 20 use the
lake front and 40 II got what the
Worlds Fair conldnt. How WAS il?
NNu hNht FbNA wen lDf Oiltt tuc
circus pictures scattered all about this
region do not sxsggerate the Fore
psugh show The astonishing feats Of
the trained lions a. shown in the
pictures are really carried out, hard as
that fact is 10 believe. The Hanlon-
Noliers are what l. claimed for them.
really the greatest acrialists the world
has ever known: Adam Forepaugh,
Jf Rnd hl- great herd II performing
elephants are still matchless. But
there Isn't the space here to describe
the sixty nine acts given in the circus,
nor - II for that purpose that this
article u written. What the boys
want 10 know IL. Is the show ~ good
as Il IL advertised. The question can
be frankly and truthfully answered,
" ics. and better" II is advertised as
the biggest and best Of shows, and