The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-09-25
OFFERED A THRONE.
Barnum's Great show Tender-d The Cas;ilian
Throne to A sedswlck County Girl.

The EAGLE has always said that Sedg-
wick county girls are the finest lockers ir
the world and il is repeated here that they
are Ithas said on many occasions that hun
| dreds of them are fine enough to be queens
Their queenly qualities have not only
struck the EAGLE as being perfect, but
| they have impressed no less an authority
on queenly grace than Bailey, the owner
Of Barnum's show. lt has always been
! the pride of the Barnum people 10 have
| the very best when they wanted anything
| for their circus. When they determined a
! > ear ago to put on the Columbian feature
| this year they kept their eyes open for tie
| finest lady they could possibly find TO
act the part of Queen Isabella. They
not only kept their eyes on America, but
their agents watched the fair sex all over
Europe They found at last what they
claimed to be the most queenly appearing
lady in the world. and she is the handsome
specimen of feminenity that over ten
thousand people gazed at Friday night.
A circus queen must, above all other
things have fine face and fine form.
Now then, it is an easy thing TO find either
fine face or fine form in any country,
one person. The circus has been travelling
all summer and never till Friday did the
managers see a finer face and finer form
than was possessed by their queen. Friday
afternoon they saw Sedgwick county
girl. and a country girl at that, who threw
their queen ia the shade, so to speak. She
lives near Goddard and is
well known and is at present
attending one of the educational institu
tions in Wichita. The manager at once
sought her and earnestly solicited her TO
become his Queen Isabella and sit on the
throne of CASTLE during the balance of this
year and all of next, in consideration OF
which he volunteered to pay her $50
week and all expenses, including the royal
garments. Now, then, it would seem that
the dazzling splendor Of the Castilian
queens robes and the regal name would
be an inducement for any girl, to say moth
ing of the sum of SEQ for doing nothing
but sitting In carriage costing $4,000
and having her hand kissed by Christie
pher Columbus, but she refused point
blank, all because she has a prejudice
against circus life. Such a fiattering offer
would turn the heads or nine girls out of
ten. but here a novelty is developed in
woman's nature by the fact that
she even forbids the EAGLE to use
her name
An EAGLE reporter had curiosity to
see this young lady yesterday. and that
curiosity was gratitied in novel way, not
necessary to mention. The result justities
the reputation of Barnum's to have moth
ing but the finest. She really looked finer,
in her school clothes than the circus Queen
Isabella looked in the gorgeous suit that
enveloped her form divine on Friday
night. And yet, hundreds of Sedgwick
county girls are just as handsome. In
fact, there are enough fine girls in the
county to adorn not only all the circus
thrones in the world, but all the national
thrones as we'll. 1t is the blue Italian sky
that hangs over Southern Kansas that
does il.
1t might be added here that the young
lady in question is dyed-in-the Wsol Re
publican.