New-York tribune., 1895-06-09

sang out: I'VE are noN about to press and bind
up this bale Of cotton" Somebody slapped the
mule. and r. walked around ana around iho press
while tho big wooden weights came down and down
tn the mass OF cotton Of only half lts hf"t
size Then the old men laboriously passed Oh"
Iron straps around the bale and hooked ihon ana
the Job was don" Anybody who expects a new
bale OF cotton To be made cvo-y tim" Is most I'M
reasonable The show would have io ee' scNri"'
carsocs of cotton As the summer went on. Thoie
are two bales on hand. and each OF them n repeat
clly pulled and pressed and halcn over AGAIN.
Tne cotton ought 10 be we'll squeezed together ~
the end OF the summer.
What the spectators want after au. - show
and the most Of the show OF "l"'ct America -
I'm the lnclosure where the music ana variety pro
grammc IL carried odC tn" nhi 'itNI.l' H'l'I""''
between doing things naturally az dons mem 'h
purpose H. again aipir'nt here. N"hoit VINO l't'7
himsef 10 be on oAhib' Jon can help showing ih'
feeling liitle t.h h' Ai. hal t.,', .Np,i,',h
These poor people rom thc paniaiiys nave not nhl
great experience, and they lcel All IA" 'nr INA
the different effects thai This feeling has on thcn
f-w keep then eyes pa'niuly 10 tne 'Ion' n,, ann
love Of show in the daI"s nature thal cAI n"l ',
altogether suppressed IN sucn q pace as this. -
consciousness viii ma It's way Ines, Is one spen-
did fellow who is born actor liis woFk has been
appreciated. and he has been SIT - iead the grand
march. Anybody can See tnai i'aiing gfani
march is the JOY Of his Af'. IL De "ere ever !"i
mot competing" or nobody else would dare even
70 try for the cake. He wears a costume that re-
proved his congregation for Ostentdtion and display
In dress. adding: pain red ard yaller is good
noush iur me-" This man has a coat with s"a.-
owta.s that all but touch The ground, and II Is al
Of stripes OF "pian red ana yaler" lie struts AMI
swings and capers like carlcature OF a dancing
master and II ali the girls in "Hack America" are
not in owe with nim il is becaus- they DO not know
a good thing whcA they see IT. M. man ana a
into what they doing the tAat make
the success Of the show.
One Q; very different character is the little old
guardian the female dancers They con-
he seems never TO be free is that they VIII either
oVerwork themselves give the spectators more
dancing than they have PAID for Now and then
hc encourages one Of the girls by iancing with her
for "A moment and then he takes her suddenly by
the arm and lrIgs her back into the crowd He
stands behind he other men and peeps al the g4rls
the ground and Gazes at them ,apiTehenslN"y.
ghen in an instant he leaps up. darts at one OF
them. selves her around the waist pulls her out u
the dancing space and resumes mis- watch iOr an
other who IS OverwoIking.
"Wil You come around and see whore We feed
thcm?" says the manager So he leads the way.
bringing n big dishes OF pea soup for supper.
CuriOusly enough. the walters are all white men.
We have 30 .aye white walters says the man
ger. These men have been used to waiting on
Indians and cowboys and they won't stand much
nonsensa from cOOns There seems to be no
peclal attempt 20 provide southern Dishes. but there
tickets. The tickets have % be provided for those
who are entitled to them 10 prevent miscellaneous
negroes from outside coming In ana living on tho
management.
And when these people get home the South
next autumn what tales they will have 70 tell.
How superior they will be 10 their neghhors who
thorities they viii be on the history and geography
OF ;he world What Difference they VIII art. and
how they will forever check all rising pride In their
fellows by reference to dat summer done i've