The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-27
ToDr HAMILTON As 4 HUMoR1sr.

London Papers Initiate hts style II Describes
q Great show Episode.
Mr.. Tody Hamilton. tho agitator Of public in
forest In the Barnum q Bailey show, now in
London, has taught the London pressmon a lot
OF new tricks In the show business and won for
himself the official title of Master of Adjeo-
tlves and Unapproachable wieldcr of Adver.
bal Thunderbolts, tho Para yon OF Illustrative
Phraseology." according to the Morning Leader.
Mr.. Hamilton has received quite as much at
tention in the English newspapers as all of the
rest Of the show put together, and after a
months Investigation tho English newspaper
writer's have como to the conclusion that his
stories are humorous, a nd so sure are they of
that fact that they begin to laugh before Mr..
Hamilton starts his story.
The English papers which arrived this week
give up a generous amount of space to what
one Of them describes as the very greatest.
unimaginably splendid, in ,omparably magnih-
cent ideas that ever struck a Snowman right
between the eyes," thus iattering Mr.. Hamil.
ton In a delicate manner by copying his we'll.
known modest literary style. This idea is q
journalists race at Olympia, a go-as-you.please
contest between editors, leader writer's, repoI t
ers and sub.editors. This was suggested by
an entertainment provided by Mr.. Hamilton
two weeks ago and described by the Leader:
Barnum's gave a weight.shifting show on
Sunday last. Two elephants attended and
about 100 members of the press. The big ele.
plant Mandarin was first hitched on to the
registering machine and asked by his keeper TO
show what he could do in tons. He pulled and
the machine indicated a little over two tons.
This was very poor, and his keeper told him 80,
l%unched; and. besides, he objected to Sunday
labor. Mandarin was promptly stood In q far
corner and Babe. a lady elephant, was next har.
messed to the machine. One hundred indus
trious journalists began taking. preliminary
notes of this interesting scientific demonstration
and grouped themselves round Babe. She
pulled, the machine registered over three tons
and gratined journalists recorded the fact.
Again Babe tried, the machine nearly gave up
the ghost and some hvc tons appeared, on the
registering dial. One hundred pencils flew
over as many notebooks ~and-well. the next
moment 100 pairs of legs were flying over the
arena at a speed e%elipsIing the mad rush of
temper and with q most blood -curdling screech
distinctly declared. her intention of making
"pye" OF the assembled members Of the press.
Mr.. Tody Hamilton was interviewed a few
moments afterward away up in the iron grid
ers Of the roof.
he said; Il simply Climbed up here just to FOL,
low the footrace among you Freshmen down
below. Sir, you journalists have a most Stu.
am going TO devise ono Of the most Gorgeousiy
Panoramic, Subj timely Educational footraces
that even this Unparalleled and Incompatible
among London Editors. and writer's for the
Pross. The best records OF the Clnder path
viii Tn1I be =eGli I ? : IT, Syo, has 9u that tsaIy gd internal ban "a
to her stablei She hasi Then let us return to
terra frma again."
subsequently, a hundred of the employees Of
the rope three times. At the last essay they in
duced the machine to register 3 tons II hun;
Babe looked on from tho shade Of tho palm
trees opposite and smiled"