Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-06-05
PROFESSIONAL JEALOUSY.
Esquestriennes Of Sells Brothers Cir
Gus Fall Out.
Story Of the Affair Told BY Press Agent
Charley" Davis.

town as special agent of the combined
Adam Forepaugh and Sells Brothers
circuses. Charley" is an inveterate
raconteur, practical joker, a good fell
low and typical Bohemian. To cap the
climax Charley" is one of the most
artistic, painstaking and beautiful
sufferers in these United States, and
the continual conflict between his
quick wit and his hating accents only
make his stories the funner. Davis
friends in Augusta delight in getting
the champion sufferer we'll started off
and it never fails that he will re-
late something worth storing up
in memory or recording in cold type.
Charley was in great form the
night he was here. and did strong
talking" specially. The best thing he
got off was story about the euues-
trian director of his circus and the
three star lady bareback riders. It
would cover entirely too much space to
give the reconte in Davis interiectorv
manner. But it will be quite good
enough without the narrator's hiatus
You fellows" he continued, "all
know Frank Melville, our equestrian
director; well, when you see him.
Wednesday. you will find poor Frank
q a nS he nd 49, =,
torpedo boat. Frank has been having
his trouble this season. lots of EN-
He begins to wish he had volunteered
for Manila as director of the mule de-
partment.
"One of the big acts in the show, this
season, is the performance simultane-
ously in three rings of the three great
est lady riders in the world. This act
was originated by Colonel Lewis Sells
and the unfortunate Melville himself;
but if the latter had been able to fore
see the finish he would have thrown
up the job before he tackled it. The
three young lady equestriennes are
Miss May Davenport, a young and
dashing English blonde: Emma Stick
ney, typical American beauty. and
Marietta Corriea, a black-eyed divinity
from La Belle France. Individually
and separately they are the most
amiable and charming girls in the
world, but collectively and profession
ally they act like the favorite daugh-
ters of old Satan himself.
AS everybody knows, professional
jealousy. especially in the circus bust
hard and adamantine fact. More or
less worry is expected by circus i'm
prcsarios during a summers campaign,
but in the whole course of my expert
ence there never was such a punching
Of sheer devilment as has already oC-
Cured among these three charmers
since the commencement Of the season.
You must understand that they all APP
pear at one time. each in her own ring.
with nothing to detract the public at
tention from them. The first supreme
difficulty was the allotment of the center
ring; each of them was fully and firm
| ly convinced that she should hug the
center and could not understand
how there could be any question on
that point Poor Melville put the Eng
lish girl. May Davenport, in the center
and the Stickney and Corriea girls or
the ends for the first performance, and
then the festivities started in. the two
LENDERS against the middle. Before
leaving the dressing room on the open
ing performance at Madison Square
Garden, they started perfectly lovely
hair-pulling match. and Madame
Muckle. the strong woman. had to sal
in and separate them.
This was just mild start but since
then things have been going on very
nicely, indeed don't think. After th'
first performance the two 'enders
sent in their designations, and Whef
their attention was called to the iron
clad contracts they had signed. tn
nanaIties for breaking same, etc, the!
simply remarked that they wouldnt g
on if that English hussy is kept in the
cantar 50 there now Before the eve
ming performance of the first day tn
; aIlotments in the womens dressiis
room had to be entirely changed so a
70 keep the three beauties almost
: third of a mile apart.
, colonel Sells and the sad-eyed Mel
,.u1a afterwards arranged that each
.,o +braa girls should be the 'cente
niece in rotation, the change TO D.
made daily. and the amiaoie pare
r ,-o,,or, nrofessed profound satlsfac
! tn, with the new arrangement
: III. hIess YOU. the international com
{ o. of neace didn't last more than on
.oortive week. when things becam
, r,ore tobasco than ever 1t was d O0'
..,, case Of both ends against tn
,.aa and as the center va