The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-01-13


pointing after the promises OF the pla-
cards and pictures in the windows and
OF the manager on the platform. It
would cost ten cents more to realize
those promises in the next compart-
ment. A number OF "tOuts" led the
gulls into the Beauty Show. where they
received another disappointment when
the Eslden-halred antiques were posed
for them. They were told then that in
the last compartment there was sone-
thing they must not inform the police
about. 1t would cost ten cents more to
see II. II any were fools enough to pay
that ten cents. they came upon the lum-
Der room. The three touts laughed at
them. The lights had been turned
down, and IL they had any money left
In their pockets, they were glad TO es-
cape by eide door and say nothing.
1t was this progression the manager
intended 10 begin when he called out
from the door Are yeh all ready2"
The organ staggered into an uncertain
melody 10. answer. 'snlpey" twIFled
his tin-bladed daggers on the platform.
The vision in the ticket office smiled,
and "Aguinaldu hidden in his packing
case. got the bottle from beneath his
bearskin and attempted to tilt 1t to his
lips. He hal forgotten the bone ring
that hung from his nose as low as his
lover llp, and he split the precious
liquor over his face and down his neck
before he knew 1t. Then he jerked out
the inronvenIent Notwithstanding
the tender skin OF his nostrils as he did
1t. so that his nose began to bleed
wiped on bis face with his hand,
smudging the lIquor-loosened colors,
and drank luxurlously.
The manager had thrown open the
door, and was already casting bait to
his gudgeon. Walk in, gents, walk in.
Free performance right on the inside.
No charge for admission. The finest
show on the Bowery Tn original Pal
ace Of Illusions an Turkish Beauty
Show. Children not admitted. Walk
in. boys, walk in. It's free gratis-fer
ncthln'. Step right inside. Don't block
the entrance"
The thrse "touts. who had been gag
Ing at the photographs of the chorus
girls in the window. led the invasion.
1t was holiday afternoon. There were
youths sightseeing on the BOwery. who
would not venture there after dark, and
the "barker's" Invitation gathered them
in. Free performance Just beginning"
he kept crying.
"snipey" began to tugsle With his
daggcrs. When the crowd Increased,
he cast one against shield of thick
planks. The organ stopped. In neG-
vous silence Jenny" who had been
waiting in the background, STOOD up
beside the dagger in the plank and the
Mexican" throwing aside.hIs scmbre-'
no, cast the Ave remaining knives at
her. one by one. They struck in a cir
Gle about her head, and the music burst
out again triumphanuy.
This performance was repeated until
some thlrty-odd men and boys were
jammed into the small space before the
platform. Then the manager came in
from the door. and took his place be-
side "snlpey." The music choked or
on an unfinished bar
Now. gents" he said, Just mo-
ment VILE tell yer wat we got inside.
An first an foremost l want to say
that I'm from Texas, boys, were they
value friendship more than money.
Wat I'm going TO tell yer is between
man and man. I'm the proprietor here.
I'm monarch OF all l survey. I don't
hire substitutes to come out here an lie
ter yer. Nc! represent tn artists In
side there. an l tell yer. boys, between
man an man. l got the fnest show that
ever opened on the Bowery. First an
foremost. boys. We got the Filipino war
rior an viii man"-poIntlng from the
painting OF hairy cannIbal pursued by
soldiers to the box in which the lnvisi-
BILE "Aguinaldo" steadIed whlrllng
head at the voice OF his tormentor. HE
was captured eighteen miles from Ma
nIlla, an brought to this country, Jest
as yehll seem there. by sIgnor Mar
chesl-polntIns to "snlpsy." AN 1
tell yeh, boys. fer the trut, he's the
ugliest an the lowest species of the
human race that ever breathed the pure
and enlightened air OF this continent
Yeh1l seeln in all his native barbarity.
the sulklest brute that ever eat pork
sausage. Women falnts at sight OF
him. But yer don't need to be afraid,
boys. The slEnor bumped his head
with fist this mornln' so hard that he
amt recovered his native ferocity Of
temper since. He's"
There was smoker from the audi
ence. An Undesirable face had APP
peared over the sIda of the packing
case. "AguInaldo" had pushed back his
wig TO cool his forehead. and the brown
OF his complexion ended in white line
over his eyes. yellow ochre. blue tat
tooings. brown paint. and the red Of hts
bleeding nose had run and mixed to-
gether in a mass Of color on cheek and
chin. He blinked drunkenly at the
crowd, and drummed on the wires Of
his cage with the empty TASK to stop
the speech.
yer a liar" he said thlckly. ~
licked EN-, an yer saw me-"