Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-09-30
CLOSE OF CARNIVAL
Rain Interferes With the Atten.
dance on Saturday After.
noon and Night.
Management Will Come Out
Ahead Financially..An.
other Next Year.
The Midway Disappears In q
Night :. Citizens Com
mittee Acts.

The Midway attractions have dis
persed in four directions, and today the
carnival grounds wear a deserted ap'
pearance, with the exception OF tbs
presence OF workmen tearing down the
temporary buildings and hauling away
| lumber. The carnival did not close with
il blaze OF glory, because the weather
man willed otherwise, and Saturday
nights attendance, which would have
eclipsed that of any night of the week
had the weather conditions been other
wise, was less than on Wednesday
| Thursday and Friday nights and abou,
equal to that of Tuesday, the sales OF
| tickets for the day amounting to about
$500.
| Saturday afternoon a large crowd was
| In attendance, Notwithstanding the
threatening weather; large number OF
sight-seers braved the rain which fell
until 8 p. M. and many others went
later. Both afternoon and evening an
excellent program was given from the
free pavilion by the Miller family. the
sketch artists, the clowns and the aero
bats. and in the evening the electric
fountain was again illuminated and Lee
gare did his turn on the spiral tower.
Some of the Midway attractions were
not open at night. however, the owners
concluding there would be no crowd be-
cause OF the rain. Half Of the smaller
of the Midway attractions pulled down
their tents and packed up early in the
night.
1 Surmising that some OF the dancing
shows would "cut loose on Saturday
right and give Objectionable perform
ances members OF the citizens good or
der committee were on hand and on the
lookout. The Porto Rican village. which
week, but had not been playing to a
very profitable business, sought to at
tract the crowds by making the planta-
ton "hoe-down" dance immoral. Mem
bers OF the committee were present and
after the performance had proceeded
for ten minutes protest was filed With
the carnival management. The perform
ence was at once stopped. The COM
mittee made the rounds OF the other at
fractions that were open and wound up
at the I'm Gay Paris. where another
Objectionable show was being given, but
as this was the last performance OF the
night no action was taken.
Complaint was first made against the
Porto Rican village on Saturday by a
lady who had seen tie performance on
Friday evening. The citizens commit
tee discarded their badges. paid their
way In on Saturday night and their
identity was of course not known. With
in fifteen minutes after the perform
ance started the committee had fileu
Its protest with the management, and
Mr.. Downing. one OF the members of
the carnival company, lad shut or the
lights and closed the show.
COME OUT AHEAD.
While the company promoting the
carnival have not balanced their books
and have still some bills outstanding.
the management is able to announce
that some money has been made over
and above the expenses. The profits
would have been much larger had the
rain not interfered with Saturdays at
tendance, as the receipts on that day
were all profit. The company is graft
fled with the patronage, accorded the
carnival and with the compliments re-
ceived. and SO encouraged that plans
will be commenced soon fo- the holding
OF another carnival next year.
a number Of the shows at the carni-
val packed up with the rapidity OF cir
clses and left the city early Sunday
morning. Others waited until Sunday
and left on the morning and evening
trains. Mason City gets the majority
Of the attractions for its carnival, which
begins today and continues all this
week. Ralph Pierson, the husband Of
Aimee" and proprietor O. the electric
theater. went to Mason City, as did also
n. Cooke, with his temple of Jerusa-
lem; the museum of anatomy exhibit
ton; Willie. the fat boy; T. S. Schulz.
with his waragraph and 4 moving pic
lures: Frank Langley flying lady,
"Lunette,s and moving pictures: Also
Mr.. Laneley's snake show sDelgarian &
Roger1 Streets Of Caro-; Marshall
Bros ocean wave swing; Boscos
trained animal show and Gen. Frank
Monreto. the midget. who is owned by
Mr.. Bosco; McMillan's electric fountain,
in which Delgarian & Rogers are also
said to be interested: the Cherry Sis.
ters. Clarks dogs and several others Of
the free show attractions. Roses Geor.
gla Minstrel Company also went to Ma.
son City, as did Oppice & King. the
holders OF the novelty privilege here.
Mr.. Rose, owner OF the minstrel show,
who has been i'll in the Getz hospital
during the weeks business here, was
able to be removed in carriage to the
depot to accompany his show.
McKay's .In Gay Paris Company
went to Keokuk, where street carni-
val is to be in progress this week. The
Ferris Wheel also went to Keokuk. to-
gether with Young Bros, owners of the
moving picture show showing the Gal
weston flood and McKinley's funeral at
Canton. Among the free attractions
leaving fr the Keokuk street fair were
the Miller family, Raymond Burton, or
.Lionel Legare." the doer of the spiral
tower act and Dionne & Harrington,
the horizontal bar team.
"Orietta," the Jayenese fortune teller,
who did one of the most clever fakes on
the ground. left on the Great Western
for Eau Claire, Wis. Sigfried's French
theater went to Eau Claire, as did also
Blitz & Morris statue turning to life, =
Ariel" the flying lady, and moving
picture show.
Unions German Village" which 10 q
Cedar Rapids aggregation. returned to
Cedar Rapids to get ready for the car
nival there during the week of Oct. q
being unable to secure the privilege for
the Mason City carnival.
Leon & Lemart, with their trick house
and clever acrobatic and contortion act
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