The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-01
SCENES IN SIDE-SHOWS
TRIP TO THE REMARKABLE
 FESTIVAL ADJUNCTS.
All the Shows are Good and Some Queer Freaks of Nature are Displayed in the
 Tents.

She eats 'em alive; she eats 'em alive"
 Pass right on in ladies, it's the great est exhibit in the world" "
 Try your luck; try your luck; here's where you hit 'em every time you try"
 We are going through the Fall Festival District and we are going to see every- thing that this newspaper pass entities us to see.
 Whats this?
 The Crystal Maze. direct from the Pan-American Exposition"
 it was at the Worlds Fair. When we are inside of the maze. which is in Mont gomery Street, just off Court Square and adjacent to the Exchange Hotel we find hundreds of persons groping their way through crystal avenues.
 Bump. We have brought up against solid wall and we are lost. Turn which outlet although persons are walking all about us.
 Thank heaven I left off my after-sup- per drink" sighed fat man next to us. five square feet" said one of the courte- ous guides but the illusion is so perfect that It gives the impression of many miles of avenues. There is a circle of mirrors in the center of the place from which H. lusionized avenues radiate. Many funny incidents come under our observation. For example a countryman who had. perhaps, taken bit too much of the amber fluid
 
 one of those bevelled mirrors and climbed out through the roof"
 The guide led us to the entrance and we made our way to the Trip to the First National Bank building. Several good looking women with heavy cloaks about their persons were standing on the outside platform while the Megaphone Man was telling the crowd about the trip to Luna-land.
 Along with several dozen persons we went inside and waited, expecting every minute to be swept into space on the ethereal voyage.
 "I want to say a word to the gentle men present." said the curtain man. This performance consists of numerous poses Please do not make remarks to or about the performers, bearing in mind that there are ladies in the audience as well as on the stage"
 This statement made an impression and the performers began. It consisted of several really clever poses representing famous paintings. Notwithstanding the lights were bad the performance was more artistic than we expected to see in tent show.
 We took a look in on Alice. the silken- haired girl, and found her to be curi- osity, we'll worth seeing. This show is almost directly in front of the Fourth National Bank on Commerce Street. Alice is 12 years. She has silken hair GOV ering her face, necx and body. It Is genuine and the little girl who is 12 years old, was tastefully dressed. She Is accompanied by her father and mothec>-her grown sister and her little brother. The mother told us that the family lived in Minneapolis. They travel six months out of each year exhibiting the little girl.
 Tt is mortifying to us to exhibit our is good money in it."
 Close by Alice is, the booths of Rosco and Uno, the revolting snake-eaters Ap- parently they bite the heads off Of snakes l1,,xxy Wn finger with the snake-eaters.
 In Bibb Street. just off Commerce and close by Clanceys Hotel, we went in to see Electra. the Girl from up-Thece and other girls. Elsctra was "up-there' when we went in and she stayed up thcre' several minutes and executed some graceful poses. The stage mana ger" of this performance IS an attractive locking woman. The audience appeared to enjoy the performance and 1t IS worth the small price of admission.
 Across the street from Electra in North Bibb Street. just off Commerce. is the Japanese Village" In this place we wit messed remarkable exhibits of strength, juggling. tumbling and athletic diver sions. Some of the acts were cs good as have ever been seen In Montgomery.
 Then we retraced our footsteps, stop ped in to see the extraordinary Burmese Midgets near the Moses Building, which is a good exhibition, rode on the Gallop- ing Horses and went over to take peep
  vacant storehouse near kress's s. There is variety of entertainment in this place, but it is not high class.
 We visited the cute little horse at Hul- ter's corner, rode in the Ferris Wheel in front of Alexander and Spann's and took a look at the Wild Girl in front of the new Baldwin buildings on Dexter Avenue
 The Hagenback animal show in front of the Federal building afforded the greatest interest. This show was hers last year. No Street Fair visitor should fail to see these trained animals There is much in the show to instruct and en-
 Adjacent to the animal show is 'The Great London Monkey show, which IS accurately described as great. There are performing monkeys. balloons and ponies. A cute little pony tells the time of day and a baboon rides bicycle Numerous tricks of this sort brought gladness to the hearts of hundreds of
 The Mocrish Palace is in North Perry Street, just off the avenue, and adjacent to the Metropolitan Hotel. It is one Of pretty women do clever poses which the ''spieler' says are ''plastique." With the aid of electrical devices the Chameleon Lady who possesses unusual personal gives floral poses that are artistic. The performance closes with startling illusion act which consists of the bringing to life of statute. It de- | yelops into S9a pretty women W d,aEo,6 Then m t tne
 
 view of the audience and goes into a | ghastly skeleton.
 Don't know how they do It," remark | ed countryman laconically, but they | do do it. |
 The novelty swings are on North Perry | Street in front of the Arlington Hotel | and Mobile organization is making pie | lures representing scenes attending the | of President Mckinley in | a vacant storehouse near by.
 There is also an excellent moving pie | ture show on Monroe Street just west of | Perry Street.
 rllc Alabama Mlnstrels are on Monroe | Street near North Court The performers | ale nc groes but they do some good acts. I his show was here last season. It is W crth patronizing.
 Our tcur of the Festival District was completed when we had taken a ride on the merry-go-rounC or Coosa Street.
 'Ea you know" said highly esteem el citizen, the shows under the direc- ton of the Fair Association this year are exceptionally gcoG They are clean, and enterts ming. congrat- ulate the management on its selections"
 We ate popcorn bought toy balloons V on stick at a cane rack. knocked down
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