The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-10-24
BURNED HIS PANTS OFF
HOW A RUSSIAN GOT AHEAD OF
THE CIRCUS PEOPLE.
Devised scheme By Which He Set Fire
TO clown But Got Into Jail as The
Result

Result
Frank Beverly, the star of the circus
got the worst roasting last night he
mas probably ever received in his hng
career as a performer The pants were
burned OFF OF him but it was not critic
who performed that rather heating
ceremony it was an ingenious Russian
who did the work, and he hoped TO re
Ceiye a reward for his efforts. Instead
of his hopes being realized he was given
severe trouncing by Beverley and
then thrown into jail by the police OH
GERS.
During the course OF the circus en-
tertainment Beverley shows his versa
tlity by doing numerous turns. one OF
his most successful efforts is In the role
of a clown. Every night recently Las
been i'm the habit of providing sone tuE
for the audience with the aid a. ha,l
dozen small boys. He takes bag
bundle of newspapers, does them IN a
hustle and then ties them around his
waist. Then he provides half "a dozen
small boys with lighted candles and Of
fers to pay them fifty cents II they can
set fire to the paper. BY dancing ~
and down and hopping around Bever-
ley is able to stir the air and always
fan out the candles.
This stunt has kept the crowds roar
ing with laughter so last night, Bev-
ery, attired as a clown, offered to re.
peat the performance. In the crowd
was a Russian named Stanislaus Daph-
US, or as he is known to his fellow
worker, Stanislaus Olsen. Now Olsen
or Daphus had been a regular attend
ant at the show ever since il began
While he enjoyed the performances. ne
likewise was not adverse to earning his
way into the show. So last night hs
came eager to compete I'm the candle
lighting contest for ne had devised
shrewd scheme by which he could set
fire to the papers.
The instant Beverley announced that
the fire lodging stunt was to begin,
Stanislaus arose and walked into the
ring. 1t was noticed that Stanislaus'
face appeared to be unusually fat His
cheeks were puffed out like swollen toy
balloons. No body paid any particular
attention to his facial adiposity how
ever but wondered why a big man
should wish to compete with little boys
Beverley began to cavort about the
ring. His antics were highly ludicrous
Nothing like it had ever been seen be-
fore since Huckleberry Finn described
the Dauphin capering around, painted
like a ring tail zebra. while they were
doing one night staHds on the Mis-
sissippi. Beverley managed to put out
all of the candles belonging to the boys
and then danced toward the Russian
showing the hustle invitingly close TO
him.
Stanislaus held the candle close, gave
a big Puff" and in an instant a blaze.
ten feet high shot into the air and
from a smiling dancing clown Beverley
became a bowling infuriated man dane
ing with pain.
" 'elp. Murder, Police, 'es burnin' me
trowsers" shrieked the Snowman ana
the crowd of supers, headed by Bever-
leys wife rushed toward him.
But when Stanslaus saw the result of
his work he decided it would be wise for
him to decamp. No body knew that he
had filled his mouth with kerosene oil
and blowing the infammable fluid over
| the unsuspecting clown, had caused the
fire to burst out over the rear portion
of the performers anatomy. Maddened
by the pain Beverley started in pursuit
of the flying man and catching him
proceeded to give him a severe pummel-
ing.
For an instant the widest consusion
reigned in the middle of the ring. The
Russian was making frantic efforts to
escape Beverley was making wild
swings at the Russians face, while
Mrs. Beverley and the crowd of supers
were dragging the clothes off of BeVer-
ley and trying TO roll him in the saw
dust TO eXtinguish the flames.
Blast me blOomin heyes" roared
| Beverley, "'e will set fire to my clothes
willie. I'll fix i'm" And so the struggle
went on.
Finally after Beverley had dislocated
his thumbs and fingers humping the
Russian, and the crowd had about rip
ped all the clothes off of Beverley, mo-
desty finally demanded that the clown
should temporarily retire and don some
| thing to cover his burned nakedness.
/ Hastily springing into a convenient
| barrel Berverley rush from the ring ex-
claiming, 'Pm a married man myself"
In the meanwhile Officer Frank Fer
reira had arrested the Russian and
taken him to the police station. Cap
tain Parker dismissed the prisoner
| however when the facts had been stated
to him. Beverley decided not to press
the prosecution against the Russian if
II the latter should pay the damages of
| the burned clothes.
''Wheresky do Tslly come offsky,"
| CALCULATED the Russian, "YouOvich
oughOvich to pay meovich my fifty
centovich as you promisedovich, instead
of making meovich paysky yousky for
your sutsky."