The sun., 1901-07-21


SoWd around he entrance The wisdom
Of ssperating the fooled nom the to-bs-
The funniest man on the Midway. though
few people discover him. b In front Of the
house which b built upside down He
b young fellow and he carries an enor-
nous rattle. He doesn't need moro power
70 hie elbow. He shakes that rattle unit!
the. heavens almost fall But when that
his resources OF tho ready Wit and ear
splitting sloqusncs Of the other barke1 he
hasn't q particle He has one remark
ct his command and only ono After q
violent shake Of the rattle he shouts:
House upside down. emphasizing The
He walks up and down continuously
emitting at every few steps . terrific:
House upside DOWN.
upside dovnl! They pas and he shouts
after them: House upside down. Some
people pause to look curiously at the In
vorted building and he almost knocks
them OF their feet with q furious blast
OF House upside down.
Once In while he shakes the rattle deaf.
sningiy and you think he may be going
TO vary hh remarks, but no, he always
begins the same series Of House upside
WV az ona Iioiu ihu8 uhLl h8hs ho
never invents Q new remark. No matter
whom you stop to listen he V always shout
Ing, with q persistence which would b
pathetic II II were not funny enough to
give anybody Mysteries:
House upside down! House upside
down. House upside down.
The man who does the barking for Darkest
Africa 10 one Of the Truthful James variety
He doesn't pretend to be like George WASH
trRfAn vvhA nnssldnsk tnlt \ la aA-
mits that he could tell whoppep. But he
won't Nsught but the truth shall be
spoken By his nps on tho subject Of Darkest
Ladies and Gentlemen says Truthful
james. Il want to ask you fair question.
How many Of you have ever seen canni-
The crowd seems to mediate over this.
Impossible to tell whether the listeners are
question or whether they are rakine their
memories for facts labelled: Distinguished
Cannlbals Whom l Have Met At any
rate they maintain thoughtful silence.
How many Of you.' repeats Truthful
James. have over seen cannibalf No
onep"
He makes q great show at searching the
crowd for correction He shakes his head.
cannibaL Now. ladies' and gentlemen.
we have four cannibals in our show here.
No more Not 20 nor 400; but four.
Four fierce man-eating cannibals and II
that ISN'T the truth they may eat me
And that isn't all want to ask you
another question. How many Of you ever
saw pygmy?"
Another pause for returnA
When Stanley went to Africa, my friends,
rnt nHArNd him q M IN hA would
bring back ono specimen OF that strange
race Of beings known As pygmies. Did he
do II? No, ladies and gentlemen. he did
nOt He was unable to deliver the goods.
We, ladies and gentlemen. have two pye-
mics. thanks to the missionary who sent
them over here. Now" throwing wide
his arms, Il lay the facts before you. -Four
Ssnniesi: and two pysmies await " you yoS,as- bs.
Of lifetime. II you don't take II you can't
One Of the shining lights Of the Midway
b man with q cigar stand In front Of the
Soft Drinks Building a. II 10 officially called.
One OF the Mattresses partOok TOO liberally
OF soft drinks the other day and the ambu-
lance was sent for, II pulled up within a
few feet Of the cigar stand and had barely
stopped when the cigar man took advantage
Of the situation to do business with the
Here you arel- he shouted Anybody
that wants to get ride In the ambulance
just buy one o these hero cigars Smoke
one O. these cigars an the ambulance y
ride you right down to the hospital
man who was passing and had MOI
heard the invitation stepped up to buy
cigar, - A.. ,.,.-
Here's one man that wants to ride In tht
ambulance Anybody elso like to go
One cigar warranted to do the business
A trip In the ambulance goes with ever,
cigar No blanks. No extra charge. Onl,
Ave cents for a cigar and an Ambulance
ride thrown In. No such bargain any
where else on the grounds
In Old Nuremberg there Is pipe boot
with two men and two megaNones Il
anybody making for the exit they hail him
visitor turns around. Come over her
and SEQ something now. Oh. It's no fake
| It's a new thing In pipes. Now. don
| look proud II you don't smoke a pip
you ought to. It's never too late TO mend
| II you don't come you'll he sorry. You
come back from anywhere TO see this pipe
Why, one man came back all the way fror
Hackensack, y. j.
| A string OF nonsense like this, comm
In the queer tones produced by the mega
phone. Is somehow much funnier than whe
| II is spoken by the unaided voice. Their
Is something weird and sepulchral abou
| II and when the megaphone man gets ga
and personal it is Ike being jollied by
| voice from the grave.
| Midway Is totally different from anythin
at the Paris Exposition. There was n
| real Midway there. The attractions. a
| they are called in French as well a. In Eng
lish. were scattered all over the place
But there was n double row OF them Gale
the Street OF Paris, which would CORE
spond with n section OF the Midway.
Did megaphones rouse tho echoes OF tn
street OF Paris? Hardly Things wer
instance, had a verandl in front. Befor
every performance the entire troupe ap
peared here and. taking up the lines on
| after another, recited very charmin
| little prologue which had been written 10
them by a well-known literary man Q
Paris The other attractions had thei
barkers also. But such 4 chastened. sub
| dued type Of barker. Those at Bu1al
| would doubtless put their gigantic mega
| phones, like 50 many extinguishers. owe
the little Frenchmsn In case they met
| Certainly there is the most hideous cor
| Rlomeration OF sounds at Buffalo that an
| exposition ever produced. The redeemin
| feature Ia the native wit OF the barker
| The noise makes one pray for the situatio
described by the late "Orpheus c. Kerr
and quoted In THE Sun the other day;
| And silence. ~ eohe as grave,
| l. the onl sound hear
Al the same time, the fun which ls cor
! tin,ialIy bubbling up TO the surface OF ther
seething sounds IL a good tonic for thu
tired feeling which gets into the brain, aft'
| a conscientious, heart-to-heart half hot