Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-07-26
Big PATRONAGE And POOR SHOWS
Public is Becoming Disguised With the Obnoxious and Maodor'
Gus Mdway--iias Seen Enough Fake Shows 10 Last
For Generation

Meyers. financier; Mrs, Elizabeth Far
rington, receiver
Besides these there were twenty
wofkmen walking and swetering. AZ
the grounds, the usual free entertain
ment was given. but not many W.T.
messed II.
DIsGUsTED WITH MIDWAY.
When evening came, however, there
was q nuga lam along the midway, II
was curious crowd more than an en-
thusiastic one. and q number OF the
shows Were well patronzed by people
who came out Disguised with what
they saw. The fact Is that a feeling OF
disgust for the midway has been grow
ing on the public and II has Just
about reached a climax. Ever since tbs
fair started the newspapers nave &C
corded the enterprise far more gener@
Gus treatment than IL deserved, out OF
respect 10 the promoters. So has the
public received IL openly and has given
II every chance 20 provide a clean en-
tertalnmcnt. The time has now come
however, when many people realize
that they have no right along the mia'
way.
There are not more than one or two
shows in the collection OF tents that
any person making claim 20 respectable
lty can see. But the bad ones are 50
numerous that the search for the good
Is far more OF a Pinkert0nan task than
was the voyage OF the Argonauts.
chief fault Is that there are too many
MEN only shows to which women
are admitted. and which are shocking
and disgusting in the extreme
Colorado Charles Oriental Thea
ter" has from the first admitted only
men, and that much can be sald In it,
favor. II Is absolutely rotten, how
ever. and should have been annlhllated
earlier in the week The inside show
Of the Streets Of Cairo" is just as bad
as Colorado Charles production. and
yet women and children flock In 10 see
IT, Many citizens declare II the police
are going TO allow such nau-
seating exhibitions, surely they
ought 10 Insist on having
the spelers announce that It Is a show
TO which no women or children are adj
mitted Colorado Charlie does as much,
and he aid Il from the first, before he
ever got warning from the police. But
the truth Is, men too, should keep away
from It,
The biggest fake show on the whole
midway. and that Is saying good deal.
Is Harry Wilburs Idols Of Art" IL
has absolutely no merit Two scrawny
females poze In dozen positions, and
that Is all. IL lasts about Ave minutes
and costs ten cents. People come out
looking fooled and wishing they had
their dimes back.
The Juno" show would be all right
II II were not for the announcements Of
the barker, who leads the people to ex-
pect much more than they get. As an
unpretentious series Of col0red lights
upon a really fair woman's form. II has
Its merit II II pretty and Is in no way
suggestive "Lunette' Is also a good
show. but the rest are not worth the
money. and dime is a small amount
For people whose appetltes are acrid
enough to want to see Bosca, perhaps
the money will go ungrudRingly. II IL
a hideous. slckening exhibition, at best.
and no moral, sane person can possibly
enjoy Il.
In the face Of the cheapness and the
tawdry tlnsel Of all these exhibitions.
the managers said today that they had
had several applications from show
struck girls. who wanted to 20 ION the
stage Two girls, one from Logan,
and one from Murray, Yesterday made
application TO Harry Wilbur They
had no experience, were Is wears old,
and didn't mind wearing tights" Let
II be put down TO Wilburs credit that
he advised the girls TO go back to the
farm. George Mosier. "Lunette's"
also said that applications
had been made TO HIM
When the rain came last might, the
showmen reaped a rich harvest Most
Of the tents have roofs, but Wilbur's
show hadn't Just the same the astute
manager Of the Idols Of Art gathered
In as many peo~'e as ANYBODY. Come
In and get out Of the rain, he barked,
and people went in, only to find It quite
ms rainy as " was outside. Such are
the wiles OF the midway fakir