The Savannah morning news., 1901-11-16
MIDWAY WILL BREAK UP.
It's Various shows VIII Scatter over
the Country.

. leave tonight. The Canton Carnival
Company will be disbanded, and it's
various parts win start upon separate
quests for the dimes of the curious.
No attraction at the Midway has
done so good a business as the stat
ue" that turns to life" 1t has been
advertised with persistency and in
sistency that have kept it before the
public. Before ever reaching the
grounds, Fair visitors have heard
about the Statue" and they have been
anxious to see it. No chance for them
to forget it has been afforded, for
something about it is posted in nearly
every conspicuous place. Anything the
eye might miss that was intended for
the advertisement of the illusion would
be more than atoned for by the infiic-
ton upon the ear of the frequent ha-
rangues about the Statue" that are
delivered by megaphonJc spoilers.
Wherever one turns the glowing de-
scription of the show is heard.
The people of Jacksonville will have
a chance at the Statue" comedy young
woman who poses well for the show.
The outfit win leave tonight for that
city The wild animal show will also
leave tonight for Jacksonville.
The gondolas will go to Albany to
show for a while. Speedy, the high
diver, will also go there. The rest of
the shows will choose their next places
for display and get away as soon as
they can.
This afternoon and tonight the Mid
way will be showing, and tonight the
free attractions in front of the grand
| stand viii be given. Daredevil" Eli
patrick will remain in Savannah two
or three days after the close of the
Fair.
Concessionaries say they have not,
as rule, done very much business at
| the Fair. Some have simply coined
| money, making several hundred doll
lars clear. The gaming privilege has
been the most profitable of all, the
| bookmakers having made a, good thing
| out OF the races, and the gambling
games beneath the grandstand having
| taken money as fast almost. as it
| could be bet. A few are ahead of the
| games, but they are very few in COM
| parison with the number that are
| heavy losers.
Lemonade and fruit sellers have done
no rushing business. They say they
have Jared badly, considering the num-
| Der of visitors. The Fair drew more
people than they had expected, but
| they complain that the visitors have
not spent money in their line.
Of the minor concessions, one of the
most remunerative was that of the
| "red-hots" stand, where wienerwurst
sandwiches and other quick lunches are
sold at moderate prices. Money has
| been made, for the stand has been
| literally patronized.
NJ. B. Ehrhcher has done we'll with
his bar and restaurant privilege. On
Savannah day his bar was crowded.
| and 1t was almost impossible for the
| thirsty to get waited or without having
to wait themselves for a long while.
Both his bar and restaurant have paid
Mr.. Ehrlicher we'll
| The friends of the ladies who conduct
the Daughters of the Confederacy's
Rest and Refreshment Room in the
| Woman's Building, are congratulating
| them upon the good business they have
done. Frequently all the chairs have
been filled, with other patrons stand
| ing, waiting their turn to partake of
| the dainty refreshments. The gross re-
ceipts of the ten days the ladies have
| conducted the refreshment room will, it
is thought, aggregate more than $1,000.
Many visitors to the Fair have been
| impressed by the success with which
the grafters with the weighing machine
| guess" at ones weight, guaranteeing
| to guess within three pounds of it or
| to make no charge for the weighing
process. OF course the man could fire.
| quently guess so near ones weight as
| that, but the percentage of fees from
| the crowd that sits in the chair would
not then be sufficiently strong. He
makes it better, therefore, by SIM
| pie trick, yet one that is not noticed
by one having his weight tested. The
CRATER keeps his hand upon the chair
- .-sx t.. 4.
| The weight causes the hand on the
dial to oscillate. BY a judicious exer-
else of very little strength, the CRATER
is enabled to either increase or de-
| crease the weight so that it will be
within three pounds of the nunnper
| he has called in making his guess. -
| 1t is easy.
Mr.. E. T. Ziegler, who has been put
| ting on the night attractions at the
Fair, will remain in Savannah two or
| three days until the arrival of his
| family from Cincinnati, when he will
go with them to Daytona, Fla. where
he has been accustomed to spend sew
eral of the winter months.
The night shows have not been a
financial success. Mr.. Ziegler was ad-
| vanced S1,250 by the Fair Association
to defray the expenses, in part, of
|
taken in during the evenings. The
agreement wac that the first
$3.50 received after o'clock
at night for admissions should
be used to refund the amount
| advanced by the Fair Association. Any
overplus was to have been divided.
There has been no overplus. On the con-
trary, about $3.50 will be lost by the
Fair Association by the night shows.
Mr.. Ziegler said last night that he
would lose between $500 and $500. He
had figured upon about $4,000 from ad-
missions at night.
Mr.. Zeigler has been surprised by
the slight attendance upon the night
shows He said that the Fair is the
best equipped that he has ever seen,
and he has attended many all over the
country. The pass privilege has been
greatly abused, however, Mr.. Zeigler
says, and he ascribes some of the re-
sponsibility for the lack of financial
success of the Fair to that cause.
CAPT. GARDENS PROMOTION.
Elected Secretary and Treasurer of
Chatham IL. u. a. I. Co.
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