Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-09-27
1000 SCI A[ SHOW
Record Of Carnival Attendance
For Week Broken Thursday
Afternoon and Night.
More Than 5000 Single Admis.
sion Tickets Sold During the
Day..crowd Orderly.
More Splendid Free Perform.
ances..Conce ssionaires Do
Immense Business.

The attendance record for the week al
the carnival was broken Thursday, ant
will probably be exceeded only by Sat
urday's patronage, which Is expected
to be the bis: day of the entire carnival
AT least 1000 people saw the big show
Thursday, 61oo single admissions hav'
Ing been sold during the day and eve.
ming. Added to these were the man,
season tickets and numerous compli-
mentaries.
The afternoon sales xceeded those OF
the evening slightly. but many Of thos:
who went in the afternoon took theil
suppers on the grounds and remained
for the evening, thus making the eve.
ming crowd the largest that has yet
been on the grounds. During the after
noon 5000 single admission tickets were
sold and in the evening the ticket sell
ers disposed of 1900 As /, result of the
large attendance and the liberal patron.
age accorded the Midway attractions
the concessionaires are happy. So nu-
merous were the midway shows and 81
extensive the free performances pro-
vided by the carnival management thai
the concessionaires were disposed tc
complain during the first two days as
they expected to make little money
However, almost every one of the big
gest and best attractions has beer
playing to bigger business than al
Omaha and other carnivals held in the
larger cities.
There was one program given in the
afternoon Thursday and the usual per-
Torrance at night. The Millers in their
bounding rope act opened the afternoon
program, followed by Grace Man Dell in
her pleasing songs and dances. Leon &
Leniont, with their feats of contortion
and pantornime acrobatit: work and
their trick house, followed, after which
Belville & siondon appeared in their
sketch. The Miller aerial act came next,
after which the Orrs In their dancing
turn were Introduced. Clnrk's dogs and
Legare on the spiral tower concluded
the performance.
The evening program began with the
electric fountain, which was working
nicely and produced nice effect, better
than on the previous night, when the
lights were imperfect. Jim Wing. with
his ladder, and Creto in contortion, fol-
lowed in a double bill, after which the
Miller family appeared In its bike act.
The Maultbys. in their musical sketch.
the Wings in their clever work on the
traps and rings. Dionne & Harring-
ton. in some decidedly clever work on
the bars. the Miller aerial act and the
spiral tower followed In the order
named. One OF the best features Of tho
evening program was the act OF Dlonae
& Harrington. Altho not lengthy, 4
was very entertaining and elected en-
thusiastic applause.
While the grand stand and the
grounds surrounding the pavilion for
the free performance wer. crowded, the
Midway WIS also thronged with people
and the side attractions in the evening
did the largest business OF the entire
week. Some OF the smallar attractions.
which have not been faring very well,
saw the dollars coming their way. and
the larger and more popular attractions
played to capacity business from the
time the evening began until almost
midnight. AS usual the Statue Turn
Ing to Life" the Temple of Jerusalem.
Lunette the flying lady. lsosco's animal
show, Annie the Streets of Cairo and
its Turkish theater. the German and
Porto Rica,l villages. the Cherry Sisters
and the Galveston disaeter were the big
gest drawing cards. while Major Mon
rettc. the little man, Fat Willie, the Mu-
steal Twins, the waragrarh moving pic
lures and the mind reader found many
admirers. The Ferris wheel also did a
rushing business and the ocean wave
swing was quite popular.