The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-05-09
ELKS BIG CARNIVAL.
Stupendous Free Street Fair
to Continue One Week-Will
Draw Large Crowds From
the Country-Watch For Big
Posters.

Frederick is getting ready for
the big ElkS Carnival and Free
Street Fair, to be held here for
SIX days, the week of June 2nd,
9TH. Contracts have been signed
with the Robinson Carnival Com
pany and the work of advertising
is now being look after. The adj.
vance advertising men who 90
ahead of the Carnival will be here
shortly and put up the big posters
all around the county.
The Carnival and Free Street
Fai andard entertainment.
embracing as it does all the feat
urs OF circus, cattle show and
theatre. With the Robinson
aggregation there are fourteen
pay shows that range in price
from D cents to % cents. These
will be scattered throughout the
city, giving all show to see
them. They run day and night.
Then there are free exhibitions.
several times daily. Several bands
of music will be in attendance.
The local lodge b. p. O. Elks,
is hardly more than a year old.
yet embraces berShip of
nearly hundred. They look for
the Carnival to he a big success.
to bring thousands of people to
our city and to benefit our trades
people generally. They are work
ing together with a will and will
leave no stone unturned to make
things go.
In the list of principal exhibits
now on exhibition furnished by
the Robinson Carnival Company,
which is undoubtedly the best
street fair organization in the
United States, might be named
the following: Matt Gay, the in
trepid and world famous back
diver from an elevation of 80 feet
into 1 foot tank of water. This |
exhibition is generously given free.
Then comes another free exhibi |
ton given by the Brown family,
who stand at the top of the ladder
III the acrobatic armament. The
incloSed exhibitions consist of
"Almee" the wonderful fire dan
Ger; "Lotta" in poses plastique;
"Ula' the Mystic Louisiana mys-
terry; "OscO" the Australian snake
eater; George" the most enter.
tanning dwarf in history; "Memo"
the alligator boy; "Hannah," the
wild girl, a mystery that must he
solved by the public alone, a weird
intense problem Of nature. Then
comes "Lunette," with her aerial
flights; the "Electric Palace,n
where the visitor can start from
New York City and take a bio
graphical trip around the world
"The BijOu Theatre" is another
interesting novelty, where a series
of high class vaudeville entertain.
mentS are given. Immense Ferris
Wheel and the merry go round
will be sources of attraction and
the whole will make one grand
and attractive combination of
mirth and merriment. The Blue
field CIV. Va.) DdiB Telegraph,
May LIST, says of the Carnival then
appearing in that town: "At this
point of the Bluefield Street Fair
and Carnival a word is due in
praise and commentator of the
efforts of the Committee and mem.
berS of the local Lodge b. p. o.
Il. for the most excellent manner
in which the street fair has been
carried out to the present date, as
was promised in the inaugural
stage of the arrangement. Every
pledge has been fulfilled, not only
by the local committee. but also
by the manager of the Carnival,
Mr.. Dan. II. Robinson. The ex-
hibits are clear, clean, moral and
absolutely high class in ever par
ticular. Indeed, there is not a
single exhibit to which any lady
or child cannot go with the utmost
feeling of security"