Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-09-30

Tuesday, at the carnival grounds
| marked the real opening of the big an
nual show, and the percentage shows
| which on Monday, were unprepared to
| do business, Tuesday afternoon opened
| their doors to the crowd. and last night
| the performances along the midway
were In full swing. The attendance
of yesterday was greatly augumentedb by
the admission of about 5000 school
children, of both the public and ST.
Marys schools. Aside from this about
200 admissions were paid at the gates.
So far no complaints have been heard
regarding the appearance of suggest
iveness in any of the performances and
the opinion is gaining ground that this
years carnival will be untainted by
any Objectionable features.
After the complaints regis
tered by the percentage shows
Monday the free attractions
were cut down, and considerably short
ened over what they We're on the first
day. Last evenings free show was be-
gun about 1880 O'clock, and was COM
pleted in about an hour, giving all
those who so desired, plenty of time to
visit the midway. The rather threat
ening weather of the early evening
may have prevented some from attend
Ing, altho the rain did not begin to
fall until about 10 o'clock.
The Nights Free Show.
The evening program Tuesday con-
sisted Of the Brandons in Roman rings
and contortions; Lane and Suzetta in
Roman sword combat and cannon ball
juggling; Nine vallecito in her act
with trained animals; "Maximus" IN
his wrestle with the steer; the Milf
man trio on the slack wire; the Miller
family in their aerial act and Captain
Stanley's high dive. OF these from a
spectacular standpoint, the act of Stan
ley, comes easily first. From the small
platform, sixty-nine feet in the air, he
springs and. descending thru the glow
of the red lights burning below, lands
in small tank of water, sending the
spray high into the air. Spectators
hold their breaths as his body, catching
the reflection of the flames, descends
in its rocket-like flight. The Milliman
trios slack wire act, is however, the
one act of the evening show that re-
ceived the most cordial greeting. Their
act is thoroughly deserving. especially
the part taken by the youngest mem
Der of the team. She dances, cake
walks, and does all so gracefully that
she at once becomes favorite with
the audience. The Miller family, altho
seen before here, still retains It's hold
upon the amusement loving public.
The act is good altho handicapped tel
some extent by the absence OF the boy
who was burned by a gasolene expio-
sion during the summer. Lane and
Suzetta is another team of exceptional
merit and in their Roman sword COM
bat and cannon ball Juggling last night
received the applause they deserved.
The greatest Objectionable feature of
the act Of "Maximus, the steer wrest-
ler is that it can not be seen to adj
vantage from the amphitheatre.
The Afternoon Show.
For the benefit of the school child
rem who attended at the forenoon free
show was put on the Miller family;
White and Lamart, the great fun max
ers. with their trick bill board; Nine.
Vallecito, with her trained animals;
Martins monkey, dog and cat circus,
which also met the approval of the
children; the Adams bag punching
team: the Milliman trio on the triple
trapese
Today's out-of-town crowd will pro-
baby be the largest OF the week so far,
as this morning trains brought more
arrivals than on either Monday or
Tuesday. On Thursday and Friday
afternoon free performances will again
he given In front of the court house,
similar to that of Tuesday.