Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-05
MarshaIltown's Big Weeks
Show Closes Its Doors
Saturday Night
DOES NOT PAY EXPENSES
Saturday, With 1000 Paid Admissions,
the Largest Day of the Week =
Potter G. Rice Attractions Attached
by Employe-Where the Shows Go
City News.

/ ne Taltle ana ain OF the Daily nos
| the flaring banners of the percentage
shows, the gaudy costumes and bril-
| liant lights of the midway, which have
during the past week, marked the pres
ence of the carnival, are all gone, and
with Saturday night, the third annual
show of the Marshalltown Carnival
! Company was brought to close. From
a financial standpoint the undertaking
this year was not a success. An officer
of the company stated Sunday that
while all the bills contracted during
the week had not been presented, he
figured the company would lose in the
neighborhood of $1,000, altho it might
be under or over that amount. Two of
the percentage shows. which had been
continually cautioned during the week,
cut loose late Saturday night, and put
on indecent shows. The Potter & Rice
shows We're attached by one OF the en-
ployes, but the matter was soon settled.
Saturday was the banner day of the
week, and While the afternoon crowd
was not much larger than the aver
age, for the six days, the evening at
tendance was greatly in excess Of that
of any night previous. A total of about
1000 for the day was the paid attend
ance given out by the officers. This
makes d total for the week of about
1900.
Of the shows along he midway, Gin
dereila. the Miller piets~e show. did the
top business for the week. "Zallah" is
accorded second place. with the Statue
Turning to Life" third. Several Of the
shows which had found business un-
profitable, took down their tents and
did not attempt to show Saturday.
Among these We're the Potter & Rice.
The Girl Afire" and The Electric
Theater," and Colorado Charley's Wild
West Show.
Attach Tents for Salary.
L. Rathburn, a musician in the Pot
ter & Rice band. secured an attach
ment on the tents of the statue show,
and the "Old Plantation" Saturday ev-
ening to cover salaries amounting to
SOS, alleged to be due him and his SON..
The company later settled with him.
and the attachment w2s withdrawn.
1t was brought about by an attachment
being secured against Rathburn by
Amasa Holt for board bill amounting
to $40. The Potter & Rice shows have
been playing in hard luck for the past
six or seven weeks, but have continued
to pay salaries up to two weeks ago.
The week previous to their coming here
they played In Rockford, ILL.,. and on
account of the rain were scarcely able
to show at all. The business here
proved poor also, as The Statue
aiming to Live" was the only one OF
their attractions which paved oat.
c. A. Perkins, who, during carnival
week, was employed by Dutch
Charley, the keeper of the eating place
at the southeast corner Of the grounds,
also secured an attachment against
that place, on account of unpaid salary,
TO SIS, said to be due him.
This attachment was also taken off
late in the evening by the payment OF
the sum.
Cory Bros. Show Cuts Loose.
AS the night wore on and the crowd
which was on the grounds was largely
composed OF men, the Cory Bros show
and the Harris vaudeville began to
cater to men only" audiences and the
performances of especially the former
were decidedly suggestive and indie
cent. The midnight special pulled
off by the Cory performers at about
IL o'clock was probably as strong
a performance as most carnivals ever
see. 1t completely shaded any pre-
yious attempt at the indecent of former
carnivals and made the remembrances
Of last years My Girl show appear
mild in the extreme. It Is said that
another later performance was given
about 1870 o'clock Sunday morning to
a select" audience which was even
more Indecent than the one referred to.
The Harris company, presumably for
the reason that the members were
mostly men, did not become so loud,
but their shows were of different
sort than had been put on during the
rest OF the week.
Where the Shows Went.
All Saturday evening the work Of
tearing down and carting away the
was carried on. Most
Of the attractions went to Cedar Rapids
OF these there were the Pot
ter & Rice shows. and their attractions
Of the free show; "Lallah" and Otto's
animal show; cinderella and the
Cory Bros. show, also Colorado
Charley's wild west show, left for
Mo-, Sunday Several of the
free acts are also included in the Cedar
Rapids program for this week.