The Greeley tribune., 1904-07-21
ONE FAMILY
PATTERSON BRAINARD .loR-
GAN1zAT10NlRELATED.
Show Folks Who Come Here
Next Week Have But Few
Single Members
Along.

beeilluluR next MOnOay, Gfeeiey
Will have whole week OF circus and
carnival when the Patterson. Braiu-
ard combination shows here under
the auspices Of the Greeley band. AS
the show folks will be here long
enough to become acquainted with a
great many Greeley people, something
about the people who are expected to
entertain the crowd is Of interest.
The fact that the entire aggregation
Is very much OF family affair will
not in the minds Of the people serve
to detract from the good moral tone
OF the shows.
The following from the Canon City
Record where the same people re-
Gently performed under the auspices
OF the band OF That city, will be
sort OF introduction Of the show peo-
pie TO the audience:
1.-The firm is made up of James
Patterson and R.H. Braniard. Mr..
Pattersons wife Is the daughter of
MI. Brainasd and serves as financial
secretary for the company-and she
Is a good one. A. F. Brainard, a
son of the head man, is chief elec-
trician and his wife assists Mrs. Pat
terson with the books OF the COM
pany.
The Stadium is almost family
affair. There are six performers
being three married couples. The
Frees brothers, the barrel jumpers,
are the husbands of the Gennett sis
tiers, the trapese performers, and
each of these couples have little son
with them.
Mile. Brachard, queen Of the re.
volving globe, is the wife of Paul
Brachard, the wonderful contor-
zionist.
1.-The old gentleman who sells
tickets at the Stadium. is Mr.. Jan.
son, father OF the Genuett sisters,
and the good looking brunette who
has her head cut off dozen times a
day by the Hindoo mystery man,
Frank, is sister Of the Frees bro
thers. She is married, however, and
her husband is Mr.. Westhouse. He
works at the Ghost Show and takes
the part of the working man in the
scene from 'Little Jim, the Golfers S
Son.
The young lady who assists in
selling tickets at the Stadium is the
daughter Of Geo. Gussage, who does
the loud talking for this show. Her
mother is Lola, the palmist.
"A Mr.. Porter runs the Kino-
drome or moving picture show and
it is his wife who sells tickets and
assists him. Then two girls some
times assist in drawing crowds for
this show. One is daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Porter, and the other a sis
ter of Mrs. Porter.
John 7. Backman, the Jolly,
good natured talker for the Glass
Blowers. aud the London Ghost
Show, is really the owner of these
two shows, His wife is the heavy set,
dark haired lady seen about occasion
ally. She manages the Ruby Glass
Stand
THE attractive blonde with the
Ghost Show is Mrs. Morgan, wife OF
| the gentleman who usually does the
reciting for that show. The modest
! looking little girl with this show is
| new at the business, and has only
been with them two weeks.
Cora, the beautiful girl from
up thele, is the wife OF Mr.. Benson,
manager Of this show. He is the
gentleman who operates the light
machine at the show.
THE Aerial Dobells are man and
wife and the Aerial Llnsons have
their wives with them.
Charles Johnson, the high diver,
and several Of the other men are ac-
companied by their wives.
There are only four unmarried
women with the show.
The precinitatiOn