Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-08
ATTENDANCE FOR TEN DAYS MAKES MARK
Average of over $4,000 Paid Admts-
siOns Daily to See the Sights ON
the Kings Highway Now
a Memory.
Attendance at King. Highway.

Attendance at the street fair for the
ten days exceeded ali previous records
Roughness was eliminated from the closing
night on the Kings Highway, and what
has been perhaps the most successful of all
the Ak-Sar-Ben carnivals. Sergeant Van
GUS, assisted by several other sergeants
and a whole squadron OF police, was on
hand to see that everything went OF at
the finish in an orderly manner, as has
characterized the whole week. Some of the
SWANS with the miniature slap sticks were
wont to strike a trihe hard, but on the
whole there were no boisterous scenes.
One of the novel features for an Ak-Sar-
Ben festival was the warm weather which
prevailed and which made soft drinks a
necessity especially when the enormous
amount of confetti. and dust one is obliged
to swallow is considered.
what They Talked About.
The Oldest Inhabitant. Samson and the
Careful Observer sat at the east entrance
as the last OF the merrymaAers were pour
ing forth last night and the observations
were unique. The Careful Observer said
that he had sat on the curb for over half
day and tried to figure out just how
much money "Queen ILL.," the elephant
took In on the big day. He said he had
he whitfield, but the camel driver came too
clo8e and upset his pile and he lost track
The girl from the handy factory told
the Oldest Inhabitant that he ought to try
his luck on a paddle, as she had packed
those boxes and he could not help but
be lucky The Midget, who was with the
girl from the candy factory, claimed a
hand in the packing and so the Careful
Observer was forced TO join his friend in
a try and sure enough the lucky number
came.
And since II is all over did you go
against one OF those miniture oyster loafs
like we used TO get at Tony Fausts," said
the Oldest Inhabitant. They reminded me
of them because they were so different"
mo" said the Careful Observer, ''but
did get stuck on those ice cream sand
witches which you eat as you run. II is
just like any other habit and when you
get stuck on the game you are gone you
| cannot break away. /, for my part, am
glad the carnival is closed OF l would have
| had the ice cream habit for fair"
And did you see the Red Sea and the
plains beyond" asked the First Settler
who had Joined the bunch. We'll, II ] live
10 see another carnival will have a better
fake than that all by myself just to see
the suckers bite"
What is that Mogy is carrying down the
| Highway" said the Oldest Inhabitant
That in that basket which the four boys
are having hard work to lug7" asked the
First Settler. 'Oh, that IL only Samson Z
share OF the confetti which was thrown on
you and me. Those girls surely did take
great delight In putting that stun in that
bunch OF alfalfa which sdorns your chin"
| Clearing Away the shows.
As the crowd thinned out LAl was called
into service 20 move the heavy wagons OF
the carnival company. and the scene soon
looked like a circus at the end OF the per-
formance, for everything was soon on the
move and Shields and his ''Rubes' were
lhustlinE everything that belonged to the