The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-22

the management that the exhibit could
not open.
What g the matter,ln yelled the
is there-that's the only specification
in the contract.
Nevertheless the ukase from head
quarters "went. = There was an argu-
ing that people when they found they
had been fooled by a dummy whale
would take it as good joke. "That's
the way, it is at Coney Island" he
explained.
Manager Dorsey was obdurate.
Island,'' he said, "but out here in the
What was in the mysterious tent did
not become known for several days;
then the tent, which had been rented,
disappeared one night, and the whale
was left exposed to Thea public gaze.
The Snowman also disappeared, and
Manager Dorsey is left with the whale
on his hands. The Snowman has not
called for his property, altho he has
been heard from as threatening suit
for damages. The press agent, whom
he induced to announce that the whale
was genuine One, is also looking for
him. In the meantime suggestions Of
the disposition Of his whaleship are
| being placed on file. One is that it
| might be given ride down the chutes.
stuffed with frecrackers and that it
might be made feature of one of the
semi weekly pyrotechnic displays.
The Coney Island gentleman s belief
with the great lamentcd Barnum that
the people like to be fooled has for
| foundation a distinct characteristic OF
some natures. Some people insist on
being fooled. For instance, a visitor
glee and derision at people whom he
encountered coming from a trip at the
old mill.
elbow far do you suppose you rode!',
NAbout a quarter of a mile, turns and
all, I guess said one.
HHaw, haw, haw,' snorteed the wise
one. "You were not moving at all.
The boats simply stand still and they
move the scenery around you. I saw
that at the St. Louis fair.''
He enjoyed this little joke excessive
", and offered his explanation to sew
| eral. He even came near making a bet
with one man, and could scarcely be per-
suaded that he had been deceived him
self.
There have been dozen instances of
people who, after Inspecting the infant
incubator institute, have declared that
the slumbering babies were not real, but
wax images. One of these wiseacres
was listening to a lecturer who said:
"Water in the bottom of the apparatus
furnishes humidity for the atmosphere
Of the incubator, which is automatically
regulated.'
To show this, the lecturer pulled out
a drawer in the bottom Of the incubator
which contained pan Of water. AS
he did so, the baby woke up and began
to fuss. The lecturer then touched an
electric button to summon nurse.
"See that,' said the wise one, 4 it's
mechanical baby; Didn' t you see him !,
Just then a nurse appeared, who
opened the incubator to soothe the little
subject. Audible sounds of indignant
protest from the infant at the. disturb
ance of it's nap convinced those present
that the baby was real.
The man who superintends the run
ming of the airship swing is something
Of a philosopher. Someone asked him
the other day.: Hoy tS+ do ; you hmoT "
spill out9' III
IT generally watch the young
the machine starts, they, generally sit
far apart. AS it goes faster the gir]
t begins to snuggle up to him., Just as
! I see that he is about to put his arm
around her to keep her from falling
out, of course, thensI begin to slow up
&fsThat's the way to run this machine
! lust so far and no farther.' s
$ Herr Granada, the high-wire walker
= has been almost daily the subject of re
y proachful admonition from a serious
is minded woman, for whom the. perform
ance seems to have sort Of fascina
ton. Just before his ascent, she gen
g orally approaches him with: NDon
a you realize that it is wicked for 20,
II to risk your life in this ways The Gre
81 ator didn't give you a sound, stron'
" body for you to take such risks. Som
day divine vengeance will be visite'
upon you for your reezlessness.'
. Granada claims he doesn It mind thes
-. lectures, but he would rather that the,
should be delivered after his perform
q ance,. and not. just before. :