The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-09-15
RRARDED LADY'S SAD STORY.
ar ELEPHANT IN FRANCE WHEN
' circus WENT BROKE.
uo,,e Yesterday with . Few Moro OF
"" wcCaddon's Stranded Freaks Sunday
CIos,ns and Gallo Graft Killed snow
/. -ue,n for Remnant in GronOble.

cat Home yesterday "'
w Mcraddon's stranded Freaks-sunday
CIos,ng and Gallo Graft Killed snow
Iue,p for Remnant in Gronoble.
r.o Fabre Line steamer Roma, from
, l and Naples, which got to her
';s- in brooklyn yesterday morning at 8
p p..,ock brought home eight wan and weary
VA and women, late OF Joe MoCaddon's
mc" International Circus, which didn't
o, 'ss n hit in France and was stranded
MO- y, crsno5le. BILLY yoght, treasurer Of the
va. wyoming Jack and Mrs. Wyoming
t ,ass. Oracle, the Bearded Lady; Dead
'J nick the knife thrower and sword
VII ".mower. Charles Mcleod, advance agent
'Nshareback ri Ter. and the Holman brothers,
s. 49, bar artists, were the eight. All
~, nv,' wav up the bay they chered the Ameri-
W. AIRS hving from passing steamers,
. ..d when the Roma ran her nose into her
',a thew hurried onto good American land
shout troubling much about their bag
gage . .. ..o,,h,o ,h,,,.
r.h the rest Of the Great Internatinal
is in pawn in Grenoble.
Nr and Mrs. Wyoming Jack and the
rded Lady headed for restaurant,
rlain one with German walters. Tuck
~ her luxu!lant beard in her shirtwaist,
csscie attacked a schooner Of Pilsener
nd then went through an inch thick sirloin
,ssk like a buzzsaw through a soft pine
nrd Refreshed, she discussed the sor-
oxipl history Of the Great International's
MIR through France.
.youna man." said the Bearded Lady
unressiyely, pointing to her plate, ~do
,nn want to know what have been eating?
"a, Well, elephant; an old elephant at
hat.
q suppose you have heard what tough
NIX we ladies' and gents ran UP against
France. Don't ever speak to me Of France
mp. If ever the Dutch get into another
Nv with the bloomin' frog eaters III Hooh
er Kaiser and tha's something l never
bought Id do
And l. said Wyoming Jack, whose spe-
altyis smashing glass balls thrown into the
ir by Mrs. Wyoming Jack, 'and I, though
NAV surprise you, have been eating
ose'
1T seemed like Joe McCaddon was hoo
ooed from the first hand around con-
inued Oracle; thoughtfully stroking her
ous beard Joe is religious sort Of guy.
Nm McCaddon never would stand for a
Sunday show. Long before Joe started
ut for himself and was working for old
nan Bailey, his brother-in-law. Mrs. McC.
Ouldnt let him work on Sunday.
Now Sunday in France Is the gayest
yer. That's the one day in the week
rhen the Frenchmen turn loose and want
SPEND their coin. When Joe took the
treat International over there-and it ives
corker to start with, a o. car show-he
Iouldnt give Sunday performances. The
oushers and the madymosells used to
ather around the tents by the million and
bout 'veeve Mistaire McCaddong!
eeva Mistaire McCaddongi to get Joe to
pen up; but he wouldn't. He stuck by
b Missus and his principles and it put the
Nch on the droop. There was tho usands
II by that play-thousands.
Then, Mc(addon started In the north OF
rance and We struck weather that used
bfreze my beard Of nights. Nettie Carol
nd Sally stickney and / and the rest OF
be ladies in the show didn't have much to
Te"i pus NV VI Shuit iihhi'y oSAh uAAs oAA
he level, we were nearly froze stiff. We
thought that when salaries commenced TO
fome in we would buy heavy stuff, but the
sRres never came. 1t seemed like every
nowstorm haistorm, windstorm and just
plain ornery storm that was cruising around
Europe headed for Joe McCaddon and
be Great International. 1t rained 80 hard
hat the canvas rotted, and then the wind
lev 50 hard that ripped the rotten canvs 9.
Another trouble was that Buffalo Bill
nd Rrnum 4 Bailey had worked France
odath, and the people wouldn't be ga tisfied
lth anything less than the greatest ever.
ct that we didn't have a good show, but
ody's and old man Bailey's press agents
I'D worked overtime telling the French
|eopie that they were the oniiest onliest
I'd that all other shows were rank imita-
cns. Naturally, when the people did come
our show after the spell Of had wea Their,
ey didn't like what they saw.
well. 1t went on that way week after
eek' nothing but lard luck. The per-
timers got of their feed. Several got
IN, The animals got mean and NANCY.
9body was getting salary for there wasn't
Shat little did come in went to the
s1ch grafters, who could give New
oneH cards and spades and win the
ane by three points.
n August II we struck Grenoble and
haooon threw up the sponge. The
way he could Pay salaries was to
me elephants and the horses. Some
Us GOT paid little out CT the money
ne e!ephants and some of us got few
sss out Of the horses. That's why
~ we were eating elephant and horse.
seVer again" said Oracle, extracting
ssp Of whisker from the Pilsner, never
an lot me. The L. s. A. for mine. II
so up against it over here you can al
make win out Of some sort, but
mere you get the icy mitt and the
~G smile. | don't believe they like
Ineans any too we'll over there anyhow;
- nobody broke their nccks trying
i've me coin or three meals a day. l
sYpleely lucky if got one and half"
iM can figure what the show was up
ena, said Wyoming Jack, when I
se that for a month tho receipts ran
~. H,sO week, while tho daily ex-
w. were 81 600 at least"
~ one IN the party seemed to know
nSoseph 7. McCaddon is now. They
tmough that he had gone broke on
b oN' McCaddon is brother in law
%ss A. Bailey, Of Barnum 4 Bailey.
M wy ~ ma FRIED his sister and for ten
X. MESaddon was general manage
~ .fnailey show. Then he and Mr..
Ieh out and McCaddon organized
~. International on his own hook.
NJ M Alfredo Edel, the European de-
srs., " costumes, to take stock, and he
ii ~ q also W: W. Cole, the old show