Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1905-12-14

Aeaven- usei 20 hops for she tine
vh@n ! Mould Eet nerve enough %
run away. and- 90 witA a circus. and
seaF a dirty shirt. and bs sroand a
tent and wash or the legs ~ n spotted
Aorse VITA castle ~naD. and when Pco-
pls gathered about me % watch ths
proceediuxs. to look toagh and tell
them In a hoar~e voice way down my
thrua,. sort OF husky from sleeping In
the wet straw with the spotted horsr
that they must ro on about their
business. and not disturb the horse
had thought " should run aSsy
and go With a circus. some day. when
rot far enough away from ma. that
! would up and swear. and be tough.
and ~hen came home In the fall. ana
the nei<hbor boys would come around
me. would chew tobacco and tell
them ot the Joys OF circus lite. Well.
maybe will some day. but al present
am sleepy all the time.
We have showed six times he last
and IL seems as though there Is moth
ing doing but putting up and taking
down tents. and going TO and from
the cars. and you can't be tough cause
there i always some boss around 10
tell you To hook pleasant II you are
cruss. and to tell you so change your
shirt or get out q the shox. and II
YOU swear AZ anything you are called
down.
Pa and put in a good deal % time
during the afternoon and evening PER
formanceS. in the dressing room. near
the door leading to the main tent.
That i the nearest t0 being In an
insane asylum Of any place was ever
in The performers get ready for their
several acts. In punches or families.
all in one spot. and they act serious
and jaw each other. and each bunch
acts as though their act was all there
vas To the show. and II II was cut out
for any reason, the show would have
10 lay up for the season. when in fact
each one Is only a cog In The great
wheel. and II one cog should slip. the
wheel would turn Just the same. These
people never smile before they go In
the ring. but Just act as though too
much depended on them to crack .
smile. When a bunch Is called 10 90
a. though u was the parting of the
WAYS. and they clasp hands and 90 out
OF tn. dressing room as though salk-
ing on egxs. When they Eet In the
ring they look around 10 see II all
eyes are upun them. and bov to peo-
pie who are looking AZ something 81
ing on In another ring. and who dot't
see them. and thea they 60 through
their performance with everybody
looking Somewhere else.
When the act is over the audience
seems glad. and clap hands because
they are polite. and IL dou't cost any
thing To clap hands. and the perform
running out to the dressing room. and
take a peek back into the big tent as
though expecting an encore. bu- tae
audience has forgotten them and "a
looking for the next mess of perform
ers. and the ones who have just been
IN 20 and lie down on straw and won-
der II they can hit the treasurer for
an advance on their salaries. 50 they
can go To a beer garden and forget
IL all
An average audience never gets its
moneys worth unless some one Is hurt
doing some daring at. Ia suggested
that they have some one pretend To be
hurt in every act. and have them
picked up aud carried cut on stretehers
With doctors wearing red crosses on
their arms. in attendance. giving medi-
cine and restoratives- The show tried
IL at Bueyrus. O., and had seven men
and two women injured - they had
to be carried out. and the audience
went wild and almost mobbed the
dressing room. 20 see the doctors opec-
ate on the injured. II was such a great
success that next week We are going
TO put In an automobile ambulance
and have an operating table In the
dressing room with a gauze screen 50
the audiences can see Us cut OF legs
like they do in hospital. Maybe We
shall put In dissecting room II the
people seem TO demand IT.