The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-11

remaining days of the week. But these
wires were strung during the early
hours of today and the shows of the
company We're in full swing at 1 o'clock
this afternoon and during the rest of
the week there will be performances in
all of the shows each afternoon and
each evening. and no general admission
VIII be charged to the fair grounds in
the evening and 1t is likely that crowds
viii take advantage of this to attend
the various shows, which are all of
high class in their respective lines.
The Patterson-B rainerd show, which
is practically the whole thing at the fair
grontds,-aside from the horse racing,
is different from the other carnival
shows which have visited Topeka, and
the difference is in favor of the Patter-
SON BraineFd company by large ana
enthusiastic majority.
AS incidents to the shows three unus-
ual acts VIII be given as free attractions
each afternoon and evening in the mid
way the semicrcular space about which
! the tents for the various shows are
pitched. These acts comprise high
+ dive, a leap over a ehasm of flame Dy
/ fearless chap who rides bicycle ana
rebounding rope act by the famous
/ Deere. Mr.. Patterson plans to present
the free attractions during the after
moons between the important races SO
that everybody on the grounds VIII
I
ening the free attractions will be given
hourly beginning at o'clock
The large show with the carnival IS
the Roman Stadium, where NUMBER OF
high class circus acts are given. Inc
/ features Of this show are DeVelde ana
/ Zelda, the famous European equlil-
/ brists, the Ortanies, three acrobats ana
contortionists with three acrobatie dogs;
Berre and Hicks in back ladder act
/ and Amarillo, in a slack wire act. Two
shows are given daily at the Stadium,
one at o'clock In the afternoon ana
] the other at 9 o'clock in the evening An
/ Old Plantation show, the Navajo girls
I and the London ghost show are among
! the other big shows on the grounds.
Then there is the bum Fuzzle'' house,
4 a structure upside down and the Gig
gle Alley which are the producers OF
all sorts Of fun. Among the novel rea-
| lures in the smaller tents are Hop, the
/ living skeleton, but rather sort OF an
ossifled man; wild girl, fat girl from
Iowa; a Hindoo snake charmer; Rosa
4 Lee IN a fire dance and eight legged
horse and the wonderful Spider lady,
an individual with a face like woman
and a body like bug and a deep sea
diver This last chap stays under wa
/ ter for three minutes. during which time
he eats a banana and drinks a bottle
of milk Then there Is a moving picture
/ show where a lot of interesting films
i are displayed, an outfit of glass blow
ers and the other attractions which us
ually are with carnival company, such
! as y-go-rOunds, ferris wheels and
the Ike.
At noon today, nineteen separate
shows, each in tent of its own. had
/ been set up in a circle. A portion Of
+ the west side of the circle is occupied
/ by the Steeple-Chase, E. brand of mer-
/ ry-go-round never seen in this city be-
/ fore The machine is a monster, run
4 bv a steam engine. The animals, birds
1 and things on which the patrons ride,
are connected with fitting machinery
! which give them ganoping motion
/ For the person who would like to ride,
/ but can't stand the circular movement,
! a lovers tub" is provided This seat
turns backward as the machine goes
round so that the rider may sit facing
the same direction all the time. The
/ eple-chase is an English machine,
and very expensive.
One thing about the show reminds
the visitor of a circus. It is the side
show features which are scattered
around among the other attractions.
| Among these is the skinny man. be-
fore spoken of, whose barker claims
that he was starved into that condition
BY the Spaniards during the Cuban
war. and has never been able to recover
| his lost flesh. In another tent is shown
a remarkable CONTRAST girl 8 years
Of age who weighs $50 pounds. and a
/ very pretty little woman about the
size of a loaf OF bread, who is % years
of age and weighs 20 pounds. The
little woman, unlike the average dwarf
is perfectly formed and proportional
This combination of large and small is
almost startIing-the girls arm being
larger than the whole body of the lit
tie lady sitting near her Neither OF
these people are what would be called
freaks. although the delicate little CIR
has an So inch waist a Is inch calf and
an appetite like four hired men
The Observation-Disclosures show looks
cleaner than most street style shows
Even the .razor-backs'' seems to bt
more civilized.
There is no fence around the shows
for the purpose OF picking the public