The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-10-12
SHORTAGE OF WILD MEN.
Snowman Advertiees and Only One
Candidate Responds.

Candidate Responds.
If any coiOred person with leanIASs
toward The stage desires TO fill weak
end engagements he should communi-
cate at once with James Wilson, at !
Blocker street, New York, and l~ar
something to his advantage.
Mr. Wilson. who was a Snowman be-
fore the lrankfurter invaded Coney ISL
and. is greatly in need OF wild man.
Yesterday he advertised for one-a col
cred one. He expected that his adVer'
tisemPnt would bring such rush OF
prospective Wild men that he would
have to have the police on hand TO
keep the street clear. Instead he hai
one lone caller. AS the post OF wild
man has to be filed by today, the man
was hired. lis real name, the show
man said, is a professional secret. On
the stage his name will be Boo BOO.
There has never been such a short
age in the wild man market. Mr.. VIII
son sat in his combined office and fiat
last night, and bemoaned the fact. tie
had to take the solitary applicant tor
| occupant Of a cage at nearby resort,
because of his pressing need, but 1t is
doubtful if he Will last. In the hrst
place he has one OF his front teeth
filled with gold, which no respectable
wild man should have.
Il am up against it," said Mr.. VIII
! son. shaking his head as he looked
up frcm his desk filled with circulars
| from dentists on the treatment OF the
| teeth. Imagine me getting up and
saying: This, ladies and gents. is BOO
Boo. who was captured by sailors IN
the Philippines. He is positively wild,
| and every attempt to tame him mas
| been without result. He was secured
OILY after a fierce fight. in which he
manned IS sailors He tore them apart
/ ladies and gentlemen. and even now ne
eats EN- alive And then to have the
wild man grin up at your audience, ana
| show a nicely filled gold tooth. I've
| been in this business % years, ana
never before have | had to put an al.
/ in a paper for a Wild man.
The gold tooth is not the only trou-
|
for the job. During the Interview with
Wilson he developed tendency to say
"huh?' on the slightest provocation.
Now the Snowman is haunted by the
| fear that Boo Boo in the cage If any
body asks him if he is really wild may
forget his part and say "huh?"
Mr. Wilson explained that the make
up and car fare are furnished by him.
self. The first consists of scant cos
tune of feathers and much paint. All
the wild man has to do is to look
wild. rattle his chains at dramatic
parts of the lecture, and try to bite
children who come too near the bars
of his cage. For this he will get 81 a
Sunday. What he does the rest Of the
week is no concern of his employer,
but he would prefer a man who gets
covered with CRIME on week days and
forgets to wash it off on Saturday
nights.
"Colored people are so unreliable,
said Mr.. Wilson, shaking his head
dolefully. You're never sure they are
going to show up, and it's no fun
scurrying about at the last minute tC
find a wild man. l had such a nice
wild man the first part of the season
but | never could be sure he'd show
up. He was very black, and he mus
have worked in tunnel or subway
He had fine bloodshot eyes, and Their
he was very forgetful about shaving
All of this made him wild man worth
having. l tell you, when l told the
people how he was captured the way
that coon would say 'Gr-r-r-' and rat
tie his chains was cert'nly inspirin'. L
was worth every cent of dime, ant
recollect that money don't grow IL
your pockets like the hair on you
head for But there I go lecturin,
when I'm just talkin' to you. Thi
business is gettin' on my nerves.
I'm up against wild man with I
gold front tooth. l know that if l an
a lecturing and that coon shows tina
gold tooth to the audience III simpl.
break down. l know I won't sleep to
night. I'll be dreaming of wild mel
saving Huh when they aren't sup
posed to be able to talk. Things ain
like the old days"
And the Snowman sorrowfull,
turned to his desk and took up hi
investigations as to how best to con
ceal gold tooth.-New York Times