Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-06-28
THE CARNIVAL'S CALL
MarshaItown's Jubilee and Festival
of Fun and FroIic Will Open Next
Monday - A Week of Genuine
Merriment.

of Fun and FroIic Will Open Next
Monday A Week Of Genuine
Merriment.
1 1t is promised that the midway OF
| the Harry Luken IIippodrome will be
! a veritable fairyland of brilliancy, fun
and frolic next week, the like Of which
has never been seen in this city on any
similar festival
On Monday evening it will become a
reality and every amusement loving
person in the city and country sur
rounding are invited to come out and
join the merry ttrong. Throw dull
care and the blues aside, forget the big
and little troubles that bob up here
and there, give way to revelry and get
in the push. Grab an automobile, car
pike, the merry go-round and the call
| of the festive speier.
The Marycoddles will all be there
| and few of the Mollycoddles too. The
| Oriental wriggle- wabble dancers have
| been tabooed by Mr.. Luken and In
| their place will be shows and amuse-
ments of real merit. Without doubt
| the big feature of the midway will be
| the big geological garden and trained
wild animal circus This is undoubt-
| adly the greatest trained wild animal
show that was ever carried by any
carnival company. Here will be seen
| for the first time in this city mon
ster groupe Of perfectly trained black
named African lions, massive, mag
nificent specimens of the aristocrats of
the jungle. They have been out Of
captivity but q little over two years,
but, during that brief interval in their
lives they have become perfect sub
| jects to the master mind Of their fam
Gus trainer Prof. Herman Wheeden,
| the greatest of all French animal
| kings Not the least interesting in
| this wonderful animal show will be the
comicaI Teddy bears, the freaks of
| fun from the animal kingdom of Amer
lea, performing side splitting stunts
| that keep the auditors constantly roar
| Ing with laughter.
"Scott" Youngers famous wild west
not only intensely interesting, but to
There you will get an insight in the
lives Of the range riders, the pioneers
of the frontier ana history makers Of
the west, that you have probably never
seen before and possibly may never see
again. There the sports and pastimes
of that hardy army Of small sized
Calling gun toters and rough riders of
the range will be shown in it's entirety.
Roping, tieing, branding, broncho bust
ing and weird wonders Of the staked
plains, coupled with riding contests
of cowboys and Comanches are to be
4! seen in the monster open air arena.
And while you are about it don't for
get to see the little domestic animal
circus-the ponies and dogs, carried es-
pecially for the pleasure Of the little
folks, but equally as delightful to the
big folks too. There you will see
Counterfeit" the handsome Shetland
stallion, a little mite of diminutive
horse flesh, with the matchless brain
of man. He is really the most in
telligent big or little animal in the
world today and while he is but three
years of age, he does sums in division,
subtraction and multiplication so rap
idly that it actually astonishes the au-
dience.
Electric theaters, illusions and the
ever popular merry go-round with It's
big. tuneful harmonium will also be
there to furnish the. bunch of old and
young with fun and amusement.
In keeping with the general magni-
tude Of this splendid aggre cation, there
will be free attractions galore, but the
greatest, newest most bewildering and
splendid free act ever exhibited by any
amusement organization in the world
will be the international wonderwork-
ers of the aerial bars. The four Lukens
In their rapid-fire feats of falcon
flights turning space into q realm OF
restlessness and making momentum
the condition of all things. Among
all natures creatures there are no
such wonderful acrobats as these with
their marvellous strength and esdur-
ance: theirs is the browning work OF
the aerial universe. an exquisite art
that makes the onlooker marvel at
their daring and agility.
Excursion rates of one and one
third fare have been granted on all
railroads and Marshaltown Will sure
" become the center of the amusement
loving world that surrounds us next
week.