The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-05-05
JlAEsTVBNg DEAD EARPATH


Queen-Then Heafken % the BaFIcipg
'of the Barker Of tho Bott0m-0f.thesgea
- Hear the Musical Smiths and Smile.
NORFOLK. Va, May 4.-Madame Rcsina,
the animal queen and Mistress.o OF Nine MANI
moth Forest Bred African Lions, sat on a
lumber pile down on the exposition's war
path this afternoon and made her moan.
Just listen TO those devils roar. she said
as the boards, tTembled With the shock Of
the beasts diapason. Over in the cage
three lions crawleds over one another's
backs in the narrow compartment and
squawled ~savaGely. 2
do you blame them? Cooped up there
in those dinky cages, with the arena 30 far
or paper only and nothing doing in the
show line for six weeks. Say, kid. Of all
the hunks: and me roostin' around in these
ty trap hotels waitin' for the chanct to do
me trick. Why didn't l stick to Steeple-
chase stead of comm down to this swamp
to watch the grass grow?'
The animal queen drew her cloak closer
about her and lifted one foot out OF the
puddle that had formed beneath it.
This Is a great fair all right. all right.
This is the real pazZasus when 1t comes
down to expositions. We artists lived on
half pay ove there in the Wild West Hotel
until it burned and now we are in the Klon-
dixie lodgings u where the sand tapers
down into. the marsh. Third night we
stayed at the Wild West l got a hunoh
before l went TO bed.
Say. wake me up If this shack burns
says / to the rummy ut the desk. 1t burns
at exactly $50 next morning an he wakes
me up all right. l get out with my rig in
one trunk and a kimono on my back and my
dignity all to the good. Sadie, the girl
wot charms the dopy constructors, she
loses all her junk. ihcludin' her albino wig.
But she don't need to be in no hurry to
get another wig. for there's nothin' doin'
for US artists. But say. kid, listen to those
lions; they're gettin' so mean with con-
fnement j won't be able to do anything
with 'em il l ever get the ohanot in this
Gawdforsaken dump here
Mime, Rosina shook the water from her
back hair and walked mournfully over
To the lions.
Next to the semicircle Of animal cages
on tho road down the Warpath the car
penters had knocked OF work for the noon
hour, Theirs 10 the task TO complete the
tremendous spectacle Of the battle between
the Merrimac and the Monitor. So far
has the building housing the historic and
educative panorama progressed that
nothing now remains TO be done but put
the roof on and clothe the ribs of lath with
staff. Relow- the .paporana stands the
labyrinth and the bottomless well. The
men are putting he mirrors into place.
ALI they have to do is 10 pry each incoming
team out of the muck and carry the crates
of glass over the morass into the gaudy
painted entrance TO the temple of Karnak.
"Oh. glory. Ah'm shorely goin' into a de-
oline,' groaned the big negro skipper Of
the mule team that was stalled in front Of
the bottomless WEEK.. He climbed pam
fully down from his seat and kicked the
off mule in the stomach until its ears stood
Nothin' but work, work, all day long
hey there, you Archipelago, don you go
for to bite me or you gets your tail twisted
plumb outen its socker Yaas sub, ] am
convince that this here's no place for a
workin' man with Il family. You labors
al day and YOU see .nothin' finished at
nisht,'
see this show TO be convinced of it's worth;
the only driver who exhibits for the public
The disoonsolate barker in front of Capt.
Louis Sofchos's "Trip to the Bottom OF
the sea, OD6 OF tIe lDI06 COnCGcSiuie III
The WaTpath. ppen and doing. business,
sped a group Of three adults and two chill
dren picking their way down the road
over the mortar piles and through the
hmbar. He urged the stronger a. they
approached and waved his arm alluringly
whep they paused to view the thrilling
picture Of Capt. Sorchos discovering a
dead sailor twenty fathops down.
Unparalleled exhibition-intTepid diver
fights a shark Ft evey sperfornanoe.,you
=. l. I,A41- FrnVN, a.aNa - unfoNrv
Step up, ladies and gentlemen, and let the
little tots witness the highly instructive
exhibltion--itb only twenty-five cents. a
quarter o. = dollar, and ten cents for the
little ones. Over a hundred are within
waiting for the performance 10 begin.
oh, well, pass along then and get stuck in the
mud"--this in a mournful monotone. 4
love to stand out here and exhort the SUCK
ers in the gentle spring ain Oh. it's
grand
The barker further oonided in the re-
Il live at Coney all winter-over near
Stauch's, in one OF the Jap ball game hacks
on the BoweTy. And along about December
and January il gets cold. But for all the
hard and tight frosts that ever corne my
way give me this Warpath. Shows been
open nearly q week almost the first show
70 get In fine in this howlin' wilderness
and how much you think we took in In
three days? 81
IJ1st Ss.T5. by the jumping 2aohariah!
and Cap in here sittiI- around on hot days
and etowin' 10 his rubber rig and cursin'
like you never heard IA hon man curse.
Ne outside spOutin' once every two hours
and landthi a sucker three times an after
noon, Oh, it's patent tooth wash and the
sweet rural towns Of Kansas for mine II this
keeps up a week longer
After the paleface on the Warpath leaves
ttA ~discohs6late barker behind the nearest
angie In the lumber piles he hears the dulcet
, notes of the Musical Smiths family trio
sounding from that rough pinewood front
Of the Alaskan Gold Mine. This is the
second Of the three shows open to the ouon-
dam Leathefstocking of the jamestown
Wilderness.
Little 1ibertina Smith, aged, about 10.
with her pink silk skirt just clearing pertain
NtArched frills, tgfeets the gtranger.
,sAnd then these words. she said: You've
broke me heart and stole me love-"
While Albertiua sings This ditty her father
playe the guitar and sister comes in heavy
on the alto chorus. Tho Musical Smiths
must be heard 10 be appreciated. But
within the totem poles that flank the door
there awaits The stranger a perfect replica
OF the placer mine Of the frozen north.
There three miners will dig, sluice and pan
$1,000 In real iron pyrites az each and every
performance and % cents admits n adult.
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