The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-08-20
Attendance on the Opening
Night Was Estimated at
Three Thousand.
SHOWS. ARE HIGH CLASS.
IN COMPARISON WITH PRECED-
ING CARNIvALS THEY ARE OF A
MOST PLEASING NATURE-THE
PARADE

terprises, which have showed il
Richmond faded into insignificanc'
when the three thousand Richmond
people Monday night compared then
Gilbert park this week. The opening
night was a rouser in every respect
The people went to have a good time
and this was not lacking. Notwith
standing the fact that conventional
tiles were cast to the forewinds, and
every one Joined to make the event
"A success, the crowd was orderly.
The attractions are the finest for a
carnival ever shown in Richmond.
TO say that one at otion was bet
ter than another, is c3ding on dan
gerous ground. They are all good
and the verdict of the thousands of
people attending the shows confirms
the statement. that the carnival is
one CT the best ever showing here.
People welcomed the carnival for it is
a carnival in the fullest sense of the
WOIu anu a. lFIolu buS~-iNSt7
is expected this week, weather permit
ting
Promptly at seven o'clock Monday
evening almost the entire membership
of the local aerie of Eagles met ac the
lodge hall on Main street where they
marched to Fourth and formed into
line headed by the Great Parker con-
cert band Members of the Druids
and Red Men lodges joined hands
with the Eagles and hundreds march
ed in the parade to the carnival
grounds on East Main street. The
parade was several squares in length.
The steam calliope brought up the
rear end of the procession and at
tracted hundreds of people to Main
street. The carnival fever was catch
ing and there was an air of expec-
fancy hanging over hundreds of peo-
pie in the uptown district.
Hacks and street cars did land
Office business to the carnival grounds
while hundreds of people who could
catch neither hacks nor cars, walk
ed There they were greeted with
dazzling electrical fronts and the in
cessant barks of the ''Ballyhooers."
A string of automobiles and carriages
was lined up on then orth side of
Main street in the vicinity of the
grounds a square in either direction.
The mass of humanity wedging itself
to the ticket office and through the
gates from seven-thirty to nine, was
the greatest first night crowd the
r,
months. The show managers were
happy and so was the crowd which
spent money freely. All attractions
were we'll patronized until after eIev-
en- o'clock. The crowd fingered and
fingered, enjoying itself to the fullest
extent.
Attractions are Good.
AS for the attractions individually
and collectively they are good, far be-
yond the hope of the most sanguine.
The Great Parker animal show is par
good. La Belle Salina," the
wife of Capt. Dyer, the animal trainer,
worked with Prince" the ferocious
African lion the first time since the
beast made an attempt to end her life |
in Bradford, Pa. a few weeks ago. |
The beast was sullen and vicious but |
la Belle Salina" handled him in a
cool and collected manner She !
showed unusual bravery when she fed
the lion raw bloody meat both from
her hands and mouth. After she had 4
performed this feat, she calmly laid I
down her revolver and whip, her only /
me ans of protection against the beast, I
and faced the audience, which re- |
sponded vociferously. The work of the |
woman is truly remarka- |
Die. More than once as the animal /
made angry passes at her she faced 1
him and cowed him by her GOODNESS. /
Not single act in the lengthy ami 4
nal show program is faulty and it is /
we'll worth the price of admission.
THE Four Flying Valentines are
good aerial artists and |
give their act in connection with the
'Sunflower Bellies" attraction.
The great beauty of the carnival is
hat it is up to date. All tents are
lights furnished by the company's
,wn power plant Opera chairs and
circus seats are used entirely. In
act everything is done for the COM
ort of the people attending the shows.
The free attractions are all good;
more than was expected. and as a re-
;ult all were roundly applauded.
The street car service to and from
he carnival grounds was poor. Not
me half of the crowd could be hand
ed and hundreds of people were COM
yelled to walk owing to the scarcity of
.ars. With the extraordinarily large
rowds expected during the remainder
4 the week the street car company
With the equipment it used Monday
light will be as pygmy in the hands
f a giant.